Numeria and 'Valley of the Brain Collectors'

[Arnwyn]

So... Numeria. I'm not sure I entirely get it. Short form: What's up with "Numeria" and "space"?

I think I get the basics of Numeria - great big spaceship crashed long ago in uncivilized region; people from region grab and make use of technology scave

Is that close?

So, what's up with the other 'space' stuff in and around Numeria? Do space things only land in Numeria? Why? What's up with that? (Or is every single tech/space thing in Numeria directly tied to the crashed ship? And if not - why not?)

(I put my query in this thread because Valley of the Brain Collectors seemed to me to be disconnected from the crashed ship and it's just a random "space"/tech thing in Numeria, for inexplicable reasons... But I'm looking to be set straight if I'm wrong.)

Thanks to all those knowledgeable people out there!

[Ayanzo]

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[Acolyte of Mushu]

This is the rundown:

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The reason the spaceship crashed was because of the Dominion of the Black, a chaotic space-faring organization of alien space-horrors, which are the ones that appear in Valley of the Brain Collectors. They've already made slight, anonymous appearances in the some of the other installments. And yes, most other aliens in Numeria are somehow related to the starship. There are a couple of allegedly non-related characters in Hajoth-Hakados, for as of yet unexplained reasons.

[Arnwyn]

Ayanzo wrote:

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Are you sure? It's the title of the 4th AP volume... found in many places all over the messageboard and website including the most recent Paizo Blog.

[Bill, Brain Collector]

Ayanzo wrote:

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We need Brains! not spoiler tags!

[James Jacobs]

The short version:

Spoiler:

The Dominion of the Black came to Numeria to follow up on the ship they crippled some 9,000 years ago. If that seems like a long time to stay curious about someone you beat up and sent scampering through a hole through which you couldn't follow... keep in mind that the Dominion of the Black is a lot more patient and, well, more alien than you or I.

So. The first ship crashed in Numeria just by chance. The aliens featured in "Valley of the Brain Collectors" arrived there because they were following that first ship, essentially.

Also, the theme of this AP is "things from other planets come to Golarion," and that alone would have justified, in my opinion, a bunch of aliens. But they actually do have an in-storyline reason for being there, as summarized briefly above and as explained in much greater detail in the adventures of "Iron Gods" themselves.