Dark Day in the Arctic Circle

[Cybermancer]

There is no group living in the North American portion of the artic circle so isolated from the world that they would not have heard about Dark Day on the television, radio or by word of mouth. They may not experience or know what was going on until later, but they would eventually find out.

I sincerely doubt that there are any such groups in Europe or Asia that wouldn't have similar access to television, radio and most especially, word of mouth.

Communities in the artic circle are often isolated from the rest of the world for long stretches of time but this is mitigated by radio and television broadcasts. In the winter, connection with the outside world is made on the ice roads and by bush plane. In the summer, travel actually gets more problematic as rivers, lakes and streams all unfreeze. Bush planes are still available and travel by foot is common. And through it all, there is radio and television which is even more accessible now with satellite technology.

Even the most remote Innuit communities will have snowmobiles and radios. Members of these communities will travel to the larger communities periodically for the purposes of trade and to get news. Long gone are the days of Innuit communities living in Igloos, using only dog sleds to get around with.

So years after Dark Day, everyone is going to have an inkling of what's going on.

[Nekira Sudacne]

I wonder how interesting it would be for a group to be in the Arctic Circle, where on March 6, 2000 even though it was dark everywhere, in the Arctic Circle it would seem like another day. The clouds could account for the lack of moon and stars, so years from Dark Day, and the characters north of the Arctic Circle could have no idea of what is going on in the rest of the world.

You just said it yourself. They would have no idea what's going on and they're out in the middle of nowhere.

Interesting isn't the right word. they'd find it boring as hell.

[Specter]

I mean I thought most of the point of dark day is that most peope either want to or have dismissed Dark Day as some kind of massive prank. They pretend it never happened and live their lives as normally as possible. Obviously Moloch isn't running around in the day time and dopplegangers aren't telling people that they are from some kind of dark dimension.

[Nekira Sudacne]

I mean I thought most of the point of dark day is that most peope either want to or have dismissed Dark Day as some kind of massive prank. They pretend it never happened and live their lives as normally as possible. Obviously Moloch isn't running around in the day time and dopplegangers aren't telling people that they are from some kind of dark dimension.

Okay. So nothing's happening in the artic circle.

"Okay, you're all in the artic Circle. Dark Day was just another day for you. There are no Nightlord minions around so you have nothing to do. The end"

[BookWyrm]

Unless someone there goes through their Becoming.....

[Specter]

I mean I thought most of the point of dark day is that most peope either want to or have dismissed Dark Day as some kind of massive prank. They pretend it never happened and live their lives as normally as possible. Obviously Moloch isn't running around in the day time and dopplegangers aren't telling people that they are from some kind of dark dimension.

Okay. So nothing's happening in the artic circle.

"Okay, you're all in the artic Circle. Dark Day was just another day for you. There are no Nightlord minions around so you have nothing to do. The end"

Vampires baby... vampires. Lots of them, 24/7 nonstop carnage. And, yes the becoming for the characters if that's who they are.

[Nekira Sudacne]

I mean I thought most of the point of dark day is that most peope either want to or have dismissed Dark Day as some kind of massive prank. They pretend it never happened and live their lives as normally as possible. Obviously Moloch isn't running around in the day time and dopplegangers aren't telling people that they are from some kind of dark dimension.

Okay. So nothing's happening in the artic circle.

"Okay, you're all in the artic Circle. Dark Day was just another day for you. There are no Nightlord minions around so you have nothing to do. The end"

Vampires baby... vampires. Lots of them, 24/7 nonstop carnage. And, yes the becoming for the characters if that's who they are.

Your alone up there. Who's there to turn into vampires? And if so, why are there more vampires than people to feed on.

[Rallan]

I wonder how interesting it would be for a group to be in the Arctic Circle, where on March 6, 2000 even though it was dark everywhere, in the Arctic Circle it would seem like another day. The clouds could account for the lack of moon and stars, so years from Dark Day, and the characters north of the Arctic Circle could have no idea of what is going on in the rest of the world.

Hate to burst your bubble, but Dark Day was only two weeks before the spring equinox. Only a small patch at the top of the Arctic Sea would've still been experiencing 24 hour nights. And it would've been more like a perpetual twilight with the sun never quite peeking above the horizon rather than the dead of night.

So if anyone was up there (polar explorers anyone?), they'd probably notice.

[Braden Campbell]

Flip thisw concept on it s head, and give a tip of the hat to John Carpenter. have the scenario in the Antarctic.

See, in March, at the South Pole, its just starting to turn into winter... so the Dark Day would certainly be noticed. Also, there are some research bases there that would have as many as 50 people there in March.

[Rallan]

Flip thisw concept on it s head, and give a tip of the hat to John Carpenter. have the scenario in the Antarctic.

See, in March, at the South Pole, its just starting to turn into winter... so the Dark Day would certainly be noticed. Also, there are some research bases there that would have as many as 50 people there in March.

The next question is "would the Nightlords bother doing anything special down there?"

None of the Antarctic stations (permanently manned or otherwise) are anywhere close to being self-sufficient, and all rely on being resupplied at great expense by the countries that run them. From the Nightlord perspective, the human presence in Antarctica is probably seen as a problem that'll solve itself as long as the larger plan of world conquest works out properly.

[Daniel Stoker]

The next question is "would the Nightlords bother doing anything special down there?"

None of the Antarctic stations (permanently manned or otherwise) are anywhere close to being self-sufficient, and all rely on being resupplied at great expense by the countries that run them. From the Nightlord perspective, the human presence in Antarctica is probably seen as a problem that'll solve itself as long as the larger plan of world conquest works out properly.

That's when you throw the 'something buried under the ice' story line in with one of the bases getting to close. It could be something they want, or something that's a threat to them like a John Carpenter's Thing creature imprisoned there that can mess up their plans if it gets lose. Granted it's not going to be good for humans either if something like that got lose, but it could make for a fun adventure.


Daniel Stoker

[Aku-Arkaine]

I mean I thought most of the point of dark day is that most peope either want to or have dismissed Dark Day as some kind of massive prank. They pretend it never happened and live their lives as normally as possible. Obviously Moloch isn't running around in the day time and dopplegangers aren't telling people that they are from some kind of dark dimension.

Okay. So nothing's happening in the artic circle.

"Okay, you're all in the artic Circle. Dark Day was just another day for you. There are no Nightlord minions around so you have nothing to do. The end"

Vampires baby... vampires. Lots of them, 24/7 nonstop carnage. And, yes the becoming for the characters if that's who they are.

I saw this movie. It was called 30 days of Night.

[Rallan]

The next question is "would the Nightlords bother doing anything special down there?"

None of the Antarctic stations (permanently manned or otherwise) are anywhere close to being self-sufficient, and all rely on being resupplied at great expense by the countries that run them. From the Nightlord perspective, the human presence in Antarctica is probably seen as a problem that'll solve itself as long as the larger plan of world conquest works out properly.

That's when you throw the 'something buried under the ice' story line in with one of the bases getting to close. It could be something they want, or something that's a threat to them like a John Carpenter's Thing creature imprisoned there that can mess up their plans if it gets lose. Granted it's not going to be good for humans either if something like that got lose, but it could make for a fun adventure.


Daniel Stoker

Or if you don't want your players accusing you of ripping off Lovecraft, you could just make it "something in the Nightlands". Antarctica is more or less utterly uninhabitable, but its Nightlands counterpart is (presumably) no nastier than the rest of the Nightlands and has the added bonus of being about as far from the Citystates as you can get.

[Daniel Stoker]

Or if you don't want your players accusing you of ripping off Lovecraft, you could just make it "something in the Nightlands". Antarctica is more or less utterly uninhabitable, but its Nightlands counterpart is (presumably) no nastier than the rest of the Nightlands and has the added bonus of being about as far from the Citystates as you can get.

Pfft, why would I care, I rip off anything I can get my hands on.. which is why I've run 'From Beyond' and 'Reanimator' in at least three different game systems now.

But yes that would work too, but my point was that there are always things you can do to make a location work out, plus the inherent isolation factor of Antarctica works in your favor too.


Daniel Stoker