Episode I: Reclamation

***Previous: Episode 0: Frozen***

A racist group calling themselves the Harbingers of Purity combine forces with the head of the military to stage a coup in the kingdom of
Stin Cepel. The Harbingers, led by a man known as Seaorin, and the military, led by Gramorn Duskfell, kill the King, the Queen, and the two eldest royal children - an event known as the Harbinger Coup. But, due to the efforts of a Shadeweaver – a holy protector of the royal family – the youngest Princess, Vyra, is saved, as he takes her to the
Shadowfell, the land of his Goddess, Jenova.

Meanwhile, a group of travelers meets in a tavern in the small town of
Osek. Quen, a 16-year old girl with psionic abilities, and McCreedy, a Half-orc
swordmage, are traveling with a caravan heading for the capital city of
Broumov. “Pointy,” an unconventional Eladrin (High Elf) warlock, is on a path
of vengeance for the death of his beloved at the hands of a mysterious group.
Asana, the royal embalmer, is investigating a new type of plant that may
improve her potionmaking. Along the way, they are joined by William Maynots, a
thief and underworld type, and Tolsmir, a Barbarian werewolf who’s looking to
atone for a dark past. The four discover evidence of Harbinger activity in a
cave outside the town, and head northward. They arrive at the castle…just in time
to witness the murder of the royal family, and the escape of Indar and the
Princess.

Indar leaves them a magical orb, a recording of sorts, which
instructs them to find allies and begin rallying the forces that will one day
free the kingdom. Through a variety of adventures, through multiple planes and
multiple kingdoms, the group saves the Princess, restores balance to the
weather, discovers the identity of Pointy’s hunted – and kills him, and helps
win a decades-long civil war occurring in Woestijn, the land of Half-orcs.

Indar dies while trying to protect the Princess, as does his
mentor, Nadine Andala – but not before revealing to Quen information about her
parents and her Vis’tani heritage, and setting Tolsmir on the Path of Shadow.

When the combined forces of all of the allies the party has
gathered – the Elves, the Half-orcs, the Eladrin, the Dragonborn, and guerrilla
fighters inside Stin Cepel – attacked the capital, the famous Battle of Broumov had begun. The Harbingers, not expecting such a large coalition of forces, were
defeated, and the Harbinger takeover ended. Seaorin, once killed and then
revived, was killed again, and let out a name that would haunt the party:
“Cyric.”

Now-Queen Vyra, of House Broum, took the throne as the
rightful ruler, and declared the party the Reclaimers, or the Stin Cepel Seven.

#### The Sandstriders

* Quen Sandstrider
* Teleragus "Pointy" Diragrion
* McCreedy
* Tolsmir
* William Maynots
* Asana
* Elanwen Diragrion

### After Reclamation

For about a year, the party went their own ways. Quen looked
into her past, and also into the creature known as Cyric. McCreedy took up the
task of building a country from the ashes of the Woestijn civil war. He also
accompanied Tolsmir, now a Shadeweaver, as he wiped out Harbinger remnant cells
and otherworldly beasts. During one of these excursions, McCreedy found a blade
called the Blade of Chaos, which gave him powerful elemental magics. Asana took a
position as advisor to the Queen; Maynots rose to prominence in his black
market organization; and Pointy spent most of his time studying immortality,
trying to get out of a deal he’d made with a particular devil. The party would
not all be together again until a year from the Battle of Broumov, a
celebration known as Reclamation Day.

***Next: Episode II: Oasis***