We're excited to give you the rundown on our upcoming May 2025 Day Game event focused on the fate of the Aberrant commune of Will-O-The-Wisp. This commune located on the grounds of a historic Lovelace Family Estate was envisioned as a sanctuary for Aberrants and became a source of growing danger and tension in the region. This weekend our Survivors have been invited to the Lovelace Estate by members of the once-all-Pureblood Aberrants, the Lovelaces, to interact with human drama, dangerous faith, and the way good intentions pave the road to hell.
Setting The Scene
Will-O-The-Wisp was — some might argue still is — a small commune (population: 15) built on estate land donated by the Lovelace family. It is meant to be a refuge for Aberrants in a historically anti-psionic region once more inflamed with those sentiments. Recently, the gathering of Aberrants and meddling of the Holy-Field cult (more on them later) festered their Morgue into a Corrupted Morgue, which burst and left the community reeling, vulnerable, and coping with deaths including permanent ones. Meanwhile, a few members of the Lovelace family have moved back into the Estate's old manor house, navigating their relationship with the Aberrant community on their land and its people, but how far will the obligation of nobles to the people stretch?
Themes and What To Expect This Event
interpersonal drama
Will-O-The-Wisp's people are a group that's full of conflicts, family dynamics, and more challenges to the mission of building an Aberrant sanctuary in a hostile world. Characters interested in social and political gameplay should look to lean into the drama of these imperfect people and their fledgling settlement. Townsfolk like Bayley Topshelf, anxious Vegasian full of Spoilers searching to rescue their sister Abby from the Holy-Fields and Lydia Of-The-Dirt, an Unborn who tends to the Morgue and holds complex views on aberrancy, will need aid and direction to move forward in a dangerous aftermath.
The Holy-Fields
The Corrupted Morgue didn't just damage the settlement, it attracted dangerous attention. The Holy-Fields, a doomsday grave cult (see Dystopia Rising: Live's publication “Faith and Devotion,” p.150 for OOG details), embedded themselves within the commune and recruited vulnerable residents. Among their recent converts is young Abby Topshelf, who is one of the characters at the center of this drama. The Holy-Fields won't stop until Will-O-The-Wisp has either joined their cause or been sacrificed to power their Engine of the Mortis Amaranthine. Will you stand against their zealotry and twisted actions?
The Aberrancy Debate
At the heart of Will-O-The-Wisp's existence lies a fundamental question: Why remain Aberrant? The concentration of psionic abilities in an Aberrant sanctuary also makes it a target, drawing Undead, problems with the Morgue, diseases, and more. Is aberrancy a tool for survival, a burden to be managed, or something to be disdained or even hunted for possessing? In a world full of dangers, are psionics worth the cost? Expect philosophical debates along with prosaic challenges as the community wrestles to define itself and its future.
Threats from the Mortis and more
No settlement is safe, and the small encampment by the Estate definitely won't be either. Aberrants bring Undead — and nasty ones at that — while other threats like the Holy-Fields may aim to take your Infection. The concentration of Aberrants in one location has its consequences that have already been seen, and more far-reaching and long-term that need to be untangled with the help of our Survivors.
Quick list of Gameplay Focuses
Social roleplay opportunities with the residents of Will-O-The-Wisp
Combat encounters with Undead and possibly cultists
Philosophical and practical debates about Aberrancy, family, and community
Chances to help shape the future of Will-O-The-Wisp
Visiting the Lovelace Estate and meeting the secretive Lovelaces
…and more to be uncovered this weekend!
We look forward to seeing you at our Day Game! Tickets are still available here at flexible pricing, so if you haven’t registered yet — what are ya waiting for?