Thursday, May 5, 2011

Middlands Campaign: Recap

Overview
Four strangers met in the house of Kevin, a wise old sage who charged them with the saving of the world from an army of demons. They first killed John May, a marauding bandit whose magical axe was taken by Karyd, then met with Alloren, a Witch Hunter, and assassinated Alistair Dorotheus after attempting to invade his castle. They then began their long journey towards Patrickburg.
First stopping at the village of Erbrechen to kill a supposedly demon-worshipping priest, Kevin and the Brotherhood were attacked by a immense, horrifying creature with the head of a moose, only surviving thanks to Karyd, who stayed behind to slay the monster with the mysterious axe. Trying to find her again, the rest of the Brotherhood were confronted by an invading Banderan-Hobgoblin force, which they thwarted by killing their leadership and narrowly escaping with most of the villagers. But at a heavy price, for Red-Shirt Q had fallen in battle while attempting to grapple a troll.
After arriving in Patrickburg, the Brotherhood realised that Kevin had lied to them all along: he was actually a servant of the Godkiller, an ancient being that imprisoned the Supreme Septenary, and that he was banished from the Patrickburg Academy of Wizards for attempting resurrection when he uncovered the existence of the Divine Order, a secret group dedicated to bringing back the Gods.
Allying with a member of the Order, Barek von Böse, the group confronted him and stole a resurrection scroll; yet the old wizard managed to escape by unleashing an incorporeal creature.