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his old world, rallying Aesir, Ásynjur, and Vanir to help him, and shaping the myths of his followers to mirror the ancient legends of his past. Hel slowly remembered what had happened too, and she did the same, preparing for the final battle and bringing even more chaos to the world. Now they stand, waiting for Ragnarok, again. Each one tries to further the goals of their sphere, but they know that eventually they will come face to face again, and the wheel will turn once again. Odin is determined to meet his doom this time, and has instructed his allies well, while Hel wants to take another turn and eliminate Odin before Ragnarok even begins. In the meantime, the Norns still wait and look from afar... NOTE 4. IM2: WRATH OF OLYMPUS The adventure IM2, Wrath of Olympus presents several problems for the Mystara setting. The adventure in itself isn't entirely absurd, but it has been placed on Mystara, and specifically in the Republic of Darokin. This has always seemed entirely unsuitable for this setting, because seven good Immortals of high level (Empyreals, Celestials and Temporals) behave crazily by openly defying the first law of the Five Spheres (“Avoid direct intervention on the part of an Immortal on the Prime Plane”). They engage in a little infantile behaviour, without an effective aim other than that of scaring the mortals. The Immortals involved in this adventure are marked with the designation of Olympian (relating to the Mount Olympus on which they dwell) and are the following, each one is listed with the level he was given in IM2: Member Sphere Level Rank Zeus (Taroyas) Time 12 th Temporal Hera (Patura) Energy 10 th Temporal Apollo (Palson) Thought 10 th Temporal Athena (Lokena) Matter 8 th Temporal Ares (Bemarris) Energy 8 th Temporal Aphrodite Energy 7 th Temporal (Kythria) Hermes (Turmis) Thought 5 th Initiate The Olympians are known in various regions of Mystara by their real name (the one shown in parenthesis), as specified in Wrath of the Immortals. They would have been the better choice for the Milenian (Greek-like) pantheon, but unfortunately the TSR writers didn't realise this great opportunity available to them and preferred to ignore them, only to then bring them back in the Wrath of the Immortals manual, lowering all their levels of power and giving each one of them a somewhat questionable background, which has been partially reviewed here in order to justify the presence of their cults on Mystara. In order to better insert the adventure IM2 into the chronology and logic of the Mystaran Multiverse, we suggest that the DM takes into consideration this possible antecedent, which would serve to explain why the Olympians chose such drastic actions (like appearing in northern Darokin and starting to terrorise the people in order to gain their worship) which were in such opposition to the logic of the Immortals that the Entropics immediately intervened, spurred on by Nyx, to eliminate the rebel Immortals. THE MANDALA OF MYTH The Immortals have always known of the existence of other dimensions and parallel worlds, and have carefully studied these realities for avoiding pitch invasions and for trying to extend their own powers. The dimension surely most frequented and observed is the so-called Dimension of Myth, which houses the planet Laterre, an epic version of Earth, from which some of the more famous characters of the Known World (like the Ambrevilles and the McGregors of Glantri) and some Immortals (Idraote, and maybe also Nyx, Odin and Hel). The most ancient Immortals, an extremely long time ago, resisted an invasion of the Mystaran Multiverse on the part of a group of divinities of the dimension of Laterre, the Olympians in the Greek pantheon headed by Zeus. Not wishing however to simply force them back to their own world per fear that in future they could become a threat, Odin proposed that these divinities should be locked up in a prison dimension and watched in the centuries ahead, so that they wouldn’t be harmed and without wasting too much energy in trying to eliminate them. He thus created the Mandala of Myth, an Immortal artefact that contains a mini-dimension deprived of magic in which they could imprison the Olympians. Afterwards the Mandala was hidden in Pandius and placed under the surveillance of a group of Temporals who have been regularly rotated over the course of time, in order to prevent them falling victim to the strange energies emanating from the Mandala. During her apprenticeship as a Temporal, the Immortal Talitha became aware of the existence of the Mandala, and many centuries later the occasion was presented to take advantage of this experience when her pupil Brissard was set to guard the artefact, together with Taroyas (Time), Patura (Energy), Palson (Thought) and Lokena (Matter). With the support of the Hierarch Nyx, Talitha devised a plan to eliminate several Immortal rivals and to increase the Chaos in the universe thanks to the Mandala and the stormy, sentimental relationships among some of the novices. She carried out her plan in the following way: Brissard pretends to be Palson and uses his charisma on the young Kythria in order to attract her into a secret room of the Mandala and immobilises her there. In the meantime Talitha has replaced Kythria and enticed the vigorous Palson, attracting him into a trap and locking him in a stasis field. Then, always in the form of Kythria, presented herself to two of her suitors, the daring Turmis and the ardent Bemarris, both young Immortals, and 18
gave them a rendezvous in the room of the Mandala in order to decide which of the two she would select for her mate. When the suitors met, Talitha appears in the form of Kythria and Bemarris as Palson, and, in the most classic of traditions, Talitha orders them to fight in order to win her heart. She provoked a fight that altered the wards placed to guard the Mandala, and when the other guardians intervened, Brissard and Talitha vanished leaving the real Palson and Kythria at their post still incapacitated. In the confusion that ensued, the essences of the divinities held in the Mandala managed to escape and took possession of the bodies of the Immortals present: Bemarris became Ares, Kythria was Aphrodite, Lokena houses Athena, Palson was Apollo, Patura became Hera, Turmis was Hermes and Taroyas was Zeus. As an effect of the fusion with the divinities of the Dimension of Myth, the power of these Immortals rose to the levels shown in the adventure, and the Olympians reunited down on Mystara in order to re-found their ancient kingdom and challenge the Immortals. Naturally Talitha was quick to warn Nyx of the event, who didn't hesitate to lose an excellent chance for chastening the thoughtless Immortals and to unnerve the ranks of the rival Spheres. Thus, convinced that the rebel divinities were still sufficiently weakened that they could easily be subdued, Nyx ordered Talitha and Brissard to apprehend the fugitives and give them their punishment, as well as ensure that any trace of their involvement was removed in order to use the incident against the other Spheres. During the fight between gods and demons, obviously the Olympians had the worst of it, and only Athena/Lokena was saved, probably because the goddess Athena entered a pact with the spirit of Lokena and collaborated with her conscience (who better understood the Multiverse) in order to find a way out, or because the conscience of Athena was cancelled because of the magic and Lokena resumed control in time in order to save herself from the punishment of the Entropics. From this point began the adventure described in IM2. Based on this view of the events, the DM has therefore two possibilities to choose from 1. The events of the IM2 have already happened between 970 and 1003 AC (as the results seem to align with all the facts described in the adventure, especially the composition of the Council of the Hierarchs), and, as a consequence of their serious deficiency, the Immortals possessed by the Olympians have all been freed from the influence of the rebel divinities (who probably have been destroyed or confined in some other place), and then reduced in rank by the Council of Mystara; 2. The events of IM2 have still not happened in the Known World and the adventure will occur in Darokin‘s future. NOTE 5. STATISTICS AFTER THE FURY OF IMMORTALS As a result of the events of the Immortals Fury campaign, described in the Wrath of the Immortal’s set of rules, it is necessary to note that there will be a change within the hierarchies of power of the Immortals, and some Immortals have shown themselves strongly on the scene (Benekander/Gareth above all). These are the changes that we suggest for all those Immortals that were involved in the war, and generally in the events that followed from 1003 to 1009 AC (the adventure M5, Talons of Night, set in Thothia, also occurred between these dates), valid from 1010 AC onwards (such changes are purely optional). Energy Entropy Matter Thought Time Alphatia 15 th , Celestial Alphaks 19 th , Empyreal Djaea 35 th , Hierarch Asterius 28 th , Eternal Al–Kalim 4 th , Initiate Benekander Arachne Prime Ka Koryis Vanya Initiate, 3 rd 5 th , Initiate 36 th , Hierarch 19 th , Empyreal 24 th , Empyreal Eiryndul 21 st , Empyreal Atzanteotl 32 nd , Hierarch Valerias 30 th , Eternal Korotiku 33 rd , Hierarch Ilsundal 32 nd , Hierarch Hel 35 th , Hierarch Ixion 35 th , Hierarch Loki 31 st , Hierarch Kurtulmak 13 th , Celestial Thanatos 36 th , Hierarch Mealiden 22 nd , Empyreal Rad unknown Rafiel 22 nd , Empyreal Rathanos 29 th , Eternal Razud 30 th , Eternal 19
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Ka/Genjoo: an enormous dinosaur sim
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Worshipped in: Everywhere nixies ar
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century into the future, convincing
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that Korotiku is well known for his
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nation founded by Alphatian expatri
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many. Once Thrainkell reached puber
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Appearance: Lornasen is a young elf
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acted on behalf of the cause of Goo
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helped by a good willed sphinx, whi
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MALINOIS, SAIMPT (Maleen, The Weres
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offend powerful immortals with his
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Only during his last incarnation di
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Humbaba, an artefact that she later
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There she embarked on the path of E
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Favoured weapon: Short sword (allow
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only in woodland areas; free Nature
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PATURA (Hera) Patroness of Women an
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understand that she was just a few
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the only one of his former allies w
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christened Nouvelle Averoigne. Etie
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leaving an injustice unpunished, an
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Worshipped in: Davania (Meghales Am
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Favoured Weapon: Mace (light or hea
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Personality: Since his ascension at
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Multiverse. Intelligent flying spec
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Favoured weapon: Natural weapons (a
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STODOS (Cryonax) Master of the Icy
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uining their efforts by stealing th
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Appearance: A squat, human woman cl
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with Hymir, the only giant immortal
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with a cunning and self-confident l
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to his clerics that the reconstruct
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once per day, +2 bonus on the skill
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Favoured weapon: Throwing hammer (a
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of Yav was especially attractive to
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Hutaakans whom he served as an appr
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IMMORTALS NOT ACTIVE ON MYSTARA BUG
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homeplane and has instructed her ow
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and bend him to her will and make h
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laws of the universe and carry out
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THE MULTIVERSE’S MISSING IMMORTAL
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piracy and become a Master herself.
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insects, plants, formian, order, pr
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Appendix 2: ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF I
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Sea giants, water & liquids, alchem
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oceans & marine creatures, water, P
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Appendix 3: HIERARCHICAL INDEX OF I
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Appendix 4: LIST BY NAME OR NICKNAM
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Erda: see Djaea (Helskir, Norwold,
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Kala [CoM]: see Hel (Great Waste, S
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Orcus [ImmSet, M4, WotI]: Shadow Co
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General), Icevale Elves (Donar), Eu
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Appendix 5: LIST BY PORTFOLIO This
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Manipulation: see Deceit Martyrs: M
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Appendix 6: LIST BY DOMAINS This ap
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Appendix 7: LIST BY ALIGNMENT The f
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Appendix 8: CHRONOLOGICAL ASCENSION
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Appendix 9: LIST OF IMMORTAL SPONSO
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Appendix 10: PLAYER LISTS OF IMMORT
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Marwdyn L,N,C Hangman's noose Mazik
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CHAOTIC EVIL Name Alignment Symbol
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DRAGONS Granted powers: You gain a
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PAIN Granted powers: Once per day y
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Appendix 12: IMMORTAL PATRONS This
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PATURA Patroness of Women and Mothe
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Equality Shaper Eternal Beauty Lorn
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