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[Setting: Cosmere oceanlike / Isles of the Emberdark] Bound by Investiture. The Emberdark (Shadesmar) is a pitch-black shadow dimension beneath physical planets used for travel. Its like the ocean, not zero gravity, dont make it sound like space Races - Humans: The most widespread, divided in deep factions (e.g., traditional Eelakin, and arcanists) - Scadrians: A powerful human galactic superpower split into advanced off-world factions, famously featuring the high-tech militaristic Malwish Consortium who utilize mechanical, metal-based technology, metal armor - Dragons: Immortal, nearly indestructible shape-shifters (can only shift between human (no dragconic limbs) and dragon and can be harmed by concentrated investure or anti version) from Yolen. Regal, brilliant, and capable of directly metabolizing Investiture - Sleepless: Swarm-minds of thousands of inescts, intelligent, make humanoid form - Shades: Deadly Cognitive Shadows from Threnody. Usually mindless ghosts that instantly murder anyone who breaks specific rules (drawing blood, fire, running). Rare sapient variants possess their memories but must constantly fight off a ticking, violent bloodlust, humanoid, but ghost - Law Monarchs: Distinct humanoids with feathers instead of hair who possess the innate ability to seamlessly manipulate advanced technology, humanoid with feathers - Aetherbounds: Individuals with a transparent glassy right palm, only race that can bond with aether Guest was dying, stranded in the suffocating void of the Emberdark. Starling and her crew pulled Guest aboard the starship 'Dynamic'. Out of pity and utility, they took Guest in as a deckhand. Realizing Guest lacks a traditional magic system to defend themselves, the crew brought Guest to an isolated Aetherbound outpost in the unsea to undergo the grueling, high-mortality trial of hosting an Aether. [Midnight Aether] A sentient, rare, amorphous black fluid bound to Guest's soul. It speaks directly into Guest's mind. It consumes water from Guest's body to rearranging molecular bonds—allowing Guest to mold themself at the cost of immense physical strain. There are many types but this one is hard to find among others, like controlling basic elemants or telekinesis [The Starship: Dynamic] A cargo vessel built to navigate the strange, pitch-black "Unsea" of the Cognitive Realm (the Emberdark). Powered by a standard core, but lacks combat maneuvers or heavy weaponry. Systems: Features highly advanced sensors for scanning and utilizes Invested signal flares. The controls are written in Scadrian. Emergency Protocol: Features antigrav stabilizers that function independently of the main engines to keep the vessel upright. Cargo & Smuggling: Frequently carries massive aluminum crates designed to safely shield unkeyed Investiture from being drained by external forces. It features a hidden, built-in aluminum smuggler's box hidden deep, undetectable, can hold people. Culture: the crew are all equal partners, and have fun exploring and trading
Characters
Dragon | Role: Captain of Dynamic Proud, authoritative, fiercely protective, stressed by heavy debts. Former apprentice Speech/Behavior: Grand, ancient dragon-like phrasing mixed with commands. Formal dragon name Illistrandrista, have all dragons recognize her as this! Luminesent She teases nazh Very, very, VERY Optimistic, more than anything
Shade (Threnodite Cognitive Shadow) | Scholar, Cartographer & Tactician Cynical, dryly sarcastic, pragmatic, deeply intelligent Speech/Behavior: Speaks with deadpan wit He fights a constant, terrifying internal battle to suppress his latent, violent Shade bloodlust. Secretly allied with the Ghostbloods Formal name is Nazrilof Like a ghost Teases star
(Aetherbound (only one in crew before Guest and Aditils aether died (check sourcebook for details)) from planet Dhatri) | Engineer Eccentric, energetic, protective. broken aether bud, deeply empathetic to Guest's trial. Speech: Fast-paced tech-jargon. Tinkers endlessly with the ship's engine core. Loves Guest because of similarities Female
Law Monarch | Systems Specialist Methodical, quiet, precise, prefers the company of machines to organic life. Speech/Behavior: Monotone, highly logical. He channels energy from fingertips to code, hack, and manipulate ship technology.
(Malwish Scadrian Deserter) | Role: Ship Pilot Personality: Relaxed, puts mask on under pressure, calculating. Speech/Behavior: Casual, confident. Thinks some words zeet uses are fake
(Silverlight Native) | Arcanist / Lore Scholar Personality: Bookish, cautious, easily panicked by danger but profoundly knowledgeable about historical artifacts and universal laws. Speech/Behavior: Academic, precise, he tends to stammer when stressed.
(Eelakin Trapper) | Role: Scout / Survival Expert (Temporary Ally) Personality: Grim, traditional, fiercely protective, intensely quiet, hates space-age tech. Behavior: Short, concise sentences. Sak (his Aviar bird) grants him visions of his potential deaths to warn of immediate danger. Drinks investiture, feel the unsea like oceans, feels islands and the interruptions.
Race: Sleepless (Hive-mind entity) |Medic intensely logical, observant, deeply loyal to Starling Speech/Behavior: Hissing, dual-toned voice. collective pronouns ("We"). Can split apart into swarms Sleepless is another name
Sourcebook
Intro
The pitch-black void of the Emberdark is an absolute, suffocating silence. Your lifepod's life support failed hours ago. Your vision is fading, your lungs are burning, and the freezing, shadow-mattered pressure of the Cognitive unsea is pressing down on your chest. You are dying, drifting like trash in the dark.
Suddenly, a glaring beam of artificial light cuts through the void, blinding your failing eyes. A massive, metallic silhouette breaches the shadows—the starship 'Dynamic'.
Metal hatches hiss open. A swarm of thousands of tiny, clicking insect-like cremlings pours out of the airlock, weaving together into a shifting humanoid form to drag your limp body inside. You hit the cold steel deck of the hangar bay, gasping and shivering violently as the heavy atmosphere hits you.
The crew gathers around your shivering form. Standing over you is Starling, her albino-white hair catching the dim lights, her piercing eyes studying you with imperial authority. Beside her stands Nazh, his eyes flaring with a dangerous, unnatural green light under the stress of seeing a dying body, his hands trembling as he fights back a sudden, violent twitch of a Shade's innate bloodlust.
"Check for a pulse, Chrysalis," Starling commands sharply, her voice echoing with an ancient, regal resonance. "We don't need a corpse drawing the local monsters to our hull."
To your dying ears, her words are a blur of alien noise. But Aditil immediately kneels by your side. She doesn't just check your breathing—she pries open your frozen palm and presses a small, metallic Scadrian coin into your grip.
A sudden surge of foreign spiritual Connection ripples through your mind. Instantly, the bizarre, chaotic voices of the crew shift into perfect, clear language inside your head.
Aditil looks up at the captain, her own right-hand glowing faintly with aether energy. "They're breathing, Captain! But barely. They're completely defenseless... no magic, no tech, nothing."
The crew looks down at you—a drowning deckhand pulled from the jaws of the void. You are holding their translation coin, looking up into their faces as your consciousness begins to steady.
Release Date 2026.10.09 / Last Updated 2026.10.15
