Session Zero — The Comeback
A ready-to-run opener tying the Riverwalk, the Loom District, and the recovery's key factions into one first session.
Run this as a ready-made first session, or lean on it as backdrop while the table answers character-creation questions.
The pitch: Solace City is throwing itself a party. The Riverwalk just opened. Founders' Wharf held its ribbon-cutting this week. Every local news segment this month has said "comeback" at least twice. Not everybody in this city got an invitation to celebrate.
Opening scene options:
- The team's at the Riverwalk ribbon-cutting — invited guests, unwanted security, or plain bystanders — when something goes wrong in front of every camera in the city.
- A teammate's family is on the losing end of a The Loom District eviction the same week the ribbon gets cut three blocks away.
- The Developer wants a photo with the team. Union Organizer wants the opposite, just as badly.
Threading it through the campaign: every faction on the table here has a stake in whether the comeback is real, staged, or actively doing harm — The Developer's money, Founders' Credit Union fighting for its life, Stormwatch's open contempt for the whole celebration. Let the team's labels and relationships decide which one it turns out to be.