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Discussion page for the Kaer Esopus Earthdawn Campaign.

During the Scourge, the Adepts of the Kaer of Esopus became arrogant and tyrannical. They gave themselves more honors and rights as time progressed, with no way for the ordinary citizens to stop them – after all, it was the Adepts who kept the magic and kept the Kaer safe. By the time the Scourge ended, the Adepts ruled over their fellow name-givers as slave-masters for several generations – complacent in the belief that it was their right. It was this complacency that lead to their downfall – within a year of the Kaer opening, the populace rose up and slew them all. So determined were the townspeople not to allow this to happen again that, as the subsequent generations were born, those in whom Talent appeared were given a choice to undergo a renaming ceremony and renounce their abilities or be exiled.
It has been over a hundred years since the Kaer opened and they have remained safely hidden in their valley, with no Adepts among them.
You have recently come to realize that you possess these forbidden Talents, although so far you have been able to keep them a secret. You know that you will choose exile over giving them up and long to further develop them, but also realize you lack the skills that would allow you to survive in the wilds that surround your valley (perhaps this is why none of the exiled Adepts have returned). Gathering others “of your kind” to leave together is your best bet – but it increases the odds of detection and exile or worse if the town elders decide your conspiracy has other motives….