Arukind Quartet

The **Arukind Quartet** is the name of a group of four merceneries that venture the lands of Al'Ascalon in the name of gold and other rewards. They receive their name from the legendary Giant, Arukind who ventured all over the continent in order to help those in need.

The original group that was formed in 3rd September 120 consisted of; A Priadomian Priest Schulfrid, a Half-Demon sorcerer Nazadul, and a Drow warrior Rysharn. When the trio killed a dark sorcerer who had attacked the city of Dagraf, a soldier by the name of Berkdin also joined the party, making the trio a Quartet.

Though against his will, Rysharn's independent reflection Nashyr also accompanied the Quartet briefly during their stay in Goldring, until Nashyr posessed the body of Sir Hubert with the help of the warlock Tovek.

## The Goblin War

### Storm's Eye

Three adventurers; Schulfrid, Nazadul, and Rysharn, who happen to meet by chance during a caravan leading from Deon to Goldring, are forced to fight Goblins who ambush their wagon. Impressed by their fighting skills, a lieutenant of the Army, Berem, instructs the trio to seek out Colonel Henrison north in the Storm's Eye Tower and join the mercenary force of Cainhorn to aid them in the Goblin War. The group agrees and the go to Storm's Eye.

At Storm's Eye the group formally join the mercenary force, and begin to perform errands and tasks to Henrison and other soldiers. They go to nearby Dwarven Caverns to hunt deserters from the Cainhorn Army, however the deserters are already dead by the time the group arrives and the caverns are full of Skeleton warriors that the group had to defeat. During the fighting the group even kill a Skeleton Baron wielding a demonic sword, Sabbathan, which is then claimed by Nazadul. The group then finds a mysterious door that has a green marble lock. The marble can speak and must utter the password "Ironheart" in order to open. However the party has trouble with this and Rysharn ends up touching the marble, only to enter a trance in which he makes a pact with an unknown demonic entity. The demonic entity agrees to open the marble locked door, if Rysharn would damage or destroy the bell of the Temple of Eschea, and if Rysharn should not up keep his promise Rysharn would lose something important. Rysharn accepted and the marble door opened to reveal a giant wolf who immediately attacked the party. The party fled the caves back to Storm's Eye.

The group then helped a sergeant of Storm's Eye, Stern, whose home town of Dagraf was attacked by a Dark wizard claiming to be a God. The group then investigate and quickly realize the Dark wizard is naught but a lowly wizard apprentice and they easily slay the man. In Dagraf they meet two new friends, another worshipper of the Titans Wilmond Dane, and a former guard of the mayor, Berkdin.

One the way back to Storm's Eye, the group finds an Angel, Achael. Achael warns them that the War in Heaven is nearing it's end and that the Angels of Cipher are readying a second Heavens Breach. Alarmed, the group hastily begin to return back to Storm's Eye where they report everything to Henrison, who in turn gives them his report that the group is to deliver to Marshal Gilliath Ryssental.

### Battle of Estlin

The group move through the road Seihon and at Estlin, they stop. They agree to infiltrate the Goblin conquered city to spy their defences. Nazadul and Rysharn sneak into the city only to find that many of the city's populace has been hiding inside the homes. The group then decide to help the citizens to evacuate. In the course of the Battle of Estlin, the party carried the day, killing many Goblins and evacuating the civilians with minimal casualties. Amid the infiltration, Rysharn nearly burned to death after a mishap in an oil storage.

After Estlin the party quickly ride their carriage to Goldring, however in the middle of the journey they find Marshal Gilliath in an army camp. There they hand over the dispatch to Gilliath who appreciates the effort.

### In Goldring

Later the same day, the party reached Goldring. They parked their horses in the outer city stall, where they spent the night. Following morning they took Berkdin to the local cathedral to heal, as his leg had been cut off. Meanwhile the rest of the party began to hunt for possible Dark Evangelists that the cathedral grand bishop told them about. They did not find any, but instead they got tangled up in the Revolution of Goldring, after Synric Newhorn contracted them to work for the cause. A wave of new tasks emerged as they had to seek out grave robbers who targeted House of Krasten and to spread dodgy notes of the Duke, Alowin Cainhorn to the public.

The biggest operation however was the destruction of the Fullwind debt, as the party had to destroy two copies of debt documents made by the Gold Guild. One of the copies was to be sent to the port of Hymast where it would be sent to Gold Guild administrators at Dragonheart. This caravan was targeted by Rysharn who went nuts murdering the carriage driver and two unknown men. Meanwhile Nazadul and Berkdin went to the alchemists shop where they purchased a small Amnesia Potion that could earease memories up to one hour. In the interval Schulfrid rode to the Temple of Eschea to deliver a message from bishop Wybeld to the mistress of the temple. At the temple Schulfrid and Wilmond van Dane teamed up together and slew a Hound Beast that was haunting the Temple Tower.

Later that evening the entire group has gathered and they begin their heist. The group knocks two of the guards unconscious and stumble upon Samold, the owner of the establishment. Schulfrid uses his Divine Command to have Samold forge the Fullwind debt document for them, after which the Samold is knocked out as well. Following this the group discover a hidden safe under the carpet of the main hall. Nazadul attempts to blow the safe up with witchcraft but fails. Ultimately the group succeeded and successfully fled the scene without arousing suspicion.

### Revolution

When the group came back to Daynwright's house, they were visited by a Demon. The demon requested Nazadul to give his sword, the Sabbathan in exchange for a Demonic witch ring. Nazadul refused which caused the Demon to threaten the group and leave. After this incident, the next morning Rysharn found out that his mirror reflection had become a living entity of its own. Nashyr, as he became to be known as, threatened to kill Rysharn if he ever got out of his 'mirror cage'.