Revision 6

The macro plot of Fatekeeper grows out of contact between two halves of a world that had been separated for centuries. The Underdwellers, who built a thriving technocratic civilization beneath the surface during their long isolation, eventually broke back through to the surface. The civilization that meets them at the surface is rooted in revived beliefs and worship; the resulting conflict is about value systems as much as territory.

Two Halves

Why it Cannot Resolve Easily

• The underground side has forgotten the surface; their entire culture was built in opposition to it.

• The surface side has forgotten that the underground existed; their assumptions about geography and history are violated by the contact.

• Some Underdwellers reacted to the surface with worship and cult-building, fracturing their own society.

• Both sides have weapons, magic, and centuries of accumulated grievance.

The Druid's Role

The Druid, as a Sentinel of Solace, moves through the wreckage of the conflict. The Druid has been framed as a successor figure, a passing-of-the-mantle premise: the previous Druid is gone, and the current one inherits the order's task of maintaining balance through the war's aftermath. Through the 0.1.3 build the story has not spelled out how far that inheritance reaches.