Eberron - Return of the Lich Queen
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Old Friends and Enemies

Chapter 2: The Road to Droaam

February 19, 2011 22:37

Mol – Therendor 2nd, 999 YK
Monday – March 2nd, 999 YK

Evening

The long corridor is filled with the smell of rot. A procession of torches march along the stone walls, but their flickering light is dim, cowed by the chamber’s dancing shadows. Two shapes shamble into view as the party proceeds: ghouls dressed in the black uniform of Karrnath, though their tabards are tattered almost beyond recognition.

“Who goes there?” asks the stouter of the two. Its gleaming yellow eye, surrounded in a bed of pus and viscera, falls on Moyshanna, who remains in the lead.

Moyshanna endeavors to deepen her voice into a suitably male tone: “Step aside. We have Lord Torin’s sister. He has asked to see her.”

The ghoul regards Moyshanna for a moment, then looks to Taveah, whose eyes are downcast. A gruesome smile parts it’s drooping, decayed face. “Proceed.”

The party marches forward into the blackness. The corridor is not long, but it has bulges along its length and each of them is filled with all manner of undead: More ghouls, skeletons, zombies, and other horrors only half-glimpsed in the shadows. They snap and hiss at the visitors as they pass by, either seeing through their disguise or simply not caring who they menace.

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Prisoners in Korth

Chapter 2: The Road to Droaam

February 19, 2011 21:03

Mol – Therendor 2nd, 999 YK
Monday – March 2nd, 999 YK

Evening

[After being visited by Nacklegal Waynab d’Sivis, a Sivis barrister of Korth, Kohl, Morthos and Ahti are given a gift and a message from their friend Miklos The Great. In addition, they are secretly given a means to escape.]

[The group frees Kerrik and Moyshanna, but Kerrik will not leave without his fellow house members. He stays behind while the group escapes after dispatching some undead guard.]

[The group uses their disguises to move about the prison. Eventually they find their way to the armory but discover some of their equipment is missing.]

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Taveah's Resurrection

Chapter 2: The Road to Droaam

February 19, 2011 19:27

Sar – Olarune 28th, 999 YK
Saturday – February 28th, 999 YK

Where there was a deep and eternal silence now comes a noise like thunder beyond the midnight horizon. A wind rushes from the abyss. Riding it is a voice that shrieks the abyss’s true name: Death, death, death! The storm grows tumultuous; swirling ice and arcs of crimson lightning. The thunder becomes a cacophony until it’s drowned out by a single steady sound that rises above it: A heartbeat.

Taveah’s eyelids crack open, revealing crescents of gleaming silver amidst a pale and beautiful face. A deep blue sky peeks through a trio of oval windows above her. She lies in a soft bed warmed by sunlight. Just a dream, she thinks with a contented sigh.

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The Bitter Sea

Chapter 2: The Road to Droaam

February 19, 2011 18:48

Sul – Olarune 1st, 999 YK
Sunday – February 1st, 999 YK

Ahti feels the sensation of rocking as if… yes… he thinks… he is on a ship… but how did he get there he wonders.

Opening his eyes, he sees that along with his companions, he has been chained to the floor in what looks to be a hold of a ship. Several undead guards walk between the rows of captured mortals.

He notes that next to him on either side are his companions, Moyshanna to the left and Morthos to the right. Across from him are several half-orcs along with what looks to be some house Lyrandar troops.

A door opens to the hold and two undead enter dragging an unconscious Kohl.

“Looks like they found him.” Morthos snickers.

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The Farlnen Incident

Chapter 2: The Road to Droaam

February 19, 2011 18:00

Sul – Olarune 1st, 999 YK
Sunday – February 1st, 999 YK

Early Morning

[Moyshanna uses a teleport ritual to escape Castle Illmarrow.]

[The ritual teleports the group near the spot where the first Siberys shard fell just weeks ago. When they arrive they find themselves in the midst of a battle between Karrnath and a House Tharashk/Lyrandar scout group.]

[The Karrns are aided by House Deneith Blademarks and are heavily armed. They are intent on capturing the Siberys shard that fell over Farlnen last month.]

[A Karrn Elite Guard with two skeletal hounds leads the melee attack, and a human necromancer leads the arcane strike.]

[Morthos is last to fall. The group is captured.]

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A Traveler Reborn

Chapter 2: The Road To Droaam

February 19, 2011 06:06

Regarding the Death of Sejik:

A Traveler Reborn

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The Soul Thief

Chapter 1: The Isle of Farlnen

November 07, 2010 10:22
Sar – Zarantyr 28th, 999 YK
Saturday – January 28th, 999 YK

Evening

[Days pass and the necrotic energies of Castle Illmarrow take their toll on the party. The situation becomes increasingly perilous with each passing day. Taveah is affected the most by the dark energy. Her skin grows pale and sallow. Morthos does his best to speed his efforts, slowly phasing through the walls of the tomb in search of Caiphys.]

[Meanwhile, Caiphys does his best to stay alive away from the chamber and the machine. The energy is far too cold to remain there for any long period of time. During his stay, Caiphys learns that the machine is one of two. It is named Soul Thief. Its twin, Dolurrh Bringer, is located somewhere in the Shadowdark linked by ancient Qaballrin portal magic. Caiphys discovers that the Soul Thief is responsible for transporting the souls of Eberron to the Dolurrh Bringer. What becomes of the souls once transported is unknown.]

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Morthos Returns

Chapter 1: The Isle of Farlnen

October 30, 2010 17:47
Wir – Zarantyr 25th, 999 YK
Wednesday– January 25th, 999 YK

Afternoon

Morthos returns, locates Sejik and strides towards him, hand outstreached.

“Brother Sejik, may I have the sending stone for Caiphys?”

Morthos takes the stone from Sejik with a nod, and attempts to reach Caiphys “Caiphys…”

[Morthos informs Caiphys of what he has discovered. Caiphys in turn describes his experiences.]

After speaking to Caiphys, Morthos walks over to Caiphys’ owl and places it within his cloak.

He then turns to the rest of those present.

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Careful What You Wish For

Chapter 1: The Isle of Farlnen

October 24, 2010 21:02
Zol – Zarantyr 24th, 999 YK
Tuesday – January 24th, 999 YK

Late Evening

A broad circular chamber stands beyond the doors, its floor sunken 20 feet below. In the center of the chamber, a fantastic device hangs in midair just below the ceiling – a spinning web of platinum cables and black iron rods set with hundreds of blazing Khyber shards. A crackling pillar of eldritch power arcs down from the engine, disappearing into a teleportation circle set into the stone floor.

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False Treasure Room

Chapter 1: The Isle of Farlnen

October 24, 2010 20:45
Zol – Zarantyr 24th, 999 YK
Tuesday – January 24th, 999 YK

Late Evening

[The party reaches the Mithral Gates and notices an indentation that is roughly the same shape as the gold orb on the scepter. Kohl places the scepter’s orb into the indentation and the Mithral doors open, revealing an ornate room.]

A ceiling of untarnished silver rises above the polished stone floor of this imposing chamber, its ivory walls inlaid with gold. Two iron chests stand to either side of a granite sarcophagus graven with ancient glyphs. A thin stream of frigid mist rises from a large obsidian urn set with filigreed silver. In all four corners and on two walls stand 9 foot-tall statues of fierce Aereni undying warriors cast in black iron, and their dread weapons are raised.

[The group investigates the room and discovers one of the statues can be moved. They attempt to do so and spring a deadly trap.]

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