Sark

Sark was born at a small hamlet in the region of Bastion. His father was an alchemist, owning a shop in Marseau. From a young age, Sark learned alchemy and had an acute interest in magic. During the Nightfall his family fled the Bastion region due to the Inquisition's hate of magic. On their way to Zendia, where his father planned to set up a new alchemy business, his family was stopped by a group of ruffians outside Deerlisle Bluff. The ruffians took his fathers travel bag, pushed him to the ground and began harassing his mother. Sark was scared, but the ruffians all suddenly dropped to the ground, with large smoldering wounds in their backs. Members of the Order of the Hidden Eye had saved them and allowed them to set back onto their travels. Sark believed this group to be a group of heroes! Soon enough his family arrived in Zendia, where they remained throughout the Nightfall.

After the end of the Nightfall, all seemed well. Their shop had been carved into the base of a large tree just outside of Zendia. The alchemy shop had been seeing great success and his father seemed very happy with how things were going, and talked to Sark about him taking over the family business. No less than a week later, Sark was out running errands for his family. As he came close to returning, he sees three individuals run from the front door of the shop. Assuming they were thieves, he yells for them to stop, just as an explosion rocks the alchemy shop. Sark is dumbfounded, scared, and drops to his knees, letting whomever just ran from the shop get away. He runs inside to find his mother and father dead. The alchemy shop is destroyed, on fire, and and everything Sark knew and loved was destroyed. He felt empty, if he would've been there, he could've done something. But instead, he was outside and just watched as the perpetrators got away.

He was in no shape to run his own shop. So he accepted a small claim from the Zendian King's court and survived off of that in the city for a small time before deciding something had to change. He was depressed. He looked far into his memories from childhood, and remembered the Order of the Hidden Eye, and how they saved his father once. Perhaps they could now help avenge his death. He set out for Deerlisle Bluff and was granted a meeting with the council. He was allowed membership because he had left everything behind already.

Sark continued studying magic and began a long couple years of training at The Citadel before being receiving an odd letter with rumors of an artifact. Sark believed this could be his big break, but had no means of transportation back to Zendia to take up the offer. Sark stole just enough money from the Order to pay his way and set off for Manor Windcrest.

## Sark's Sigil

Upon receiving information on an artifact from Lord Theodore Willis III, Sark set out with Hush and Azriel to Karthsmouth. Upon arrival, they lead an investigation to find more information that could them learn the location of the artifact. Eventually, they learned of a shady man that lived in the nearby mountains. A crazy local, John, accompanied them there, where they found The Artefact and a vampire named Mhar'rv. In a heated altercation, Mhar'rv displayed regret for his past and explained that he stole the artifact because Willis would use it for evil. The party formed a shaky trust with Mhar'rv after his gives up the artifact and lets them bind him. The group then sets out for Windcrest to confront Willis.

Arriving at Windcrest, the party and Mhar'rv set up a fake torture to provide a cover for exploring the mansion, which is filled with guests to one of Willis' dinner parties. They plan and almost enact an assassination attempt, but were thwarted and led to a secret room in the Windcrest library. There, Willis revealed his knowledge of The Artefact, took it, and started a ritual with his cultist guests. The party fought for their lives and the artifact, but were beaten and fell unconscious...

### In a Different Realm...

After having visions of being underwater, Sark, Hush, and Sentinel Azriel wake up inside a hut. They were informed by a man named Craig Zlist that they were found by a fishing team. The fishing team brough them to Gus, where they are now. Craig told them that they could repay him for taking care of them by taking out a group of gnolls who had been attacking Gus. The group attacked the gnoll camp alongside Goblin Strike Team Alpha; the group returned to Gus and told Craig Zlist of what happened. Sark was given a letter from a person known as Reuel and told to go to a place known as God's Fist, which Craig described as a "heinous place". The party then accepted an invitation to visit New Gus from the goblins. They returned to the gnoll camp just to come to find out that they killed human beings, who appeared as gnolls.

The group then went to New Gus, a goblin village after meeting Bonk Chongo, a member of Goblin Strike Team Alpha. They then met The Goblins of New Gus and their leader, Big Kahuna. They asked the Big Kahuna if they could have passage to God's Fist and he suggested if they found an artifact of Gus, a great goblin leader, he would grant them passage to God's Fist. Inside a nearby cave, the party finds an odd dungeon which housed a goblet, key, and small crown. Sark found a book, titled *A History* by Nheled Shalu; the party then found out that Nheled Shalu was Gus's actual name. The party returned to New Gus, gave Big Kahuna the goblet, went on a 'know the punch' vision quest, and set out for God's Fist the next day.

### Traveling to God’s Fist

After setting out from Gus with Bonk Chongo, an intrepid adventurer, on a ‘boat’ which more closely resembled a raft, the party, now referring to themselves as Two Birds, One Stone or TBOS, crash their raft into a beach. TBOS wander around the beach for a while and eventually come across a town. Upon approach, they meet two town guards, Rick and Frank, who suggest that the town, Adria, is under quarantine due to a war. This war is between the Kingdom of Alibon and the Suuzdaal. By this time, it is late, and TBOS retire to a tavern nearby the town known as the Drunken Sailor.

The next day, TBOS is informed by Neloth, the town administrator, that Price Lysander of God’s Fist wishes to have an audience with them. Neloth also informs TBOS that he can get them to God’s Fist with a group of smugglers, known as The Black Crew. That afternoon, Adria is raided by a man who the members of TBOS had recently seen in their dreams. It becomes known that he is a member of the Suuzdaal and he is trying to kill the members of TBOS. Hush is slain during the combat with the man after he sacrificed himself.

TBOS minus Hush boarded the ship of The Black Crew and met Captain Cassius, a tall red-bearded human who they learn was from ‘their world’. That night, the boat is stopped by the Suuzdaal blockade while Sark and Azrael hide amongst the inventory of the ship. It is noticed that these men who stopped the boat had similar masks to those of Lord Theodore Willis III.

### The Hideout

The Black Crew were stopping by their hideout on the way to God’s Fist, so the party, now with the assistance of Nomrick Brewborn, began their layover, waiting for the crew to leave once again. While waiting, the party were offered a delivery job by Cassius, which they accepted. The party accepted the delivery job to the Bedouin tribal village. During their travel, they met the driver, Heizem, who suggested that the Bedouin have a complex religious background and he tells Sark he will get him information on them.

Upon delivering the goods, the Bedouin people informed the party that they had seen the mask that was worn by Lord Theodore Wills III with a certain group of people that have taken over a nearby mine. The party decides to investigate this mine and discovered that some of the Bedouin people were enslaved by the inhabitants of the mine. The party cleared the mine, killing a man who wore the same mask as Lord Theodore Wills III. The party saved the enslaved Bedouin people, returned them to their village, and returned to the hideout just in time to head out with the Black Crew for God’s Fist.