Arcus Prima

The Chantryrealm

Atmosphere

Isle of Marmo (Chateau Stang): Spooky (-5)

Isle Sybillae: Peaceful (5)

Everywhere else: Normal

Phenomenon

Intermittent ghost raids from the Dark Isle: Haunted (-5)

Psychic Emanations

Normal (0)

Magickal Manifestations

Ghostly islands, faintly visible through the morning fog: Noticeable (-10)

Guardians

The Taihu Five: 5x Aware (5)

Size

Arcus Prima is a freshwater lake far vaster than Lake Taihu, above which float thousands of levitating islands: Large (10)

The various chantry buildings are spread out, with most of the 'restored' ones on Isle Marmo and Sybillae: Large (10)

Security

Westin has set up a vast array of micro-wards to alert him to intruders: Average (5)

Wards

Arcus Prima is heavily warded against any unauthorised entry: Diff 10 War vs all unauthorised (20)

Fortifications

The newly-constructed ancient ruins and floating isles of Arcus Prima pose an incredible challenge to any would-be attacker: Impregnable (15)

Shallowing

The mists of Lake Taihu overlap eerily with those of Lake Prima: Strong (-5)

Communications

Trans-Umbral (5)

Land Status

Tempus Spatium has control of Arcus Prima by right of conquest and reformat: Private (0)

Special Portal

To Hasseltine House, Vancouver (5)

Surroundings

The land of Arcus Prima is made up of many floating islands of all sizes: Strange (5, 5 quint)

Climate

The seasons turn in Arcus Prima like they do in Shanghai and we will probably wind up complaining about this some of the time: Earthly Climate (0)

Misc

All those authorized can generate wings to fly between islands, in addition several permanent teleport gates link Chateau Stang to Isle Sybillae: Transport net (10, +10 Quint)

Building Conditions

The inhabited buildings on Isles Marmo and Sybillae are of acceptable quality, but many additional overgrowned buildings lurk on other islands: normal (0)

Library

Cathy has collected a huge set of books and needs help to sort them all: Exceptional (5 + 5 free)

Laboratory

The Aethyrogenics Laboratory is full of strange and wonderful items of an intellectual bent: Superior (5)

Population

Having been formatted from a blank slate, Arcus Prima has no native sentients: No People (-5)

Servants

We need catgirl maids: No Servants (-10)

Internal Politics

We can't agree on a way to get out of a wet paper bag: Disorganized (-5)

Some members of Tempus Spatium have extremely strong links to other parties: Conflicting Loyalties (-5)

Can't talk, snuggling up to hot technocratic powersuit girls: Rogue Cabals (-5)

Realm Affairs

Quint Requirements 115/Week

Node Sources

Lake Taihu - 50

Hassletine House - 20

Proteuspad - 15

Shrine - 15

15 Shortfall. We have a small grace period with the Dragon.

Locations

Isla Sybilla

Isla Sybilla is the larger of the two chantry halls floating in the realm of Arcus Prima. It is composed of a number of floating blocks more or less stationary relative to each other. Each block is composed of clean white stonework that looks stylstically in line with each of the others though clear variations exist for several areas. The blocks are vertically as well as horizontally separated, so the entire complex is as high as it is wide. Generally speaking, Sybilla has a very pleasant atmosphere, though it is on the quiet side.

Mai Block

Mai Block highest block in Sybilla by a small margin – it is accessible on foot up a flight of stairs from the outer boundary of the Academy Block. It is a s

Academy Block

Looks suspiciously like a small Japanese high-school campus.

• The Old School Building is a run-down facility located on the a corner at the back of the block's surface. Unlike the rest of Sybilla, it is distinctly spooky.
• The Mahora Library is located in the massive physical block beneath the campus.

Isle of Marmo

[1]
The Isle of Marmo is a spooky island (as opposed to Isla Sybilla's floating blocks) whose dominant feature is the smaller of Arcus Prima's two chantry halls – Chateau Stang.

• The Voile Library
• The Vancouver Portal

Other Floating Islands

Upper

[2]

Core

[3] The

• The Onsen Isles with their mysterious vulcanism are conveniently close to Isla Sybilla.

The Lake

The surface of Arcus Prima (known simply as "the Lake") is a vast freshwater lake in theory roughly the size of all the Great Lakes combined. In practice, the shore is never visible and no one knows what actually bounds its shores, how deep, or even what the lakebed is. Hence, its status as a "lake" is derived only from the fact that the realm's primary node is the Taihu near Shanghai. Chantry mages rarely visit the lake as it sits far below the floating isles where the chantry halls are but one supposes that if anyone were to breach the powerful wards in place against the realm's shallowing, this would be where they end up.