The nights had grown slightly cooler, and very much darker. The swamp had grown silent and still, as if the life of the swamp itself had gone into some kind of hibernation with the onset of winter. In the deepest recesses of night, where acid rain once fell, now acid snow drifted in silent, white clouds; the nightmares of a sickly disease dreamed by a dying world.

Shadow stood upon a dead tree, surveying the surrounding landscape, his senses open to everything, taking in the essence of the swamp itself, the essence of life and death lingering in the air itself. Shadow's eyes wandered out along the horizon and came to stop on the ruined, domed temple. A thin, green colored smoke drifted out of the giant opening in the roof. A sickly, green light radiated from within; and the moaning sounds of countless undead offered a greeting chorus to all those who came close to the temple. Shadow's eyes then drifted upwards to the sky, as he gazed not for the first time at the alien stars above. He wondered not for the first time if he often gazed at the stars of Ai. Then he took a deep breath.

What is the Event?

No one really knows.

All that is known is that at some point in the distant past, a massive, pan-cosmic event occurred that changed everything forever. Before the Event, life was considered "normal" (at least on Earth); there was only one known universe, humans believed they were the only sentient species (and quite possibly the highest form of life), and they thought that (for the most part) they had a pretty good handle on physics and how things worked.

The Event changed all of that.

Never let it be said that the guys from Wandering Men Studios dislike giving away free stuff! Nothing could be further from the truth, in fact. We LOVE giving stuff away so much that our accountant wants to kill us - seriously.

But, we do it anyways...

So, to continue this proud tradition of self-inflicted degradation, we'd like to give you last month's newsletter today for free! Sure, it's about a month behind and you may have seen some of this already, but hey - if you want to see it when it's "hot off the presses", then simply subscribe to our newsletter today! The new issue will be out very soon and it's at least one hundred point three times (100.3x) as awesome as this one!

(honest!)

Untold was crafted to be both infinitely expandable and simultaneously accepting of any other pre-existing world(s) or setting(s) out there. This way, GMs are never forced to craft their games solely around or within a single Campaign Setting. We feel that this supports two of our core Untold tenets — flexibility and fun — and puts the power back into the hands of Players and GMs. As such, you'll find our default Untold setting, Splintered Serenity™, is quite different from most! What's more, we hope you can help us add to our setting by joining our online community at http://www.untoldthegame.com and posting your in-game locations, race and creature concepts, power ideas and more! Who knows, something that YOU create just might wind up on a real Untold card one day! (For more information on this, please see the section on Untold Designers).

Card List

Races 
L'na Dawn ("Taelia")
L'na Dawn ("Sunny")
L'na Dawn ("Carrion")
L'na Dawn ("Cetacious")
L'na Dawn ("Quicksand")
L'na Dawn ("Sashie'me")
L'na Dawn ("Snowloper")
L'na Dawn ("Coatl")
L'na Dawn ("Ambush")

Races 
L'na Twilight ("Apenimon")
L'na Twilight ("Ursimion")
L'na Twilight ("Greenslick")
L'na Twilight ("Oru")
L'na Twilight ("Savage")
L'na Twilight ("Dustdancer")
L'na Twilight ("Brym")
L'na Twilight ("Shadow")

Key:   = What is a Race Card?

Hailing from a world where magic is the basic building block of life, the L'na are a mystical race generally given to the tenants of subtle balance and harmony with the world around them. Physically, L'na resemble animals, but they are far from simple beasts: they are, in fact, highly intelligent and spiritual beings that are the apex of magical "evolution" on Ai, their home-world.

L'na favor all animals, and yet no particular animal, all at once – seeming to be a primordial organism of transition from which any known animal might emerge. In fact, many L'na have the ability to fluidly morph from one from into the next: one moment bearing the supple scales of a serpent and in the next, the iridescent feathers of a tropical bird, or the shimmering exoskeleton of an insect.

Shadow flew through the air where the creature had been. He hit the ground hard and lashed out, quickly striking down the remaining undead. The swamp had grown quiet; hardly a noise could be heard. The new creature had disappeared, right in front of his eyes and Shadow had no clue where it had gone. He stood for a second, his breath haggard and sharp, weakly stretching out his senses. It seemed darker than it had been. Shadow wasn’t sure how or when that had happened, but he was fairly sure he had been the one responsible.

A light suddenly interrupted his contemplations. The L'na turned, slightly relaxed from his attack posture. This light was a familiar one. "An interesting and unseen development. Quite a few actually. I had been expecting anything of this nature." Shadow recognized the voice easily enough. It was the guide, speaking through its odd portal of light.

Alias: None known
Race: L'na Dawn
Aspects: Body 7, Mind 5, Soul 3
Sex: Female aspect; Ht: 7' (at shoulder); Wt: 2000 lbs.

"I swear by the wind and the sands - the two-legs are NOT to be trusted!"

Character Description/Notes: Born of the wild stretches of sand and sun-burnt stone, Quicksand lives as free and fierce as the desert where Ai birthed her. She loved the hidden beauty and vitality the scorched land veiled, her eyes attuned to notice each mole, bat, and scorpion hidden in the shadows of the day. Quicksand rejoiced in dancing duels with sand sprites and racing other dawns over the vast plains, the constant cycle of blazing sun and frosty eve a continual procession of unquenchable life. She knew nothing better than basking in the warmth of her world, riding a draft in tune with the melodic thrum of Ai.

Alias: Green-mother
Race: L'na Twilight
Aspects: Body 3, Mind 4, Soul:5
Sex: Female aspect; Ht: 4' (at shoulder); Wt: 670 lbs.

"Fear not, children. While you may not be of Ai, you are now of ME."

Character Description/Notes: Greenslick has been a lover of vibrant life since her inception, tending to the flora and fauna along Ai's muggy banks. Her's was the task of keeping the algae and aquatic world in harmony, blending the balance of its invisible parts with those most seen in a curious splendor. She felt her time would come to merge with Ai along those timeless banks, with their ever flowing tides drawing new wonders past her domain on their slow drifting path to the Emerald Sea. Greenslick reveled in this legacy, her calling both adventurous and secure.