This thread turned out longer than I expected! I think it serves as an interesting hook, though.

It is an expedition into one of these ruins that has brought our cast to this never-before-seen stage, hired as its players, but the web of intrigue may threaten to ensnare them with each scene unfolding...

6/6

...to hoarding lost knowledge from the ages that mysteriously resurfaced in impossible ruins deep in the heart of the isle.

5/X

...the opportunistic Abora made sure he and his crew were the first to set up an outpost on the shores of the land he called Kothe El'Khune. Now, numerous factions vie for power in this place, with ambitions varying from extracting a unique and obscenely expensive mineral found there...

4/X

This "Abora" is apparently a cartographer and arcanist of the Occularium of Manaket, a city of Rahadoum directly south of the island and in closest proximity to it. Before spreading news of his discovery...

3/X

A new island has risen from the sea, and it is vast, diverse, unmapped, and unclaimed. Rumors abound since the island was first spotted by a ship led by the enigmatic Morad Abora.

2/4

Seconding Eclipse Phase, also the 2nd edition as it streamlines a lot of the overbearing complexity in 1e.