For example we will be using Lost Sanctum as our inspiration. Due to our stringent admittance policy, formerly combative nature with other communities and our strong sense of ego and pride and the technical majority of members that might make us into something akin to a military superpower which I will call the LS Nation. I will make the assumption that our nation is based around a ‘central’ capitol city with some smaller outposts that will be explored as the plot demands. The central town is surrounded by large, stone walls at least six to eight feet thick, constantly patrolled by guards armed with the best of armor and weapons that the local forges can create. Anyone who attempts to enter the town (such as the party) is stopped at the gates and barred entrance without a very good reason. They will be met with a barrage of questions, insults based on where they are from and threats should they do anything bad before they could enter and even then sometimes they won’t be allowed to. In particular the Captain of the Guard stands out as unique and probably the most xenophobic, but wanting what is best for his people at the core who will have to be convinced that their reason for coming is important enough to warrant the danger they could represent. If we use the “NPC” idea, I imagine that an avatar version of Onime might be a good option. Upon entering the town, they would see that guards and soldiers continue to patrol the streets leaving the entire town with a feeling of over protection. They would see soldiers (perhaps one led by a member NPC such as Oni) who do not exploit, abuse or harm the citizenry present (again perhaps exemplified by a member NPC such as Peras). Quickly the party would be able to head up to the central castle known as the “Sanctum” where the mysterious force known as the Keeper resides and dictates the fate of their nation. When they reach the central most room of the castle, they will be greeted by the booming Voice of the Legion who speaks in “Our and We” to the party. While scary as can be, the voice will be open to the idea of helping the party try to ‘seal away’ the Interlopers. However they are not capable of just handing over the artifact of power, at least not without getting something in return. Fact is, they (like we are) are very interested in joining together with the other nations even though they have had some extremely bad blood with the other governments in the past. Based on what the various RPers (and the time constraints), the party would be tasked with some important task that only an ‘outsider’ could successfully accomplish due to them not already being ‘tied into’ a particular political position or role. But what exactly that entailed could be explored later on. Once that task is completed, they Keeper will offer up their Artifact along with providing some important information about where another one of the Artifacts could be found, how to attain it and what exactly would be required to get it (although that might require another set of quests, NPC interaction etc if someone was interested). Eventually the party would learn who the “Keeper” really is, in particular the various NPCs that represent it like say… I don’t know the steward of the Sanctum, the town blacksmith, heck maybe even a beggar. Heck maybe if there was someone in the party particularly ‘close’ to the LS way of thinking, after completing all their quests that person could be offered a chance to successfully become part of the Keeper and add his/her voice to that of the legion.