INTO THE HUNTER'S PASS

***INTO THE HUNTER'S PASS*** is the *Glimpses into the Fade* campaign premier. The unnamed party meet for the first time at the Golden Phoenix Guild to complete their initiation quest. They make their way through Hunter's Pass in search of answers of the sudden disappearances of the townsfolk of Grayraven.

## Musings

*The Fade is where all things mystical and arcane come alive. No one knows for sure what truths and stories this place holds. Some will sing of how this is the realm in which magic and memory ebbs and flows, others mutter that this was the realm of demons, a purgatory for the damned to be trapped in. The Fade is present in all tales of old, but never seen in person.*

*The Fade, you see dear adventurers, binds us, and calls us all together. But for the longest time now, the people of Orion have forgotten what this call sounds like. The fade is nothing but a myth, a legend.*

*But we aren’t here today for that, at least not yet.*

## **Synopsis**

We find our adventurers in the early morning standing in the Golden Phoenix Guild. They wait patiently for the Guild Master, Minerva, to walk down the steps of the guild hall to be assigned their first ever mission which acts as their initiation into becoming adventurers. Minerva is cranky being awake so early in the morning, but gives the rundown of their mission: many folks have been going missing east of Grayraven in the forest known as Hunter's Pass. They are too make their way to investigate, and return with their findings. As Minerva leaves the group to their own devices, they introduce themselves to one another as they were randomly assigned as a party. Their mentors, an adventuring party known as the Arcane Winds, was *suppose* to meet them here...but there's no sign of them. Hira questions a Dwarven man if he knows where Monsoon is, to no avail. With that they begin making their way towards Hunter's Pass.

The party decides to hand Hira the map, who critically fails to lead them eastward. She apologizes, and the group begin making efforts to decipher where they are currently. Oriza turns the map around, seeing as Hira was reading it upside down. They manage to pin point their location as being on the edge of Hunter's Pass, but find themselves surrounded by dense forest, with green mist at their feet. Anthir and Riya feel this mist being a song, like a strange rhythm of magic as something arcane is on the wind.

Oriza leads the group, slashing away at the leaves and trees to make a path, keeping an eye out for any sign of life, but see none. As they travel, they are seemingly walking in circles until they see a person standing in the forest with large horns and a cloak, but is revealed to be a disguised goblin. Oriza attempts to command them to halt, but the figure retreats further into the forest. On their tail, they arrive to a clearing near a stream, hearing goblins and a butterfly-esque dragon speak to one another. The goblin is panicked stating their trick didn't work, but the dragon mutters there work is almost done here. The party watches from afar as they shoved bodies into a green portal.

The group tries to muster a plan, but Hira moves first by turning invisible and rushing forward to attack. Rolling for initiative, they begin rushing closer to the portal after seeing another unconscious body nearby. As the goblins go down, the dragon gravely wounds Bran with a poisonous bite. Out numbered, the dragon retreats towards the rift, calling it a mercy to "their kind." With the threat gone and mist dissipating, they move towards the unconscious Monsoon to heal him. Unable to find any of his remaining party members, they leave Hunter's Pass back towards Grayraven.

## Featured Characters

#### The Fireflies

* Anthir
* Bran
* Hiraeth
* Oriza
* Riya

#### New

* Minerva
* Monsoon

#### Mentioned

* Arcane Winds
* Calypso