Season Four

### Tales of the Feywild

The Archfey known as the Yarnspinner surfaced on the continent, accidentally bringing twisted versions of beloved fairy tales to life! The Community gathered clues about the Archfey and their Eladrin Guardians. Information was brought to Archivist Na’iel, who deduced the location of the Archfey based on the storybooks and trinkets found. Yarnspinner was located in the Lakes and Rivers to the North, and was returned to the correct plane. Various seasons of Eladrin Fey had come to the continent with Yarnspinner as his friends and guardians. Seeing the honor, empathy and care that Avalonians displayed for each other, the Eladrin decided to stay.

### The High Seas

Commodore Augustus Yarrow heard of an evil cult based on a secluded island near Avalon. His spies reported that the cult was dedicated to a fearsome Kraken, which had empowered the Cult Members to help spread its influence in the area. The Commodore assembled a small fleet of primarily Sea Elf sailors to halt the spread of the Kraken’s influence and defeat the Kraken Priests. With the last battle on the beaches, and the Kraken Priests dispatched, the island sunk into the sea. The Kraken retreated to an unknown lair, hibernating and wounded.

### Truestone - The Spellfrost Shroud

   It was the coldest day yet when the heroes of Truestone set out to bring the fight to the Frostmaiden. It had been just under two weeks since Truestone had been enveloped by a thick fog, named by the townsfolk “The Spellfrost Shroud” on account of the strange Wild Magic which crackled within its frosty mist. It had descended upon the town around the same time that large crystals had erupted from the earth, and caused beasts to grow to terrible size and ferocity in the surrounding area. Truestone was vulnerable to attacks from these monstrosities, having no defensive walls or town guard. It was decided that something had to be done to set things right again!

However, unbeknownst to Truestone, as the Dwarves and residents prepared with hope on their hearts, Auril, the Goddess of Ice and Cold and the culprit behind the adverse weather had locked herself away within her lair of frost. From within her icy labyrinth, the Queen of Frozen Tears had started to bewitch the surrounding mountainscape, conjuring an eerie fog; channeling and taming the Wild Magic of the crystals to power her own. It came down to a single day. Heroes of Truestone set off to infiltrate Auril’s lair and once the wall of ice had been breached, the cave entrance was revealed and reinforcements were sent. Together, the heroes battled their way through winter monstrosities and other servants of Auril before reaching her throne room, carved entirely of ice. Auril’s cold magic almost overwhelmed the heroes, but at the end Truestone stood triumphant, and Auril was defeated… or so they thought.

### The Fury of the Small

With the defeat of the Kraken Cult, sea voyage from Roseburg was safe again. A community of Goblins, led by Booyagh Snaggletrap and his frog, landed in the Port, looking for a place to start anew. They set up camp near the south-eastern wall of the City, unsure if Avalonians would welcome them. Small magic crystals started to grow from land, like flower buds. As they grew and increased in density, small reptiles and amphibians around the Continent mutated into fearsome Dinosaurs! The Goblins, struggling with the boundaries of the night time curse and now having their camp outside the walls being attacked, offered to teach Avalonians how to hunt the beasts in return for information. The now very large crystals began exploding, releasing waves of Wild Magic pressure and increasing the attacks of the Dinosaurs. During the last battle, after the walls of the City fell, Goblin and Avalonian banded together to drive them from the streets. When the last Dinosaur was slain, far in the East, a loud explosion was heard, with ash, smoke, and Wild Magic carried on the wind.

### Wild Magic Volcano

As the last of the Dinosaurs were successfully driven from Avalon, citizens had barely a second to breathe before a ground-shaking rumble was felt all through the lands. The once peaceful scenic view of the mountains and mines was replaced by a sky swirling in shades of reds and purples, and the volcano, once dormant, erupted in an explosive display of hot lava imbued with wild magic.

The lava, carrying with it the chaotic nature inherent of wild magic, began inching its way toward Avalon slowly as the Weave began to tear. The wildlife surrounding the volcano altered as the tides of chaos surges around them, with terrain coming alive and creatures imbued with magical abilities. Leading researcher, a fire genasi named Avi, discovered the presence of a heartstone put in place into the heart of the volcano eons ago by Mystra to balance and control the chaotic nature of the volcano, that had since been corrupted and fragmented into 4 pieces. As the Weave continued to fall apart and the volcano began its crescendo to another eruption, Avalonians found and restored the heartstone, placing it back into the volcano as part of the consecration ritual blessed by Mystra herself. As if pulled by the invisible tugging of the restored Weave, the lava began to retreat back into the heart of the volcano as balance was once again restored. Although grateful, Avi left Avalon to continue their research, following the waxing and waning of the Weave.

### Truestone - The Frost Maiden

The fiery heart of Truestone and its brave protectors refused to freeze over. Plans were made to keep the town safe, to push back the evil forces of Auril and to scale the mountainside in the hunt for Auril & the damaged Heartstone, the cause for the wild magic chaos. After 14 suns of careful planning and information gathering, the day had finally arrived to execute the plan, and it would take the combined effort of dozens of brave defenders.

With a party scaling the mountain and setting up a gateway, a party protecting a pair of Halflings seeking to destroy a relic of Auril, and a party looking to prevent a group of Yetis causing an avalanche, the assault was firing on all cylinders. It wasn’t long until Auril was pushed back to the inner sanctum of her icy lair atop the mountain's peak, a frozen chamber which also held the damaged Heartstone.

A small party of brave heroes pushed further and came face to face with the Goddess herself. After a hard fought battle which almost saw the heroes fall, the Heartstone was repaired, and Auril banished from our plane, bringing long sought safety to Truestone, and a final end to the Eternal Winter.

### The Festivities

With the last summer evenings upon the continent, and with the land newly restored due to the restoration of the Heartstones, it was time to bring in the harvest, decorate everything with bunting and banners, and attend many feasts. In Avalon, we celebrated Highharvestide and, in Truestone, the Dwarves call it Thunderbolt. So many games, stalls and festivities were set up for the festivities! A massive salmon run was held in tribute to Moradin and other Dwarven gods.

### Bootlegging Brewers

The end of summer in Avalon was expected to be a quiet time, a time for citizens to rest and recuperate from several months of chaos and carnage. Unsettling amounts of volcanic activity, a murderous cult run amok on the high seas, an assault on Truestone by The Frostmaiden and her minions; the Highharvestide festival was meant to be the start of a peaceful time on the continent. Instead, a fanatical gang of bugbears descended from the hills to the south and pilfered all of the brewing recipes from the local taverns. More concerning, they seem to have discovered a way to wipe the recipes from the very minds of the citizens.

Led by their elder, Mamaw, the bugbears enforced a prohibition on alcoholic drinks, deeming them to be a bad influence at best and downright dangerous at worst. Thanks to some clever smuggling tactics, daring delves into bugbear hideouts, and an unshakeable belief that getting drunk on Dragon’s Piss at 8am is their gods-given right, the community came together and drove the bugbears out of Avalon. In the search for the stolen drink recipes, some new concoctions were discovered and a fresh new menu was introduced for the Fuzzy Drumstick and Faithful Familiar.

### An Uninvited Guest

A month of strange and curious happenings.. A mysterious castle appeared overnight outside of the city walls of Avalon. Shadowy figures were being spotted skulking through Avalon City at night as more and more citizens were turning up dead, bite marks on their necks. Displaced (or just bored?), Count Strahd von Zarovich turned his attention to Avalon... and the continent. The citizens of Avalon spent weeks of trying to find a way into Castle Ravenloft - many were bitten once, some twice. Once again, the people of Avalon decided to come together, to stop the spread of the vampire infection, the Vampire Council & Count Strahd himself... After deciding they were done playing with their food, Count Strahd von Zarovich launched a full scale assault on the city of Avalon...

As ghouls, demons and the undead marched from Castle Ravenloft, a mighty battle took place to the north of the City. It was then that Strahd sprung their trap, turning day to night with a powerful Nightfall Pearl. As the full weight of the vampire forces reigned down from the castle, many more launched an attack from within the City itself! With the battle being bravely fought on many fronts, two select groups traversed into Castle Ravenloft. Hunting down Strahd and slaying the beast, they watched as the body disappeared in a cloud of black smoke and mist. Castle Ravenloft rumbled and roared, across all of Avalon folks watched it disappear back to where it came from, never to be seen again...

### Echoes of the Past

Under the guiding wisdom of Archivist Moiraine Da’mare, a grand expedition unfolded, its purpose to unravel the enigmas of an ancient past long shrouded in mystery. Citizens, stirred by tales of old and the promise of discovery, rallied to this noble cause. During the battle against Count Strahd, deep within the Temple of Lathander, a mysterious artifact had been uncovered. The strange language within, formed purely of flickering lines and circles, was partially deciphered thanks to the help of Avalonian and Tsomogo archivists. However, some of the text was still a mystery… Archivist Moiraine Da’mare called for the aid of the entire city; asking brave citizens to head into the depths of the ruins scattered across the continent in search of answers regarding Avalon’s past…

Their dedication successfully unearthed an ancient stone tablet, and its glowing script revealing schematics for a mysterious construct, a creation merging metal, wood, stone, and the breath of life. The citizens of Avalon, driven by unyielding determination, gathered thousands of resources, battling The Night Curse as it entered the city, for the first time. Their efforts culminated in the construction of the enigmatic construct - W44, a Warforged.

As the construct stirred to life, a new and foreboding shadow loomed over Avalon. A Nautiloid mothership, vast and ominous, appeared in the sky, its arrival sudden and motives unknown. Accompanied by Mind Flayers, this new threat cast a palpable sense of dread across the city. As Season 4 reached its climax, the heroes of Avalon had faced unimaginable challenges. Whilst their tireless effort to stop the Mind Flayers summoning the Elder Brain failed, they fearlessly combated The Elder Brain’s sinister influence, and witnessed Ilsen’s - a Mind Flayer who'd lived among them for weeks - transformation into a deity-like being. The heroic sacrifice of W44, the Warforged, marked a poignant moment in Avalon's history, paving the way for their kind to thrive.

In the aftermath, Avalon was left scarred yet unbroken. The city’s inhabitants tended to the wounded, mourned their fallen, and extinguished the fires that ravaged their home. But amidst the ruins and the smoke, a captivating story emerged, one that instilled a sense of wonder and hope within the people of Avalon. The mesmerizing tale of the World Tree, a colossal entity silently extending its roots deep beneath the continent, hinting at mysteries that stretch beyond our Material Plane and the realms of our understanding...