The Arclord Who Never Was
The Arclord Who Never Was, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Michael Bramnik for tier 1-4, was released on October 26, 2022.
“A skull with glowing eyes was among the many objects which recently turned up in the Pathfinder Society's vaults, and none of the other objects are quite so talkative as this one! In fact, the skull isn't an object at all, but a person. The Society isn't sure who, or what, they are, and the skull seems to have lost their memories. Nonetheless, the skulls requests—no, insists—that the Society return them to their former glory at once!
Grand Archivist Zarta Dralneen has determined that the skull is from Quantium, the magic-filled capital of Nex. She dispatches a group of Pathfinders to conduct a simple research mission and guide the skull around the city, hoping to jar the skull's memories and learn the truth.
"See the world," they said. "Simple research mission," they said.
”
Scenario overview
| Level | |
| Location(s) | |
| Faction(s) |
Recurring characters, concepts, and locations
The following characters, concepts, or locations can be found in this scenario, but also significantly appear in the publications listed below:
- Arclords of Nex (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, A God Falls Where Magic Fails, Slaver's End)
- Aslynn (Abducted in Aether, The Arclord Who Never Was, Battle for Star's Fate, The Blakros Connection, The Confirmation, The Daughters' Due, The Hao Jin Cataclysm, The Hao Jin Hierophant, Tapestry's Trial, The Traitor's Lodge, Trapping the Hag's Claw, Year of Boundless Wonder (scenario))
- Creation's Forge (The Arclord Who Never Was, The Refuge of Time)
- Eando Kline (The Absalom Initiation, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Campaign Setting, Catastrophe's Spark, Character Guide, The Compass Stone, Flooded King's Court, A Lie Told to Strangers, Lord of Runes, Pathfinder Society Guide, Port Godless, The Price of Friendship, Sanctum of the Serpent God, The Thousand Fangs Below, To Seek the Heart of Calamity, Vaults of Madness, The Veteran's Vault, The Winter Queen's Dollhouse)
- Envoy's Alliance (faction) (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, The Blackwood Lost, Citadel of Corruption, Fury's Toll, Killer in the Golden Mask, Lodge of the Living God, Mean Streets of Shadow Absalom, Skymetal Hoard, Year of Unfettered Exploration (scenario))
- Fola Barun (The Absalom Initiation, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Beyond Azlant Ridge, The Bloodcove Blockade, Character Guide, Citadel of Corruption, Dead Man's Debt, Fury's Toll, The Ghol-Gan Heresy, In Burning Dawn, Killer in the Golden Mask, King in Thorns, Lodge of the Living God, Mean Streets of Shadow Absalom, Mountain of Sea and Sky, Pathfinder Society Guide, Signs in Senghor, United in Purpose, Year of Unfettered Exploration (scenario))
- Greora (The Arclord Who Never Was)
- Igrigi Lokar (The Arclord Who Never Was)
- Liaskra (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode)
- Nex (The Absalom Initiation, Ancients' Anguish, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Beacon Below, The Flesh Collector, A God Falls Where Magic Fails, The Hydra's Fang Incident, Lost at Bitter End, Origin of the Open Road, Putrid Seeds, The Slithering, The Thorned Monarch, The Twisted Circle, You Only Die Twice)
- Olorthu (The Arclord Who Never Was)
- Quantium (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Opal of Bhopan, Origin of the Open Road, The Wounded Wisp)
- Sebnet Sanserkoht (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode)
- Toldrar (The Arclord Who Never Was, Dreams of a Dustbound Isle, Mean Streets of Shadow Absalom, Struck by Shadows)
- Vigilant Seal (faction) (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Battle for Star's Fate, Catastrophe's Spark, Dacilane Academy's First Great Prank War, Devil at the Crossroads, Excising Ruination, Flooded King's Court, The Hidden Current, In Glorious Battle, Killer in the Golden Mask, Linnorm's Legacy, Lost in Flames, A Most Wondrous Exchange!, Negotiations for the Star Gun, Parting Clouds, Prisoners of the Electric Castle, Return to the Grave, Shattering Golden Chains, Signal from the Electric Laboratory, To Seek the Heart of Calamity, The Tomb Between Worlds, Trapping the Hag's Claw, The Winter Queen's Dollhouse, Within the Prairies)
- Zykyryz (The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Year of Boundless Wonder (scenario))
Map support
The following map products are used in this scenario:
- Real-world articles
- Works by Michael Bramnik
- Artwork by Damien Mammoliti
- Artwork by Jason Engle
- Artwork by Riccardo Moscatello
- Artwork by Jason Smith
- 2022 adventures
- Adventures
- PFRPG 2E adventures
- Pathfinder Society (2E) scenarios
- 1st level adventures
- 2nd level adventures
- 3rd level adventures
- 4th level adventures
- Tier 1-4 scenarios
- Adventures in Quantium
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Quantium
- Adventures in Nex
- Pathfinder Society scenarios set in Nex
- Envoy's Alliance scenarios
- Vigilant Seal scenarios