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** The Maw of Acamar is a giant, human-shaped ''void'' that leads into the depths of [[Space Tropes|space]], you can clearly see stars, and whole galaxies in the tear. Oh, and what is Acamar? It's implied to be a sentient, evil, black hole. One day, it might eat the world.
** The Spawn of Ulban is a humanoid figure covered in purple chitin. Instead of legs, he's got seven tentacles (still purple). His hands are covered in cold, blue fire. He's more powerful than some gods, and what does he do? [[Evil Is Petty|He destroys small kingdoms.]] And no, he isn't a [[One-Man Army]]. His sheer psychic presence makes people go crazy. And the worst part is that its master, Ulban, [[Dark Is Not Evil|is not himself evil]]: he's trying to prevent [[The End of the World as We Know It]] from happening. But if Ulban isn't evil, then why are his Spawn the way they are? And why can he not hold them back?
** So your players are engaged in a diplomatic endevouren devour. They are very lucky, 'cause they have one of their nation's best diplomats on their side. With Errol Flynnish good looks, he's the life of the party, and all the while he steers the debates in your favor. But something seems off, he has a weird accent, or odd syntax, or he steps just a little into [[Uncanny Valley]]. The PC's investigate. It turns out that this guy just popped up recently, and just in time, as a mysterious plague is sweeping the nation, and the cure lies in the hands of enemies. So this guy comes in to save the day. And then the PC's learn the awful truth: this "friend" is actually a [[Defector From Decadence]], and his enemies are hunting him down. Won't the PC's please protect him? The plague intensifies, and kills a friendly diplomat. The other nation is struck, and refuses the to share the cure. The two nations go to war, while the dead mount. A whole continent is dragged into despair, and as the heroes look on, helpless, a purple star rises in the sky. What happened? Well, the nice diplomat was an alien monster all along. That's an Emissary of Caiphon, one of the more powerful of the star spawn. And Caiphon is revealed in a ''Dragon'' article to be the nicest of these things. He is implied to not hate you, he is just curious as to what happens when you remove part of the social foundation. Sometimes he eradicates horrors like, say, slavery, and other times he eradicates entire sentient species.
** The Serpents of Nihal, whose origin reads like an [[H.P. Lovecraft]] short story. Once there was a jungle nation, devoted to the [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|evil god of Snakes, assassins, darkness and poisons]]. Now, this nation of Aztec [[Expy|Expies]] searched for more power. So, they opened a gate to Nihal, a ''a star made of snakes'', and the [[Spiritual Successor]] to [[The Worm That Walks|Kyuss]] up there. What came out? An army of glowing, evil snakes.
** And then there is Allabar, Opener of the Way, the first 4th Edition living star we get a close look at. Remember what Atropus looked like? Well, instead of a face, imagine dozens upon dozens of unblinking eyes, as well as hundreds of rope-like "growths" around its "body." Think the moon, when it's nice and big and clear, so you can see all of the faultlines, valleys and craters. Now imagine every faultline and valley is a huge, thrashing tentacle, and every crater, from the biggest to the smallest, is a never-blinking eye. Imagine that floating in the sky above you at night. Staring at you. '''''Hating you.'''''
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