Episode 90: Coronation of the War Chief

The day of Uggo's coronation as War Chief of Thorn has arrived! But so many mysteries remain and James' situation with Shothragot and the Old Ones could force the Heroes of Bingle to adjust their plans. The day of Uggo's coronation as War Chief of Thorn has arrived! But so many mysteries remain and James' situation with Shothragot and the Old Ones could force the Heroes of Bingle to adjust their plans.

### DM/GM Intro

It started as a simple Dungeon Run, a quick quest for loot from an abandoned dragons lair, but inside these five adventurers found a magical Amulet that dates back to before the great War of Ideas. An Amulet once worn by the Keeper of Secrets himself, an Amulet tied to the mystery of the Wardens. For 300 years the Realms have been protected 100 foot tall beings, each tied to a different element. These Wardens ended the War of Ideas and kept the peace for generations, and recently they've gone missing. Captured and imprisoned by a cabal determined to siphon the Warden's power for themselves. Searching for the Wardens is a group of wizards known as the Natural Order. One such wizard, Torvalt "the Timid", helped the team identify the Secret Keepers Amulet and learn that it too is connected to the Wardens. When brought into proximity with the elemental titans it reveals hidden memories trapped in their subconscious, clues to the mystery of the Wardens creation and purpose. With Torvalt's help the Heroes rescued a Skychild named Diphthe, who lay among the ruins of her Lodestar, an enormous tower that had floated among the clouds. Another Lodestar was being used to hold the Storm Warden. So the team flew into the sky on the backs of pegusus, defeated the mad scientist who had overtaken it, and freed the mighty Warden trapped inside. But the danger was not over for Diphthe and Torvalt. When the team left to seek out additional Wardens, Orcs from the city of Ook Duun raided their camp and took them prisoner. Ook Duun had long been at odds with the other great Orcish city, Uggo's hometown, of Thorn. While Ook Duun battled with the Dwarves over resources in the Nelrim mountain range they also had to stave off aggression from Thorn under the leadership of Uggo's father, Ragefist. After Uggo and his brother, Brakka, killed Ragefist, Uggo disappeared and was presumed dead. As the new strongest Orc in the tribe, Brakka assumed control of Thorn, it only intensified the citys isolationism and aggression. Uggo survived thanks to a team of researchers who had been observing the Orcs of Thorn from a commorancy established just outside the city. A scientist named Leslianna nursed Uggo back to health and helped him control the rage that had threatened to destroy him. When Brakka learned that Uggo was alive, he knew that his hold on power in Thorn was threatened.
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The only way to remain the strongest of the Orcs was to defeat Uggo in single combat in front of the tribe. He made a deal with Ook Duun to unify under their banner and lend aid to their war with the Dwarves, in exchange for Torvalt and Diphthe. Bait to draw Uggo back to Thorn. The plan worked. After freeing two more Wardens and becoming the Heroes of Bingle, Uggo and the team decided to journey to Thorn to rescue the prisoners. They had learned that the cabal capturing the Wardens was led by a powerful spell caster named Kalkata Theed, the Ashen Mage. Theed was rediscovering knowledge that was lost after the War of Ideas with the aim of bringing an entire subterranean species to the surface. A species called the Drow. When the Heroes of Bingle arrived in Thorn they immediately felt the intense and undeniable rage emanating from the city. The citizens, the wildlife and the very air itself was thick with anger. Channeled it seemed from a dark pit in the center of town called The Underfury. Brakka lived ankle deep in the water there ruling from the darkness. It was there Uggo faced Brakka as the Heroes of Bingle looked on. the two brothers nearly killed one another but in the end Uggo knocked Brakka unconscious and threw him in a cage still the thrum of rage remained inside the Underfury. So the team ventured deeper to an underground lake filled with Orcish bodies. In the water a terrifying Aboleth waited for them amplifying its rage in psychosis to the entire region. It took all they had, but the Heroes of Bingle managed to destroy the Aboleth and severe it's hold on Thorn. In the aftermath they found Diphthe changed no longer a Sky Child, Diphthe told them that she was past tense, cursed to remain underground and forever be known as Diph Theed. Undaunted the team tried to bring her to the surface, but as she took a few timid steps out of the cave the very ground itself seemed to reclaim her. Screaming and tearing at the soil she was swallowed by it, pulled under the earth. The Heroes found her again inside the subterranean chamber resigned to her new fate. Lily redecorated trying to make the space as pleasant as possible for her, while Fahima transformed James into a giant squid to allow him to explore the waters at the bottom of the lake. Through a crag deep at the bottom he found a disturbing obelisk marked with the symbol of the Abyss. Meanwhile, Uggo tried to adjust to his new role as War Chief of Thorn. He decreed a new way forward for the city in accordance with the precepts of his god, The Candle Queen, and wrestled with continuing Thorn's alliance with Ook Duun. He and the team along with Torvalt, Leslianna, and a chained Brakka moved into his father's old residence full, as it was, with turbulent memories from his childhood. As we ended last week, Uggo and Siv set out to enjoy the evenings festivities in Thorn and to oversee the preparation of Uggo's coronation feast but before the rest of the team could join them James was visited once again by his Warlock Patron, Shothragot. In the split second he was gone, James was altered, a reminder of his service to the Old One. His eyes blackened, and his veins pulsating a deep purple hue, he no longer looked human.