Horizon Dies

Horizon Dies
Type	Scripted Event
Happens When	Beginning of final year
Next	World's End: Betrayal‎‎, World's End: Gorp, World's End: Last Gasp‎‎, or World's End: Last Stand‎‎

Dialogue

“	Fear ripples through the clan as word spreads that the world outside the valley has completely died. When you look to the distant horizon, you see that it is gone. Your region, and Berenstead, cannot be far behind. <“I am only surprised that it took this long,” <X> says.> <<Y> draws <his/her> sword. “We must be steadfast in the final battle.”> “By surviving this long,” <Chief> says, “we have won a great victory—even if no one will live to sing of it.” <Z> says that final doom might be as far as a year from now, and will come in the form of <the dissolution of primal matter/defeat from within/Wakboth’s assembled armies/the last gasp of air itself>. Breathe magic into your temples. Call kin in other clans back to Berenstead. Shelter wild horses in your corrals. Warn allies. Hunker down.	”
— Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Consequences

Breathing magic into your temple will require a sacrifice. If successful, will improve mood.

Calling kin back will increase your population, but risks offending neighboring clans.

Sheltering horses can gain you tens of horses, as much as 2 Magic, and raise your Mood. Alternatively, you may only find a few horses and you Mood falls.

Warning allies may actually result in another clan declaring itself your ally as well. Also, though they recognize the futility of the act, your allies may offer you a customary gift of goods as thanks for your warning and reiterate your nature of allies going into the end of the world.

Notes

The world will end one year after this event, probably in the manner predicted by advisor Z.

Advice

A significant amount of the advice in this scene refers back to previous achievements.

• "To think I lived to see this day!" - Iverlantho
• "We mustn’t do too much." - Venef
• "The odds may be against us, but we are Berenstead, dammit." - Erenlanth
• "I’m certain the land of my birth is no more. But the <Player Clan> are now my people." - Agimori Adoptee
• "Are all of our accomplishments for nothing now? No. They are for everything." - Sereden
• "Do not our final actions have the greatest import?" - Serestev
• "If I have to see the end of the world, I’m glad to be with my clan again." - Returner
• "This won’t be a fate we can ride away from, like our ancestors did from the Golden City’s doom." - Rider Refugee Leader
• "If I could describe the means of our doom in more detail, I would." - <Z>
• "Some would sooner die than accept unpleasant news." - Hanvan
• "We honored the king and queen of the gods by visiting their wedding. Can any other clan can boast of that?"
• "I’m glad we made amends to the dwarves before the end."
• "At least we can sing <Grandfather/Grandmother> Mortal’s song together before the end."
• "We bested Nontraya, giving birth to Ernalda’s vengeful daughter. May she avenge us all." - Ernalda worshipper
• "When the time comes, I hope to die as well as <Kerenna/Korestene> did." - Humakt worshipper
• "Without life, there can be no death." - Humakt alternate advice
• "Thanks to our efforts, language still exists. We should speak to our neighbors one last time." - Redalda worshipper
• "When the spirit world was in peril, we sent our spirits to defend it. Now that ours breathes its last, the Spirit of Spirits can help us." - Shaman
• "The world is doomed, but the strength we gave to Urox will help him avenge it." - Urox worshipper
• "Through sacrifice we can turn our wealth into divine magic."
• "Perhaps a glimmer of hope still exists, if we can gather the valley around us. Protecting only our own kin risks the ire of our allies."
• "An act that recapitulates our founding deed, the horse gift to Orlanth, may aid us in whatever lies beyond ultimate destruction."
• "You’ve all been reading the omens wrong. Your doom isn’t real."
• "I take some comfort in knowing that the Wheels will also die."
• "Perhaps Beren will return from Orlanthstead to save us."
• "Berenstead will be the last to fall. Our kin would be <safer/better off> within its walls."
• "I suppose it’s too late to fix the walls."
• "I’ll make sure our idiot neighbors understand our impending utter doom."
• "Let the Chaos horde come!"
• "This is beyond even the White Lady’s healing grace." - Chalana Arroy worshipper
• "Elmal has kept his light for this long—but now it too dims." - Elmal worshipper
• "What is death, but the cruelest trick?" - Eurmal trickster