A New Dawn

RPG system: Mage:The Sorceror's Crusade
Participants: 1 GM, 5 players

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Lisbon, 1755 – The Age of Enlightenment
Joseph I sits upon the Portuguese throne but it is known by those in the right circles that Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis de Pombal is the real power and his is a brand new vision for Portugal. Under his firm hand, she will emerge from the murky shadows of superstition and ignorance and embrace the light of reason, taking her place on the world stage.
The winds of change are stirring and in the salons of Europe it is the witticisms and works of Diderot, Hume and Voltaire that are on everybody’s lips.
In the streets, madmen preach of a coming storm that will doom the city and the priests utter dire warnings to those who would stray from their fold.
The Jesuits stand in Pombal’s way, clinging to their beads and superstitions and foiling his ambitions at every turn. If only there were a loyal cadre that shared his vision, who could throw their lot in with his and their weight against these old fools. The wind whispers many things and riding the currents of destiny, there is the distinct aroma of power. Somewhere in Lisbon, the Choristers hide their cray. The Order of Reason may yet kill two birds with one stone…

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