Rosemary and Time

DM

* Sadie

Players

* Aaron Maxis d'Cannith , Human Artificer
* Leelah Hartfoot , Gnome Bard/Rogue
* Theiron Lanier , Human Druid
* Spirit , Shifter Bardlock

Notable NPCs

* Kerika d'Medani
* Hannelore d'Tharashk
* Castien d'Thuranni
* CANONICUS III

Minor NPCs

* Hadranne d'Cannith, headmistress of the Tower of the Twelve
* Dounas d'Jorasco
* Devereaux d'Deneith
* Thimaedeth d'Kundarak

## Introduction

The current headmistress of the Tower of the Twelve, Hadranne d'Cannith, has sent a vague letter asking for help with an arcane anomaly within the tower's walls. Precursory investigations show the signatures spiking for the second time in two weeks, and higher than before. She believes the unknown magic could be dangerous.

## Summary

Four Wayfinders were teleported at 12:00 to the Tower of the Twelve, where they met with Hadranne d'Cannith. The mission seemed simple enough to start: investigate strange arcane spikes on the twelth floor and determine what's causing them. The mission revolved around Kerika d'Medani and her team of researchers: Hannelore, Dev, Dounas, and Thimaedeth. The Wayfinders began to investigate, starting with Kerika, Hannelore, and Dev.

They found that the students were researching ways to bolster arcane effects. They were studying shields, and the way to make shields stronger. While nothing seemed out of the ordinary, the Wayfinders clued in that they knew more than they were sharing. They tried to get information out of Dev and angered him, shutting down the chance for any more conversation.

When 1:00 hit, they were suddenly wrenched back in time, landing back at the beginning at 12:00 once more.

Theorizing that this could be a time loop, they marched into Hadranne's office and... immediately proceeded to cause trouble, getting them kicked out for Loop 2.

Thankfully, it was a loop, and things did reset. Unfortunately, they realized they were starting to show signs of aging

They gathered Kerika's entire group and sat them in a room, determined to watch them for an hour and see who was causing the loop. At 1:00, Dev collapsed, dying in front of their eyes, and Hannelore ran off, shouting the name "Castien." The Wayfinders landed once more.

Throughout the next couple of loops, they investigated the truth. While quaruts attacked the students and them and the students tried to evade the truth, including Theiron and Leelah getting locked in a closet by Hannelore, they eventually figured it out: a marut was resetting the loop, and the students were hiding an aberrant-marked boy named Castien upstairs on the thirteenth floor.

All of their studies had been trying to figure out how to contain his mark while he slowly drained them of years and life. Everything they'd done was to protect this boy that Hannelore, a bounty hunter sent to kill him, had brought to them months ago. The Wayfinders realized that the marut wouldn't rest until Castien died as he was supposed to, and they were determined to save him.

They devised a plan: create a staff to control Castien's powers, fake Castien's death, and leave the marut feeling satisfied. And they were running out of time. Castien's magic ramped up and saturated the area, combined with the marut's constant resetting, leaving the tower flickering in and out of its correct reality and time. Shards of the past walked through the tower, and the people they knew were dying. They had to act fast.

The staff worked, but the marut saw through their schemes and attacked them for interfering. After being worn away at by Castien's magic for so many loops, however, it was rusted and weakened—and after a grueling battle, the marut was defeated.

The tower reset one last time, and the Tower of the Twelve was made right again. The students lived. Castien lived. And the marut was gone.

The Wayfinders decided to take Castien to House Tarkanan, to teach him to control his aberrant dragonmark. Hannelore would go with him, and the others would stay to clean up the mess behind. Satisfied with their work, the Wayfinders went home, taking Castien and Hannelore with them, knowing they'd subverted a cruel fate for a young boy.

## Epilogues

Hannelore and Castien get settled into House Tarkanan. Hannelore has her concerns and worries, and Castien struggles to adjust to a new, "normal" life. But they are togther, and she is protecting him.

Two beings talk in Daanvi, discussing the trespasses of the Wayfinders against fate and time. They are displeased over the death of CANONICUS III, and imply that a quarut, TEMPORUS I, is keeping an eye on the Wayfinders for their continual betrayal of the ideals of Daanvi.