#core #story_event #Phoenix A fallen feather fills the settlement with dread. The skies bubble and murmur as a dark presence tears through the atmosphere like a negative lightning bolt, sucking the air and energy from all who gaze upon it. A light rain begins. The survivors turn their eyes up to see a huge, iridescent feather slowly floating toward the ground. Their lantern lights reflect strange rainbows off the twisting feather. A primal fear takes root in the settlement. You man now hunt the [[Phoenix]]. Add it to the quarry list on the settlement record sheet. Nominate a single survivor to speak. They gain +1 courage and [[#Break the Silence]]. ### Break the Silence Roll 1d10. | 1d10 | Result | | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 1 | The survivor attempts to speak, but before the words can leave their lips, they fall over dead from fright. The settlement panics and decides to banish the fallen feather into the darkness. | | 2 - 5 | The survivor shoos everyone away from the feather. Alone in the rain, they examine it. The nominated survivor gains +1 understanding and the **Tail Feather Phoenix** resource.<br><br>*If* you rolled a 4 or 5, *and* if the settlement chose the Survival of the Fittest Birth Principle, the survivor raves to no one in particular about an oncoming trial, bursting into laughter and tearing the feather apart! The survivor gains +1 permanent evasion and the **Honorable** disorder instead. | | 6 - 10 | The survivor examines that the fallen feather is the most beautiful and dangerous thing they have ever laid eyes on. Each color runs perfectly into another, and gazing upon it imparts a strange sense of longing. They are convinced that there has never been something so perfect in this world.<br><br>The survivor greedily hides the feather from the others. They gain the [[Crazed]] fighting art, the **Hoarder** disorder, and +1 courage (from stashing the feather)!<br><br>Returning survivors gain +2 insanity. |