Campaign IX Summaries

## Campaign III - Fortune of the Four Summary

In the year 318 IV the country of Findle was secretly being taken over by the cult of Azogun. Bound demons, shapeshifting Glazebru, unchained Nalfeshee, and blood thirsty orcs (some being forced into serving the cause) wrecked havoc across the land at the direction of their dark patron. Reluse, Arundel, Jodando and Quixote - also known as the Four, set out to stop this onslaught. They were attempting to seek devine aid but none would come. Instead they were helped by the Grand Inquisitor, Gruntal Brightstone - who fell to his death trying to save the King.

Even being transported to Dolor, one of the prison planes, they fought their way back to the prime material and were able to halt the cult of Azogun. It was found out that a mysterious interdimensional box was blocking the divine help and they needed to shut it down. Luckily for them it was coin operated. Jodando inserted a strange coin he had found in the shadows, revealed to be Parun's Coin. The Four defeated their foes and destroyed the abyssal cube. This broke the cults domination over the demons and triggered the day of redemption where celestial beings including Naudun himself appeared to cast out the fiends.

## Campaign IX - Storms over Findle Prologue

20 years on: peace has been enjoyed ever since the day of redemption. The power of the Empyrean Church has grown in the absence of an heir to the lost king. However, other forces have been moving through the kingdom and some in the rising generation have been convinced that it was a day of reckoning more than that of redemption.

Many orcs were slain during the war, but many more were spared. Those that were spared have recognized the wrongs they have done and turned away from Azogun and those that would dominate them. Former members of the cult see it as a day of redemption and are grateful for their freedom, though sadly, they are now refugees as prejudice against orcs has risen in the wake of the war. There are no laws that state orcs cannot live peacefully in society but the prejudice has caused many orcs to move away and live in a new settlement: Ungor. The orcs and half-orcs live (more or less) peacefully in the wilderness of the Ibyth Highlands out of fear.

The Empyrean Church has moved to fill more civil services since the calamity that was caused by the demons and the loss of the royal family, however, over the past several years more and more people have been growing apathetic towards the church. When it comes to law enforcement, the shining blades still have a hold on authority, though they have been stretched thin. The Grand Master of the order in a venerable man and veteran of past conflicts, having famously fought off a horde of frost giants in 315 IV. He also has led many successful investigations into tracking down and destroying numerous lingering demons an cult cells. Sadly, Gregom and the Shining Blades readily persecute non-humans, and justice is rarely given to foreign folk. Fort Tus, seat of the Shining Blades, has been rebuilt and has quickly grown into a large town. Unfortunately, its leadership is not capable of directing such a large settlement and civil unrest is commonplace. The duties of the soldiers at the fort are to protect the kingdom's Eastern border first and foremost and domestic issues do not take priority over the enchroachment of frost giant raiding parties that have been continuously moving South from Moras Ras.

In the West forest fires aren’t necessarily a bad thing and Ishtar is no stranger to them. However, there have been twelve independent fires in the forest for the past 20 years. Most were easily contained but one in particular was especially devastating. The first fire of consequence is called the fire of storm. It was a lightning storm that occurred over the forest; several strikes happened across the whole north west region and the rain wasn’t enough to put these out. The fires spread into the nearby communities and much of the halfling town of Crimbury was destroyed, forcing dozens of families out of the area. Other fires came and went easily as there wasn’t much to burn after the Fire of Storm. Fey, drawn to the presence of Quixote and his satyr offspring, have come from other forests to aid with Ishtar's rehabilitation and have established a sizeable community. Currently Ishtar is the healthiest it’s been in centuries, having been purified, and the saplings that sprouted from the blaze are mature and healthy. The timber industry has all but ceased however, forcing more logging of the Wraithpine near Tus.

## Arundel Shay's Memoirs

4th Ide of Cernas, 338 IV

5th Ide of Cernas, 338 IV

7th Ide of Cernas, 338 IV