First of all a repost of what I send on Skype to (hopefully) all players who participated in the arc (keep in mind that I am from a vastly different zone from most of ye):
[23:12:13] psisavant: [23:08:05] psisavant: just a note
[23:08:19] psisavant: I am actually more than eager to make the whole 'Black Lions' thingie now
[23:08:21] psisavant: more like errr
[23:08:27] psisavant: resolved 'off-scene'
[23:08:35] psisavant: as in
[23:08:46] psisavant: 'ending' the mini arc in a way
[23:08:54] psisavant: while allowing for different hooks
[23:09:01] psisavant: and more of a multi-hook type of gameplay too
[23:09:13] psisavant: it is rather hard to introduce PCs mid arc
[23:09:21] psisavant: while also getting a semi-consistent group here
[23:09:37] psisavant: of course you will receive your loot and XP for mini arc completion
Pharmakon (part4) game page here for reference.
So yes, unless the majority of the players finds this solution not up to their tastes then I would like to summarize the 'end results' while also providing hooks for new games/arcs, opportunities for newer chars to join not… well mid-arc (which has been happening for a while now).
"That's us, defeating evil by being even bigger bastards" - Baltasar Malich commenting the latests exploits of "The Evil Trio" (himself + Altharid and Sidhe Spellweaver)