Kirtzgebolg

Brumkopt, having been one of the victims of the shockwave from Somnus, called upon our aid once more, citing a wave of lethargy overcoming the town. Our mercenaries came in to evaluate the severity of the problem.

It was quite severe.

The mayor, Umek, was found dead in his office, with only a note that illustrates his concern for Brumkopt in light of the lethargical wave. Through some sleuthing, the adventurers found the cashiered weatherweaver of the neighboring town of Pellucia, living on a hill to the north of Brumkopt. His home was surrounded by a conjured mist of warding, which kept the foul air of Brumkopt, nay, of Somnus, at bay. The weatherweaver, known as Daecan, told of his ability to extend the range of the cleansing mist to cover everyone, if only he were to gain the rite of conference that was lost to him in Pellucia. The adventurers agreed to the request to gain back his station as a formal weatherweaver.

The adventurers set out for Pellucia, fighting against their urge to rest, and eventually found themselves in front of the empty, shadow-filled streets of the town. Each step they took lured the attention of these shadows, which began following our adventurers' every step in Pellucia. Eventually reaching the manor of the mayor, they were able to fight documents that detailed the right of conference, on top of a map thta would lead to the temple of the current weatherweaver.

Journeying here with a massive legion of shadows in tow, the adventurers found the weatherweaving temple of Pellucia, whose entrance was obstructed by a veil of energy. Using a crystal that was inextricably tied to the creature known as Kirtzgebolg, the legion of shadows rushed through the hole in the barrier that the crystal made, killing and transforming the foremost mage in the town, the current-standing weatherweaver, a tiefling named Saphyra.

A battle with our mercenaries ensued against the now-transformed Saphyra, with our mercenaries coming out the victor. They were able to take the final piece of the right of conference from the body of Saphyra, a weatherweaver's sigil. Upon their return to Daecan, they performed the rite, and reinstated the full power of a weatherweaver to him, allowing the extension of his cleansing mist, for the benefit of the guild and the few surviving members of the ailing town.

It appears that Somnus has been left sleeping for far too long. I've received some sources of information that would shed some light on Somnus, and this Kirtzgebolg character. I only hope that we can get to the bottom of this before any more lives are unnecessarily lost.

### Mission: #honeyed-words

Executor: Mejjir Ashenscale

We received a requisition from Warlord Iliven of the Ivory Hold. Apparently, they had lost communications with one of their main providers of arms; Steelhearth. He'd sent a group of scouts to discern the situation, but only one of them was able to return to report of the decimation of the aforementioned. Thus, it became our job to rid the town of any hostile creatures.

Two things of note: The areas close to Somnus have become much more treacherous than before. This is best evidenced by the creatures found in Steelhearth, one of the towns closest to the accursed city; many of our mercenaries had brushes with death during this expedition, and a portal to the Parallel Cathedral of the Shadowfell was found in close proximity, as well. It's to be noted that a man by the name of Yr'Tassalan is the current caretaker of the Parallel Cathedral.

The most interesting bit of information gathered from this journey into Steelhearth was the encounter between our mercenaries and a Pale Deceiver. It was revealed to them that the white creature was on its way to extend the gratitude of, once gain, Kirtzgebolg, to a character by name of Hakon. Who this character is, and why Kirtzgebolg feels indebted to them, I am not quite sure, but this lead is worth pursuing.

Nevertheless, the job was accomplished to the letter, and Iliven expressed the possiblity for more jobs in the future. The Pale Deceiver is still at large.

### Mission: #sundered-bow

Executor: Mejjir Ashenscale

Warlord Thash Feathereye saw it fit to entrust us with dealing with Kirtzgebolg, an extraplanar being who had been festering in Somnus for a long, long time. His liaison, Gustav Hertzfeld entrusted us with liberating Mistelbirn of the Celestine Creed, a fanatical religious organization that has the entire town on lockdown, indoctrinating them with their filthy religion along the way.

Mistelbirn was decimated. Our mercenaries negotiated the Celestine Creed's "peaceful" exit from the town, and then found out that a horde of sinnathids had killed the entire populace overnight.

I don't know if I can call this "liberated" at all.

### Mission: #evac

We were called upon by Gustav Hertzfeld to assist in the evacuation of the town of Roesstal across the Hallisberg Pass into Tarinfeld. The mission itself was a simple one, but which was marred by a number of uncooperative evacuees and extremely deadly aberrations associated with Kirtzgebolg. In the nick of time, our mercenaries were able to gain a measure of distance from Roesstal before it was town asunder by a gargantuan humanoid shape that possessed many eyes.

We thank our lucky stars that the evacuation went as well as it did. At this point, mister Hertzfeld is coordinating the evacuation of Tarinfeld as well. It's only a matter of time before the town is destroyed as well.

### Mission: #star-druids

The Circle of Doretti called for aid from the Circle of Fand, to which Pleione Ara decided to enact upon the request through Verifoss, and by extension, her son: Pleiades. The request concerned the sudden disappearance of the patron star of Doretti, which makes Doretti's constellation. This was followed by the disappearance of adjacent stars from neighboring constellations Solett and Hest. Apparently, a call for aid was issued to all other neighboring star circle druids as well, but considering their relative distance to the Circle of Doretti's base of operations, their aid would come far later than they deemed necessary.

Within the Whitegale Wood, the circle of Doretti sought to perform an astral scry to ascertain the nature of the star's disappearance. Unfortunately, this endeavor would go awry, revealing the cause of the disappearance to be Kirtzgebolg, an eldritch being from "beyond the stars" that is causing death and destruction in the Ivory Hold. When the druids caught a glimpse of him, he caught a glimpse of them in turn, and caused a large swarm of sinnathids and apathids to enter through their scrying portal.

Fortunately, with the aid of our mercenaries, the swarm was quelled and the portal was shut down, destroying the scrying portal as a consequence. Further, the remaining members of the Circle of Doretti perished from the onslaught, with the only remaining member being their archdruid Throzix Fellhunt. Grieving the loss of his circle, Fellhunt conferred his druidic insignia to Pleiades Ara and quite literally flew away.

Incensed by these events, some mercenaries are endeavoring to learn more of Kirtzgebolg and find a way to push back against the eldritch monstrosity.