You meet your old friend Keleri Deverin in the western foothills of the Tors of Levinies. A wild and desolate country, the area knows no ruler, though you have heard that a newly-founded kingdom to the north has designs on the territory.
Keleri welcomes you warmly into a small encampment of her allies from the Esoteric Order of the Palatine Eye.
“We’ve come a long way since Magnimar, but we have so much more to do. We still don’t fully know the extent of the Night Heralds’ plans, although you and others have given us valuable intelligence to work with. We know that the Night Heralds seek countdown clocks, but not why. We know that these devices are counting down to the year 4718 AR, but not what event will occur then. We know the Dominion of the Black is involved and that a wizard named
Ramlock is associated with them, but not what the Dominion wants, nor who Ramlock may actually be.
“Ramlock is our focus now, though. With the aid of Professor Verid Oscilar, we’ve learned a bit more about this mysterious figure. Ramlock was a Kellid wizard who became notorious in Osirion during that nation’s First Age thousands of years ago for his research into the Dominion of the Black. By all accounts, he might be among the first on Golarion to begin investigating these alien entities, and perhaps even one of the founders of the Night Heralds. He vanished long ago, but according to our research, his original home was
not in Osirion, but rather here in the outskirts of what was once Kellid land, near the site of something ancient texts refer to only as the “Moonmere.” Unfortunately, the Night Heralds have learned this as well, and we believe they’ve sent a sizable force to this Moonmere. Something there must be of great importance to the cult.
“And if it’s important to the Night Heralds, it’s doubly so to us, for we are still very much in the dark as to their plans. We fear that the event they’re anticipating in 4718 will be apocalyptic, and while that date is still years away, time is passing quickly. I doubt the forces we’ve been able to gather on this short notice will be enough to face the Night Heralds, but we have managed to narrow down Moonmere’s location—we believe it lies at the headwaters of the
Little Sellen River or one of its tributaries. And this is where you come in, my friends. While I remain here at this base camp, awaiting the arrival of more support and continuing to research the Moonmere, the Esoteric Order needs you to explore this region. Seek out
resources to aid us, forge alliances with local peoples and creatures, and determine the lay of the land and the dangers within. But we must hurry, for in 2 months, a lunar eclipse important to the
Night Heralds is set to occur, and if we haven’t found the Moonmere and routed them from the region by then, who knows what horrors they might unleash upon the world?”
Keleri then offers to answer any questions that you may have before you start your search for allies, resources, and the Moonmere itself.
Tace clears his throat
"Um....hmmm...what can you tell us about the local peoples and creatures?"
He pauses nervously
"and....uh...are there any landmarks or clues that we should look out for while we search for the uh..."Moonmiror"...er...what was it....sorry"
Tace stops and stares at his feet