Interest Check: Trouble in the Rubble

You are all new to the adventuring life. What may have brought you here is yours to safeguard or share, but each of you have come to the Great Valley. You have done some exploration of the world, but as you have ventured farther from your homes, you realize that the world is vast and strange. Also, everyone (including you) is worried about the Hounds of the Blind Heaven. There are rumors that the Hounds have ravaged those who have violated the ancient edicts: The Black Taboos.

Solid Truths of Planegea
• The world is very new; this isn’t a medieval or post-apocolyptic world, but a prehistoric, Stone-Age world. As such, the world is still shifting and moving, and landmarks can move and shift.
• The clanfire is sacred; strangers are welcome to rest by the fire each night if they leave their weapons outside of the firelight.
• Every place has its god. The gods are tied to physical locations in the Great Valley; they barter offerings and tasks from mortals in exchange for power; and they compete (and consume) rival gods to obtain their power and influence in the world.
• The world is cursed to remain in the Stone Age by powers beyond the reckoning of gods or mortals. The eerie Hounds of the Blind Heaven hunt those who violate The Black Taboos. They are:
(1) Writing is death;
(2) No number after nine;
(3) No wheels; and
(4) No money.

Safety Tools
This game is generally PG-13. The adventure features themes of horror and darkness, primeval awe, and kinetic action.

Lines. This game will not contain physical violence towards children, unwanted sexual contact, animal abuse or cruelty, party-initiated torture, inter-party violence.

Veils. Cannibalism, mental assault, ritual sacrifice, kidnapping, consensual sex, enemy-initiated torture, or parasitic invasion will be "veiled" off-screen.

If at any time you don’t feel comfortable with the content or direction of the game, please say so in the OOC thread, quoting the passage that is an issue, and we will stop the game and address your concerns.