CAT HERD 2 was posted at the end of September. It summarizes the majority of relevant plot points at this point in time, and provides direction on the next steps to take. If you don't read anything else, at least read this!
The August portal arrival also includes a town hall meeting organized by Cao Pi, where people who explored the Helix Station the previous month came together and discussed their findings.
Feeling as though people might need something lighthearted and fun as a break, the spirits got the Amusement Park up and running for a bit in order to put on a carnival complete with food, games, and fortune telling.
In mid-September, forest spirits from the outskirts of town and beyond visited, having heard the people in town might be willing to welcome them. They shared their memories with people who gave them gifts. These memories included the following information:
- The forest spirits are what remains of not just dead townspeople from before the world eaters, but also anyone who has died since. People currently in Beacon can die and become forest spirits if their lanterns are not repaired.
- The green-eyed spirits arise from forest spirits.
- The first World Eater to arrive was killed just before everything went fully dark. The military took control of the Helix Station and tasked them with building weapons. Multiple nuclear warheads were eventually launched at that World Eater, and it was in fact destroyed in the bombing as witnessed by a man stationed at a makeshift observation post in the power plant who was one of the few left alive by that point. He succumbed shortly after but left behind a journal.
- Multiple new locations were hinted at: a farm, a pizza shop, a missile silo and bunker with a plutonium cache, the power station, and the mines.
- Various groups in Beacon since have tried to kill the remaining World Eater(s?) but have all failed, though one group did manage to stun a World Eater with an EMP but their lanterns were snuffed out in the process. Other groups were set upon by spirits, which attacked when they heard the World Eaters' speaking to them, similar to how resets were conducted using World Eater language.
- Most of the spirits do now want to help the current group in Beacon succeed, but are unsure how to do so.
Discoveries:
Javert discovered the Wastewater Treatment Plant, where highly-useful items can turn up any time an explorer succeeds in reaching the plant. However, travel there is likely to be dangerous and at least one green-eyed spirit seems to be stalking the area.
Explorers seeking the mines found a train station instead along the way. The tracks seemed to lead further, and will have to be revisited. The group found a journal written by the Wild Hunt with details on every arrival ever in Beacon up until just before the flood.
See above! The major event in September with the visiting spirits contained a lot of detailed lore information that informs some possibilities for current plot strategies.
AUGUST + SEPTEMBER 2020