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1005 - Nabe, a self proclaimed queen of the dark elves and Necromancer set up her home in the Akenwode. She begins to summon a large undead army and wraith servants with the intention of attacking the village of edgeways, an alternative bridging point into the Akenwode. In order to increase her power she begins to capture those of the faith and tortures them into sinning against their gods, there by ex-communicating themselves. Why she was doing this remains unknown at this time however Nabe used them as vessels sin the creation of undead minions. It discovered later on that Nabe is infact married to the Theocrat, the leader of the company of the Red Skulls. These fanatical warriors of Kharach were the original mercenaries sent to the Akenwode to defend against her threat. Made up of various races and backgrounds, they are united in the fervour and zeal to the extreme teachings of Kharach. Nabe meanwhile is eventually defeated by a group of adventurers who daringly sneak into the shrine of all gods, a temple near the Akenwode and capture her. For her crimes, Nabe is ex-communicated by 11 of the 13 gods. She remains in the shrine, becomes insane and refuses to leave. At the same tame a strange and mysterious Orb of Umbruglia, a highly potent magical device, begins summoning strange winged cackling creatures. These begin to terrorise and deface parts of Bewickshire. The Cult of the all seeing eye covet this powerful artefact. This cult, wicked beings who gladly make sacrifices to their dark leader in exchange for information that only he can provide, capture the orb and hold it. Adventurers are able to recapture the mythical item, however, they are unable to stop it from summoning its vile demons. Adventurers continue to explore and track information about its mysterious past and discover that a dwarves mage, many centuries ago, created the orb. He also created an axe that could be used to destroy the orb and the creatures being summoned. After many long and perilous quests, adventurers are able to find and capture the axe and destroy the orb. Ending the threat to Berwickshire. Grynar from the south finally arrive at Newcroft and begin to siege the city. |
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1006 - The current year. The war against the Grynar continues to drag on. Early in the year, the Grynar make a forceful attempt to capture Gatesheath keep, The Templar knights bastion that stands on the other side of the river Thane from Newcroft. The bridge into Newcroft is destroyed and, acting on good intelligence from spies, the thane requests help from the cities to the south. Adventurers are dispatched from Bolteen, Sintel, Lanshore, Mordenhead, Portsdean and Aqua-Sulis. Together they are able to drive back the Grynar invasion and protect the keep. Realising that they Grynar will keep coming unless all other major crossing along the Thane are destroyed, Adventurers are dispatched to destroy the next major crossing at the village of Firebridge, two days west of Newcroft. A stonemason is dispatched with them to assist the destruction of the bridge. Upon arriving their the adventurers discover that the garrison of Black Knights stationed there to guard the bridge have all but been wiped out. The adventurers are able to help the reaming Knights hold Fire bridge until the bridge was destroyed. Unfortunately the Commander of the Garrison was killed helping the Adventurers escape the imminent explosion of the bridge. Reports that Nabe has escaped from the Shrine of all gods are unsubstantiated, as are reports that the city is Now rife with diseases and pestilence. Faellem McTaggart, the head of the Merchants guild, is killed in a fire at his home. Rumours persist of dark cults and groups lurking in Newcroft that are looking to take advantage of the Grynar invasion persist. |
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