Ehu Hadif has announced his upcoming retirement, and the search for a new First Seeker has begun! From the Society’s ranks, four promising candidates have risen to the forefront. Meet the candidates for First Seeker, perform a mission on their behalf, and cast your vote! The future of the Starfinder Society is in your hands!
Tomorrow’s Seeker is a stand-alone scenario, but will be part of a global vote to determine the next First Seeker for the Starfinder Society. Players are encouraged to play this scenario and vote on their preferred First Seeker, each of whom was chosen from the ranks of Starfinder Society player PCs. Further information on voting to come alongside the release of this adventure.
The door to First Seeker Ehu Hadif’s office opens to reveal a comfortable wood-paneled room. Silver-framed photos line one wall, opposite a window overlooking the Lorespire Complex grounds. Behind the sturdy wooden desk, the comfortable faux leather chair swivels to reveal the First Seeker, a kasatha clad in red armor and a matching facemask. He raises a hand in greeting, then gestures to the plush chairs in his sitting area.
“Thank you for coming, Starfinders,” he begins, waiting for everyone to be seated. “As I’m sure you’re aware, the announcement of my impending retirement means that the Starfinder Society is once again amid election season. Four years ago, I was honored to accept the title of First Seeker thanks to the votes of Starfinder agents such as yourselves, and in just a few weeks we’ll be asking agents to cast their votes again.”
“While there are few official regulations around candidate selection, the members of the Society tend to coalesce around respected individuals, and that’s exactly what has happened. Four candidates have garnered the support of their peers, and soon we’ll be calling all agents to cast their votes. I’m asking all our agents to meet with these four candidates, learn about their proposed mandate or area of inquiry, and complete any tasks they might have prepared for prospective supporters. Just as with our faction leaders, the sort of tasks an agent deems worthy tell a lot about who they are and what they stand for.” Ehu leans back in his chair, a twinkle in his eyes. “What do you say, Starfinders? Care to spend some time looking for my worthy replacement?”
With that, he forwards an infosphere page that lists the candidates ()
Aurora Everbright: “Aurora Everbright is an ambitious and bold Starfinder. She’s a pilot and professional racer, and is quite media savvy. Aurora believes that the Starfinder Society’s achievements and heroics have gone uncelebrated—a situation she intends to remedy. Aurora has pledged to double funding for the longrunning Starfinder Chronicles and to collaborate with a variety of entertainment and media partners to produce a selection of new vidcasts, documentaries, vidgames, and other media for public consumption, all centered on the heroic exploits and groundbreaking discoveries of the Starfinder Society. You’ll meet Aurora at Jatembe Park.”
Dr. Heldin Sevaile: “Dr. Heldin Sevaile is an intelligent and altruistic Starfinder. He’s a scientist with degrees in botany and biochemistry, and a doctorate in genetics. Dr. Sevaile plans to lead a scientific expedition to catalog the flora and fauna of the galaxy in order to create a library of genetic sequences. It’s his hope that scientists and scholars the galaxy over will mine this dataset for potential new medicines and treatments. He’s promised to make any new pharmaceuticals discovered by the Starfinder Society available to the public on a non-profit basis. You’ll meet Dr. Sevaile in the laboratories.”
Nykiti Lampadephoros: “Nykiti is an insightful and mysterious Starfinder. She’s a powerful spellcaster and diviner. Her prophecies and visions can seem frivolous or nonsensical, but I’ve always found them useful in the end. Nykiti aims to investigate magical occurrences and anomalies, including Kazmurg’s Absurdity, and research the magical objects left uncatalogued in the Society’s vaults and storage spaces. You’ll meet Nykiti in the Communion Vaults.”
Sarmak: “Sarmak is a curious and passionate Starfinder. He’s a hunter, engineer, and electrician. He has an intense interest in ancient civilizations that built megastructures or displayed advanced technological capabilities. Sarmak is in the process of organizing an expedition to a city of the First Ones on Aballon. Exploring forgotten sites built by his people, izalguuns, is also a primary interest. You’ll meet Sarmak in the Archives’ Cortex.”
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A woman enters, somewhat wandering and wondering about the view she is seeing. The robes she is wearing flow behind her as she moves forward. She then allows herself to be seated on one of the plush chairs available for them while nodding at the First Seeker as her sign of courtesy.
"Greetings, First Seeker! I am Luzviminda. It is a pleasure to finally meet you before you retire!" she tells him excitedly after the kasatha ends his briefing on the candidates.
"I do not have a question so far, but I do hope that our personal interaction with them will be fruitful and bring us into a well-decided and informed vote to whoever deserves it." she states happily.
Ehu turns serious at the very serious question We're working on that, but that is not the focus now. I need to ensure stability, even if I'm singularly focused on defeating the organisation.
I'll leave it to each of the candidates to tell you if you need any special equipment. I'm sure they'll give you time to prepare should the need arise!
To Phelps, Ehu says “Oh, it wouldn’t be fair for me to endorse any one of the candidates. I’ve met all of them, and I think any of them would make a fine leader. Their mandates are all interesting in their own ways and should give the Society plenty of chances to fulfill our desires for exploration and discovery.”
Nykiti is waiting for the group in the communion vaults, a repository for mystical research tools, and a workplace for diviners, seers, precogs, and other creatures with the gift of foresight.
The smell of incense wafts from the depths of the candlelit room. Folds of fabric billow along the walls, while wooden shelves cradle all manner of esoterica. Seated cross-legged in the center of the room is a tall sarcesian, her white eyes staring into a pitchblack scrying mirror. Her lips move faintly, as she whispers words too quiet to discern. Suddenly, her head whips up as she bellows, “The Missing is found, and it hungers! Star lost, star consumed; born anew. Weep for the harbinger! Weep for the lost! The bugs shall have their due!” Her vision clears as she looks up, and a smile that could part the rainclouds bursts forth. “Sorry about that!” she says in a raspy voice. “I was communing, you understand. I am Nykitipolos, but all my friends call me Nykiti, and we’re friends, or we will be, so you should too. Tea? I’d be delighted to read your leaves after, if you like.”
Nykiti waits for everyone to sit down, then proceeds to serve tea to whoever wants it.
“I sensed that you would be visiting me today, Starfinders. The comets spoke of it, and also the First Seeker sent me a comm message. I know you’ve come to learn about me, as I am one of the four who may yet lead you. Your questions are important, and I shall take the time to speak with you.”
“However, there is an important task before you. Our mutual friend, Julzakama, recently came into possession of several magical items of unique interest to me. While all three will make fine additions to the Society’s collection, I sense that one is related to an interest of mine—a region of space known as Kazmurg’s Absurdity. It’s a strange place, which one can neither reach nor travel within using the Drift, unless one possesses special maps.”
“I’d like you to procure these items for me. All three, if you can, but the dragon is most important. You may think this a simple task, but the vibrations… they trouble me today. I fear danger. Take care.”
“Julzakama is a famously arrogant vesk who runs a pawn shop called Julzakama’s Loans, located in Downlow here on Absalom Station. He’s a gray market fence and information broker who’s proven a worthwhile contact to the Starfinder Society on more than one occasion.”
“Three the items are, and three they shall remain,” Nykiti intones. “One, the jasper dragon; two, the dancing sword; three, the fairy’s wand. Return them to me and unlock the Absurdity.” Nykiti clears her throat.
[b]“That’s what was imparted to me, along with a vision of the pawn shop. I know little more than that at present. The jasper dragon is of greatest
importance, however.”
“Unfortunately, my divinations only show me so much. I suspect the gods have a fear of ‘spoilers.’” Nykiti sighs. “As Starfinders, we must prepare for anything, yes?”
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Julzakama’s Loans is in the Downlow neighborhood of Absalom Station and is sandwiched between two seedy-looking buildings containing a Kuthite sensation house, and a combination dry cleaner’s and Castrovelian take-out operation ca
Double doors connecting the shop’s back room to a warehouse stand ajar, emitting a cacophony of sound and light. A shower of glittering lights flies in front of the doorway, while in the center of the room, ripples of energy emanate from a pile of boxes. An unconscious figure lies near the center of the room, and behind them a golden sword merrily dances through the air.
Always Right determines that Julzakama’s(assuming that's the unconscious figure) vitality is being sapped by the waves of energy, and that if he isn’t removed from the area and treated soon, he’ll die.
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Always Right
Luz
Zandor
Phelps
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"If that is the case, we should remove the unconscious person there." Luzviminda tells them after hearing what Always Right knows.
She tries to know if she knows something about the golden dancing sword.
She braves to enter the room and channels some healing at the unconscious person to wake them up in the process. "Wake up!"
HP to unconscious figure.
As Luzviminda and Always Right move in, the glittery particles start clinging to them.
Luzviminda moves into without regard for her own safety, and heals the Vesk.
The vesk groggily comes back to a form of consciousness, but seems to be unable to move.
Always Right tries to make sense of the situation, and notices the dragon is at the epicentre of the strange energy. It seems to be a soul-sapping cloud that was activated by Julzakama, as a trap triggered by the statue.
The glittering lights, Always Right determines, also seems to some form of trap ()
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Always Right
Luz
Zandor
Phelps
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Phelps moves in and starts working on disabling the dragon statue, and finally, with a click, disables the danger and purges the energy field.
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Always Right
Luz
Zandor
Phelps
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The Vesk is still unable to move, and the glittering light are still active. There may still be more dangers out there...
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Always Right
Luz
Zandor
Phelps
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Always Right
Luz
Zandor
Phelps
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Zandor focuses his efforts on the bright lights, the only other obvious trap in the area. He simply speaks the word 'stop' at the faerie wand, and the lights halt.
Always Right drags the Vesk out of harm's way.
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Goals:
[X] Faeire Wand
[X] Dragon Statue
[O] Dancing Sword
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Always Right spots nothing more than he has already spotted before, which is a golden sword that merrily dances through the air.
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Goals:
[X] Faeire Wand
[X] Dragon Statue
[O] Dancing Sword
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Always Right works on the sword, and manages to disable any dangers by draining its magic. Just like he always knew he would.
The dangers in the shop are out of the way, and Julzakama finally emerges from his slumber. What is this? What happened to my shop? he shouts out without missing a beat.
Hrghh Julzakama exclaims, that cursed dragon statuette, wasn't it. Just get that blasted thing out of my sight, okay. You can have it, just promise me it doesn't kill. Or that you won't blame me if it does
Hurgh Julzakama protests what are you trying to push on me? Just because that thing tried to kill me doesn't mean it ain't valuable, are you trying to take me for a walk here?
Alright, alright Julzakama says gruffly, you did save me there. Let's just make donation, shall we, as a sign of continued good faith and cooperation.
The dragon figure is made of yellow jasper
The bottom of the figurine has a message in Aklo. This message reads “Take my secret with you, traitor.”
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"Made of yellow jasper, interesting..." she tells them what material the dragon is made of. "For sure this is the dragon we need."
Luzviminda gives Julzakama a smile and inspects the figurine. "Look, there is a message written at the bottom of it, but I can't read it. Does anyone know this language?" she shows them the message written underneath.
Got it at a storage locker auction Julzakama says, returning a bit more to his smug, abrasive self.
He's not telling the full story, though.
Since you ask so nicely Julzakama protests, I got this from a locker auction. The locker belonged to a disgraced Prophet of Kalistrade who recently died. But what do I care where this stuff comes from...
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With the items secured, the group returns to Nykiti. She carefully looks over each item and finally says Thank you, they are just as I envisioned them.
Here, take these items as a reward she says, giving the group a spell gem of adamantine shot (1st level), a spell ampoule of biome adaptation, and a radiation buffer. I have foreseen that these will be useful to you!
When the group is leaving, she calls out Wait! There is one more thing!” She looks into the leaves left in a teacup and intones, “The maestro of the universe is ready to play. The infant quickens. I thought you should know.” She refuses to elaborate.
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"From a locker auction? And this belonged to a disgraced Prophet of Kalistrade who recently died? Well, that is important to know. Thank you so much!"
She shares the same with Nykiti about the ownership of the dragon figurine. "I thought you might be interested to know." she adds warmly and receives the gifts, though she has no idea what the candidate means with her words before they leave.