Ghilan'nain

## Involvement

### Season 2 (Crimes of the Anti-Paragon DLC)

In 9:36 the dysfunctional party consisting of Maolen, Tyra, Mercè, Sanga and Siggie decide to drop by the stronghold which was pointed out by a stone tablet from session 5. They find a ghost of one of the guardians of this place who starts off hostile but then turns curious when Tyra shows the sword they found. They attempt to communicate but none of them know elven, and the ghost never took lessons in trade tongue either. So the ghost has the bright idea to have them drink blood from one of the phylacteries. Melon feeling like he has nothing to lose downs it and is able to speak and read elven for as long as plot allows. The ghost introduces herself as the commander and asks the party the usual, "who, what etc. questions", she then asks if they could investigate a strange presence from beyond the eluvian which was bugging her, she couldn't investigate it on account of being a ghost.

They were asked to hit the books in the library (figuratively speaking for the Tyras in the audience) and find the 5 correct books with passages each with emboldened words collectively spelling out "For the Glory of Elven-kind". While going through the books they found that this organization were an order of super-soldiers tasked with fighting humans and changing the elven mythos to improve the mood of elves after an unspecified cataclysm. After some research Melon burned the books with veilfire which revealed a hidden compartment with a document saying that after creating the mythos was complete and successful, the eluvians were to close cutting off contact between different strongholds and prompting the humans to attack and hopefully destroy all evidence of any elven culture. Knowledge of this was the key to the eluvian so the party went there leaving the Commander to ponder her purpose in the world by herself.

Inside the eluvian they found a bunch of parchment and a quill which wrote that its Ghilan'nain trapped in the fade and wants to get out. Tyra and Sanga were skeptical and figured it must be a demon. Melon believed Ghilan'nain 100% and Merce didn't give a shit because Ghilly promised loot so she's in. Siggie figured if it is a demon they could fight it and kill it and still get the loot. She used console commands to raise her speech to a 100 and persuaded Sanga that maybe if they killed it the demon wouldn't remain there to threaten another group of idiots to stumble through this place. Tyra greatly disapproved but went with Sanga because she was the leader. While they were arguing Merce and Melon already got Commander's body which was in some sort of stasis pod and the pile of phylacteries with the blood needed for the ritual.

They went to another ritual dressed in protective suits specially designed to keep them from contaminating the ritual site because Ghilan'nain would rather be trapped in the fade than return to a world which doesn't follow standard health and safety protocols. They then dropped the body and phylacteries in a circle of lunar tears, and Melon attempted to cast the summoning spell which almost didn't work but at the last try the Commanders body and the area of the circle was ripped to shreds and reassembled into Ghilan'nain because possession is so -2000 ancient. She then summoned a bunch of halla and also ripped them apart and reassembled their hide into 2 pieces of enchanted armour and some extra hide and horns to be sold. She then made Sanga and Tyra who were ready for a fight immobile and ran off.

### Season 3: Heart of Darkness DLC

In the partys travels on the new continent they find out that the continent was cut off from the rest of thedas by Elgar'naan to keep the heart of darkness from Ghilan'nains hands. They find a prophecy in an ancient ruin detailing three seals that if broken would bring about the end of the world. The Heart, The Mother and The Monster. The first seal (The mother) was in the deep roads where Ghilan'nain was trapped, the second (The Heart) was the pyramid in the new world and the last (The Monster) was on Par Vollen.