Magpie Empire - Teuthidan Hegemony

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Some of you may know that every now and then I dabble in writing roleplaying games. My latest project (and one that I've been working on occasionally for the past few months) is a science-fiction game called Magpie Empire. It dawned on me today, whilst reviewing some notes on alien cultures, that what I had written was desperately dry and didn't really convey the flavour of the culture I was describing. Hence the first in an occasional series (which I may or may not publish here) of snippets from the Magpie Empire. This particular piece describes a pivotal event in the backstory of the game, though from a perspective that will (initially at least) be unknown to the players:

( Arrival )