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But the Guilds were strong (despite their mutual animosity), and

the Sunguard stronger. Toppling them would prove no easy task.

And so, Lord Fang brooded. And plotted. And schemed. In the

course of centuries, he hired spies, mercenaries, and assassins.

He hatched conspiracies, intrigues, and collusions. He even in-

dulged in shenanigans, such was his cunning.

Arcadia had made many enemies by setting the sun and moon

in motion. And though many thousands of years had passed, the

Orcs still remembered a time when they could maraud free of

the sun’s tyranny. The trolls could not practice their culinary arts

on a people so well-protected by the Guilds. And the goblins,

well… they’d always hated bedtime.

Lord Fang summoned a dark council. He laid forth his plans for

the orcs, goblins, trolls, and minotaurs, and everyone agreed:

Arcadia would fall.

Lord Fang set his assassins to work. His conspiracies hatched.

His shenanigans sowed discord far and wide across the land.

Outlying settlements, distant outposts, and roaming caravans

were their main targets. He created trouble anywhere and ev-

erywhere that was far from Arcadia, and lled dungeon after

dungeon with treasure and loot for greedy heroes to plunder!

The Guilds answered these threats and plundered these dun-

geons over the course of a year. How could they resist? Such

treasures! Such forgotten knowledge! And, better, the chance

to brag about their achievements in front of the other Guilds!

Their rivalries grew to new heights, and their exploits were the

talk of every tavern from horizon to horizon, and beyond!

But they were drawn out, stretched thin. So thin, in fact, that

Good King David the Younger sent out the Sunguard as rein-

forcements.

It was then, with the Sunguard exposed, that Lord Fang’s horde

struck! They laid siege to the weakened city, and it fell within

hours. Good King David the Younger and the Guild Leaders es-

caped, but Arcadia had fallen! With the Temple of the Dawning

Twilight in his grasp, Lord Fang halted the heavens, and the

Moon now rules the eternal night sky. And, ever since, all has

been right with the world!

Well, no, actually all is pretty terrible these days!

It has been many years since the horde descended on Arcadia

and eternal night fell. The Guilds assumed the monsters would

simply maraud their way through the capital, then return to

their mountains. But that hasn’t happened.

Turns out the monsters kind of like houses! Much more com-

fortable than caves. And marauding need not take place after

a long commute! They’ve established many marauding-based

rms and businesses, all within an easy walk from home. On

weekends, they maraud their neighbors. Or, if feeling peckish,

simply maraud down to the market for a pastry and kebab. In

fact, their ‘maraud & barter’ system is downright civilized, and

the monsters are loathe to depart Arcadia.

Yet, these are not the monsters’ homes, and eternal night gets

old. All is not right with the world.

With the Sunguard shattered, and with Good King David the

Elder in exile, the Guilds have formulated a new plan: They shall

spare no expense to recruit their scattered heroes and re-take

Arcadia! And, whichever Guild accomplishes this task, whichev-

er Guild restores the balance of night and day, shall take their

place as the new Sunguard! Talk about bragging rights! An epic

battle, the grandest adventure of all time! The stakes have never

been higher!

The race is on, the call is sent, and the time is now to join the

Arcadia Quest!

In the time before humans, the rst races lived in harmony.

Day and night were xed things, decided by one’s position on

the map, not by the clock. The sun always bathed the Daylight

Woods in gentle warmth, and the Blond Elves danced through

the woods, happy in their realm of eternal light.

The moon always caressed the Nocturnal Mountains with silvery

rays, just enough light for marauding, which was the Burnt-It

Orcs’ favorite pastime (orc tusks make pronouncing ‘brunet’

difcult).

Both races were happy in their realms, and all was right with the

world!

But, stability bores the gods. To liven things up, they created

the human race. Humans were strange. They could dance AND

maraud! Furthermore, they weren’t satised with trees or caves,

but built ‘houses’ and ‘villages’ and ‘cities’. And, they felt their

existence lacked variety on the great plains between Night and

Day. They could live near the forests and have day, or they could

live near the mountains and have night. Some did both, but the

commute around bedtime was abominable.

But King David the Elder had a solution! He founded the great

city of Arcadia, and there, in the Temple of Dawning Twilight,

humankind worked powerful magics, and set the Cycle in

motion! The sun and moon were no longer idle. They moved

through the heavens, and Night became Day, and Day became

Night, and the humans rejoiced! For all was right with the world!

…

Well no, actually, the elves and orcs were quite put out.

Dancing through the forest at night resulted in bumped noggins

and bloody noses. As for the orcs, it’s nigh impossible to proper-

ly maraud at high noon. Also: bedtimes became a stark reality.

Have you tried getting an orc to keep a proper bedtime? No

easy task.

Arcadia found itself under siege, so Good King David the Elder

founded the Great Guilds to meet these threats and stem the

marauding, dancing bands of elves and orcs (er… not respective-

ly). And all was right with the world!

…

Well, no, actually, the wars took some years to conclude (now

that the humans had discovered years and invented calendars),

but the Guilds prevailed, and Good King David the Elder estab-

lished the Sunguard, a loyal band of Arcadia’s mightiest heroes

to police the Guilds and serve as his royal protectors. And NOW

all was right with the world!

…

Many, many years passed, and the elves and orcs eventually

acclimated to the routines of night and day, seasons and years

(although the rst autumn was terribly traumatic for the Blond

Elves who had never seen falling leaves before). The Great Guilds

kept the peace and expanded their activities to trade, industry,

and lore. In fact, rivalries became the norm, as the Guilds sought

to out-do each other in the King’s eyes.

The Guilds began competing on all levels: treasure, arcane

knowledge, political inuence, new inventions, the tastiest

snacks, and best exercise routines… anything and everything was

fair game. But the competition was healthy, and the Guilds were

prosperous, and, as they prospered, so too did Arcadia. And all

was right with the world!

…

And yet, while all was right with the world, not all was right for

Lord Fang (whose name was not-at-all ominous at the time). A

vampire, and Brooder of the First Class, Lord Fang had loved his

eternal night in his lonely castle high in the Midnight Mountains.

He could still lurk and brood, and wander silent halls reveling in

the stillness… but now, even he, the MIGHTY Lord Fang, had a

bedtime. Intolerable!

THE TALE

OF ARCADIA

Rulebook • Arcadia Quest

Arcadia Quest • Rulebook

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