The Lost City of Orion

The Lost City of Orion buried underground completely untouched

The Lost City of Orion is a One-Shot made by The Historian that took place 5 years before the start of Sins of the Empire. The one-shot sees a hired group of mercenaries (later called the Eccentric Excavators) have to go down into a forgotten city of a god and fight through hordes of monsters to find the treasures left behind. The group consist of the kind-hearted tortle monk Snappy "Back" Shellston, a human fighter of war Arch Starpeak, and a sniping tielfing ranger called Kaldian Storm. This group promised vast riches and fortunes would descend into the city and face the madness that it holds within it.

## Background

*"During the Divine War, Orion, the God of war and the Son of Ynagos, fought valiantly against Hageos' forces earning his father's respect. After the war concluded Ynagos awarded Orion his own city, it’s name lost to history, but known to be an elegant city with powerful relics and riches. Seeing his cousins pride and joy in his city, Ktulu the God of Madness, started to spread whispers and lies to the citizens of the city. Soon instead of worshipping Orion they worshipped Myzpejput, the “God of Goblins”. Orion reacted harshly, taking this as a complete Betrayal he went to the outskirts of the city and using his godly strength crushed the ground beneath the city, casting it into darkness.*

*Recently, mining expeditions have unearthed the Lost City putting its riches and relics up for grabs. Though, before the miners could even enter the interior, monsters swarmed them with only a few surviving. Mining companies are now rushing towards the City riches, enlisting adventurers for the expedition.*

*You and your fellow adventurers have been hired by the Krackoa Mining Company to lead the expedition and uncover the riches of the city!"*

Decades after the Divine War, the City of Orion laid dormant in the earth being completely untouched by the nations above. Until one day a couple curious dwarves began mining into the mountains near the city of Kalfheim in hopes of finding rare jewels. Although, the dwarves would stumble upon the catch of a lifetime...a completely untouched ancient city resting in the ground. These ambitious dwarves would adventure down the cave system going into the city itself. At last their hopes were crushed when they were viscously attacked by numerous monsters preventing them from fully exploring the ancient city. The vast monster population convinced the dwarves that there must be vast amounts of treasure in the city. The dwarves soon had another idea and began to sell its location to mining companies making a fortune from just the information alone. Soon mining companies began to swarm the area setting up tents and expeditions to discover the city. One of these so called companies, the Krackoa Mining Company would also participate in the expeditions soon hiring mercenaries of a gentle Tortle, a tough veteran, and a quiet tiefling to help uncover the treasure buried in the city.

## Enter the Eccentric Excavators

The 3 mercenaries, Snappy "Back" Shellston, Arch Starpeak, and Kaldian Storm met up outside of the cave system and met a dwarf representative of the Krackoa Company. The dwarf led them to a elevator that brought them down into the cave and the home of the ancient city. The elevator view showed the forgotten city, a strange wooden village across a gap where on the other side showed many tents with different flags at each area. The dwarf explained to them that the various tents are the different mining companies encampments