Learning Compendiums - MATH Week 4
Introduction For Learning Compendiums
You're definitely going to need more than gardening gloves. The small creature darts
down a path, leading you to a clearing with nothing except for an old well in the center, and
you suddenly understand what the coin was for.
When you crawl out, you find yourself
facing what seems to be a modern caveman.
The English have claimed sovereignty over a
land that is not theirs, and your people have been held captive for far too long.
Over the
years, these ships have become nations onto themselves, developing separate militaries and
engaging in wars with one another.
These body parts can be replaced with superior
artificial parts, which only the wealthy can afford.
Since you were children, your best friend
Anne has had dreams of becoming more powerful than her father and uncle, and you knew
that, as she rose, she would take you with her.
As she steps out of the vehicle and
approaches, her high heels clacking against the cracked concrete floor, she says, "Sorry I'm
late.
In the many hours you have spent tossing things in the trash, you have found an array
of different treasures, but none as interesting as the old wooden box in the attic.
Your family
has told you to avoid the woman who lives there at all costs.
After a moment, he aims his
crossbow into the darkness and tells you to get behind him.
The book is still there, and it's
still glowing.
You love Anne like a sister and are more than happy to cast your spells when
she needs them.
It is the handsome man from your nightmare last night—a person who
wielded powerful magic and saved you from a dark being during your dream.
By the time
you turned eight, you were diagnosed with a rare syndrome that prevented you from
wielding magic due to the absence of a magical aura.
Your stench becomes known throughout the land, and you have even less luck in
your efforts to find a partner. As the member of the family born with the curse, you must
find someone who will love you in order to break the curse forever.
But when he passed
away years ago, there was no one left to stop them.
These men will bring sickness and
destruction to your land.
You are one such survivor and are alone, moving like a nomad
across the wasteland.
The people seem different as well.
Now you are onboard alone with a
strange, violent, and gorgeous criminal, headed toward a strange planet, with all the
resources of the Empire aimed at bringing you down. Upon discovering a planet that seems
remarkably similar to Earth, you decide to take a landing party down to explore it.
Most
would say that is a good thing.
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