Lucian Dùmas

Season I: The Heroes' Dawn

Lucian and his companion, Hannibal Teeblatt, joins the caravan of Botswyn Stoutbarrel with the intention of guarding it, while traveling to Drakkenfall. There they meet Soran Crofter, Tammi Tränenkuss and Neria Scarlet, who also got hired as guards. They also meet the noble Rehman Medo and his bodyguard, Rubin Meisel, joining too. The group starts their travel after defeating a reanimated scarecrow, which energy core Lucian takes for his own plans. They then pass a watchtower and Lucian helps Neria to free the road from some rocks to continue travel. They stop at a grove, where they hear some noises and Lucian joins the others to rescue the Druid Cailin Còil, which get’s attacked by dusklings. Together with the mighty Roseknight they win the fight. Later on, Lucian and the others also fight some Goblins under the lead of Hundig the Stinky, which the group wins. One of them escape, so Lucian believes, their master will hear about this.   The group takes a rest at Berlona’s Rest, where Lucian wants to enjoy a good evening with drinks and games. He get’s contested by Tammi to a bet, which he looses. An old man, called „Old Geezer“ asks him about the Artifacts of Fate, but Lucian never heard about them. When he finds out, that the old man want to play the Devil’s Gambit, he loses his calm, give the old man a hit and leave the tavern for a moment. When he returns, after Neria talked with him and give him the book about Fortunado & the Artifacts of Fate, Lucian returns to the others, spending a round of drinks as an apologize for his behavior. Later in the evening he and Tammi witness, how the Old Geezer loose the Devil’s Gambit and Lucian reveal some of his plans and knowledge to Tammi. The following night he has a nightmare about loosing the game himself, failing his friends and also his mentor. Before leaving the next morning Lucian and Neria got into conflict with Rehman Medo, who insults the non-humans. Their plan to steal his goods and sell them tot he Ogres guarding the nearby bridge, fails. Lucian manages to distract Rehman successfully, but Neria isn’t initally able to steal the goods. Lucian later manages to get into possession of the money anyway, but realizing, that Rubin Meisel would pay the price for their theft and after an argument with his travel companions he and Neria return the stolen money. Lucian then joins the group tot he nearby bridge, where they build up a trap enabling them to defeat the ogres. Lucian spare one of the ogres for informations, finding out this way about an army of Hobgoblins coming from south, threatening the whole Kingdom of Eldrithorn.   Continuing their travel the group needs to find a resting place, getting into a fight with an owlbear. When Hannibal nearly get’s killed, Lucian get’s angry that much, he’s able to kill the creature through a demonstration of his arcane potential. The next day they reach Drakkenfall and help a noble carriage, which get’s attacked by some Bugbears and Goblins. Lucian initially not wanna help, but can get convinced into saving Noemi Devereaux and her bodyguard, Cira Vaneer. Therefore the group get’s free lodging in the Welcome Wyrm Inn in Drakkenfall. Lucian wanna split up the group, after they now reached their destination, believing, he and Hannibal might loose their goals, if they continue traveling with the others, but Hannibal convince him otherwise. In the evening he plays cards with Beatrice Oakheart, the owner oft he Welcome Wyrm Inn, learning, that she had traveled with a member oft he Vandermorn Institute, Lovira Steelfire.   The next day the group get brought to Duke Vernan Devereaux and the leading council of Drakkenfall. Lucian speaks for the group and tries to avoid any further missions, which the nobles wanna give the adventurers. Since the others agree to a new mission nonetheless, Lucian finally also agrees to join into investigating the mines and the disappearance of some workers. Before they start this new mission however, they get their payment from Botswyn Stoutbarrel, even a bit more after good negotiations of Neria and Lucian. Later on, Lucian learns about the strange powers Soran inherit and the Genasi get’s interested in solving that mystery. Since his first attempt of visiting the local library not works, as guests of the city not get entry into it, he leads the group to the Wondrous Wares. Through a trick using a complaint he manages to get into direct contact with archmage Lyriel Sunshadow, owner oft he shop, something, that would need weeks normally. They get to enter her floating tower and working their way through the floors, meeting Nerivox, Varina and archmage Areus Timotheus. Finally, when meeting Lyriel Sunshadow, Lucian convinces her into doing some tests with Soran, assisting her with it, but to no avail. The mystery can’t be solved. He also manages to get the group the permission to enter the tower more freely from now on, when he take back the complaint he had made. In the evening, back at the Welcome Wyrm Inn, they play cards, where Lucian is able to see through the pokerface of everyone, with the exception of Tammi, who wins at the end. Lucian recognizes his defeat, becoming interested about Tammi even more.   The next day the group starts their new mission, speaking with the barman of the worker’s preferred tavern to get some informations. Lucian and Soran play a party „Left Hand“ with him and Lucian let him wint, so he gain his trust and therefore the informations they want. After also speaking with Rowar Gillham, the foreman, the group enters the first of the four mines, leading to a fight with a Xorn. With the help of Ceara Ashbloom they defeat the monster. Lucian’t don’t trust her, especially after finding out, she’s a so called Dreadcaller. He warns the others about this faction and they continue to investigate, entering the second mine. The entrance behind them suddenly crumbles, trapping them inside. They finally find a ritual circle and after killing a cultist and some ghouls, they find a glowing gem. After destroying it and moving forward, the group meet again a bunch of cultist, overhearing them talking to an elvish woman, who leaves. The group then faces Laren the Fanatic and the other cultists, killing them all in a the upcoming fight. Afterwards they analyze the totems and the cravings there, but Lucian can’t decipher, what they might be for. He just finds out, that an altar in one oft he tunnels seems to be a teleportation circle, which the group should not use. While traveling deeper into the tunnels, they free a bunch of prisoners and also find a strange Dragon Egg, which they not leave behind. Lucian suggests to follow the river, which runs underground, so the group might return to the surface. The plan works, until the group reaches a divide. Lucian agrees to Tammi's initial idea of flipping a coin, but when they finally decide to take the other path the coin had shown, Lucian not understand that illogical decision, but agrees nonetheless, since he trust Tammi.   The group reaches a wall with just a small tunnel, filled with water, leading through it, but because of his ability that he not need to breath, Lucian can swim through the tunnel, finding out, it ends in the Drakkenfall Lake. There he hears a voice, whispering to him, that the being will help them to navigate through the dark lake, but he need to trust her. Lucian agrees, but only after hearing that the voice might be a friend of Tammi. Lucian leads the others to the surface, guided by small orbs of light. When they realize, that Neria not reached the surface Soran dives back underwater to safe her, followed by Lucian, who stores some breath in his mouth to spend it to Neria. They manage to safe her together, bringing her back to the surface. Lucian is glad, she survived and speaks with her in the evening. When she tells him about strange visions she had while being unconscious, Lucian suggests her to give into that visions, maybe revealing her strange powers, so they can find out, what they mean. Neria becomes angry, since Lucian just seem to see her as another riddle he wants to solve. The next day the group leaves the beach and when Soran left his armor there, Lucian inscribe a philosophical message above it into the rocks, showing Soran’s development as a warrior.   The group reaches Willowmere, which get’s attacked by a horde of Goblins and Bugbears. Lucian sneask inside the village, giving Tammi his spell scroll, so they can transform into a goblin, making a distraction of sort, which allows Lucian and Hannibal to release one of the boats, escaping the village. Lucian later directs the boat, using his ability to feel the wind, so he can use it to their advantage. At night, he and the others watch a gigantic Dragon flying over the Drakkenfall Lake to the tower of Lyriel Sunshadow. After returning to Drakkenfall, the group instantly visits Vashar Onyxheart, warning him about the burned village and the upcoming threat of the goblins. While Lucian tries to ignore the constant attempts of Vashar Onyxheart to get the group into helping the city the others accept the mission and volunteer to it. Finally, with his arguments futile Lucian accepts the mission too and agrees to help. He instantly makes a plan, what would be helpful, presenting the next steps to do to the others. Later, when they are all back in the Welcome Wyrm Inn Lucian stays awake much longer then the others, smoking pipe and thinking about the new situation.   The next morning Lucian and the others get visited by Noemi Devereaux, who pays them personally for the solved mission in the mines. Lucian asks Beatrice Oakheart, if she will help to defend the city and when she agrees, he tasks her with trying to find Lovira Steelfire. He is convinced, that she might be a powerfull ally, since he not trusts Lyriel Sunshadow. Later, the group arrives at the Wondrous Wares and enters Lyriel’s tower again, but didn‘t get an audience with her. Lucian convinces Jorvanthal into playing Dejarik with him to gain his trust. He is successful and can convince Jorvanthal to allow Noemi Deveraux und Cira Vaneer entrance into the tower. After arriving in the sixth floor, the group meet Lyriel, who is in a conversation with an Elf with golden eyes. Lucian hear the name „Valmerun“ and get convinced that they need to find out more. He visits Ceara Ashbloom, which he noticed in the second floor, hearing from her the truth of the cultists and their plans to reawaken that old Dragon. They share informations and after Ceara left, Lucian returns to the others, telling them, what he had found out. After speaking with the elf with golden eyes Lucian get’s the feeling, that this elf is in fact the golden dragon, they watched before.   Varina finally gives the group the hint about a secret tunnel, which leads to the private chambers of Lyriel Sunshadow. Lucian use that tunnel, together with Tammi. Through a trick he can evade the first trap at the stairs, which leads to Tammi getting catched by a mimic. Lucian helps Tammi to get freed, readying themselves for a fight, when the mimic suddenly let them in. They confront Lyriel and Lucian manages to convince her to speak with Noemi Devereaux and later also joins the diplomatic conversation. After they reached an agreement, Lucian helps to convince Soran to give up the Dragon Egg as payment for Lyriel and then make the suggestion, that Lyriel could visit the capital city of the Kingdom of Eldrithorn, informing the king of the upcoming threat. As a Wizard, she can travel much faster and Lucian knows that. Despite their differences Lucian and Lyriel agree to work together, for the sake of Eldrithorn. They start a conversation, talking about different types of magic and Lucian’s reservation slowly vanish.   Afterwards, the group visits Vashar Onyxheart again, getting a carriage for their upcoming travel. Lucian stays inside the carriage most of the travel time, using the silence for some concentration training. At their first night watch, Lucian uses the time of his watch to continue reading the book about Fortunado. The next day the group gets attack by a bulette, which move under the earth, but Lucian uses a strategy of getting her out of her cover through the usage of a bait. He helps the others defeating the creature, without getting hurt by it, showing his tactical talents. Afterwards the group meets the massive gladiator Morrask and the Kobold Krixi and Hannibal want to attack them openly, which enrages Lucian who not wanna die for the ideals of heroism. His idea, to speak with the Cyclops, trying to gain his trust, isn’t a good one, since it would put Lucian into massive danger. Finally the group uses a surprise attack. When Hannibal get’s struck down in the fight, this enrages Lucian that much, he ignores any strategy and openly threatens Morrask, but his angry attack fails. He takes the counterattack for his friend and get down but get safed by Neria after the fight is won. He whispers something about „Marley Bolton“ before he awakes and realizes, that it’s Neria above him, not Marley. Afterwards the group speaks with Krixi, learning a lot of informations about the Dragon Zyrion. Lucian let Krixi draw the symbol of the cultists, who killed Zyrion into his notebook, the symbol of the „Eternal One“. He also realizes through this new informations, that the Elf with the golden eyes might not just be a dragon herself, but a member of the mad triumvirate. He even more believes, that Lyriel has a pact with these dragons and so he can’t trust her. Later, in the evening, he smokes a pipe together with Hannibal, apologize by his friend for his words before and that he fears to loose his friends, like he lost the friends of his past. Afterwards, the group detonate the bridge, using a barrel of blackpowder and a burning card from Lucian to slow down the Goblins who are reaching for Drakkenfall.   The next morning, after resting near the Drakonir River, Krixi got killed and Lucian instantly start some investigation to find the murderer which Neria reveals herself to be. Hearing about the fact, that she has some strange powers, urging her to bloodshed, Lucian understands her, since he had gone through something similar as a Genasi, but also isn’t sure, if she can be trusted any longer. Soran convinces him into giving her a chance and trying to solve that riddle. Realizing, that Neria need a chance or get down a dark path, he agrees, that she can stay with the group, but one condition of his is, that she need to make some mental training with Lucian from now on, which shall help her to maintain control, so she not give into her powers by instinct again.   Later, the group crosses the Drakonir River with the local ferry and they continue their travel, reaching a watchtower a few hours later. By flattering the proud Dwarves, Lucian manages to get his group into passing. In the evening they reach Undermount and enter the tavern in the outskirts. There they meet Boguz, the Brilliant and Lucian take a special drink with him, befriending the other Wizard. For the first time they hear about the true size of the Horde of the Abyssal Eye. Later, in the evening, the group plays a card game, which Lucian looses, since Boguz is a tactical player. They convince him into bringing them into the palace of the dwarven king the next day. This night, Lucian and Neria also take their first session of mental training, starting with the basics of such techniques. The next day the group follows Boguz into the city, to a contest of hammerthrowing, that takes place there. Lucian instructs Soran, that he shall not try to win the contest, so the group can gain the favor of the proud dwarven king. Convinced about this plan he bet 10 silvercoins on the king’s victory, an investment, that pays off for him. Since Yvarra Cielle appeared at the contest and seems to be an old friend of the king, Lucian wants to investigate and together with Hannibal and Neria he’s made invisible by Boguz and the wizard leads them to the noble quarters, where Yvarra resides. After helping Boguz to convince the guards, that he has some invisible piggy bank, they reach the quarters. After finding Yvarra’s quarters, Lucian notices a magical rune at the door and tries to deceive her minion inside, by telling, that he has an important letter and he shall open the door. When the creature inside not do that, Lucian changes plans and want to show the undead, which aura is present inside, to Murgonn to reveal the true identity of Yvarra Cielle as a Necromancer. When the king arrives, the group get attacked by the undead named Snarl and some spectres. Lucian is one of the few adventures able to fight the creatures, without any weapons, through the use of his magic. He get’s struck down by the necromantic energy once, but then, after being revived by Tammi, distracts Snarl together with Neria and uses a weakness in his concentration to finish him off with a special card combination.   The group tries to save King Murgonn and Boguz, which are both trapped inside a vortex, Yvarra Cielle created. As a being of thin air Lucian is not affected that much by this vortex and tries to safe the others with his hookcard, but isn’t strong enough to stop the vortex from absorbing them. Finally he let go and follow the others into the vortex, so the group not get separated. Together they hurl through an energy tunnel, leading through the cosmos and getting saved by Ailenia. Lucian throws his hookcard, so Ailena can take it and hurl the group out of the energy tunnel and therefore into safety before a mighty Astral Dragon attacks her. The group falls to a strange world, but Lucian savest hem all by using his card magic to slow down their fall magically, making them land near a lake. The next morning the group meets Torkrates, a bullywug, explaining to them, that they are in the Lands Between and that they could escape from there through reaching Vigil, the city of 1.000 doors. Through his help the group can pass the Champions' Road, finally reaching Eldarion, the Divine Capital. Through the champion’s gate the group could pass, but since every being which is not pure of hearts will get blocked and maybe even destroyed, Lucian not want to pass through it. Quillania prevents the guards from attacking that dubious mortals, leading them to the Mortal Promenade, where they visit a tavern, the House of Acquiescence. There Lucian has the chance to drink the elixir of the god’s, Ambrosia, which he instantly likes. When Ailenia finally also arrives in the tavern, the group learn’s a lot about the Gilded Pantheon, the first gods and their eternal conflict. They even learn how all of this affect the Horde of the Abyssal Eye, which is near Drakkenfall at this point. Lucian struggles with the idea of becoming heroes of Drakkenfall and save the city. He want to handle his personal quests, before returning to Solaaran. Eventually he even could stay in Eldarion, freed from mortal burdens. When Ailenia want to speak with Narika, who will erase the memories of the mortals, sending them back to the material world, Lucian realizes however, how important all of this for his friends is. He contests Ailenia to a game and when he win, she will not speak with her mother about the adventurers and the truths, they now know. He finally manages to win the game and defeat Ailenia. Impressed she offers her help to the mortals, even giving them a piece of the World Core, which can nullify the divine powers of god’s for a moment. Before leaving Eldarion to reach for Vigil, Lucian speaks with Grumnir Oakenvale, the owner of the tavern. He learns, that staying here as a mortal will make it impossible to ever leave that city again. Shocked about this truth, Lucian has to admit, that he can’t do that, since so many souls are waiting for his help.   After saying their goodbye to the two god’s Quillania and Ailenia, the group travels the The Champions' Road. Their first encounter are two Peryton, where they need to fight one of them, while an owlbear fights the other one. Lucian is able to damage the creatures with his flaming cards, but nearly incinerates the divine forest while fighting. After defeating the creatures, the group continues forth and meets Arden, a guardian of the Champion’s Road. They can pass, but Lucian has to give up the Ambrosia, he got in the tavern, before leaving. Later on, the group find’s two Halflings, tied up and threatened to get eaten alive by two Trolls. Lucian is hesitant to help them at first, but after realizing, how important that for Hannibal is, he finally agrees. When noticing an Eladrin, who also get’s closer to the Trolls, Lucian uses that tactical advantage and let the other’s wait, until the Eladrin attacked first and got the attention of the Trolls, before they also attack them. With his flaming cards he can stop the regeneration of the trolls, damaging them heavily. After winning the fight, the group get into contact with the Eladrin, Yvraine Emberstrike and want to follor her and the freed halflings to Flower Hill, their hometown. Lucian checks the nearby cave at first and find some potions of different kind and the egg of a harpy. Then the group follow them into their village, meeting their leader, Ailian Brokkoliohr. Lucian manages to convince him to pay Yvraine the full amount of silver coins, since she saved two of his three son’s. Afterwards the group get invited to a party this evening.   They celebrate the return of the two Halflings. Yvraine explains to the group, that she got banished from her homeland, which get Lucian into instantly distrusting her, as she not wanna tell them why. Even more, when she explains, that she could use their names to her advantage, after she got them by the group before, through the formulation of the question. Hearing that, Lucian believes, that he made a mistake and became blackmailable by her now. He get’s openily hostile towards Yvraine, believing, that she was banished for becoming a traitor to her people. Later, while smoking a pipe together with Hannibal, Lucian overhears the song Yvraine sings and notice how sad she is on the inside. He realize his mistake and late in the night, while all the others are sleeping, he visits Yvraine outside to apologize for his behaviour. He is honest towards her questions, why he is that distrusting and that he fears nothing more then to loose everyone again. In the end, they both settle their conflict.   The next morning the group continues their travel, together with Yvraine. They manage to pass a river through the help of Lucian’s cardhook and later watches a floating fortress, surrounded by gryphons. When reaching the crossroads, Lucian convinces the others to take the path through the crystal valley, using the argument, that keeping Drakkenfall safe might also be depending on the time they waist and passing the valley is much faster then the other road. While passing the valley, strange magical effects appearing. Lucian becomes unable to see the others for a while as part of this effects. The moment, he finally see the biggest arcane crystal in the whole valley, the group get’s attacked by a massive bulette, a gelatinous cube and an umberhulk. While fighting them, Lucian uses a new spell, he had watched Yvraine using, teleporting a short distance to escape the enemies and help the others with some healing potions. He also realizes, that the energy of this valley strengthens his spells, enabling him to cutting in half the bulette with his card. After they finished off all three enemies, they win the fight. Afterwards Lucian tries to get out a piece of the arcane crystal and when he finally manages to do that, he sees, for a moment, different cards with the faces of his four friends, and also Aldwyn Ruberis and Marley Bolton. Lucian realizes, that he is about to loose his path, if he not take on the challenges on his way, but to try to avoid them, what he often did at last. He promises the pictures in front of him, that he will safe them, no matter the cost.   A short time later the group finally reaches Dendralis, from which they can arrive at Vigil. After saying their goodbye to Yvraine, the group visits the „Gastrognome“ at first. There they meet Eddy, A Thri-kreen, offering his help, but Lucian can see through his offer, realizing, he wanna trick Soran, revealing the deception, before the Fighter looses all his money. After checking out the information, the group reaches Gilmore's Glorious Goods, meeting Sean-Paul Gilmore. Lucian finally reveales his plan to create an artifact that is able to store a soul after loosing a Devil’s Gambit, to avoid becoming lost to the creator of the game. For the first time he also reveals to the others, that he played the forbidden Devil’s Gambit in the past and want to play it again to safe the souls of his friends he had lost in the first game. He has an anchorrune, created by the mages of the Vandermorn Institute, but it’s unfinished. He tried to strengthen it with the energy catalyst from the living scarecrow, but it didn’t worked. Since he’s also unsure, if he should use the anchorrune or give into his fate more freely, Tammi convinces him, that he must safe the souls of his friends, ignoring the fate for this. Gilmore is also willing to help, since he is a free Wizard and not bound to the rules of the Arcane Conclave. He offers to create a ring with the anchorrune and a potent energy catalyst, but this costs nearly 400 gold coins. Lucian want to refuse, but the others insist him to accept the offer, since they not want loosing him through the Devil’s Gambit. Lucian is stirred and accept. While Gilmore works, the group visits Madame Rouge, which shall help them to return to the material plane. Lucian offers the harpy egg as payment instead of the platinum coin they still have. She accepts, with an additional deal. The group has to do her a favor, which get’s hold on in a contract. Lucian get’s a magical silverspoon, allowing the group to find the door, which leads back to Undermount. Before using it, the group returns to Gilmore’s, where Lucian get’s his new ring, which he names „Gambit’s Bane“. Convinced about the abilities of the other mage, Lucian wanna know, if Gilmore can help him to strengthen his card deck for the upcoming fights. Gilmore explains to him, that he could use essence of the urelements, infusing them into all four types of cards, strengthening them with the raw elemental power, making them stronger and weaponize the cards even without any additional magic, creating an own magical circle inside the deck. But for that Lucian needs to bring him uressence at first. After investing the money, they saved through their deal with Madame Rouge, into a lot of magical items, the group activates the portal key, leading them to the door, which bring them back to Undermount in the material plane.   After reaching the dwarven city again, the group meets Gragni Thundercrackand Cailin Còil, convincing both of them to join them in the defense of Drakkenfall. The group manages to make a deal with Gragni: They will safe King Murgonn in the future, when he and the Dwarves help to defend Drakkenfall. They also promise Cailin to help her and the Druids to safe their grove. Afterwards the group uses the fastest steeds possible to return to Drakkenfall. After arriving in the city, they meet with Vashar Onyxheart. Four days remain for preparations and all of the adventurer want to help as best as they can. Lucian spend a lot of time planning defensive strategies with the commanders of the troops, using his skills as a tactician. The rest of his time he stays with Godric Dunward in the laboratories of the latter, using his alchemical knowledge to create a large amount of Alchemist’s Fire to use as a defense. He also convinces Godric to provide his magical ressources and therefore get in possession of some spell scrolls, he plans to use in the battle. The evening before the battle the group spends time with each other and all of them give the promise to survive, so they can continue traveling afterwards, since there is so much unfinished business out there.   The first day of battle leads to tremendous losses of the defenders and at the evening the group has to lunge to a small camp, where Brak the Mean the Mean and his guards residing to gain an advantage. They manage to defeat Brak and his troops and getting back into the city through a backdoor, using illusions created by Lucian to avoid their enemies detecting this second entrance. At the second day of the Siege of Drakkenfall the enemies nearly reaching the maingate, but Morketh Gorehowl leads the troops back for the moment when realizing, how strong the defenders still are. Lucian is convinced that defeating Morketh Gorehowl might be essentiell to destroying the chain of commando of the enemies, but his plans how to do this get interrupted, when the group get’s a message, that the enemies using a tunnel to reach the local cemetery. So the adventurers have to take out this group of enemies, led by Eldrin Foultongue, first. At the battle Lucian hides behind a crypt, trying to avoid being detected by the enemies, especially the spectator, which arrived on the battlefield. From his position he manages to slice off one of the eye sockets of the creature, weakening it. He then duels with a Goblin cultist and gets hit with a poisoned dagger, leaving him vulnerable and weakened. Lucian manages to teleport at the rooftop of the crypt, where the goblin can’t get him. After mocking him, the goblin become careless and Lucian can finish him with a razorsharp card. When the group finally manages to destroy the spectator, Eldrin Foultongue and the rest of the attackers, the defenders can seal the tunnels, stopping further attacks.   In the aftermath of this second battle the group meets a young girl, possessed by Quillania, who heal their wounds through some magical means. She’s unable to answer Lucian’s question, if the „Eternal One“ and the „Black Queen“ are one and the same, since both names had been dropped frequently before. Realizing, the group will never win in the open field, Lucian also designs a new plan. Meeting the commanders in the map room, he offers the idea of letting the enemies take the outskirts of the city, preparing traps and ambushes inside. In the city the might of the enemy army will need to split up and they will become much easier to defeat. With the argument, that the enemy will reach the city nonetheless and they will do it controlled or uncontrolled, he convinces them to do it. But the army need another day of preparations for this plan and to give them that day, the group uses a dust of disappearance Lucian still has in his possession to leave the city at night, blowing up the bridge at the nearby river, which will slow down the enemies. With the help of Lucian's flaming cards the barrels filled with blackpowder finally get’s ignited, blowing up the whole bridge.   The third day the gatehouse falls and the enemies takes the fields in front of the city. A hole in the walls allows Morketh Gorehowl and Arrekoz the Mighty to lead some of their troops to build up another outpost there. The group tries to attack the two commanders in hoping of defeating them. They manage to defeat Arrekoz and kill him, but Morketh is a monumental enemy. Lucian’s magical cards have no effect on his form and the Ogre manages to smash the Genasi down the watchtower, where he hides, by destroying it completly. He manages to get into relative safety, but have to watch helpless, how his friends are smashed by the overwhelming might of the enemy. Lucian and Tammi defeat the Ogretyrant, standing in their way and trying to help their friends, but their enemies are way to powerful. But then they notice, how Morketh kills Makkathun, the shaman serving the Black Queen, since he no longer want dark magic to influence his troops. Morketh even consider the adventurers could help him to free his warlord, Varika Draguus, from the dark influence. But when the group resist, he strikes down Soran and want to leave afterwards, believing that he will not find any support there. Lucian mocks him, realizing, that they never again might get a chance to defeat the ogre warlord. He has no idea, that an enraged Morketh is even more dangerous, now trying to kill Lucian for blaming his honor as a warrior. Lucian tries to escape, watching his friends getting struck down with ease by Morketh one by one. Only he and Neria remain in the end and Neria leave the battlefield, since she not wanna die. Lucian want to follow her, using a spell scroll to create magical darkness and therefore escape the ogre. He then watches, how his friends get bind together to become prisoners of the Horde. He also hears, that Soran had indeed died, after taking the last hit of Morketh, which shocks him. Ashamed that he thought about leaving them behind and realizing, that he can’t loose his friends, Lucian stands up again, confronting Morketh, using the teleportation scroll as a bait. He explains, that he could bring himself and his friends into safety, taking the advantage, that Morketh knows nothing about magic and therefore not knows, that a being must be awake to get teleported. He want to negotiate with Morketh and with the teleportation scroll as a bait it works. In the apple orchards of Drakkenfall Morketh, Tammi and Lucian, as the last members of the group being awake, they negotiate and finally come to the agreement to lead Varika Draguus into a trap inside the city, so she can be freed from the influence of the Black Queen. After returning into their tower in the city a short time later, Lucian takes a glass of wine and sits in a chair at the window, watching the night sky and speaks with Hannibal, who is still unconscious, since he has the need to speak with someone about the moral decisions of the evening and the risky plan they now forged.   Not long after Lucian get’s contacted by Vashar Onyxheart, telling the Genasi about a massive purple worm threatening parts of the city. Lucian and also Tammi follow them into the map room, where they make another plan to fend off this attack. Lucian tells the commanders about the deal they made with Morketh Gorehowl, but telling them, they had defeated Morketh and forced him into doing that ambush, since he knows, that the military leaders never would accept, that the negotiations had happened at eye level. Lucian also warns Navira Blacktalon, who want lead the defense against the purple worm, that divine magic will be blocked in the upcoming battle for a while, so she can’t rely on her magical abilities. Later on, Lucian and Tammi meet again with the reanimated Soran and Hannibal, telling them about the new plan they made with Morketh Gorehowl. They later meet with Tara Kayris, Ariana Selephren, Godric Dunward and Lyriel Sunshadow to speak about their possibilties to exorcise the Black Queen out of Varika Draguus. After doing some research using the skull of Eldrin Foultongue and the knowledge, he still have, they realize, that arcane magic remains as the only possibility, but is not designed for this. Lyriel, Godric and Lucian finally has no choice then to use their last remaining day to create a new form of spell, a banishment spell, able to cast out the Black Queen of the body of Varika Draguus. To generate enough magical power, they channel each other, like a Witch Coven would make it. Lucian finally agrees to this plan but is still sceptical against Lyriel and her intentions. Noticing this, she speaks with him and Soran after their meeting in private. There can be no mistrust, when they will channel each other. Lucian confronts her with the fact, that Zenarissaxx spoke with her, being one of the Dragons of the mad Triumvirate, trying to get into possession of the dragon bones at the ground of Drakkenfall Lake. Lyriel confirm his thoughts, but then reveals her true intentions. She’s looking for her heritage and only this dragons could help her with that. Realizing, that the two Wizards are not that different in their thoughts and just do, what is needed, Lucian finally agrees to bury his mistrust against Lyriel.   While the battle in the streets continue for another day, Lucian, Lyriel and Godric create a complete new spell, preparing for the final stand. Before the final fight begins, Hannibal speaks with Lucian, revealing his fear, that he might die in the upcoming battle. He wants Lucian to bring his hat to his family, if that happens and to tell them about his bravery, which the Genasi agrees to. But he convinces Hannibal, that he will not die, but survive to continue their travel. After the whole group promising each other, that they will survive this last encounter, a gigantic meteor appears at the sky, threatening the palace. The adventurers manage to escape, with Lucian tasking Rehman Medo to leading the civilists downstairs to the cellars, where they have the biggest chance of survival. Afterwards the group heads into the streets to begin their final stand. Lucian and the other two Wizards positions themselves at the rooftops of the nearby buildings, so they can see each other to channel their powers. But Lucian get’s attacked, when the army of enemies arrive and has to take cover for a moment. He can hide there for a moment, but has to take on his position again to channel the spell. With the help of Vashar Onyxheart, who takes him and places him at his position again, Lucian manages to start the spell, together with the other two wizards. To their surprise, the spell works instantly, but with some side effects. Lucian and the rest of his group were taken by black energy, erupting from her body and brought into the mind of Varika Draguus. There they have to confront the spectator again they met at the Cemetery and also the manifestation of the Black Queen herself. The Spectator traps Soran and Tammi and therefore Hannibal and Lucian need to defeat the creature. Lucian is able to defend himself against the eyebeams, but realizes, that his spells, through his own limitations, are not strong enough, unable to defeat the monstrous being. Hannibal finally get him some momentum through his spells, so Lucian take advantage of a weakness and slice the creature in half in the last moment. Afterwards the group tries to free Varika Draguus, trapped inside black tentacles in her own mind. Lucian realizes, that the Black Queen manipulates her through her feelings for Zara Redhand, one of her commanders. He mocks the warlord and request to see her true strength. Supported by Tammi, Lucian manages to get the attention of Varika and show her, through an illusion, a picture of her, trapped in the fangs of the Black Queen. Again mocking her to show her true strength, he and the others manage to free her, so Varika Draguus can end the mind control oft he Black Queen once and for all.   After their victory the group gets transported to Eldarion again, finding themselves in the council chamber of the Gilded Pantheon with the gods discussing their further fate. The group gets the offer to forget everything about the pantheon and the things, that happened, what Lucian and also Neria thinks, would work best, but the other’s refuse. Lucian also rejects the idea of Tammi becoming a champion of Quillania and the others therefore they followers. He can’t do that, as a member of a noble house this would even more ashame him. As Quillania, to solve the situation, declares, that she is ready to accept punishment to live a mortal life if that would safe the adventurers, Lucian not want to be in doubt oft he goddess, who hadn’t done anything wrong and therefore offers himself as a champion too, if that would be a solution, ready to fight for the agenda of the god’s, even if he not fully believes in such things. Since the gods are not accepting that offer and plan instead to watch the situation before taking action, which can need a few years and that might be to late to stop the Eternal One from fulfilling his plans, Lucian finally forget his pride as a noble and urges Tammi to accept the offer as a champion of Quillania. When Narika finally offers the group to forget everything or to accept, that they all must fight in the name of the gilded pantheon and stop Ouroboros and the Eternal One, Lucian, beside the others, agree to become a hero for the god’s of this pantheon, since he not want to loose his friends, the first ones, he found after so much time.   After the decision is made, the adventurers suddenly awake in a medical camp in Drakkenfall. They meet Vashar Onyxheart, hearing for the first time of the massive losses, this last battle had required. Lucian is shocked to hear, that Lyriel Sunshadow died, trying to defend the bodies oft he adventurers from the attack of Varika Draguus. The group then returns to the Welcome Wyrm Inn, needing a few days to regenerate and come to terms with the results oft he battle, the things, they found out and the consequences their deeds might have.

Off-Season Special: Mysteria Magicae

The days after the end of the Siege of Drakkenfall, Lucian tries to calm down himself, but isn’t able to. When it get’s calm and silent around him, he always gets some sort of panic, the feeling, whatever he does, isn’t enough and he isn’t prepared for the threats and the tasks the adventurers have to face. He also feels guilty, since it was his plan to lead the enemies into the outskirts of the city and therefore risked the live of so many innocents. At one evening, when he again faces his own emotions and mental weakness, seeing the images of his friends and hearing their voices in his head, he also has some sort of epiphany. He realizes, that he still has the chance to improve himself and therefore decide to visit the tower of Lyriel Sunshadow to unearth her secrets and use them to his advantage. At first he visits Godric Dunward, convincing the old Wizard, that he not yet informs the Arcane Conclave, so he has some time to get the secrets and informations he wants, before the wizards of the Conclave took all the secrets of the deceased wizard with them. The next day he stays inside her tower, but not finds, what he really is looking for. A way to improve his magical abilities, testing out the borders of the teachings of Dorian Vandermorn and surpass them, to ensure, he is able to save his friends from any danger in the future and is ready fort he upcoming tasks.   Through some lucky circumstances and through his knowledge of the secret path leading into her private chambers, Lucian manages to find out the truth about Lyriel Sunshadow. He meets her, trapped in some sort of coffin, since she is very sick. Her avatar got destroyed in the battle, not herself, but now she’s unable to interact with the world anymore. Lucian make a deal with her. She teaches him, how to use stronger spells to improve his techniques and also teaches him the complicated and mysterious Chronomancy as a safeline, so he can react properly before his spells get out of control through his unorthodox usage and he therefore act as her agent in the outside world, helping her to reach her goals, by gathering informations, working in her favor and trying to cure her from that sickness by finding out something about her heritage. They connect each other by enchanting one of Lucian’s rings, so he’s able to communicate with her. Over the course of the next three weeks Lucian manages to learn the basics of Chronomancy and also learn to inscribe some stronger spells as versions of his card magic, using them as his joker spells. A month after the end of the Siege of Drakkenfall, he’s finally ready to meet up with his friends again to discuss their further plans.

Season II: A Journey of Hope & Despair