Choral, Vanishing, Skyfall and a bit of Golka! (with quite a few overarching spoilers)


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I am working out my storyline that ties Coral the Conqueror, House Rogarvia vanishing, Starfall sealing itself and losing contact with Glan Golka into one coherent tale that can play through the political lines of my campaign.

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From what I can see I have the following things to work with …

Choral the Conquerer came out of Ioberia, with a barbarian host and red dragons. He claimed Issia and Rostland to form Brevoy. (There are rumours he was a red dragon)

Choral destroyed the town, then investigated the observatory at Starwatch and started building a new settlement there.

After a number of years, once Brevoy was established, Choral disappeared.

Skywatch was rebuilt as a walled town by House Rogarvia

On the same day House Rogarvia disappeared and Skywatch sealed itself

Sometime that winter - all contact was lost with the Clan Golka in the Goloshkin mountains.

So, first of all a question - is there anything that officially defines Highdelve – apart from listing its population in The Inner Sea World Guide? If Not, I intend to use it as the name of the Dwarven Golka Clan stronghold, and use the population numbers to show how many dwarves have gone missing.

Personally, I can’t see House Garess having two major settlements in those mountains – But I can see it as the entrance way to an underground Dwarven citadel that used to lead down into the mines and even further down ….

Then it becomes a case of “We know where it should be, but there have been rock slides and avalanches and the roads were swept way, and the entrances buried. In fact, we aren’t even really sure exactly where we looking for the entrances. We expected them to make contact via one of the other entrances (we know they exist) but so far, there has been nothing”

TBH, it doesn’t really matter, I can always use the same story with a different name :}

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But back to the Plot …

Choral the Conqueror made a pact (probably with Asmodeus) for ‘Blood’. Once his ‘blood’ had ruled for 200 years – it would be reclaimed.

The vanishing: after 200 years the term was up, and all the blood was taken back. Along with the flesh and blood that surrounded it and the souls that went with it. Not a bad return on the loan of some blood for a few years. There are still a few minor members of House Rogarvia – those who were adopted into the royal house, and who control a few small manors, but they don’t amount to much.

The Blood: It isn’t really relevant (because the blood will have gone) But I quite like the idea of the Blood having given the family sorcerers extra bloodline powers - I can see a sorcerer with Destined, Dragon and Infernal bloodline powers all at the same time *Evil Grin*

Because of ‘The Blood’ some of his progeny grew into sorcerers / witches / oracles – and these were given the true legacy of his rule. They were told the secret of their blood, and that they were to find a way of surviving, and ruling, without blood. Control of the Kingdom and New Steven was given to the ‘Magic Free’ descendants – and they were allowed to rule as they saw fit - just so long as the casters were looked after.

These magic free descendants will literally pay the blood price.

Skyfall: Skyfall was given to House Rogarvia’s casters as their home and research centre. Deep within the citadel, towers, basement and crypts of Skyfall, powerful caster dynasties (all of house Rogarvia) planned and prepared. Each trying to find a way to get around the effects of the pact. On the day of The Vanishing, all sorts of contingencies went into place, one of which sealed the city from the outside world. I’ll work it out later - but I imagine it will be a combination of slowing time down, some sort of planar shift and scrying protections. Perhaps even some illusory elements and maze effects thrown in for the hell of it.

Since then they have been working things out amongst themselves. But now the power struggles are over, and they are ready to reclaim the kingdom for themselves. I can just see Choral (Now) as an awakened demi-lich sorcerer dragon disciple, sitting deep under Sky Watch. Hordes of un-dead (there were 6500 living residents when it was sealed) controlled by what ever high level un-dead I can dream up – spilling out and claiming Brevoy back from the living on behalf of House Rogarvia.
The Golka? Well that was revenge. When Asmodeus (or whoever the pact was with) realised that he had been denied (in part) he struck, intending to release a horde of under dark creatures into Brevoy though the caves, caverns and mines in the Goluskin mountains. However, the Dwarven Citadel was in the way. Worse, the huge earthquake he used to open up all those routes for the Underdark creatures, caused all the land slides and avalanches. That triggered all of the dwarves defences - and they are impressive. Since then they have been fighting for their lives and survival – and it has been a stand off.

But now that Asmodeus’s attention is attracted again by the Undead Rogarvians re-entering the world - he maliciously sends another series of earthquakes - and suddenly an enraged Underdark army appears on the other side of the kingdom.

Anything I have missed?


...I like it :D
Most of all the contingencies around Skyfall.. Master wizards would definitely do everytyhing in their power to stop the pact from taking them "home" :D

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It's picky but: here are Asmodeus' domains Evil, Fire, Law, Magic, Trickery. I guess I'd like to see them interplay more with your story.

An army risen from the underdark isn't tricky to me nor is it particularly lawful, or fire intensive, or particularly magical. The actions of the god you describe I'd expect to have earth chaos and destruction in their domains.

Now if the wizards unintentionally locked themselves in with their own magic and caused an evil to be unleashed unknowingly into the world intrinsically tied to their fate that would strike me as a more ASmodeus move.

I like everything before the last paragraph allot.


Ah - you mistake the intent. His contract has been honoured, he got what it said - but it didn't work out as well as he had hoped. So it is no big deal - just an annoyed devil having a quick swipe to make life difficult for the people who half-got out of the deal.

There is no real concern of or thought behind it. It it not meant to be much more than a complication for the party at best.

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Gotcha Asmodeus is halfa$$ing it but that still can be fairly deadly.


Exactly :)


Maybe Asmodeus used one of his other contracts to double-up.
Maybe he promised someone else some power, and this would be a good opportunity: other-guy-3000 gets necroti powers, and unleashes hell... And it happened to be right where someone else has managed to get more out of his bargain than he..well, bargained for :p

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