Black-Handed Henry is a dangerous and unstable person. He's made his living being a terror at sea and he is used to getting his way. Right now, he only has one thing on his mind: a potion. He growls at you saying, "Listen 'er, you grubby maggots. I have a terrible thirst! Brew me my potion and you live! Fail and I toss you overboard!" Now that's what I call motivation!
Traditionally, a witch's Book of Shadows is destroyed when the witch passes on. In some rare cases, books are considered to be too valuable to the Coven to be lost. A great and powerful witch has died, but her Book of Shadows is nowhere to be found. The witch that finds it will have access to powerful spells and old secrets. For witches, knowledge is power and power is worth fighting for.
American moral and social philosopher, Eric Hoffer, said "The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future." In this game, players seek to shape the city to match their vision of the future. Along the way, they must work with their opponents and make compromises, but they should never lose sight of their goals.
American author and self-proclaimed psychic medium, Sylvia Browne, said "Reincarnation occurs because we decide that we haven't learned enough lessons." Suggesting that life is a classroom in which we learn and are tested. Success and failure result not in grades, but karma that is stacked and measured. What we do in this life ripples into the next as we make our way to a transcendent state. Which, in my opinion, will feel an awful lot like waking up in a really cozy bed for all of eternity.
Those who follow the ways of magic look at technology as a blight that ruins the natural order of things. Those who favor technology see those who use magic as unnatural and cursed. Both factions fear and hate each other. Their bitter rivalry will now end, once and for all.
Dutch graphic artist, M.C. Escher, said "We adore chaos because we love to produce order." Which is to say, as we seek order in our own lives, we also seek out those pockets of disorder to tackle. Balancing our checkbooks is a good example. In this game, random outcomes will challenge players to find order betwixt the chaotic results of rolling dice.