What began as a simple request from a farmer to cure his Heffer..Matilda..of the scoots...lest Jorn thump his arse for not caring for his hefer while hefer sitting...ended with cries of "Drow!" being shouted across the Farmlands...
It seems the party...Beren..Rusty..and Alleise...ran into a mysterious Mage in the Cloud Peak Foothills...guarding Matilda's cure...Hill Giant Dung.
As a mysterious Drow Mage, shadowed the party for unknown reasons.
After the cure was had, the Mage..an old man in a long red robe and long white beard..and yes..a pointy hat...opened a portal to try to get the party away from the Drow attacker.
The Mage shouted there was no time for questions and he warned Beren to protect Aladnon at all costs..knowing Berens name and of the Old Sage...as the party passed into the Portal.
Some how, the Drow followed and as Rusty and Alleisa gave the farmer the cure to heal Matilda of the scoots...chaos erupted across the farmlands as adventurers appeared from everywhere hunting the Drow Mage.
After many were slain and raised by Beren, he was the last to fall through the portal into the Farmlands having held a large party of Hill Giants so the other could escape...
As everyone stood around wondering what the hell was going on...the farmer took his pigs inside and ran for cover...his mission for Allseia and Rusty having gone so awry in it's scope and mission..he wanted no more to do with it...
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Original particiapants rewarded with gold/xp for good rp (Rusty and Alleia ((sorry Lyja I butchered the spelling..sorry ))...Beren I owe..Celith I owe..Father Tenith I owe..the rest present in random because of the Chaos of Mr. Adzling...well done..that was awesome....
Great Druid, Galen'ael Glenstalker. Former DM Steel
In this Chapter, the Candle Keep Mage known as Kara...after long and intensive study...dared to summon the devil lord known as Mephasm.
The Lady had learned the beings true name from the Sage known as Aldanon.
Those in the party sought answers and did dare to summon the devil, their wards strong and bound him whole.
He answered all asked of him, what he knew at any rate. In the end, being unable to divuldge the name of the Lord of the Hells who seeks to bring the Blood War to this time and place....
Questions were answered and more created...
During the summoning, Illithids from the Astral Plane attacked the summoning...events having drawn their attention. For the Sage is not of this time, but of the Prime...a cold and sad burden he bears....
The party fought them off easily and continued to bind the devil lord and make him answer their questions. He offered deals to many but none took them...
The guide of Candle Keep, having had encountered him before had young Kara attempt to banish him to a demi-plane where he would rot...the spell went off without a hitch...but...in a huge blast of arcane energy Mephasm dissappeared...and a soul stone appeared. A ward...of great evil and power had gone undetected and redirected Myhun and Karas efforts...
As Myhun picked up the stone, an evil laugh echoed accross the wild lands of the Lions Way..as the portal closed and the circle disolved.
The tremendous outpouring of energy caused a party of Demon's to be drawn to the event....and as the Demons appeared...a holy light filled the sky as a Trio of Solars appeared from the Heavens to help the party defeat the Demons.
As the Demon remains fizzled upon the ground, the remaining Angel spoke..telling the party..the actions of the Sage...known as Aldanon..are sad and troubling...cruel and kind...brave...and foolish. The other Planes and even Tyr himself begins to take notice.
The Angel said him and his were sent to help push the Demons back through and seal the portal...a blessing of the Lord Tyr for the actions and kind heart of Beren Cross...naming him a blessed Child of Tyr for his honor and heart. The Angel then flew into the night sky..and was gone. As the party stood about looking for Aldanon...he came out from under a tree, quite alive...and the party sought answers.
Aldanon spewed forth his soul...and fell upon his knees as tears streamed down his face..he had summoned the devil lord...long ago..in his own time...seeking a cure for his daughter..she had a disease that he could not cure with herbs or the Arcane...an act of desperation...and love...
In this deal, Aldanon signed the fate of his land...and his lack of forethought allowed Mephasm to unleash the Blood War upon his Land...but he fled..seeking away to set right what was done wrong...and to save the Life of his only child..whose soul belongs to Mephasm's still unamed lord...and to save his Land...and his people.
The party was left unsure to the old man's true motives..
To save his daughter?
To save his Land?
Their Land?
Himself?
A combo there of?
He did not say...as he collasped of exhaustion and the party argued whether to return him to Istari to speak with Elias..who he has yet to meet...or to Candle Keep..where he said he would never go...but did not say why...
Questions answered and knowledge gained because of the power of Lady Kara..but more made..
Motives revealed, but become more complex...
As they argue about where to take the old man...
Beren carries the soul stone of the Devil Lord..by order of the Angel...
And as they argue...chaos spreads...as devils and demon appearances increase across the Land...the Drow mull action beneath in the Darkness...
Soon...the Tiefling will return..a deal was made...and for a devil...or one under their control...a deal is a deal friends...
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Participants: Beren, Tuk, Kara, Myhun, Selah, and Aloria.
Reward XP for all.
Beren carries the soul stone of Mephasm..and item of power that grants the carrier bonuses to intelligence, charima, and wisdom.
Great Druid, Galen'ael Glenstalker. Former DM Steel
Upon the road, the Keeper of the Grove known as Kae came upon Phelan, Druid of the Circle and his new frind Jayne Farstrider.
After spying on them for a time, she revealed herself and spoke of a message and a task for Phelan.
The task from the Arch Druid...who had recieved reports of a powerful artefact possessed by a tribe of Goblins in the Hilltop Ruins.
Kae was hesitant to give too much information to the pair...merely go find it..because of the stranger Jayne.
Irregardless, the two went on their way....outsmarting the guards at the front door...the lead guard had written the password upon his arm and Phelan spotted it...
The two went deep into the ruins and slew many goblins...some spoke to them..some did not.
The stranger known as Jayne seeking a road of peace to Phelans brash instinctual manner to slay all the goblins in their way.
Time passes and the pair come upon the Chief and his Worg rider guards..guarding the 'shiney'.
They bargined the Chief to give up the artefact for a 1000 coin and a promise to never return to the ruins...Phelan being known around the Land for hunting their kind...
As the two turned to leave, the stupid Chief spoke more intelligently than before...telling them that Mephasm says Hello and the item glowed with an evil light....
Phelan threatend to return and wipes the Chiefs Tribe out if he spoke or brokered any treachery once he delivered the artefact to the Arch Druid.
As they left the Chief laughed, returned to picking his nose and said he no care..he just lackey....
The Circle will begin to become embroiled in something they or none of their allies can imagine...as a young human named Jayne mulls becoming a Seeker of the Grove....
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Participants: Phelan Shadowtop and Jayne Farstrider
Rewards: XP for both, Ring of Nature for Jayne for mediating a situation and nice RP without resorting to needless violence the entire event.
Great Druid, Galen'ael Glenstalker. Former DM Steel
A Floating Nightmare and A Peek From Behind a Wagon
A Ferry...a drift and on fire banked near the Merchants Camp in the Farmlands...
Pirates fled the boat in fear...Undead swarmed the shores and a Death Knight was slain after the party led by Captain Crownsilver of the Fist defeated the evil, undeath and pirates alike.. and pushed the ship off shore...where it burned to the bottom. The ship assumedly had a cargo of the sort they could not handle....
Later, a Treant is said to have appeared out of a live Oak just off the road.
It approached the party with great care and little movement..hesitant to approach as it eyed the remains of the fire upon the shore...creeping closer to the Forest.
After communicating with some of the Fist, the Circle, and Candle Keep...the party doused the flames..choosing to assist the gentle forest guardian instead of slaying him.
Afterward, some of the Elves siezed the opportunity to speak to the forest guardian to ask his blessing for an Elven Village for the followers of the Seladrine.
After ask many questions, surprised the local druids and rangers support the idea...the Treant agreed to speak with his kind and those of the Wood..but saying such things take time to discuss..as the oak sapling grows...those the Elves were happy to have the chance...a single tear running down the face of Aloria.
He then bowed to Captain Crownsilver for allowing him to approach the Farmlands and dissappeared back into a great Oak Tree....
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Participants: Beren Cross, Aloria, Fircair, Justin Crownsilver, Myhun, Eillendral (butchered spelling sorry), and many others.
All were rewarded xp for both minievents.
Great Druid, Galen'ael Glenstalker. Former DM Steel
A War Spills Over: Part 10 AND The Dark Maidens Grace: Part 1.
This past night in the Wood of Sharpe Teeth an unknown drow woman was seen hunting Orcs and other goblinoids nude...with only a symbol hanging about her neck as she hunted by Moon Light.....
A portal was later seen opening and another Drow female exiting it and the two spoke a long time...observed by a few passersby..one an Orc...one of the female drow..one who had been upon the Surface before...
During the conversation, Larynd's faith was rewarded and renewed as she spoke with Alarice..DarkSongKnight..and she was given a message of Hope that not all would spit upon her face and see her Life's blood drained..given time and allies..and deeds to build what needs to be built so that others might understand.
She was told to never disheart and believe that not all Drow are evil..But..such as We are rare Alarice said...our Church barely upon the Surface..such work is now only beginning....
As a Darkness comes, so does a chance for Hope for Her followers and the Land itself. The gods are watching she spoke of, including Eistraee...and Larynda was gifted with an artefact that will help fight the coming darkness..if only someone would listen to her..her message and her soul..and with a new pendant..a holy symbol of Eilistraee that shines with a white light reflective of her actions...and a sword of star metal to defend that which she believes with all her heart.
She was told to find one she meant long ago..one who had named her beside a fire during a nice night of restfull conversation...as her face was hidden by hood and fire light..for he has a similar artefact...their purpose unknown..but their power undeniable.
Find the Druid Alarice spoke...show him the artefact...then..they will have no choice but to listen first...and then judge.
Soon there after the females entered the Portal to points unknown.
Before the portal closed the Orc jumped through...to his own detriment...as the Portal closed..a sense of peace was left behind...the events leading to more rumor that not all Drow might be evil..as fear creeps across the Land...a sparkle of doubt begins to bloom...
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I'kai was rewarded with xp and a new holy pendant, having been robed of the other during an IC circumstance.
Great Druid, Galen'ael Glenstalker. Former DM Steel
In the Farmlands, multiple Hell Fire Rifts opened...the very ground itself shook as the minions of the Hells spewed forth.
The encounter began with a taunting invisible prescence...hounding the Fist on station and casting spells attempting to kill them.
As the portals opened, minons of the Hells spewed forth and many adventurers were slain as the farmlands the bridge itself were engulfed in flames.
As the assault continued, an evil laughter was heard proclaiming that the Lord will Come!!!!
The attack was anything but random and seem to be testing the resolve of those who protect the City of Baldurs Gate and much of it surrounds a man known as Beren Cross...whose warnings have as of yet went unheard.
After the assault was barely turned back, a Solar of Tyr landed giving those gathered a final warning of what comes...urging them to turn their eyes from their feet to what lays in front of them.
He spoke was a patience and sadness as he pronounced the Blood War comes and that Aldanon the Sage...is missing.
He spoke of a time that Nears when the gods will learn not to interfere in the affairs of Mortals..but for now their Gaze turns to this part of the Realms when such attacks are only seen...discussed...and dealt with by a few...he then flew into the sky...
Officer Dredd began to question Officer Beren on why he not told the Fist leadership of the artefact or the coming War...and he said he had...that those above him keep putting off the summons he recieved from Duke Eltan himself...
The time for rumors has passed...
The attacks increase with frequency...and boldness....
The attention of those who ignore and do NOT know is passing as well....
The events spread across the Land....as the Elves look for a home of their own...and the search for these artefacts related to the Demons and Devils continues...one with the Fist..one amoung the Circle and one with a lone Drow in a city of Evil....
The song of man on the Bridge more Prophetic than he had ever imagined....((Cllyx, hehe))
))...Beren I owe..Celith I owe..Father Tenith I owe..the rest present in random because of the Chaos of Mr. Adzling...well done..that was awesome.... 