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About a two and a half years ago the Alpha through Epsilon corporation made a purchase of Magnolia island. Promptly they built a large scale research facility and general production factory. A~E Magnolia provided a great number of jobs to the general Barton area.

Two weeks ago it was declared a disaster zone. There was a massive explosion in the main building which prompted an evacuation of the island. More than half of the workers simply disappeared.

The bridge access to the island was barricaded, and what actually happened on the island was kept secret. The families of the disappeared were massively compensated - paid off as some would argue. Aerial fly bys of the island reveal nothing, same with general scans. The only crews that seem to go to the island anymore are A~E investigation crews. Or at least the only people that come back with something fruitful, or at all. Independent groups have ventured onto the island to find nothing, or simply not return.

The secret though doesn't involve an experiment gone wrong. It involves something with much worse intents.



The island is fairly small and close to shore. The main entrance is the bridge, now outfitted with sliding barricades. There are other ways on though, boat or helicopter being popular amongst investigative journalists. There's a small matinance dock near where the bridge meets the island. Or you could simply try and strong-arm your way through the barricades.

After you pass the welcoming "A~E Magnolia" sign, the first part of the island is the residential area. It was a cookie cutter suburban paradise designed for workers, researches and their families to live. It's a bizarre sight seeing these houses empty and suspended in the moment of household humdrum before the evacuation.

A wall separates the residential area from the more hilled area to the back of the island. This is where the research centres, as well as the main building, are built. Even though the gates are still cracked open and the wall is not that difficult to scale, this is where people run into problems. People have a tendency not to come back if they enter one of the buildings.
Those buildings are exactly what you would expect from research centres. Multi roomed, sterile and painfully dull. The one advantage to them is they have underground access to the other buildings.

Then there is the main building. Built into the side of the islands largest hill, the building serves both as a main research centre and a factory. In true A~E style there are multiple subbasements to house more delicate experiments.
These subbasements are protected by reenforced steel, concrete and solid engineering, as well as the island itself. Needless to say the only way to get to these basements is through the main building. A group of investigators attempted to hire a mage to help them get in, but soon discovered there was some sort of field being generated from the lowest basement. It was disrupting both technological scan and magic ones... Teleporting was not an option either.



arrow The Forgotten Disease: At this point Alpha through Epsilon neither denies or supports the claims that "an unknown disease" was released after the explosion.

As players discover more about A~E Magnolia more will be added here.

If you think a shadelord is doing something they can't PM Joseph Brown or Themightyjello. We know shade physics better than anyone.



Shadelords are a group who stir up trouble. The good sports will enjoy some good RP and maybe get involved with the plot.

Those that whine and moan... Go here for my amusment.

Alpha was pacing in the courtyard, it was doing what it knew best: Planing, summoning and commanding. With the shadelords out and about it would not be long before someone found out the islands secret. Magnolia had to become defendable.
The shadelord began to clutch at the empty air in its hand. Alpha was concentrating, yes, summoning another minion. A puddle of dark matter formed a shot ways away, and slowly it formed a lesser shade. It was less than six feet and looked unarmoured humanoid with one red eye. Without any orders being given the lesser shade went off to work. It would join its newly summoned brothers as the workers and soldiers of Alpha's army... And the more souls that fed the twisted reactor in the subbasement, the more members the forgotten army gained.

It was beautiful in a way. An entire crew of cycloptic workers changing Magnolia from a place of science to a crude fortress... Speaking of crude fortresses, Omega was arriving.

"Report Omega," The Alpha shadelord turned to look at the gigantic being, "And explain the human items you have returned."