Paths to ADVENTURE!
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 8:03 am
Here's a summary of the major destinations / stories that the party has been talking about.
The Tomb of the Scorpion Prince: The sole heir to King Shattados], the Scorpion Prince ruled the southeastern reaches of the Bright Desert in -700 CY. He fell with the rest of his kingdom when his father attempted to use the Scorpion Crown to achieve absolute dominion over his kingdom … and failed. The monstrous prince attempted to carve out his own empire after his father's fall, but was defeated by an alliance of Flan and Suel tribesmen. They hid him away in a tomb meant to hold him for all time … and with a fortune in treasure that he'd plundered (the superstitious tribesmen wanting nothing to do with it).
The Fire Giant's Pyre: King Alothor, a notable fire giant king who died 250 years ago, once unified several of the warring fire giant tribes in the Drachensgrabs. When he died fighting a red dragon, his sons — in one last act of respect before falling into fighting amongst themselves — created the Pyre, a sort of tomb nestled in the still-warm depths of the crumbling mountains. The King was buried with his weapons, his loot, and several of his wives (noble giantesses who guard him in the afterlife).
The Aperture of Zalshox: The lair of Zalshox, a beholder cast out from the City of Eyes, is located in the southern hills of the Pomarj. Rumor has it he's bred a small army of hobgoblin servants slavishly loyal to him. The beholder has lived for centuries, and is believed to have taken a sizable amount of treasure out of the Obsidian Maze when he fled it.
The Wyvern Empire: General Kor is still out there, assembling his Hextorite followers, awakening Ironbound Warriors (aka reinforced flesh golems), and bringing order to the chaotic lands of the Pomarj.
The Tomb of Telan: Final resting place of the flan hero Telan and ancestor of Hegil Tfinnan, the Tomb is believed to hold the Ghostbane Scrolls. The Scrolls are a bardic epic that recounts Telan's battles with an ancient Nerullite cult that worshipped the demi-lich Charax.
Charax was charged with defending the final portal to the Fading Land of Necros, a lich-ruled demiplane dominated by the undead. His phylactery, the Crystal Skull of Charax, was shattered by Telan at the culmination of the heroe's battle with the Nerullite cult.
The Tomb of the Scorpion Prince: The sole heir to King Shattados], the Scorpion Prince ruled the southeastern reaches of the Bright Desert in -700 CY. He fell with the rest of his kingdom when his father attempted to use the Scorpion Crown to achieve absolute dominion over his kingdom … and failed. The monstrous prince attempted to carve out his own empire after his father's fall, but was defeated by an alliance of Flan and Suel tribesmen. They hid him away in a tomb meant to hold him for all time … and with a fortune in treasure that he'd plundered (the superstitious tribesmen wanting nothing to do with it).
The Fire Giant's Pyre: King Alothor, a notable fire giant king who died 250 years ago, once unified several of the warring fire giant tribes in the Drachensgrabs. When he died fighting a red dragon, his sons — in one last act of respect before falling into fighting amongst themselves — created the Pyre, a sort of tomb nestled in the still-warm depths of the crumbling mountains. The King was buried with his weapons, his loot, and several of his wives (noble giantesses who guard him in the afterlife).
The Aperture of Zalshox: The lair of Zalshox, a beholder cast out from the City of Eyes, is located in the southern hills of the Pomarj. Rumor has it he's bred a small army of hobgoblin servants slavishly loyal to him. The beholder has lived for centuries, and is believed to have taken a sizable amount of treasure out of the Obsidian Maze when he fled it.
The Wyvern Empire: General Kor is still out there, assembling his Hextorite followers, awakening Ironbound Warriors (aka reinforced flesh golems), and bringing order to the chaotic lands of the Pomarj.
The Tomb of Telan: Final resting place of the flan hero Telan and ancestor of Hegil Tfinnan, the Tomb is believed to hold the Ghostbane Scrolls. The Scrolls are a bardic epic that recounts Telan's battles with an ancient Nerullite cult that worshipped the demi-lich Charax.
Charax was charged with defending the final portal to the Fading Land of Necros, a lich-ruled demiplane dominated by the undead. His phylactery, the Crystal Skull of Charax, was shattered by Telan at the culmination of the heroe's battle with the Nerullite cult.