First Steps

Our story begins in the small mercantile town of Ka Tajj, on the Western shore of Nas Kotok Bay. The Cartographer's Guild of Suszeng has requested that a group of experienced mapmakers from Ka Tajj set out into the Kyonyita Desert, a once lush and hospitable rainforest turned barren and dusty, unfit for human life for nearly six centuries. Beyond the city of Ununanun, nearly nothing is known of the happenings of the desert, and the Crown of Tajj Neta has requested that the cartographer's guild uncover its secrets, as they wish to expand their territory further into the desert if possible. The players are tasked with adventuring as far into the Kyonyita as they can, with the specific goal of reaching the ancient and once sprawling city of Szinam. If they should choose to venture even beyond Szinam, they could be rewarded generously. This is no easy task, however, as the air in the low-lying parts of the desert is horribly toxic to human life, and few species can survive more than a day of breathing it in. The Cartographer's Guild is prepared to outfit their hired adventurers in Living Armor, a new technology designed specifically to assist breathing in CO2-rich environments.