he Gathering of the Party

The adventurers meet for the first time, amidst confusion, bloodshed, and the awakening of the dead.

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iege on Skeletown

A sixteen-year-old in charge of a fifty-man army. Six hundred skeletons destroyed. And things are getting worse??

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arching the Wrong Way

The party is pressed into service in the Army, and narrowly thwarts an attempted invasion of the neighboring Elves.

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ashing in on Success

The Elves reward the party, and Argyle saves Nikolaus from his newfound role of Mayor.

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nto the Cold Depths of Terror

On the way to the capital city, an amazing adventure takes place in the depths of a nearly frozen lake.

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nce More into the Depths

Reaching the capital for the first time; meeting Yama again; and back into Lake Chilblain in an attempt to find a cure for Nikolaus.

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ere comes the Cavalry!

In a bid to rescue Argyle's lost Dwarven companions, the party decends into the depths of an Orcish breeding pit. The terrible Wizard who lurks at its bottom is a terrible contrast to the Wild Elves of the night before.

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he Mad Mage 13th of Midfall, Year 1018 of the Age of Hope January 12, 2002 The party is summoned by Yama to the tower of the extremely powerful (and somewhat mad) Wizard Nymriell. They achieve his mission, destroy a second breeding pit, and turn the whole mountain range into a string of active volcanoes. Jilas decides that's not enough for one day, so he attacks Nymriell, possibly bringing doom on the entire group. Read objective version, or journals from Nikolaus, Quinn, Gladriel

ightmares and Farewell 16th of Midfall, Year 1018 of the Age of Hope February 9, 2002 Flight from Nymriell is interspersed with hellish nightmares. The visions start to come true when Jilas is slain by diabolical spiders, and his body returns as a zombie to harass the survivors. Whitehall provides refuge, but then exiles Argyle for his heresy. And the Mage remains. Read objective version, or journals from Nikolaus, Quinn.

he Impossible Happens 26th of Midfall, Year 1018 of the Age of Hope March 13, 2002 Fenris arrives, carrying an ultimatum from the Wild Elves: "Return to the River of Fire to put an end to the forces that have set the forests ablaze." Already fidgety in Whitehall, they are eager to go, but a fatal experiment by Vlage proves it's still not safe with Nymriell around. The table is turned with astonishing speed with Gladriel pulls off an amazing surprise attack and destroys the Archmage... with both Quinn and Rommel dying in battle. Read objective version, or journal from Nikolaus, Fenris, Quinn.

ire in the Hole 7th of Latefall, Year 1018 of the Age of Hope April 20, 2002 Once more in the sulpherous subterranean depths, fighting valiantly, but up against tough odds. Quinn has a rough time of it, losing his beloved familar Hugo to a group of invisible hellcats. And then it gets worse... Read objective version.

ire Fight 12th of Latefall, Year 1018 of the Age of Hope May 19, 2002 The subterranean battle reaches its climax with the party pitted against Xorn, a Naga, demons, and deadly invisible vapors. Victorious in the fight, the heroes manage to seal the River of Fire they had earlier unleashed. It ends darkly, though, with Vlage surrendering to the Green Fist in order to buy his comrades time to escape. Read Rommel's journal.

Talk about a cliffhanger! Peering into Councillor Larnel's crystal ball, Quinn watches Yama performing a highly suspicious ceremony in a crypt in the Desert of Korvalti. Then Yama senses he's being scryed upon and shatters the connection.

he end of Yama

Talmaris teleports Gladriel, Rommel and Fon to a tomb of the heroes of the great Korvalti war, to put an end to Yama's evil works. A great number of the long-dead warriors have been brought to life, further evidence of the dark magics practiced there. After destroying one hundred skeletons in a single battle, the group finally hacked their way through to Yama. When he scoffed at a last chance for mercy, Gladriel slew him. However, Yama's involvement in the necromantic arts had so consumed him that upon his death he took the form of a wraith. For about a minute. Then Gladriel cured him of that affliction, with the power of his Sunbrand. A search of his makeshift study revealed notes and a map written in Drow.

almoris Deposed

Convinced that the Valmoris, the head of the Whitehall Mage Council, is in league with dark powers, the party decides to attempt to unseat him. A complex and difficult plot ensues. At one point, Fenris assumes the form of one of Valmoris' allies, the mage-killer dwarf Hargen. Gladriel and the others create a convincing distraction long enough for Fenris to swipe damning evidence from Valmoris' desk. Valmoris and some of his allies are exiled from Belvedere. It is feared they have fled to the desert of Korvalti.

he Circle

Both Rommel and Quinn are called away by their respective duties to the Mage Council and the army, but the party presses on anyway in search of the Circle of Protection shown on the ancient map. It is their first visit to several new kingdoms, and despite attempting to keep a low profile, the party leaves its mark. In Chatulu, to this day, some of the inhabitants worship the "Great Southern Gods". Their encounter with a Drow ruins is a jarring experience. It is surrounded by a cursed forest, including what appears to be an undead Treant. Within, a staircase leads down into elegant hallways of faceted obsidian, all trying to kill the intruders in different and imaginative ways.

ime Flies

Quinn and Rommel catch up with the rest of their comrades in great confusion. In the few hours the adventurers have been below ground, more than two years have passed in the rest of the world! They decide their mission is important enough to press on regardless, and discover magical artifacts including a suit of armor so magical that it fights ferociously without anyone needing to wear it. The greatest artifact of all is the Godless Throne, a Drow focus of power able to defeat the will of the gods themselves. Yet—somehow—the heroes continue to dreams of defeating the dark race.

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ce Wyrm 26th of Latesummer, Year 1025 of the Age of Hope February 22, 2003 Six and a half years have elapsed since the fellowship decended into the first Circle, although those inside experienced only a few hours. And yet they know their mission is far from completed. Compelled to explore the second Drow site, the Circle of Imprisonment, the party returns to the northern mountains. Fenris uses all of his shape-shifting prowess in an attempt to burrow into the subterranean Circle undetected, but is foiled by the white dragon which has guarded the valley for a millenia. Battle ensues, Jilas experiences bareback dragon flight at 200 miles an hour, and it takes the group's combined strength to survive an icy death in the wyrm's lair. Shaken by the destruction of such a magnificant creature, Fenris ends his fragile alliance.

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he Throne of Unlife

The fellowship is exhausted by the struggle against the ancient dragon and the loss of Fenris, as well as the absence of Quinn, who attempts without luck to talk the wild elf into returning. Yet they push on into the depths of the Circle of Imprisonment. The myriad traps of the previous Circle are missing, but in their place are an assortment of hideous beasts, most of them gruesomely undead. The Circle of Imprisonment was clearly a prison, as well as a torture chamber and place of execution, with blood channels running from each room. At the heart of the deep caverns of black crystal the party is overwhelmed with hundreds of the abominations, and only by unlocking the secret of the Throne of Unlife are they able to escape.

xmoor Rescue

The drums of war cannot be ignored. The latest disturbing note arrives with a bird sent from Jilas' sweetheart Jayla, begging him to help save her village of Oxmoor. In a nightmarish reprise of the party's first struggles, they defend the city agains a horde of walking dead and the lich who rules them. The grateful villagers invite their heroic defenders to stay and celebrate the victory, but duty demands a hasty return to Whitehall.