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Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells - Galactic Overlords

Artwork by Louis Glanzman
The rulers of our universe. The ones that devastated and destroyed the old Empire to carve their petty domains on the ruins that were left and now destroy anyone who dares say they cannot do something they want to. Some of them make their subjects venerate them as living gods, other really believe they are indeed gods. Most only maintain order through violence, cruelty and fear, while rumors say that very few of them try to establish order through less deplorable ways.

These tyrants have a score of servants that run the planets and administer the day to day aspects of life for them, often abusing of their station. They use their authority and the powers the Galactic Overlords bestow on them to, many times, forge their own domains. They form the aristocracy of the sorcerous tyrants domains, and often fill the roles of clergy and police too.

Slavery is enforced on most, if not all, of these despots’ domains, as the population is explored and abused as much as the enforcers can. Those that can provide the servants of the Galactic Overlord (or the Overlords themselves) with some advantage, goods and benefits might have a way better treatment than the rest of the population, and most that do, end up corrupted and allied with this sinister scheme. Anyone outside of this little clique that demonstrate independence, power and wealth may soon be under the scrutiny of the Galactic Overlords’ forces.

1d10
Galactic Overlords’ Related Jobs
1
An eccentric collector of relics wants a rare crystal statue that is in possession of a Galactic Overlord. He wants to hire the characters to break in into the tyrant’s vault and steal it.
2
A Galactic Overlord wants to hire an independent group to sabotage the construction of a huge temple by a rival Overlord. He will greatly reward those that accomplish this feat.
3
A manifestation of a Galactic Overlord’s humanity appears to the group asking for help. It needs to break the bond the Void has on himself.
4
A freedom fighter from the Outer Regions want to hire the characters for a rescue mission for a couple of allies locked in a Galactic Overlord’s dungeon.
5
A lieutenant of a Galactic Overlord wants to sabotage the operations of a rival lieutenant. He obviously need outsiders to pull the job.
6
A distress signal from a community being abused by a Galactic Overlord is received by the characters ship. Apparently they are experimenting with Void contamination and mutation on the poor villagers and one of them managed to send a help message before being horribly transformed into a beastmen.
7
While two Galactic Overlords are making war with each other, a third needs a neutral party to sneak some surveillance artifact into the fortress of both of them, whilst they are distracted.
8
The Galactic Overlords have a network of bounties. Occasionally the characters might want to check it out, get jobs or avoid it if they are sought after themselves.
9
The local Galactic Overlord established a blockade on an planet and someone wants to hire the characters to escape said blockade, no matter what.
10
Someone needs to infiltrate the court of a Galactic Overlord to find out what happened with a loved one, who suddenly joined the entourage of the sorcerous tyrant.

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