Oh where to begin...I am Watcher First
Class Reginald Barcleft, second adjunct to the Watcher Council and I
am the one writing these documents. I am not sure who is reading
them...but this is to help you understand the origins of this
information. If you are not supposed to be reading this, like say
you are a member of what we call the “Child Races”, then
stop...you’re not going to are you...oh well the consequences are
on you.
As you probably already read, with the
creation of magic humanity found a way to elevate itself to a high
form of existence, a process called ascension. The catch was that
when we did that, we were not ready. Humans are as they always have
been, a petty squabbling bunch of children. The difference now is
that those kids have the keys to daddies gun safe and are using them.
The Watchers Association was created to
make sure that humanities new found power did not interfere with the
development of the child races. Formed some time after the ascension
(time is kind of different in this plane of existence) the Watchers
were meant to observe our children and to report on their progress
while the rest of humanity explored the vast reaches of the
cosmos...yeah that didn’t last.
Approximately eight hundred years after
we ascended they started to return from their sight seeing...and all
hell broke loose. Humans were getting bored, there wasn’t a lot to
entertain the majority of people and many started to muck about or
just get into fights. Some of these entities returned to the
physical realm and manipulated the child races.
This advanced all of the child races
greatly with new knowledge about magic. But other less scrupulous
people wanted power and glory sparking conflict as they went. This
is when “The Game” was established. Yeah...that is what we call
it.
The game was created by some of the
best minds of humanity and created a framework for the “proper”
way to interfere with the cultures that had been forming for a
millennium. The rules were to be enforced by the Watchers so that no
one entity could completely muck things up, in theory at least.
Over the centuries the rules have been
refined and new rules have been added to the game. And during all
that time the Watcher have been chronicling and refereeing The Game.
So...what is The Game?
The Game is best compared to a
different game called a Table Top Role Playing Game. Each
Participant in The Game is given a subject of the child races based
on a series of questions we ask. Entities that are deemed unfit are
not allowed to play.
Once given a subject, the entity is
then allowed to manipulate the “character” as they deem fit with
out interfering with their free will. An entity can not personally
take over that character and drive them around like a car. Instead
they become a voice in the characters head offering choices and
helping them to make decisions. So yeah, those people that are
talking to them selves may not be just talking to them selves after
all.
As an added part of the Watchers
directives, a subset of the watchers will create adventures around
events in the world. While we do not outright create events altering
the balance of the universe. We do find events that can be
entertaining with a subtle push and make sure the players know what
way to push to make those events more interesting.
Unfortunately there are always those
that do not follow the rules. These are referred to as the Dark Ones
in the terms of The Game. Those that have been rejected for
participation in The Game, but manipulate or even blatantly take over
some one. Usually we can find them quickly because they want to live
out the dark fantasies they have like that of being a Criminal King
Pin, Murderer, Rapist, and more.
But others are harder to find and may
even be left alone because their role becomes to deeply ingrained in
the events of society to remove. Despotic Leaders tend to fall into
that area. Entities that have gathered enough power to be
untouchable but also reign havoc on world or even universe just for
the fun of it.
But it works out I guess because these
villains make things more interesting. Though if it were up to me I
would tear them out of those poor souls and then deal with the mess.
Anyway Dark Ones have been responsible for many of the tragedies and
conflicts in recent history. You will read about them in time.
So...I guess that is that. I am a
Watcher and my role is to observe the Child Races, discover their
history in some cases, document those events and goings on, and to
make sure the other entities do not get out of hand while playing The
Game. Well I guess I have better get back to it. I have been
struggling with the Asterilians report and so I need to get back to
that.
