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Knight 5/Storyteller 4/Mystic 5

You figure out how to synthesize your Legacy with what you’ve learned about yourself along the way; you manage, eventually, to find closure on some part of your Legacy. (If you want to repeat the quest set, you can’t definitively finish off your Legacy -- but at least some sort of closure is guaranteed.)

The Inheritor (35)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

the way in which you are different from your Absent Guardian allows you to succeed where they failed;

you storm and/or infiltrate some sort of fortress;

you throw a villain or other major enemy off a cliff.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 15 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

put on a disguise

yell something so loud that an entire crowd hushes, and turns to look at you

proclaim what you are fighting for

take a good long look at your reflection, thinking about how you’ve grown and changed

try to use your Token in a new way

look up at the stars

The Inheritor (Simplified) (25)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

you finally defeat an enemy that has managed to elude you for a long time;

it turns out that some power you thought was part of your Token was actually yours all along.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 10 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

dip your head into water and then smooth back your hair

do work to maintain, or even possibly improve, your Token

try to use your Token in a new way

Knight 3/4/Storyteller 3/Aspect 5/Mystic 4

It becomes difficult or impossible for you to use your Token for a while, because you have turned away from (or lost) the state of mind in which your Token needed to be handled/used. You have to figure out a new way to relate to your Legacy, and in so doing slowly reclaim the power of your Token.

Relearning the Way (40)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

you have a mental breakdown while your life is in danger;

you must rely on the kindness of strangers for food and lodging;

you fail to solve a problem that your Token could’ve helped solve, and someone else solves it for you instead;

you see your Absent Guardian in some sort of vision or dream.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 20 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

cry, in an indelicate/ugly way

meditate

busy your hands with shredding something

watch insects or dust motes in the air

get whacked on the head

stare at the blood on your hands (usually literally, although if you’re in a setting where that can’t happen, it can be a dream or imagine spot instead)

see smoke billowing up from the horizon (like a forest fire, or smoke signals)

Relearning the Way (Simplified) (25)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

someone you haven’t seen for a very long time suddenly reappears in your life, with an unfinished responsibility from your past in tow;

someone tells you a very different story about your Absent Guardian than any you’d heard before - a story in which they are human, or equivalently fallible, and yet still worthy of respect.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 10 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

run away from an enemy that you could beat, but would rather not bother with

drink a tea or potion with (alleged) healing properties

brood while standing on the edge of a cliff or roof of a building

sharpen or otherwise maintain a weapon

Knight 2/3/Aspect 1/2/3

You’re stranded somewhere with a wacky cast of characters that you at first resent (...usually) but eventually learn to accept the style of. For the purposes of this quest, I’ll call them “your hosts”. They teach you that maybe you oughtn’t worry so much about your Legacy; maybe you should go do your own thing.

Deep In the Jungle (30)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

your hosts teach you how to sing a song, one with lyrics that summarize their worldview;

you learn to enjoy a food or drink item that is alien to you and characteristic of the hosts’ culture, such as kimchi, roasted bugs, or sipping vinegar;

there is a very big party/festival/celebration, one that lasts at least a full day.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 15 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

improvise a passable equivalent for your usual exercise/practice equipment (using a stick to practice sword forms, using water bottles as weights, etc.)

compare the value of a virtue/skill between your host culture and your native culture

lie down and watch light filter down through a dappled canopy of leaves

roast something on a stick over a fire

play a sport that doesn’t involve any balls, or that at least involves a highly irregular object that is only part ball (Badminton counts. American football’s oblong “ball” only counts if your character hasn’t played with one before.)

misunderstand some detail of words or body language because it’s from a culture you don’t fully understand

Deep In the Jungle (Simplified) (20)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

something interesting happens with you and an (extremely symbolic) apple;

you join your hosts on their yearly journey, migration, or pilgrimage (such as moving to winter camp, visiting extended family, or attending a rock concert).

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 10 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

pantomime, or make up ridiculous descriptions for, what you want because you don’t know the name for it

sit perfectly still and watch a wild animal come very close to you

use a magical power for a mundane purpose

Knight 3/4/Aspect 4/Storyteller 5/Mystic 3

You discover a terrible secret about your Absent Guardian at or near the start of this quest. You make a credible attempt at trying to live up to your Legacy anyway, but the terrible secret makes you doubt whether your Legacy was worth pursuing. Depending on the arc this is on, this could end in narrow failure or scant success, but it’s always a slim margin - it should feel like, if one or two things had happened differently, the outcome would’ve flipped.

If you really want to be Luke Skywalker, you can call this quest “I Am Your [Absent Guardian]” instead. But that’s generally not necessary.

I Knew Your [Absent Guardian] (45)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

you learn that your Absent Guardian was responsible for doing something that was incredibly terrible or destructive;

someone who knew your Absent Guardian warns you to stop pursuing your Legacy (usually because of what it did to your Absent Guardian);

you finally get to the location of some major plot token or Legacy-related person, only to find it/them gone;

you’re trapped by or with the enemy for an extended period of time.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 20 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

blindly follow someone else’s advice

use a vending machine, farm stand, or donation box (the important thing is that you put money into a box instead of paying it to a person)

shoot or swing wildly at a flood of enemies

call for help, but nobody comes

are trapped by walls or mouths closing in on you (possibly in a dream or imagine spot)

crawl through air vents or tunnels

bandage yourself

make a mistake, causing you to lose the (usually literal, although if that’s impossible in your setting the metaphorical will do) high ground in some sort of confrontation

I Knew Your [Absent Guardian] (Simplified) (35)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

everything is on fire;

you are defeated in a fight with a major rival or enemy;

you descend to someone or something’s lair (literally or metaphorically) to convince them to give you something they wouldn’t otherwise care to give you.

You can earn each bonus once, for a total of 15 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

arrive at a scene out-of-breath from running there

have a confrontation on a high, thin bridge or path, where one misstep could make you fall to your doom

wear a cape, longcoat, or other garment that billows in the wind behind you

attempt fancy tricks during a battle/confrontation, only for them to be taken advantage of by your opponent

confess to doing something that you didn’t actually do

Knight 2/Aspect 1/Storyteller 2/Mystic 1

Turns out that living up to a Legacy is a lot harder than it looks. You’re getting to the dull and painful bits of the training/practicing/learning - and you need to get through them, you know you do, but it’s disheartening seeing yourself make so little progress after so much work.

There is almost always a temporary mentor specific to this part. They are usually either dead or gone afterwards. Often, you find yourself stuck in your training and on a literal physical journey at the same time.

Things You Must Learn (mobile) (35)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

you find a temporary mentor, someone who you know can only help you for a limited time (usually an old man);

you are overtaken/captured/beat by someone who would rather you not fulfill your Legacy;

announcing that you follow your Legacy - or using your Absent Guardian’s name - gets you a strange or blank look from someone you really wanted or needed to impress;

you find in yourself a new power or talent;

you enter a massive gate (usually one in front of a city or a school);

your mentor dies, seals themselves in with something horrible, or otherwise exits the story permanently.

You can earn up to three of these bonuses, for a total of 15 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

take care of horses (currying them, rubbing them down, etc.) or do vehicle maintenance (are all the fluids topped off?)

practice stances, forms, and techniques

spar with your temporary mentor

listen to a story about your Legacy told by your temporary mentor

see your face in the news or on a Wanted poster

use a magic mirror, video chat, or similar remote viewing link

Things You Must Learn (stationary) (30)

Major goals: The HG can award you 5 XP towards this quest when:

you find a temporary mentor, someone who you know can only help you for a limited time (usually an old man);

you find in yourself a new power or talent;

you (attempt to) turn your back on something or someone that used to be important to you, because the Legacy means that you no longer have time for such things;

your mentor dies, seals themselves in with something horrible, or otherwise exits the story permanently.

You can earn up to three of these bonuses, for a total of 15 XP.

Quest flavor: 1/chapter, you can earn a bonus XP towards this quest when you:

practice stances, forms, and techniques

dress/bandage scrapes you received during training

have an unusually good appetite/are especially hungry

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