The Time Realm Revealed!

Notes from the Phoenix Overnight Quest, 2014.

It began with an archaeological dig, headed by Firos of the ATLAS Society and Lykar ("Lenny") of the College of All Magic. At the site of the old Seer College, a Time Gate was discovered, and the Seer Ruins were uncovered to explore. Soon, the entire College of All Magic was interested in researching the lost art of Time Magic. Powerful "Time Keys" were found that seemed to come in and out of existence.

More importantly, the archmages were able to scry upon eight Time Artifacts that were possibly needed to further unlock the Time Gate. These Time Artifacts were lost and scattered, and when the archmages contacted the current owners, it was a surprise to everyone. The organizations that had the artifacts were seemingly random: House Phoenix of the Empire, the Adamantium Guard, the Sable Dominion, the Brown Rangers from the Sun-on-the-Sands, the Mercenaries of Krov, the order of the Heralds Arcanos from the College, the Snake Eyes crew of pirates from Black Bart's crew, and finally, a group of spies that no one realized were spies, masquerading as dignitaries from the Sidhe Court of the Summerlands.

Within hours of the different organizations' arrival, the archmages were hit with disaster - they were frozen in time, seemingly the work of a mysterious being that could bend time to its will. The delegates from the organizations decided to delve into the depths of the ruins to find more Time Keys in the hopes that they could unlock the archmages from the Time Stop.

During their excavation and investigation, the Questers put the pieces of the mystery together: the mysterious being was "Konig Zeit" - a villain of the Mage Wars who was able to learn the secrets to Time Magic. Now, appearing from the past, he wanted back the Time Artifacts that he crafted. When the Questers realized that each of the Time Portals that seemingly took them back in time were really Time Pockets, they realized that Zeit could only exist in a Time Pocket. If they could unlock the power of the Time Gate and send his Time Artifacts into a collapsed Time Pocket, they could defeat this villain. In a final battle where they battled Zeit's incarnations from many different times, every organization used the Time Artifacts to first battle with Zeit and then destroy it by sending it through the Time Gate. The archmages, the Risen Lands, and perhaps all of Thael is saved!