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The day of Asar Ogalas would go down in history as perhaps Isonhound’s deadliest day. It started out innocuously enough; Cynthia and some of the other Greedy Greeners were taking part in the festivities in Seglock’s Midway. They saw fires in the distance, and rushed there to find a band of kobolds terrorizing the inhabitants. The party easily dispatched with the kobolds, but the entire operation turned out to be a distraction; the Northern Mountains split open, and shadows began to engulf the continent. | The day of Asar Ogalas would go down in history as perhaps Isonhound’s deadliest day. It started out innocuously enough; Cynthia and some of the other Greedy Greeners were taking part in the festivities in Seglock’s Midway. They saw fires in the distance, and rushed there to find a band of kobolds terrorizing the inhabitants. The party easily dispatched with the kobolds, but the entire operation turned out to be a distraction; the Northern Mountains split open, and shadows began to engulf the continent. | ||
The Curator appeared to the party and briefed them on the situation: The One Who Waits, an ancient shadowy entity, had broken free from its imprisonment under the mountains, and now it was mounting a full-scale assault on Isonhound. The Curator created fey portals between the continent’s largest cities to aid in the defense effort. Cynthia traveled through one of these portals to help defend Gammelgard. | The Curator appeared to the party and briefed them on the situation: The One Who Waits, an ancient shadowy entity, had broken free from its imprisonment under the mountains, and now it was mounting a full-scale assault on Isonhound. The Curator created fey portals between the continent’s largest cities to aid in the defense effort. Cynthia traveled through one of these portals to help defend Gammelgard. | ||
In Gammelgard, Falgrim tasked the adventurers with deactivating a reactor that could go critical and wipe out much of the city. The party traveled to the reactor, battling through strange shadow creatures. Inside the building, they found unrefined aerocrystals; a messenger from the Northern Mountains told them that the aerocrystals were necessary to repair an | In Gammelgard, Falgrim tasked the adventurers with deactivating a reactor that could go critical and wipe out much of the city. The party traveled to the reactor, battling through strange shadow creatures. Inside the building, they found unrefined aerocrystals; a messenger from the Northern Mountains told them that the aerocrystals were necessary to repair an airship that had been stranded there. After successfully shutting down the reactor, a few of the adventurers, Cynthia among them, took some of the aerocrystals through a portal to the mountains. | ||
The situation at the mountains was dire. All manner of powerful monsters, cultists, and shadowy beings assaulted the downed | The situation at the mountains was dire. All manner of powerful monsters, cultists, and shadowy beings assaulted the downed airship. A rolling wave of shadow approached, consuming all in its path, with The One Who Waits leading it in the form of a great obsidian dragon’s head. The aerocrystals turned out to be useless; they had to be refined before they could be used to repair the ship. One adventurer returned to Gammelgard to give them the update, while Cynthia and the rest stayed and battled the advancing tide of shadow. Cynthia was nearly killed instantly when a mage’s ray of death struck her, but Silent used her godly powers to save the knight. Cynthia pursued an evil alchemist, striking him down with a flurry of blows and shrugging off the explosion he set off as he died, but the battle was clearly a losing one. Many of the adventurers retreated back to the continent’s cities. Cynthia was among them, returning to Gammelgard. | ||
Gammelgard and Seglock were protected from the shadows by the Astrolabe and the Moonwell, respectively. Nonetheless, shadow monsters still laid siege to the cities. Back in Gammelgard, Cynthia helped fend off a wave of these monsters, using her beetle and her skills at mounted combat to overpower them. When the portals closed, she knew that the battle at the mountains had been lost, and she later found out that Silent was corrupted and claimed by The One Who Waits. She ushered Gammelgard’s survivors into the still-intact parts of the town and, with the help of Richard, helped start the extensive rebuilding effort. | Gammelgard and Seglock were protected from the shadows by the Astrolabe and the Moonwell, respectively. Nonetheless, shadow monsters still laid siege to the cities. Back in Gammelgard, Cynthia helped fend off a wave of these monsters, using her beetle and her skills at mounted combat to overpower them. When the portals closed, she knew that the battle at the mountains had been lost, and she later found out that Silent was corrupted and claimed by The One Who Waits. She ushered Gammelgard’s survivors into the still-intact parts of the town and, with the help of Richard, helped start the extensive rebuilding effort. | ||
=== The Town with No Name === | === The Town with No Name === |