Kingdom of Bodies

**Kingdom of Bodies** was a historic oneshot set in the Southern Mantle.

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## Prompt

Each of you have heard the tales of the Yama Dynasties sudden disappearance within the the Dibawa Highlands. The massive kingdom seemed to have eroded away while the Bronze Militia and the Confederacy of Brass attack and encroach on the borders The Land of Tarim has lost nearly all of its inhabitants since the event. Now that the war has died down and the enemies of the mantle have been driven back to where they are from, adventurers have begun travelling through the mountains of Tarim only to never be heard from, the land seemingly eating them whole. leaving only the bones of empty villages in its wake.
You all are individuals of unparalleled strength, Your mission from Supreme Commander Zhui of the Iron Claw is simple, travel to Tarim, find the source of this anomaly, and end it if possible. If something like this can spread, the mantle will not be the only thing that will be at risk, Halintar as a whole could be at risk.

## Character Developments

* First Appearances for
	+ Player Characters
		- Lord Kerg, Devourer of Silver, Scourage of the Sea
		- Ebi Phase
		- Kransnov
		- Seved
	+ NPCs
		- Seena

## Entry #1

The assembled mighty warriors heard their mission but had limited details. They learned of a sole survivor in one of the attacks was in the medical tent nearby and so they headed over. They spoke with a Fuu Dog named Seena who told of a rain of light that killed all other members of her pack. She begged to come with them, and Lord Kerg refused to listen to the pathetic clergymen who sought to prevent her from doing so.

Lord Kerg intimidated a silver dragon into surrendering a carriage and took the party east, toward Tariem. Shortly inside, the group saw a streak of light leave a shrine, and strike the sky, causing an indigo rain. This rain tore through them, and so Lord Kerg blew the shrine up. While Lord Kerg and Seved celebrated their victory, the others investigated the shrine and discovered a sigil with three upward arrows was the source of the spell; even more they learned that such a sigil would be so easy to create that its power must come from elsewhere. The party investigated their only lead: dragon footprints.

Soon the party encountered another rain of lights, and after destroying that sigil, the ran across a group of mummified orcs. They defeated them and realized that they had come from the royal family that ruled over Tariem. Following a map they had had, they quickly moved to the royal palace.

After Lord Kerg destroyed the outer fortifications, including two sigil towers, and tossed a few orcs into the lava, the party moved on into the throne room. The king spouted dribble: ideals, exposition, and self-righteousness. This prompted a very brutal battle between the assembled warriors and the king's legion of undead slaves. An act of passionate devotion from Kransnov terrified the undead and turned the tide of battle. With only a single undead dragon left to defend him, the king soon fell. After his death, his corpse left behind a mysterious cyan heart. Ebi Phage refused to give any information on it but insisted that he had to take it to keep it safe. After some discussion, Ebi Phage promised to return it to Tephra and the matter was considered settled.

Phage kept the heart to themselves for many many year, Tephra entrusting it to them for quite some time. Phage eventually felt the toll of their life coming in soon, so gave it back to Tephra, where she kept it hidden inside her volcanic vault deep within cataclysm.

## Gallery

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