Season Two

The Keepers ARG: Season Two (Also referred to as Operation Chess) is the second Alternate Reality Game involving an organisation called the Keepers. The ARG was a part of an event called Sanctuary 13: Memories of the Future. It started on July 7 2014 in a forum thread on the Sanctuary forums. The ARG was created by forum members Auroris and TheChosenOne. The ARG ended on july 17 2014.

This season started during the second Sanctuary event.

Story
The second season dealed with the return of James Zimbardo who threatens to destroy the Sanctuary Network. Together with the Keepers and Eloise Cortez, the players must decode the messages and stop Zimbardo from activating the Gaia Engines before it is too late. This season also focused on the relationship between the main characters and revealed the truth about Evelyne's father.

Gameplay
During the course of the ARG players had to solve different puzzles and communicate with the Keepers. A forum thread and a twitter account from Eloise Cortez were the main tools of communciation. Information was also revealed during in-game roleplaying events and the Sanctuary Forum RPG. The players could find intercepted transmissions on OpChess.com. Their goal was to decipher the messages and get more information about the enemy they were fighting.

Missions

 * The Secrets of Solomon
 * A Storm Approaches
 * The Return of a Tyrant
 * The Fall of the Kingdom
 * The Last Stand

Characters

 * A full list of all the characters can be found here .

This is a list of all the main characters that were present in season one and that directly influenced the storyline of this particular season. Other characters that were present or mentioned in season one can be found on the character list.
 * Eloise Cortez
 * Evelyne Ryan
 * James Zimbardo

Prizes
The winners were selected based on the contributions and level of participation by the players. All of the winners received a total of 500 bonus points as well as the Sanctuary forum title "kryptos".
 * Aeloth
 * Cassandra
 * Kle
 * Methoneiros
 * MsBehavior
 * Pesticide78

Trivia

 * The Gwisin attack was the first event that actually had several outcomes. In alternative version of the story the Seoul Sanctuary would have been destroyed completely and all the characters except Evelyne would've died.
 * A storyline with the Council of Venice was cut, but a part of it was used during a later event.
 * Both Jeremy Cross and Jason Haskins were originally supposed to have a bigger role.