Stardust Hourglass

Argerax the Wild Hunter

Ozzy Alighull

Donex the Boltjaw

Fortuna

Arkham

Ulric

Gavin Espen

Count Godot

Slug

Pigeon

Cyress Vale

Vice

Wolfgang of Arkhosia

The Automaton

**Stardust Hourglass** is the fifth campaign of Le Buddies Play D&D set in the desertic region of The Iron Circle, particularly in the historic city of Alam-Reth. The story chronicles the quest of The Bookkeeper, Naoi, Argerax the Wild Hunter, Ozzy Alighull, and Donex the Boltjaw as they are faced with exploring numerous momentous events in the city's dubious history, in order to fully power an artifact known as The Stardust Hourglass, and stop a spectral chronomancer Eschaton and his followers from annihilating the entire city from all of history.

The Hourparty is made of the current members of the guild that has long sworn to protect Alam-Reth, made of numerous prominent figures of the city's past and present. The campaign is set prior to the events Crisis of Static Thoughts.

## Campaign

### Prologue

The city of Alam-Reth located in the kingdom of Rethmil, a sprawling metropolitan area serving as an oasis within the harsh deserts of the Iron Circle. For millennia, this city has seen many various events transpire within and surrounding its walls. Despite many hardships and disasters that have struck the people of Alam-Reth, they were able to hold strong particularly in thanks to The Guild which united and protected everyone, champions to ensure the future looked ever brighter. However, this guild had recently been dwindling in members, and it was clear a new generation of the Guild needed to be constructed. The longtime Librarian of the city, The Bookkeeper, and a mythical legend of the wastelands, Argerax the Wild Hunter, had decided to step up to serve within the guild for the time until more suitable members could be recruited. In time, Donex the Boltjaw, a renowned inventor, and Ozzy Allighull, a local celebrity, were also recruited to the guild for their great acts and very promising potential. At some point, The Bookkeeper accompanied an expedition to some recently uncovered ruins on the outskirts of the city. While there, he had uncovered a hidden room containing two incredibly rare artifacts of the past. Firstly was a magically enhanced gargoyle built during the years of the Architect's Guild several centuries ago, now defunct after a deadly incident, she would be the last remaining of her kind. Upon awakening, she would introduce herself as Naoi, and would be taken back to the city to be repaired and examined, eventually joining the guild outright. What Bookkeeper also found however, was an Hourglass with many legends attached to it, an Hourglass capable of collecting and harnessing the power of Stardust. Stardust has been known to be scattered about the deserts, as single grains caught in the ocean of sand. While nearly impossible to collect, they hold astonishing arcane potential, rumored to be able to cause drastic altercations in reality. The Hourglass was considered merely a myth beforehand, but now in Bookkeeper's possession, he's decided to keep it concealed within his Library for the time being. In the present day, an annual festival within the city is about to begin, with the guild members about to be paraded out to begin the festivities. Little do they know however, a group of mages are almost ready to unleash something truly devastating upon them all.

## Trivia

* This is the First Full Campaign in Le Buddies Play D&D where all of the party members have a preestablished and friendly connection to one another.