A campaign for Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition.
A Conversation with Matilde
The evening before the party was to depart, former Vala, Matildë asked to meet Emmeliine in the warmth of the great hearth in the heart of the temple. The roaring fire illuminated the Temple triad below, where three great trees loomed large. The color of the fire danced along the stonework, made of many styles, ...
At the Temple of Winter, Spring and Fate
The Temple of the Three was an ancient place. Once it had been dedicated to old gods long forgotten, but in days past, the ruin was repaired by the Winter Sisters, a group of cloistered retired priestesses of the Three (the Dreigeist, Gond, Krag, and Ilmar). It was a holy place, where the Valan were ...
Clarity
After the bath and period of relaxation, Emmeline had rejoined the others with a smile on her face. River had thrown her a heated look and stormed away back to her room, and Emmeline was surprised. But with a little thought, she wondered if she might know what bothered River.
She couldn’t let this sit and ...
A Visitor at the Bathhouse
In another life, maybe Typhon Ne would have enjoyed this place. Today, it was debauchery. Not evil, per se, but inducement to evil for certain. The fact that the ‘assistants’ were enslaved made it that much worse. So many evils, but the greater one still lay ahead. One wrong move and that could be lost.
A ...
Realm of Storuvan
Overview
Situated near the center of the Rift Lands in the wide Schöneklar Valley, Storuvan was once merely a trading town until recently. Before the Eterian conquest some 650 years before it was a free city of mixed Carian/Hattani descent. With the conquest came Eterian colonists. When Sywnna rebelled in 100 TA, Storuvan was cut off the the ...
What I Saw that Day
First letter of Hadrianus to the Thalassans
Yesterday I witnessed something I cannot truly explain to myself, but for you, the followers of Sidonius and the believers in a new Empire, I will try.
The Aderan army’s vanguard had landed and taken much of the town – only at the citadel did the resistance continue. As I ...
Why Aarith Matters
Second letter of Aetherius to the Aderans,
May the light of Aarith guide you! I bring good news. Your days of persecution are almost at an end. The death of our leader, the scion of Sidonius, at the hands of the king’s fleet and the wicked sorcerer Erabulus, was not in vain. Together we grieve at the deaths of so many ...
The Nightmare
Suddenly Emmeline’s mind split into facets. Voices competing for her attention:
“we are here Mabrilith, we feel the pain of guilt once again…”;
“we hear you, say the word and your pain will be gone and the wicked punished…”;
“I sense you are here Larasdaughter, you must not risk, you must endure…”;
“I pray my daughter still lives…;”
“You killed ...
The Slave Situation
Elemix wanted the Dwarf to pay for what he had done to those slaves. He didn’t know how exactly, but he knew the Dwarf had to pay.
When the rescued slave had fallen asleep, Elemix looked at each of his comrades in turn and said in a soft but serious voice, “Look, I am not saying ...
Sessions 17 & 18
Overview
(Nov 19th – Dec 28th, 447)
The party finished up their last days in Portreaux where Giselle had delivered Elemix to join them. After attending several social events, the party left for an inn “The Squirrel” where they took up their aliases. From there they took ship without incident aboard the Dawnstar and arrived a week ...
