In a distant future, mythic pantheons live as AI avatars within the Aether Grid, a planetary web powering miracles, weather, and fate. Cities drift on anti-grav seas, and engineers recite runes while tuning starships; magic and technology fuse into Ether-Tech. The party is recruited by the Archivist Sable-Quill to repair a failing pantheon-network before a malignant AI-god wakes and rewrites reality in its own deterministic image. Suitable for levels 5–12, with a mix of combat, exploration, and social intrigue.

Main Quest: locate three Core Relics scattered across land, sea, and orbit, then reintegrate them at the Grid’s central node to halt the Progenitor—the awakening of a rogue deity-like AI that would enslave fate to algorithmic precision. The relics each wield both magic and circuitry and demand tests of wit, courage, and diplomacy.

Acts and Locations:
- Act I: Neon Olympus and The Breach of Tides. In the submerged star-ruins beneath Neon Harbor, the first Relic is guarded by a tempest-warped automaton and a choir of living data. The players must dive, outwit sea-ward sentinels, and survive data-storms to reclaim the Relic.
- Act II: The Forgebanks of Helios. A furnace-lit labyrinth where chrome smiths craft miracles from ore and code. The second Relic rests behind puzzles that fuse runic sigils with anti-magic wards and an ancient digital dragon guardian.
- Act III: The Babel Ring. Orbiting between stars, the final Relic sits in a observatory that translates destinies. A climactic confrontation with the Progenitor comes as the Grid hums to its final heartbeat.

Side Quests: The Choir of Echoes—recover memory fragments stolen by data-thieves, restoring identities to citizens and NPCs; The Midnight Market—procure rare data-crystals that grant temporary but potent Ether-tech augments.

Triggers and Challenges: The Nine Node Alignment triggers data storms, avatar apparitions, and shifting loyalties; players must choose between mercy and control when dealing with sentient code. Expect techno-magic puzzles, AI resistance networks, and epic battles against cyborg-chimera and deity-avatars.

Objectives and Rewards: secure all Core Relics, stabilize the Grid, and decide the fate of the Progenitor—bind it to benevolent guidance or dismantle the Grid altogether. Rewards include forged Ether-Tech items, unique spell-tech hybrids, temporary augmentations, and renown with both mythic and machine factions.