Gnakweem's Endless Feast

## Prologue

After one eventful night in Blackleaf Point, the heroes destroyed the legendary Moloch Stone, saving the famed Gemsmith Khonszed from the clutches of its curse, but also rid the small fishing village of the raucous pirates led by the infamously ruthless Captain Glasha.

While it was certainly one of their more eventful and lucrative nights, it did not come without serious repercussions. As Dirt Diggler inflicted the final blow to the Moloch Stone, destroying it forever, it unleashed an explosive wave of evil vibrations so potent and corrupting that it infected everyone with nightmares for weeks. Dirt was the only one able to will the evil away, and now while he sleeps soundly in his tent, the rest of you are unable to get a restful sleep, causing intense fatigue almost to the point of mania.

Furthermore, word among the pirates spread fast. While there is no honor among thieves or pirates, there is a respect that pirates have for each other, even across ships. Captain Glasha and her crew were feared across all coastlines, and to hear that they were suddenly vanquished by a band of travelers did not help the heroes' reputation in the underworld. They became an enemy to the pirates of these lands, placing them in the same boat as government navies and town police.

That being said, your reputation among commonfolk continues to grow richer. The heroes are known locally as heroes and are receiving commissions, accolades, and fan mail quite often. One such invite came from a lavish, albeit low level, municipal gnome politician by the name of Lord Gnakweem. He invited them as honored guests to his annual Feast of Light, a widely known party where he invites all of the most important people from around the province.

## The Quest

After meeting back up with Gitasu and Looloo, they embarked to his estate in the gnome province of Pigbyner Valley, but not before visiting Gnakweem's private merchant, Runsnoll.

The heroes arrived at a large estate guarded by security. After showing their invites, they were allowed in to Gnakweem's home, where they meet the eccentric lordship himself and his guests: Gibbrec, Cilmop & Bootstrap. The festivities begin and the players mingled with their new friends. During dinner, Gnakweem discussed his worship of the sun god Pelor, something he has in common with Father Sam Lutty. Gibbrec, posing as a devout good cleric who also worships Pelor, suggest that after dinner they go upstairs to see Gnakweem's world-famous collection of Pelor artifacts. Meanwhile, Bootstrap secretly persuades Due-Rag to slip a sleeping potion into Gnakweem's drink in an attempt to break into his basement and loot it.

When upstairs, Lord Gnakweem mysteriously dies in front of Lutty (due to an adverse reaction to the sleeping potion). Suddenly, Gibbrec and a hidden cleric named Shidre ambush Lutty and smuggle him out the windows and down into the backyard.

Downstairs, Due-Rag, Eca, Alfie and Boostrap venture into the dark basement, where they become trapped and attacked by a clan of Wights. After and long and arduous battle, they destroyed the wights and saved Bootstrap from death. He was so grateful, he slipped Due-Rag a note with a clue to the whereabouts of Slippery Sutton's secret stash.

Noticing that Lutty is missing, the team bands together to save him and enter the desecrated graveyard behind Gnakweem's estate. There they faught Gibbrec and Shidre, who has resurrected and army of gnome zombies resting there. They were guarding an the entrance to a mausoleum where Lutty was being held hostage by Thignonah, a high priestess for the Order of the Crimson Dawn. Lutty learned that Thignonah devised this elaborate trap for him by killing and impersonating Lord Gnakweem. She tries to coerce Lutty to renounce his faith and join the Order. Lutty refused and so Thignonah killed his youngest sister, Sabriel, right before his eyes.

After defeating their foes in the graveyard, the heroes broke into the mausoleum to save Lutty, causing Thignonah to flee the scene. Before she left, she accidentally left behind her Shield of Glyph Ward which contained a list of all the members of the Order. Afterwards, Lutty resurrected Sabriel with his Wand of Resurrection.

## Epilogue

After the battle, there was a return to tranquility for the gnome village surrounding the mansion. The cold evil that had lived there for months was now gone and the sun began to show again.

Much to the dismay of the locals, many of their beloved deceased were destroyed in the fight. However, they were thankful that the place was rid of the Order of the Crimson Dawn. They worked to rebuild the graveyard bigger and better than ever, converting Gnakweem’s estate to a gnome halfway house for refugees from other lands. They even erected statues of each of you in the graveyard behind Gnakweem Sr.

A gnome scholar by name of Professor Slignemyck, who specializes in the study of necromancy and the undead, traveled to the estate to examine the carnage. After he extensively studied Gnakweem’s body, he concluded that it was indeed his corpse, but the corpse was desecrated, resurrected and controlled by the High Priestess Thignonah.

After Sabriel Lutty was resurrected, she decided it was best for her to hideaway somewhere safe for a while and heal instead of joining you on your adventures. The conversion of clerics from good to evil or vice versa is painful one, both physically and mentally. While she is healthy, she is tormented by the evil she’s committed in her past for the Order. She did tell Father however, that if he is successful in tracking down the Dark Pope Cthoos, she requests that he brings her along to aid in his destruction.