CAMPAIGN BREAKDOWN
Sentence
Arkan wants to resurrect and kill Adulion to use her power to return to his original form before the Twelfth Feast of the Starqueen but is having difficulty doing so using his lieutenants and contracts because Adulion's five remaining tombs are hidden and protected by his fellow former Children of Adulion.Background
Adulion trained a circle of six to fall into lichdom whose memories have been distorted into six deities: Faloria, Lady of the Rose; Ambriel, Lady of the Seas; Stavis, Lady of Fallen Stars; Arkan, Lord of Passing; Narciss, Lord of Reflection; and Faylon, Lord of Rebirth. In reality, these six were torn from their pasts and twisted into her dreaded lieutenants during her reign of terror. When Adulion struck down Lothadria, the Starqueen used her last power to release the Six from Adulion's direct control, breaking Adulion's power and splitting her soul into six parts: the Tassel, the Blade, the Staff, and the three Almanacs of Adulion. These six pieces were scattered and now reside in six tombs, each guarded by one of the Six, sworn to keep Adulion sealed until Lothadria is resurrected on the Twelfth Feast of the Starqueen and purifies the elven people. The Staff resides atop the Crescent Palace of Vasril with Stavis, the Tassel beneath the Senate of Nethenal with Ambriel, the Blade within the Tomb of Water Lilies with Faloria, the Almanac of Atrophy in the forgotten High Temple of Velkan with Narciss, the Almanac of Anguish under Laevri's Soulhouse with Faylon, and the Almanac of Annihilation in Arkan's possession. Themes Longing for the past can too quickly lead to hate, destruction, and lies, and one must move forward.- Arkan's longing for his past is his perverted motivation; Adulion's fixation on reuniting elfkind has warped her very being; the Children of Adulion have lost everything to keep the past dead; Alaraxe is obsessed with freezing his youth and not moving forward; Aymar wants to return to a nationalistic, romanticized Glory of Aslynthar.
Plot points/Scenes
Main Plot Adventures
Getting It
- Dragon Heist - Race for the Stone of Golorr, unlock the Tomb of Rebirth, defeat Lord Faylon, and retrieve the Almanac of Anguish before the Silverblades do. Thwart Alaraxe's retrieval of the Almanac of Anguish.
- Attack at the Arthilien - Aymar provokes conflict between Lacryn and Hydaera; Arkan intends to draw powerful opponents (like Commander Thildranoth and Captain Alvarithial) away from populated Tombs (Nethenal, Vasril). Discover network of allegiances to Arkan.
- Caravan Kerfuffle - Deliver the Almanac and Staff to the Crescent Palace in Vasril, only to discover the Lance Blade atop the palace pinnacle has been stolen. Deliver.
- Race for the Place - Race to get Adulion's Almanac of Atrophy, last of the three, from the Forgotten Temple. Collect.
Building It
- Discover who Arkan is.
- Baddies take Almanac and all Staff Shards to Arkan
- Create the Almanac of Adulion with the three Almanacs
- Build the orrery required to reconstruct the lance
- Get broken, powerful magical items
Testing It
- Reconstruct magical items to test the orrery and the Almanac's power
- Give items to Arkan's lieutenants
- Reconstruct the lance
- Test it on the reanimation of a lingering elven spirit
Using It
- Tie up loose ends
- Get to the grave of Adulion and break the seals over it/defeat the elven ancestral spirits guarding it
- Free Adulion. Climactic Showdown. Thwart.
Supplementary Adventures
Character Backstories
- Frankie Gorthan (Corbin):
- Sole "Nemean" D'oru (Lily):
Character Developments (2 per PC)
Frankie Gorthan (Corbin)
- Get magical guidance
Sole "Nemean" D'oru (Lily)
- Find a new meaning of home and family with the party :)
Emergent Adventures (grow out of unexpected PC actions and consequences)
AHA Adventures (bring back on track)
Themes
Longing for the past
Nostalgia
Obsession
Lack of enthusiasm for future/doom and gloom
Impending doom
Relations
Protagonists
SOLE "NEMEAN" D'ORU, LG leonin fighter (soldier) - Lily
Passive Perception: 13
Passive Perception: 12
Passive Perception: 12
Passive Perception: 12
Passive Perception:
Passive Perception: 12
Passive Perception: 9
Passive Perception: 13
- wants to find employment and keep anonymity
Passive Perception: 12
- theology professor at University of Lacryn; graduated two years ago
- spends their afternoons grading papers in the Arthilien Marketplace
- will seek vengeance for a Library burning; terrorist attack target? Give opportunities to be in the City and University libraries (!!!)
- knows about Velgynston fighting from the crime scene aftermath
- Pelia Oredilian, Dean of Students, pranked them
- researching psychological effect of Gangs and Cults
- Hillthresh Manor under their and Varis's names
Passive Perception: 12
- conned her way into Governor Lilfindi's Advisory Council as Justice Councilor, never elected; confrontation with Aeth Lilfindi? Arthilien diplomacy involvement? (!!!)
- lives in empty manors in Laevri (!!!)
- has a postbox where she gets her salary of 50 gp (45 minus tax) on the 2nd of each month
- conned Muffin into buying "magic emergency" mothballs
Passive Perception: 12
- from Vasril's Silvercloak HQ scouting for expansion efforts in Laevri; between grunt and influencer. Under Cloaks' thumb and trying to pay off debt
- gambling addiction
- told by contact to get on Velgynston's good side & keep an eye out for the rogue Silvercloak faction
- borrowed "A Socioeconomic History of the Nandraethan Empire: 1400-1600" from the University Library
- Alaraxe, Silversword organization head, could tempt Trisha by offering to help teach her how to control her powers
- rogue Silvercloak faction (Silverblades) involved in city unrest; have Trisha uncover this
Passive Perception:
- chemistry/history professor at University of Lacryn
- spends his afternoons grading papers in the Dock District
- Hillthresh Manor under his and Miri's names
Passive Perception: 12
- wants to find his thelasi mentors and continue magic education (university alternative) (!!!)
- exiled from orc tribe (!!!)
- wants money to attend University of Lacryn for magic; Dagult's money cache?
- Alaraxe, Silverblades organization head, could tempt Frankie by offering to help teach him how to control his powers
Passive Perception: 9
- searching for sister who was indentured (!!!)
- likes mysteries, dragonborn, and people's backgrounds
- values relationships
- in awe of a dragonborn noble (!!!)
- bad at secret keeping
Allies
Aloofs
ALEVIA THILDRANOTH, Crescent Commander- somewhat forgetful but confident and determined
Friends
BOBBY AHELIATHIAI, son of Mary Madeline MILLIE LILESBOROUGH, apprentice of Elizabeth GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, paladin friend of Millie and guard escort to Elizabeth MUFFIN BERILY d'LICIOUS, popular halfling guide and regular patron of the Tule's Joy Inn; loves his floppy hat- conned by Ziporah with mothball pouch
- sent PCs to find Talon, his friend
- hell-bent on purification of undead and destined for a gruesome, heart-wrenching death
- unbeknowst to PCs, same priest who threw them out of St. Eleth's.
- Muffin's close friend
Neutrals/Bystanders
OFFICER OLAR, City Guard, rather daft
- investigating fake "Gorthan", "younger brother of Frankie" and arsonist delinquent
Rivals
PELIA OREDILIAN, University of Lacryn Dean of Students- dislikes Miri
Adversaries
Enemies
ALVEN TISETHLIGON, reluctant terrorist son of the Tisethligon family PELIA TISETHLIGON, sadistic daughter of the Tisethligon family DULIM PILSOFERAN, embittered, radicalized terrorist JORI HELMSIL, mayoral secretary, emotionalLieutenants
AYMAR ALILIARIAD, corrupt mayor of Laevri commanding the terrorists, lieutenant of Arkan SHAL'VAR ECHRAL, vampire Arkan-lieutenant, double agent truly loyal to vampire Lord Exhrel- may help PCs against Aymar, Alaraxe, and Arkan ("enemy of enemy is friend" mentality)
Masterminds
EXHREL, vampire lord of Soulvale ARKAN, lich, former apprentice of Adulion ADULION, elf "god-queen"
Plot type
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