Rumours, Hooks & Plot Ideas

preferred themes: horror, occult, supernatural, thriller, adventure, mystery

the wizard of the northern shroud

"Been talkin goin around of a strange man appearin' offering aid to the lost around lands between The Shroud and Coerthas. Some say he's some kind o rogue black mage - 'a wizard', twistin the elements in weirdlin ways.""I heard though one time he healed a man who fell in a ditch and broke his hip. Nursed and mended the sod back up to health and sent him on his way. Maybe he was just feeling benevolent that sun. Cause I also heard a rumour he eats the young that stray too far away from their mum's hip into the forest."

  • Those who might seek out rogue mages: to learn from, to exchange knowledge, to ask a favour, to murder, or to bring in for questioning.

  • Perhaps a simple, serendipitous encounter with the Keeper while out on business or a leisurely stroll in the areas he watches over?

  • Have you fled to the wilderness? Wounded? Trouble in the Shroud or Coerthas? In need of aid and succor? Perhaps the man might appear to offer you a hand in a most dire moment..

dreamweaving, oneiromancy

"Twas a disturbing eve prior. I hath reached the pinnacle of slumber, yet therein I was besot by a most peculiar experience. A Miqo'te - you know those uncouth beastlings, came to me in a dream. He spoke with grand conviction thus: 'I... may help you.. find her.. your daughter.. Seek me out in the place where the snow lessens and the trees thicken.'I am one to forfend such notions, yet I find myself unable to address the what-ifs. You know the depths of my yen of her, all these turns and I have maintained hope. And, if there may be even a chance found with this ominous man.."

  • Wherever you are on Hydaelyn, a stranger of a Miqo'te man intrudes upon your dream.. He watches from the mist, and then arrests it, promising his help for the charred parts of yourself. If you would only accept..

  • You have heard rumours of Nameless.. of his abilities to seemingly alter and change dreams.. You now seek out any balm, any reprieve from those sordid nightmares that harrow you.

  • You are in search of someone.. missing, alive or perhaps not. You follow the rumour of him in hopes of obtaining a new means of searching where all orthodox trails have grown cold.

All things done in the dark: hauntings, curses, voidsent

"Commander, we simply do not have enough manpower to deal with every odd rumour bounced down the stairs of the Jeweled Crozier. Did not that white-haired Miqo'te man solve some sort of voidal threat in the Brumes not but a moon ago? Blast it, did anyone take down his name and a means to contact him?"

  • The Keeper seems to appear in the wake of all things preternatural. Where there is cultist activity, voidsent summoning and worshiping, blood magic, calls to the beyond - one might find Nameless there.

  • Unnatural or unusually dark, corrupted, or voidal aether.. Possession even? Before the Keeper's arresting stare these are things seen and known, not hidden.

Didn't see a theme, hook or rumour that feels that it fits for your character? Not a worry, roleplaying is a creative realm, and there are more kinds of stories Nameless may fit in beyond this list - it is not exhaustive by any mean. Let me know and I'd be happy to brainstorm other ideas together!