Fantasia

The Synth

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The Synth is an antagonist faction founded by Maurice but which has since separated in vision.

Description

  • Organization/faction rather than individual
  • Founded by Maurice but now operating independently with different goals
  • Led by someone called the “Fifth Prophet”
  • Associated with modern/synthetic elements and advanced technology
  • Connected to dwarfs in Hall of the Mountain King

Technology and Projects

Synth Satellites:

  • Create artificial moons that raise undead
  • Golden-red in color
  • One satellite was destroyed by Stodor during the Halloween incident
  • Used to experiment with necromancy and mass resurrection

Mechanical Augmentation:

  • Funded Viscount Bridgerton’s armored mech suit
  • The mech mentioned “a deal fulfilled” before self-destructing
  • Likely providing technology to various agents

The Bally Table:

  • Captured Stodor and chained him to the Bally Table pinball machine
  • Used him as a living component after he destroyed their satellite

Activities

  • Assassination attempts on important figures
  • Attacking competitors during The Intervals
  • Deploying experimental weapons (Synth Satellites)
  • Funding technological projects and agents
  • Capturing and enslaving powerful beings
  • Operating across multiple planes

Chronology

The Synth Satellite

  • Deployed a Synth Satellite disguised as an unnatural golden-red moon
  • The satellite raised waves of undead (Ogre Zombie, Beholder Zombie, Revenant, Wraith)
  • Stodor’s family was killed in the resulting battle
  • Stodor threw a boulder that cracked and destroyed the satellite
  • The Synth traced the trail of stones back to Stodor
  • Captured him and enslaved him to the Bally Table

Viscount Bridgerton’s Mech

  • Viscount Bridgerton fought the party in a mech suit at the Bally Table
  • Party damaged the mech by throwing grenades back at it
  • The mech made mention of “a deal fulfilled” before self-destructing
  • Killed the Viscount in the explosion
  • Revealed The Synth’s involvement in funding the operation

Train Assassination Attempt

  • Attempted to assassinate Augur of Melodies on train to Paradise City
  • Used doppelganger (disguised as maid) and assassin (disguised as bartender)
  • Knocked out guards and VIP with gas attack
  • Party stopped the assassination
  • As train approached bridge, a Neothelid attacked the train
  • Ragnar Rok claimed credit for killing the creature

Dismissed by Piano Man

  • Piano Man thanked party for saving the Augur
  • Dismissed The Synth as merely an “annoyance”
  • Implied they’re not a serious threat to his power
  • This may be dangerous underestimation given their actual capabilities

The Intervals Attacks

Inn Ambush:

  • Assassins from The Synth ambushed the inn where party was staying
  • The Theremin Twins attacked:
    • Mist creature that turned into a werebear
    • Yochlol strumming a theremin
  • Specifically targeted Helia Oriela
  • Party defeated them quickly with moonbeam

Revelations:

  • The Synth is led by the “Fifth Prophet”
  • They were attacking all teams competing in The Intervals
  • My Anaconda Don’t (Yuan-Ti team) was killed off and ravaged by The Synth

Maurice’s Revelation

  • Maurice revealed he founded The Synth
  • They have since separated in vision from Maurice
  • Maurice seeks escape from the Cantum cycle

The Fifth Prophet in the Shadowfell

  • In the Shadowfell, a “handsome devil” leading the faction opposed to Master Flo revealed himself as the Fifth Prophet, leader of The Synth (see 34 - Main 30)
  • Claimed he could not lie; offered to sell the party the betrayal of a “certain friend” (deduced to be Maurice) in exchange for their loyalty and a favor
  • Admitted to experimenting with the instruments stolen from Lyric to “understand the truths of the universe” and “augment various parts of my army,” and to seeking “power over the musical gods”
  • The devil form was a decoy: Helia’s Moonbeam reverted it to a smaller, mechanically-enhanced humanoid construct, and the true devil’s “skin” separated and fled
  • The battle featured Synth war machines - a giant slow-time-casting spider construct and cannon-and-helm constructs, all rigged with self-destruct sequences
  • The party recovered a set of pan pipes from inside one of the wrecked constructs

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