game history

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GAME HISTORY
Just joined the game and have no idea what's going on? Just got back from a hiatus and feel like you missed something? Need a general refresher on the plot? Don't worry, that's what this page is for!

In the comments below, you'll find brief summaries of all major developments that have taken place in the game so far, in chronological order. This will include both game plot developments and major player plot developments, and it will be kept up to date as new events occur.

This information is available ICly, though not in these exact words. It can currently be found in the records room of town hall, in the form of journals, quick notes, books, etc.. Who wrote this material? That's up to you. Maybe it was a past resident of the town, their name lost to time. Perhaps it was one of the NPCs roaming about. It could've even been another character. As there are likely multiple accounts floating about, they really could've been written by anyone.

Elden and Wanda have also taken it upon themselves to supply the town hall and Invincible with a set of log books for everyone in town to transcribe recent events! Contact Margot for more information.

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JULY 2019

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Major Events

• The first group of characters arrives on the ferry at a mostly-abandoned town called Beacon. There is no day, fire won't catch, and there are very few sources of true light. Oh, and also, everyone's dead.


• The characters meet Winters, Rastus, and Will, three people who have been in Beacon for a long time, and are apparently the only ones left.


• Will makes some updates to the tablets.


• The Graves event occurs, and characters see each others' deaths (including those of the NPCs) via offerings at their graves.


• Winters announces his plan to reconnect the Lighthouse Keeper to the network.

Discoveries

• Eventually, the characters begin to explore. Locations unlocked this month include: the Post Office, the village, and the Museum.


• The characters also meet several forest spirits, and learn that everything that isn't a person with a lantern is a forest spirit. Notable forest spirits the characters meet include: the Postmaster General, the Librarian, the Ice Cream Crab, and... something under the church.


• Several people attempt to open the hatch in the church, only to be met with another, metal hatch underneath. This one proves impossible to open.


• The characters build bridges over the river to the village section of town.

Lore

• From Winters and Will, the new arrivals learn about the Lighthouse Keeper, a woman whose role it is to "protect and control the town". She cannot leave the lighthouse, and if certain (currently unknown) conditions are not met, she will reset the town.


• The previous group of people, which Winters and Will were a part of, was lost in one of these "resets" after they apparently turned on one another. This may have had something to do with the church.


• The Lighthouse Keeper is currently disconnected from the network. She will have to be reconnected manually.


• This world is dead. It is believed that the goal is to "fix the world" somehow.


• Apparently, there have been many groups before this one, and many resets.


• Winters was chosen by the Lighthouse Keeper to serve as a guide to new arrivals, and Rastus is in charge of tending the all-important Bonfire. Will's survival is a mystery.


• There is something important that Will and Winters are holding back, but they promise to reveal it in due time. It involves "something out there" and the Keeper's role as protector of the town.


• According to Rastus, there is only one person left who was alive before the world went dark. Their identity is still unknown.


• The characters learn that the church is where those who die in Beacon are brought back, but not everyone is. Some come back wrong, and those whose lanterns are too damaged don't come back at all.


• A mysterious package is received.