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So after over a month of planning and reviewing I've made a quite reworked story on the overall Kingmaker campaign. I've taken many elements of the base books still but changed the overall end game goal of the true villain and other villains of the adventure.
Anyway post what you think of my ideas and changes to the adventure!
WARNING SPOILER BELOW!!!
Pre-AdventureStory Changes
This one is changed to be more involving throughout the story since Nyrissa plays a part in it. The main point still goes with the nobles of Brevoy going against the Swordlords of Rostland, following with the south fighting to separate from the overall kingdom. However when the current king and last known heir to the throne is suddenly assassinated, leading to Noble Houses to blame the south as the start of their revolution while the Rostlanders blame the nobles as a grab for greater power. In the end it was a Fey assassin Nyrissa sent to cause chaos, part of a long term plan she has with the king of Pitax and for her own goals. In the end mattering if the players are supports of the Nobles or Rosland, they are sent to the Stolen Lands by the group they support which in turn will effect the up coming war.
Some of Bevoy's main noble houses know that civil war will break out, but know that the when it happens the other nobles, military leaders and other influenacal people of the kingdom will be too divided or infighting over the throne to quickly unite against Rostland. So the few noble houses form an alliance and make a plans to create colonies and outposts south of Rostland in the Stolen Lands. This way they can get a southern position and have a major source of resources as well. However problems come when their largest expedition group is captured by the Staglord, but that will be detailed next.
There is a plenty history with the Stolen Lands, considering the many ruins of past empires, kingdoms and so on that have oddly failed or been destroyed. Much of this is related with that of the First World, the world of the Fey. This point becomes the main focus of Nyrissa's plans.
In First World and the Stolen Lands share a unique connection. The First World has a exactly if still otherworldly version of the Material Plane, which is unlike the rest of the ever changing world of the Fey. Because of this there are many portals to the first world, mainly mushroom rings. The energy of the First World seeps out from these portals, leaking in and affected the area slightly but overall not changing the world dramatically. Still it explains the many magical creatures, plants and Fey in the Stolen Lands. Overall the reality changing powers of the First World are exposed to the Material Plane which plays a unique role for the players and grand plan of Nyrissa.
Because of the close connection between the Stolen Lands and the First World there are many portals between them in the from of Fairy Rings, mushroom circles that are hidden around the land. These portals seep out First World energy, raw magical power that changes reality around it. While the energy from these portals creates havens of beautiful nature around them they also affect the area by creating magical creatures, allowing Fey to enter the Material World and affect nature as well. However, this does not affect the overall region too majorly that it causes too much attention.
At one point the players will discover one of these Fairy Rings, either by through quests or exploring. When one or more nears the ring they will be zapped by the energies of the power, which cause minor pain at first before suddenly having a healthy feeling to them. For older characters they feel strong and young again for a brief moment but it does not make any benefits. However this energy can now be tapped by the players allowing them to do the amazing and impossible, changing reality itself!
Now such a thing sounds much too powerful to hand the players, but First World energy works as a unique hero point. Using a point they can reroll, gain a bonus to the roll, cheat death and so on. However certain classes have other uses for it such as allowing a Paladin to gain a extra Smite or a Wizard to use spell they know but had not prepared. Although based on how powerful the ability or spell they wish to use, the higher the amount of energy is needed to do so. Also if the players collect the energy that can spend it to change the world or themselves in greater manners, such as granting them more permanent powers.
There are some affects that will come into play as energy collected will also change them, giving some characters more Fey like or other worldly looks. Also the portals and energy play as a danger to the later stages of the adventure and key to Nyrissa's plan.
Now for the deadly Fey Sorceress. Back story wise she is very much the same, being powerful member of the Summer Court. Falling in love with Eldest, Count Ranalc, who gave her greater magic the with her confident in her grand powers and even claiming to me as mighty as the Eldest, rulers of the First World. However she was quickly punished for her claims and stripped of emotion to love along with some of her power, along with banishing the Count into the Plane of Shadow. With her love formed into Briar and tossed into the Material World, the void in Nyrissa fills with pure hate to toward the other Eldest who quickly forget about her.
In anger, she gathers her followers and moves through the First World gathering other Fey, forming her own unofficial court, the Court of Entropy. Using her great powers, she is able to create her own realm of Thousand Breaths to protect herself from the sight of the Eldest while she planned to find a way to defeat them all and free Count Ranalc. She soon learns of the unique connection between the First World and the Stolen Lands, along with the pure energy that is created between both dimensions. She learns that if this energy can be tapped in correctly, she could truly gain the power of the Eldest but also gain full access to the Material World as well. She planned fuse her new demi-plane and the Stolen Lands, an invasion either Court or Eldest had ever done.
To do this though she needed help from the Material World. She creates allies with many beings such as King Irovetti of Pitax and the Stag Lord. Gifting them magic items and First World energy, she instructs them to gain control of Fairy Portals and use special rituals to empower them. This process would take many years in the Material World, maybe even decades or centuries if the powers charge naturally. Once enough power is built she would be able to begin her invasion as detailed in the final book, bringing Thousand Breaths and a portion of the First World into the Material World. From there she gain the full power of the First World energy, enough to outmatch the Eldest and even gods. With this power she war against the Eldest and also have her armies conquer the rest of Golarion. Of course the players prove to be a threat to her plans.