Neycitte campaign, elf fighting against orcs
Rahan Silaqui: Mage conjurator
Soulglow Galandel Moonwisper: Bard
Armándyl Sálvyl: Mystic Theurge, Priest of Corellion Larethian
Felanway Caradris: Hospitalier, Priest of Farlang
Lanway: Prêtre de Corellion Larethian
Cerval: Sorcerer
Introduction:
18 000 years ago, an elven fleet of war galley fled their continent from a threath lost in history. They came to a new continent surrounded by a ring of coral reefs and whirlpools. Losing more than half of their ships they settled in a small creek, unable to get back through the reefs. The elven conquistador led by their king Gastroenteriel, they went exploring the volcanic island. They founded at the confluent of two rivers, a cove of gigantic trees inhabited by peaceful orcs. Using their tactical and military advantages, the elves exterminated the orcs pushing the survivor into the vocanic mountain range of dragonwall. They settled in the gigantic trees and built a city in the branches, naming it Neyicitte new capital of the elven kingdom.
The elven civilization prospered until 500 years ago when the orcs from the volcanic mountains came back to exact revenge upon the elves. They burned and pillaged everything form the mountains to the door of the elven capital of Neyicitte.
The elven kingdom almost fell, but an alliance with the humans from the steppes and dwarves from the hills came to their rescue in exchange of magic teachings. Their contribution was pale in comparison of the archmage Faxanadu who weaved a necromantic mythal which animated the dead elven soldiers and mages against the orcs. The archmage infused enchantments after enchantments, strenghtening the mythal until it was quasi alive. Protected inside the capital, no orcs could enter and a wave of vengeful undead washed over the orc hordes driving them back into the dragonwallmountain. The last battle took place at the feet of the dragonwall beyond Shaengrene; the lava river. The battlefield expanding from the river to the mountain id tho this day known as the great devastation of the plain of fuldead because of the millions of cadavers piled onto the barred land.
To thank the dead for saving them, Faxanadu allowed them to stay in the cliff flanking the noble quarter in Neyicitte. to this day the elven civilization is built around the veneration of their deathless ancestor and necromantic magic.
From this day the elven kingdom lives under the oppression of Faxanadu the necromancer who lives in his floating darkstar tower. Nobody as seen him since 300 years. The king is a puppet and the real power is behind two council, The 13 masked archmages with their secret police: the crimson knights and the undying court of the deathless. Nobles are vain and only seek power and wealth. The twelve dragonmarked houses are supposed to look after the protection of the kingdom, but they are mostly composed of petty nobles. Since the mythal protects them from the ocs, people in Neyicitte are almost cut off from the rest of the kingdom, leaving the rest to themselves.
In the darkness there is hope, the thirteen dragonmarked house has come back. House Corbonazis take the protection of the kingdom very seriously after witnessing orcs crossing the shaengrene river in whole platoons without opposition. Their leader Fellanwe Khoradris d'Corbonazis is a direct descendant of Gastroenteriel and while adventuring, gathers fund and support to create a army to oppose the orc hordes.
The tombs of the time
After discovering and sharing the corbeau nazis treasure we returned a second time in the tomb of time. Felenway taking the leads successfully entered in the room where death took me a second time in his bed. Well I know a pool of ice cream near the cloud of sexy lesbians was a pleasant experience but i prefer to lived and sing my songs for the elven nation. By the way Armandil also entered in the room and cast a dispel magic spell and break the enchantment. And then, a loud and scary voice says: “Welcome in the tombs of times I shall only open to the third disciple of Faxana II”. After al little while, a taught came back to my minds that I express loudly to everyone. When we entered in the tombs was written on the epitaph “There rest in peace Sanghkon Khet IX second disciple of Faxana II”. So Cerval decided to touch the name of Sanghkon Khet that was written on the wall and tehm a door opened slowly making a squeaked noise. “The Tomb of Sanghkon Khet is now open. But, remember what is done in there cannot be undone without missing with the continuum space time”.
The door opened on a long corridor who was trapped by some minor sort, that give a real hard time to the great wizard Rahan, he used more then 10 charges of his wands to dispel a rune of dumbness. But he managed to deactivated the spell and we entered in one of the most creepy place that I have pass thought. The room was a endless pool of white worms with sharps teeth this rooms leads to tree other doors.
In one of the doors lies a dwarf helmet with two red and angry eyes, that seemed to says Kill Kill Kill. These terrific eyes was the eyes of the most dangerous assassins of the universe. This dwarf is often summoned in the planes to kill other people and till this day he never had miss his target. We wisely decided to close back the doors and this is a that precise moment that Rahan give me the most beautiful thing that I have ever receive in my life. These gift made me cried of joy in front of alls the Corbonazis compagnions. This present was a wonderful lyre of building, one of the most powerful instrument hand crafted and enchanted by the great Kanixious DePachabella. With this magnificent instrument I crafted a bridges, with a beautiful statue of Felenway holding the flags of the Corbeau Nazis house in his hand and the finger of the other arms pointed in the air, announcing the raising of this great House, so that every one can pass safely through the pool of white worms. Then Rahan took his wand of knock and opened the locked door and everyone entered in the next room, where rest Sanghkon Khet.
Sanghkon Khet the spell weaver
A voice echoes in yours heads “ I told you to say the password to enter don't you remember?” So have you fulfill your mission now? I am still waiting the last time you came you didn't fulfill your duty?” and there is the reply of Felenway
- “ Hello, I am ....”
- “Yes I know You are Felenway Coradris of the house of the Corbonazis and the futur king of the elven nations, who cares. Welcome in the tombs of times. I supposed you want to pay the 1000 gold piece for having the right to be part of the Cachalot crew like the other member waiting in the next room. We are waiting to the next passage of Zhull Hellbringner. He will bring us back in time in a new space location where we will be safer.”
Well says Felenway “ I didn't understand what you means but we here there for the rod of splendor the last piece for reforging one of the eleven moon blade, weapons of the great Futor Branchekikrak ”
“ Well if you didn't want to be part of the Cachalot and see the magnificent Zhull Hellbringner, a men apart of the gods, the times and everything else. The man one who clone itself and merge later on with to re appropriate their knowledge and power... If you didn't be part of this adventure then you have nothing else to do in the Tombs of times, please leave this place and never came back.”
When everyone was ready to go back home, I decided to speak these words.
“Well, honorable Sanghkon Khet, I'm sure that the Cachalot is a great and wonderful floating boat and that flying threw the continuum space time is a unforgiven experiences ...”
And then Rahan cried “ WE DON'T MESS WITH THE CONTINUUM SPACE TIME!!!”
And I reply “Um well excuses my friend words, he know a lot more then I know about this subject, you know he is a powerful magician and he studied a lot more this subject that i don't really understand well. The only thing that I understand well is the hearth of mens. We are truly desperate to saved the elven nations all your brothers and sisters are currently dying, murdered by the evils orcs nations. These beasts has raised a second army again the elves and we may face a second Termogaidon. We lived in the fear of tomorrow. We seek to bring justice in a world of chaos. We are the light coming from death prepared to sacrifice everything we have. Even ours owns souls for the safety of the elven kingdoms. Please help us to reforge the moon blade. This blade will only reforged to serve the poor, the widow and the orphans. This is a promise that i made with this words.”
“Hum..” says Sanghkon Khet “I may help you is true. But know that i am aware of the past and the futur of this world. This moon blade will help you but when you will be ashes and that the children of the children of your children will be born the world for what you have fight now will no longer exist... But that is another story... Yours word have touch me and i accepted to give you the moon blade, but you must fulfill one duty for me before. You may do what your are best at, killing. You may kill the evil assassin dwarf who rest in the next room, or you may destroy or sealed with a powerful enchantement all the beast who reside in the chamber of time. These beasts are a danger to the futur of your race and who know when they will be released.
And then Rahan cried again “ WE DON'T MESS WITH THE CONTINUUM SPACE TIME!!! AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEANS BY CHAMBER OF TIME RESIDENTS?”
Sanghkon Khet “Sorry I forget i was sure that you know this little details, well the chamber of times consist of five mausoleum were lies 5 powerful monster. In the first one reside Kimpwipwi one of the 900 gay demon from hell” in the second reside creatures raise by a dark and cruel drow goddess, Loth himself have created this two vicious and terrible evicerator scarabs, in the third one reside a minor god worshiped by the orc, Mochachino the elder black pudding huge as the sea. In the fourth one reside a chicken created and rejected by the Mind Flayer, this is a very special cockatrice that will be hard to turn into a BBQ... HAHAHAHAHA .... And in the last one the great and unique Felona Valaasithe d'Corbonazis the evil blackguard .... But before taking any decision I fell generous and you may exchange with me any of your spell book and I will learn you some of my own magic any one interested?”
Rahan “ Well I am really interested I have to wizard book to exchange for your knowledge”.
An then Sanghkon Khet learn to Rahan the art of Spell Weaving, these ancient magical art consist to used both hands to cast two spells at the same times. So imagined what the powerful wizard Sanghkon Khet can do with six arms. Believe me I wouldn't take any chance of fighting him for the moon blade or anything else.
Everyone had is opinion on what to do. Cerval, Felenway and I wanted to fight all the evil in this place so that no one will ever get hurt in the near futur, but Rahan and Armandil who by the ways are lot more intelligent and wiser then all the rest of us, warned us against F##$ING THE CONTINUUM SPACE TIME. We shouldn't take any risk bla... bla... bla... and that the dwarf was probably to powerful to be defeated and that we didn't know how to seal the resident of the chamber of time. Well, then Felenway decided to take some risks and choose to clear the chamber of time of all his residents, an that options wasn't approved by Armandil the wise.
Felenway “Well powerful and venerable Sanghkon Khet we have made your choice we will clear the cavern of time in exchange of the moon blade and we will first fight the terrific Kimpwipwi one of the 900 gay demain from hell. Please, let us rest and tomorrow we will be ready to kill this beast.
Sanghkon Khet “ Great, great, as always you choose the killing path which goes well with the house of death, take all the time you need but remember as long as you are in this tomb, time goes back, so when you will get out you will be in the past. AND YES YOU CANNOT AND SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH THE CONTINUUM SPACE TIME. But I respect your decision, hope you will have a good night... “
Battle vs Kimpwipwi
The next days, when everyone was ready to challenge the Kimpwipwi the terrific, Felenway announced to Sanghkon Khet that we were ready. Than he teleport all of us in the chamber of time and he pointed us the mausoleum were was imprisoned this dreadful abyssal lord. We take alle the time to cast magical spell to help us for this battle, and then Cerval opened the mausoleum.
“Mouhahahahahahaha, fouls welcome in my prison, I am free at last prepared to face Kimpwipwi the viscious.”
We all strike the best we can, with doubtful success. After a short battle were Cerval cast one of his most powerful fire spell on the demon and then Kimpwipwi dissapered. In fact, he teleport itself in the desolated Troloc marches.
Then his voice raise aigain in the chamber od time “Thank you, Corbonazis you have free me at last, I shall now begin my reign of terror. I am now able to raise an powerful army that will conquer and burn down the glorious town of Neyicitte. I return I grant one wish to your leader. Felenway, what is your wish? You have ten second 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8... “
“ I want to hold the rod of splendor in my hand”
“Your request is now fulfilled, know that in return I have cast a curse on your name. All your descendant will lived to worship evils goods. Mouhahahahahahahaha!”
“Fool” cried Armandil “ You let's this demon free to bring chaos and destruction, we must stop this monster before he torne down the world in which we lived. We will have to mess WITH THE CONTINUUM SPACE TIME, if we go out of the tomb of time and await during one years. The tombs of time will continue to go back in time and we will go further on and in one year. When we'll came back Kimpwipwi will still be caged in his mausoleum. Them we'll get our revenge, for now on we got to focus on reforging the moon blade and prepared yourself to face this evil beast a second time.”
The family story of Soulglow Galendel Moonwisper
I am born from the union of Sandsodina Kel'takas and Likterin Galendel. They where both artist performing for the Circus story. They raise me, my two sister and my brother the best they can wandering from town to town an they learn me everything you need to know to lived a bard life ... An then one days, my father give me his luth. He told me that this instrument was crafted by Kanixious DePachabella.
This powerful bards, had help the elven army during the Theirmogaidon. He also negociated an alliance with the Nordag and the Dwarven kingdom. His words was so strong that every one was in loved with and was ready to die for them. He was one of the more loved and respected people of him time. After the Theirmogaidon he married himself, gave birth to my grandmother and retired himself far away from the civilisation. On his lying bed, alone and forgotten by everyone, he gave a magical luth to his daughter. He told her that this luth must be past from generation to generation.
“One day the elven nation will need my powerful music for a second time. I have seem the futur, this is why I retired myself from the people that loved and respect me. During the last years of my life I have prepared the path to my successor. This instrument will help him to find the clues that leads to my crypt and rediscovered the musical knowledge that i have buried in there. Believe me the 13th house will need this knowledge to negotiated a new peace with the humans and dwarven kingdoms."
I thanked my old man and decided to hit the road by my own. The first years wasn't really successful, I had really hard time. I was more interested in wine, women, and money but luck wasn't on my side and I had to do really dirty works to gain my every days breads. But I was on my own learning songs and story traveling around the beautiful elven country. Dreaming of fame and glory. I was flat broke when I arrived in Detanlpurin village, the night was dark and i needed a place to stay this is why entered by infraction in one of the farmer barn. The next day when i woke up I meet Rahan and Lunia and you'll know the rest of the story.
I'm the DM of this overly long campaign. We started playing more than a year ago with first level elves. They are now 12th level and they just exited a mysterious prison who travels backward through time. After freeing one of the 800 most dangerous demon on their world, they encountered a Marut inevitable waiting for them. "You messed with the time-space continuum and you must face the justice of Mechanus." Fortunately for them, the inevitable was waiting for Cerval's father; Futor Branchkikrak upon his sortie of the tomb. As a punishment, they were sent 6 months in the past. At this time they were fledging adventurers on a quest/trap for an archmage of Néyicitte. 3 months before the terrible orc invasion, this will give them time to change some unfortunate events that took place:
-Take revenge upon the Archmage traitor: Edilbo McCallister
-Stop as much slavecart filled with elves that the orcs will gather on the eve of the new Tarmon'Gaidon.
-Retrieve Jorinne Liliandrin D'Ghallanda, promise of the Bard Soulglow after he gave a jeweled MW2 rapier to the young king/puppet of the elven kingdom.