Hey guys, so I was thinking up an over arching story for the roleplay since we've sort of just had isolated incidents and meetings up until now. We've got a good world going and all the main character's are present but other than the usually Evil Vs Good thing (which is looking to be more political at the moment) we don't actually have a plot, the thing that Link was summoned by the Goddesses to do this time. So I've been brain storming and this is what I came up with. I sent the idea to Zmerr and he seemed enthusiastic but he thought it best that I share it in the OOC and get everyone's opinions. Alright here's the idea:
In Hyrule once every three hundred years, give or take, there is an event called the Convergence. This is when all of the realms connects to Hyrule, the Twilight Realm, The Golden Realm, the Dark World, Termina, Labrynna, Holodrum, The World of the Ocean King, and Above the Sky Barrier all come into alignment with Hyrule. This means that the walls that separate these worlds are at there weakest point during the Convergence. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Natural disasters such as earthquakes are more likely to occur and permanent portals to other worlds such as the Mirror of Twilight could be forged at this time. The Convergence itself is nothing particularly dangerous. It comes and goes every few centuries with no major harm done.
However this time is different. When the Convergence comes the barriers between the worlds don't stop weakening. They continue to get closer and closer to failure and if they do fail all of the worlds would become mashed together. Hundreds of different forms of magic, people, places, even physically land all mixed together in a big melting pot. It would be a disaster the likes of which Hyrule has never seen. Once the Walls Between the Worlds fail there is nothing that can restore them. It would be like trying to separate food coloring and water.
The Fairies are aware of the situation, as such they have cut all dimensional connections with Hyrule except for there Primary found in the roots of the Great Deku Tree. In consequence all the Fairy Fountains across Hyrule have dried up and all the fairies have been recalled (except Navi cause she's an outcast). Out of respect for their friends and allies the Kokiri the Fairy Realm has sent replacement fairies to act as the Kokiri's guides but those are the only fairies left to be found in Hyrule other than Navi. These actions on the part of the Fairy Kingdom can only slow the collapse of the Walls.
My thoughts would be that some sort of antagonist, a sorcerer is using the Convergence to collapse the walls for his own reasons whatever they may be. He can be a cannon character that someone wants to pick up, a character currently involved in the RP (Vaati seems like a good choice) or else someone entirely new but that's part of the story I figure would be better left to the group.
In any case in order to restore the wall before they collapse Link must collect a number of sacred artifacts (I was thinking fragments of the tablets from Skyward Sword) one of which is an heirloom of the royal family, the rest would be scattered through a number of other realms, the Twilight and Fairy Realms being good choices given some of our characters ties there but there are other options as well, personally I like the Sacred Realm deep in the Temple of Light since it was never shown in Ocarina of Time. I also like the Dark World. It shouldn't be hard to figure out a reason that it still exists.
So what does everyone think? All thoughts are welcome, positive and negative. Do you think this could work?