Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20181223224329/@comment-5543592-20181229190523

In interpretation of the Prophecy, many had interpreted it wrongly. It did not tell of a singular four men. Each stanza foretold of a different three men.

Four men come to the Emerald City,

One made of tin, a warrior with no heart,

One made of straw, a scarecrow with no mind,

One made up in lion’s skin, a coward with no spine,

And one a horse, a color different than the rest,

This stanza tells of the original four men who came to the Emerald City. Abel's father, the original Yellow Jester, Beacon, and the The Crimson King. It was the four of them that set the prophecy into motion simply by trying to complete it.

Four men come to the Emerald City,

To right the past wrongs and the cutting of hope,

To protect those of a just cause,

To rightly set themselves above kings,

And to broker power among gods,

This stanza is about members of the Outsiders, chiefly William, Tim, Tanner, and Rick.

It was Tanner's mission to fix what Hades had done, and avenge the Boss' legacy.

It was William who was intially set out to do the Cause's work.

It was Tim who was declared the heir of the House of Devane.

And it was Rick who convened with the High Lama and learned the true purpose of Chahalheel.

Four men come to the Emerald City,

And there four will lay.

Finally, the four to die were Hades, Kheiro, Mathias, and the High Lama. None of them could have known that their role in the prophecy simply was to die.

The Brotherhood of Steel withdrew to Fort Williamette followed it's disasterous losses in the Emerald City. By the end of the year, the Midwestern Brotherhood Chapter had withdrawn entirely. Upon returning to Chicago, Elder Christain Brosch was relieved of command by Elder Atticus Collins, and several members of the Royal Wasteland command were court-martialed and jailed.

The Shambhala recovered quickly after the death of the High Lama. He was replaced by a new High Lama, this one from among the ranks of ghouls that in inhabited the Space Needle. This new High Lama was noted for being remarkably less vague and obtuse than the previous one. He also did not harbour any meglomanical intentions or preclinations toward world domination.

Caesar's Legion did eventually arrive in the Royal Wasteland, as the High Lama warned and Praetorian Gracius Drucus predicted. The banners of the 87 tribes were raised around the Emerlad City--and driven back. A rejuvenated Red Hand, led by the House of Devane's new monarch, proved more than a match for the Legion. When the Legion broke against Mercer Island's banks it retreated, and did not return.

As for the House of Devane, upon new monarch's ascension to the throne, the House of Devane changed for the better. The Crimson King stepped down, and began to operate in a strictly advisatory capacity. The character of the Yellow Jester continued his appearance, in fact appearing more frequently, now that the King no longer had his larger, more important role to fill.

The Cause had been the protectors, the guiding hand, the leaders of the Royal Wasteland. With their demise Seattle was thrust into a new era, full of unknowns. The once united settlements eventually elected to fall completely under the thumb of the House of Devane. Washington State, having no other center, had become a united empire.

Chahalheel remained below ground, undisturbed. It turned fitfully in it's godly sleep every now and then, but Tim's foresight assured that nothing disasterous happened to the Emerald City, at least in the short run of the next few centuries.

For all his effort in attempting to complete the prophecy, Kheiro ended up with a fate much worse than William could have hoped for, as he came face to face with Death herself...

And The Outsiders, our so-called heroes? They went their seperate ways, off to other irradiated pastures. Tanner and Cable eventually found themselves headed out towards Kentucky, unaware Tyrus, Duncan, and Rick had gone in that same direction. The Outsiders had left the Royal Wasteland in better repair than they had found it, despite all expectations to the contrary. Perhaps others like them would eventually be called to defend Seattle in the future, but for now the city found itself at peace.