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mercy of the icons – part 1
emissary lost
coriolis design team
Christian Granath, Tomas Härenstam,
Nils Karlén, Kosta Kostulas
writers
Rickard Antroia, Mattias Johnsson, Nils Karlén,
Kosta Kostulas, Mattias Lilja, Adam Palmqvist
editors
Nils Karlén , Kosta Kostulas
graphic design
Christian Granath,
Cristoffer Wiker
maps
Christian Granath,
Tobias Tranell,
Rickard Antroia
cover art
Martin Grip
translation
Tim Persson
interior art
Magnus Fallgren,
Gustaf Ekelund
proofreading
John Marron
playtesters
Jonatan Ericsson, Joel Grimm, Johanna Håkansson, Petra Medin, David Semark,
Mascoll Silverstolpe, Maja Thalén, Matthew Tyler-Jones
print
Livonia, Riga 2018
isbn
978-1-912743-02-5
CORIOLIS™ Copyright© 2018 Paradox Interactive AB. All rights reserved. www.paradoxplaza.com
EMISSARY LOST
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INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
OVERVIEW
GM TIPS
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WAKE OF THE MARTYR
INTRO
ACT 1 – THE MYSTICIDES
STARTING SCENE: THE ATTACK
CHASING DOWN THE FAKE GUARDS
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE EMISSARY
ENDING ACT 1
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ACT 2 – HIGH STAKES
STARTING SCENE: FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
THE EMISSARY'S LAST SONG
CONNECTING THE DOTS
A DANCE OF BLOOD
ENDING ACT 2
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ACT 3 – THE ABYSS
STARTING SCENE: INTO THE SHADOWS
IN THE COURT OF THE SLUMMER QUEEN
THROUGH THE LABYRINTH
THE MARTYR'S EMBRACE
ENDING ACT 3
AFTERMATH
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70
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2
INTRODUCTION
3
THE KUAN CONNECTION
INTRODUCTION
ACT 1 – LOST IN THE JUNGLE
STARTING SCENE: BLOOD ON THE LEAVES
EYES AND EARS
ON THE BRINK
ENDING ACT 1
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100
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124
ACT 2 – BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE ALGOL
STARTING SCENE: THE PROCESSION
CRIMINAL ROYALTY
THE STATESMAN’S LAST DANCE
ENDING ACT 2
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150
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ACT 3 – THE SULTRA MARSHES
STARTING SCENE: THE DEAD MARSHES
HEART OF DARKNESS
A GREAT WINGED SHADOW
THE MESSENGER’S WHISPER
ENDING ACT 3
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EPILOGUE
AFTERMATH
MISSION GENERATOR
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EMISSARY LOST
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to
Emissary Lost,
the first part of the epic
Mercy
of the Icons
campaign for Coriolis – The Third Horizon.
Emissary Lost tells the tragic tale of the Emissary on
Coriolis, the Horizon's growing mystic population, and the
deadly conspiracy targeting them both.
emissary lost
is made up of two scenarios,
The
Wake of the Martyr
and
The Kuan Connection.
It
is a thrilling story full of intrigue and action,
leaving plenty of room for the group to make
it their own. They will gradually get to know the
Third Horizon as the campaign takes them far
from home to see new places and experience
new things. Emissary Lost establishes the PCs'
involvement in the
Mercy of the Icons
arc and
introduces important NPCs, themes, and events
that will return throughout the campaign. The
background to the events in
Mercy of the Icons
is described below, some of which will become
known to the PCs as they start to unravel the
secrets surrounding the abductions of the mys-
tics and the Emissary on Coriolis.
the Third Horizon for a swift take-over, ideally
without too much bloodshed. Hidden survivors
from the cult of Nazareem’s Sacrifice are to
spread chaos and fear to destabilize the factions
and local governments, after which the fleets of
the First Horizon will show up to restore order,
peace, and stability. A violent invasion will only
be necessary if the efforts of the Nazareem’s
Sacrifice fail, and open hostilities would have to
be short and brutal – all of the Emperor's forces
are needed in the ever-raging war against the
Second Horizon and the Symmetry.
y
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE GHAZALI
BACKGROUND
The story begins when infiltrators serving the
Eternal Emperor of the First Horizon finally break
through to the Third Horizon via the portals in
the Taoan system.
THE FALL OF TAOAN
The events that eventually warranted the ulti-
mately unsuccessful rescue mission to Taoan
are at the core of the dark tide that is about
to wash over the Third Horizon once more.
The portals between the First Horizon and the
Taoan system are not dead, only sleeping, and
they are about to wake up. Their short windows
of stability are rare and unpredictable, but the
great enemy on the other side has launched
ship after ship into the darkness between the
stars, until finally one vessel made it through – a
white, butterfly-shaped ship, sneaking up on the
unsuspecting Taoan mining colony. The goals
of the First Horizon invaders are clear: prepare
The attack on the Taoan mining colony was
a brilliant success except for one thing – the
colony managed to transmit a distress call. When
the mining station had been converted, the
invaders set out to find the surviving mem-
bers of Nazareem’s Sacrifice and ran into the
ships dispatched for the rescue mission. When
the Legion destroyer Zafirah was entering the
portal fields in the Hamura system, she was
attacked by The White Butterfly in the dark-
ness between the portals. The destroyer was
defeated but managed to send a warning back
to the repurposed cruise ship Ghazali before the
portal field detonated. A powerful energy blast
hit the Ghazali, knocking her off course, with a
trajectory towards Hamura’s unforgiving star.
THE ORDER'S PROPHECY
The Order of the Pariah is an ancient cult, its
origins lost in time, but with many teachings
and values that stem from long before the
Portal Wars isolated the Third Horizon. The
devastation caused by the Wars destroyed
much of the Third Horizon's history. The
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