Encounter-a-Day

According to the elves, the Motori left because they were disappointed with this world. If not for the eleventh hour actions of the great elven hero Sarkuda Starshine, the Motori would have set this world afire after they left.

The dwarves claim that it was they who forced the Motori from these lands. The dwarves stole an experimental Motori weapon which could have obliterated the planet and used that to force their former masters to leave.

Each race’s version of the story is a bit different, but they all agree on one important detail: the Motori left voluntarily, on a journey somewhere else. Unfortunately, that is also the thing they got most incorrect. The Motori didn’t go on a journey elsewhere, but elsewhen: 10,000 years into the future to start anew after they foresaw some now-ancient cataclysm.

One day, without warning, the city of Ling’hurak enters a lock down. Many are able to escape, but many more are not, and for hours afterwards their screams can be heard as the reapers cleanse the cold metal towers of the remaining squatters.

A few days later, the city shines anew as long-dormant systems are powered on again. The Motori are back, and they intend to waste little time re-establishing their world-spanning empire.