Storyline idea!
Okay, we've never done any sort of organized planning before, but I think this could send the RP in a fresh, exciting new direction.
The idea is, at the end of this chapter (which is still some time away) some sort of 'cataclysmic event' happens, brought on by Retan (probably preceded by some crazy epic battle). This event incapacitates/traps/seals away all or nearly all of the "good guys" for X amount of months/years. At the beginning of chapter 11, they somehow break free/return to find the world has been totally screwed up and overrun by Retan, Kronos, and their ilk. Well not necessarily totally overrun, there can be some small but dying pockets of resistance left, but basically the odds are totally against them.
So now in this new, dying, 'World of Ruin'-esqe setting, the "good guys" must fight to survive against the crushing evilness that now plagues Gaian.
How does this sound? Does anyone have any objections to this? This 'event' would still be a few weeks away, if we decide to go through with it.