*** A note tacked lined with blue & black heraldry ***

[plot]

To the "People" of Caladore,

You have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents all because you thought my people were "copies".  We came to your land seeking only a cure for our affliction and a means to save our world.

Those who remain among my forces here have lost spouses, children, entire families, even multiple generations have been permanently laid to waste by your actions.  It is only sorrow that remains in our hearts now.

Sorrow that has bred rage, and forthcoming vengeance.

I have found a piece of MY Dark Lord here in your lands.  I shall tap that piece, return his scales to black from jade, and you will know the abyss that is his realm.

For now, enjoy the blood of the innocent that saturates the fallen snow around your hovel of Caladore.  Celebrate this year you shall indeed.

Sincerely,

Lady Kyla Direshade
Empress of the Breakworld
Faithful servant to his lordship, Leviticus

[Maison D'âmes]

Hey all,

It'd be great if the rest of us could get an update on all of this, because I know about a teaspoon and it appears there is possible a dragon's ass worth of information involved here.

Thanks
-Mais

PS - This is not directed to the above angry twin, I mean to the town in general. Cause, be pretty sure here, Kyla the 2nd, many of us have no idea what you're talking about.

[coffeesquirrel]

Oooo... Me know some of this stuff. HI !!! Me seen you look alikes before.. Me no thought you was copy. Me did find you not like the ones we are here and a bit scary. But lots of stuff are bit scary.

[Captain Deputy Meric Starborn]

Feel free to come and exact revenge, just know more of your ilk will be put to the sword. And tell your boss that baby armor of his is mine.

Captain Meric Starborn
Wolf of Nord Vlka
Sword of the Azure Rose
Deputy of Midway

[Maison D'âmes]

Hey Meric,

What's going on with this
-Mais

[cornix]

There's a lot to unpack here and this isn't the right pace to unpack it, particularly when Breakworld people are watching.

The short, short version is that she comes from a doomed, void-tainted, and collapsing alternate timeline where everyone who was left alive (of which there were relatively few) was going to extreme means to save themselves. I like to think of it as a bad thing that didn't happen but that is trying very hard to have happened.

Anyway, a portal had formed between there and here, and they were going to try to save their "world" at the expense of ours.  We think they may have been cutting some deals with some rather naughty people in our world, too.  They are probably upset because the portal closed on them.

If you see someone who looks or acts like someone you know (including nobility), but has an incorrect symbol, or the wrong colors, or the wrong eyes, or is lankier and grew a beard that they didn't have before, you might be dealing with a Breakworlder.  In particular, watch out for Breakworld copies of the Baron, Lady Kyla, or Jorim.

If you get too close to your Breakworlder copy, you might merge.

Good luck trying to convince a Breakworlder of any of the above: they are all completely convinced that we're the fakes and that all of our existence is a lie.  Or at least that's how they are justifying trying to destroy us to save themselves.  I look forward to someone from their camp posting a tirade here in response to the above.

That should give you what you need to know until you can talk to someone more in the know.  We've been trying to control how much they know that we know, you know?

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to this fair.

- Cornix

[Maison D'âmes]

Cornix, I'd love to hear more. I understand protecting information, but I've asked multiple times and known only about the alternate time bring created and the twins existing. I didn't realize we were on existential threat level.

I'm not saying I personally need to know anyone's personal **** but like not just the bad guys are in the dark

-Mais

[Captain Deputy Meric Starborn]

I only know about Leviticus and his baby armor unfortunately

Captain Meric Starborn
-titles

[cornix]

Based on our last available information, they were a long way away from actually being able to achieve an existential threat, but that's what they were working towards. Given the above screed, looks like whatever they were planning won't work, so now their plan has gone from "kill everyone to save themselves" to "just kill everyone."

Aside from putting everything in flowery prose, I'm not sure what more there is to tell. If you're wondering about the women/children/generations killed thing, there is a lot of exaggeration going on there. I'm sure a lot of people died, but that was because, as I said, their whole world was collapsing around their ears already. The vast majority of the people left alive (maybe a small village's worth, less than an army certainly) were essentially comatose and were not-so-slowly being swallowed up as the world collapsed.

Lemme know if there are discrete questions I can answer.

- Cornix

[Maison D'âmes]

Cornix,

Sorry you made it sound as if there was a good deal more to unpack but that you didn't want to do so here. I'll think of questions I may have. I appreciate your honesty greatly.
-Mais

[cornix]

Mais,

The above should cover the basics enough for folks to understand who the bad folks are, roughly, and why they are doing what they are doing. There's always another layer of details and speculation, but that's where I get worried about sharing info with the wrong people.

I guess one more thing I can share: colors. Lady Direshade's troops go in black with blue edging and white crescent moon symbol. The Baron's troops are purple with black accents. They also might have a few werecreatures with them (not rats, nor apparently related to that separate issue), but it's probably best to give any lycanthropes a wide berth. Generally speaking, though Breakworlders look like any other human, elf, or whatnot, so just be particularly careful of strangers.

- Cornix

[Maison D'âmes]

I mean, it sounds like they dont just look like people, they are, well, people. I don't blame them for not really listening and I'm sure they're also horrible slavers or something but they're sentient beings.

-Mais

[cornix]

Mais,

I would have been really sympathetic if they were willing to treat us like sentient beings. They clearly know how to read and write and where the board is. So where was the note asking for help when the portal formed? Instead of reaching out to anyone in power when they came here (including their opposite numbers), they immediately decided to effectively strip-mine our world, making deals with some unsavory folks, working with undead, etc. And yeah, there's some kidnapping and raiding going on, too. Our attempts to talk with them have not gone well, again because they refuse to accept that we exist.

I've got no pull here, but if there were Breakworld refugees who wanted to lay down arms and build a life here, that would be one thing. (And a complicated thing, some of them probably have doubles.) But I haven't heard any of that. As far as I know, there was no straightforward way to get the rest of the non-combatants here to save them, and certainly the Breakworlders were proceeding as if they had to damage Tyrra in order to sustain their comatose brethren over. And that would have been a temporary fix, at best, causing the exact same problems that doomed their world. Absolutely a frustrating and sad situation, but I don't think there's anything to be done about it.

- Cornix

[Bada]

There's not much more to tell here of real consequence, but if anyone feels they need more information, I'll be in town for this coming market faire and we can talk in person.

-Bada

[Kyla]

Lady Direshade,


It was my misguided foray into formal magic brought our two existences together. With that part of my life now over, rest assured that it will be my sword plunging through your heart that will end our connection for all of eternity.

I look forward to seeing you on the battlefield.


Lady Silverstar