Even in Arcadia:

Chaos, Death, and Unrest follow, even in the most serene places.

The Breakdown:

Welcome to the Weight of the World, the second in a series of long-form campaigns, focused on the various subfactions that make up the Clan. The goal of this campaign, much like the one before it, is to expand the depth of our assets and drive our narrative directions by exploring and expanding upon them, delving into their place within our current lore, and affirming Odan-Urr's current place in the Dark Brotherhood, now that we're no longer just the Rebels and Jedi on the run, fighting for our survival. Throughout this campaign, we will use and expand upon select assets of The Clan, alongside a heavy fictional focus to show off all that you can do with them.

The Campaign will be approximately one year long and run in phases, with different goals and metrics determining how well the Combined Forces of Clan Odan-Urr fare while responding to a diplomatic, military, and humanitarian crisis on the ground. The Campaigns are designed from the ground up to focus on these three assets for a few different reasons, primarily, it leans into the different aspects which people tend to play toward with their characters. (Intrigue? Diplomacy; Lightsaber Duels? Military; Rebels diverting Stolen Goods to the People? Humanitarian Crisis; Political Tension? Diplomacy; Ship Combat? Military; Providing Aid to a Drought-Stricken Village or Blockaded Planet? Humanitarian Crisis) Breaking things up in this manner also allows members to take a periodic break from aspects of the campaign to prevent burnout. Sometimes you can only take so much of a heavier topic in repetition before it overwhelms you. Giving you the chance to branch between the individual narratives is an attempt to break away from the narrative burnout.

The Fiction:

The Quermian Conflict has just come to a close, with the ashes still settling and Odan-Urr's humanitarian Corps helping to rebuild the devastated settlements, many things were left unanswered, who backed the separatists, where their information came from, and where the last of their ships escaped in the final days of the war. A single ship was apprehended as it returned to the Kiast System, in the custody of the Burmessian Republic. Its officers were given asylum, while the rank and file, alongside the ship, were extradited and duly handed over to the Vatali Conclave to face criminal punishment for their actions in the conflict. The outcome was decried by Empress Anasaye, who viewed the act as a political ploy and believed the Burmessian Republic's harboring of terrorists was an attempt to manipulate the public perception of power between the two Star Systems.

Rhetoric between the Empress and the Burmessian Prime Minister in the following weeks would continue to grow more and more dire, bordering on threats of warfare between their nations. Through the tension, the wheels of fate continued to turn as the Empress' children had taken up allegiance and chosen their own courses of action. The eldest daughter, Anaya, next in line to the throne and a ward of the Jedi temple, has withdrawn from the rush of politics amid the conflict and seeks to help the Jedi do the same, establishing a new temple on Solyiat out from under the gaze of her mother's many servants, while the more stoic and pressed Vosen Anasaye, a Lieutenant-Commander aboard The Sunrider has chosen to take the direct route and has joined the efforts to force the Burmessian Republic to extradite the Vauzem Separatists, while navigating the complexities following the Prime Minister's assassination.

The Competition:

Choose one of the following two narratives:

• [Through Patches of Violet] seeking to separate the Jedi Temple from the core of Vatali Politics, efforts are underway to construct a new Jedi Praxeum on Solyiat. Though removed from many of the trappings and dangers of Vatali politics, Solyiat comes with its own dangers, the native fauna and flora key among them. Anaya Anasaye, daughter of the Empress and ward of the temple, works alongside the construction efforts. What dangers, or lack thereof, befall the groundbreaking of the new temple?

• [Iron Fist] the O.U.S.C. fleet's remnant wings in Quermia, alongside the triangulation systems from the Firion, tracked the remnants of the Vauzem fleet as it scattered into the winds. A young, no-nonsense, Lieutenant-Commander aboard The Sunrider, Vosen Anasaye, joins the efforts of his command staff and Odanite diplomats to secure extradition of the Vauzem Asylum Seekers who have taken harbor among the Burmessian Republic. Will you assist the direct discussions regarding extradition, or take the chance to explore and learn just what is going on?

Grading:

• Submissions will be graded according to the Fiction Rubric 3.0
• Submissions must be in one of the following static file types: .pdf, .txt, or .docx, or submitted using the submission box on the Brotherhood website.
  • If your entry is not PG-13, please make sure to hide your entry by unchecking the “Allow people to view your submission after the competition has been judged” box
• Submissions should contain at least 500 words.
• Participation supports your pledge in the Weight of the World Campaign.