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Vítday, 1 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Gunstadtan > Underbarron:
- Brosh Dväalzkhiin, Carenthis and the rest of the surviving
dwarvish army arrive back in Underbarron.
Terday, 2 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Great Sea > En Route: Demdomin
to Varosh
- The Lady anchors off the Valley of Gold to take shelter
from the storm.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Wallon:
- Arvan, Nicos, Rufus, Kell, Keteran and Nebuchadnezzar arrive
in the deserted village of Wallon.
- Nicos disturbs a hibernating bear.
- See also:
Zephday, 3 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Great Sea > En Route: Demdomin
to Varosh
- Nearing Varosh, the ship encounters hundreds of dead fish floating
in the water. They have been poisoned.
- See also:
Caladay, 4 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Uris:
- In a lavish public ceremony, King Galahyde raises the adventuring
party of Nikita, Selik, Berrimede, Crispin, Takalla and Refuto
to the Order of Valour.
- The adventurers are very popular in the city. Some begin to
call them the Chosen of Galahyde.
Sharday, 5 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Village
of the Eighteen Churches:
- On one of her frequent jaunts to the Village of the Eighteen
Churches, Ellyboodle sees what she thinks is Bronx's ghost.
- She remains in the Village and takes steps to protect the 'ghost'
from the Watchers, until she can find out what the spirit wants,
and how she can put it to rest.
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Varosh:
- After much rough weather the party can see a plume of smoke
on the horizon. It becomes apparent that Varosh is a volcanic
island and it has erupted!
- Torr and Jonus fly off to investigate Varosh while the ship
turns to the relative safety of the nearby island of Inoch.
- Torr and Jonus see that most of the island is destroyed, but
notice a ship bearing the symbol of the Arcanum Incognita in a
bay on the western side that has escaped the rivers of molten
rock.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Inoch:
- Torr and Jonus return to the ship to make their report.
- Rakmallion Singar makes his move against the party and attacks
them with a trio of summoned air elementals.
- Torr fights against his comrades, but his heart is not in it.
- Rakmallion is defeated and killed. Torr claims to have been
mind-controlled and everyone believes him.
- See also:
Morday, 6 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Varosh:
- Elais, Ravenna, Torr, Jonus, Fallor, Jessica, Misgon and Drasha
arrive on Varosh for the first time and investigate the island.
- They find an escape prisoner of the Potentates who turns out
to be Honour. Rendering her unconscious they try to take her to
safety but are ambushed by medusae. All are turned to stone.
- In the evening, a groggy Ravenna awakens alone. She meets her
mother and discovers she is a prisoner of the Potentates.
- See also:
Sunday, 7 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Varosh:
- Everyone apart from Ravenna awakes as prisoners of the Arcanum
Incognita.
- They are interrogated by Invigilant-General Barakar Santuro
of the Arcanum Incognita, and also by Medina Castden of the Desideratum
Veritas. The pair do not seem to be working to the same goals.
- In a private audience, Torr tells Castden that he has is "working
to constraints given to him by Malant".
- Meanwhile, Ravenna awakens to full consciousness and has her
remarkable origins revealed by Elsabette Morketh. She agrees to
help the Potentates by undergoing a dangerous experiment.
- Ravenna is given a tour of the Potentate base and sees the birthing
vats.
- See also:
Vítday, 8 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Varosh:
- Honour is removed, tortured and returned.
- Medina Castden interviews the party for a second time.
- Ravenna undergoes some initial experiments that are interrupted
by the arrival of King Gorneesh of the fire giants.
- Ravenna and Alhanna meet with Gorneesh. Ravenna convinces him
to attack the Arcanum Incognita.
- See also:
Terday, 9 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Varosh:
- Santuro speaks to the party once more before he leaves to attack
the Potentates. He orders his lieutenants to slay the party.
- To save them, Jonus calls upon the Painted Lady who brutally
kills the clerics.
- The party escape and come to an understanding with Mina Castden.
- Honour leads them to a sea cave filled with people who have
escaped the Potentates.
- The party meet Ravenna's father, Thorik Tannesh as well as the
only other surviving members of Dellan Gant's band of thugs: Bronsk,
Lalmon, Penner and Garth.
- Hitting upon an insane plan, the party put all these refugees
in a large sticky web and fly them to Inoch to escape the island.
- The party (and Honour) remain to head to the exploding volcano
and save Ravenna.
- Meanwhile, the experiments begin in earnest for Ravenna. Time
is running out for all sides.
- See also:
Zephday, 10 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Varosh:
- Ravenna is now completely on Morketh's side and conspires with
the Potentates to neutralise their enemies (including Elias and
the others).
- Ravenna's "rescue mission" encounters the Arcanum
Incognita massing outside Mount Vargus. Jessica is captured, but
she manages to escape, and the party enter the erupting volcano.
- They encounter a fire giant that they slay, but in the battle
Fallor is killed.
- The group discover that Medina Castden is stirring up the power
of the mountain god, Vargus. Vargus will destroy the entire island,
wiping out absolutely everything.
- The medusae attack the party again. Jessica is petrified, but
the rest of the medusae are killed.
- King Gorneesh leads his fire giants against the Arcanum Incognita.
- The party reach Morketh as the experiment with Ravenna and Alhanna
is in progress. Drasha is petrified. Lokan Kalharn joins the party
to battle alongside them. Elias turns Morketh into a hamster with
the Mirror of Melifel.
- The experiment goes awry. The dark taint is transferred from
Ravenna to her mother turning Alhanna into a demonic monster.
Vargus arrives and battles Alhanna. In the chaos Ravenna is rescued.
- The party flee the island as the volcano explodes taking most
of Varosh with it. Everyone who remains on the island (including
Honour) is killed.
- The party returns to Inoch.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Timberlake
Road:
- Arvan, Nicos and company pass Timberlake on their journey to
the Village of the Eighteen Churches.
- See also:
Caladay, 11 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Inoch:
- The party arrive on Inoch at dawn and get some much needed rest.
- It is revealed that Ravenna has been cleansed of the taint she
picked up in the Great Dark.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Sorgar:
- The elf, Rhiana, appears to Raza in a dream and informs him
that something terrible is going to happen in Genbasson - something
to the Moon God's advantage - that revolves around a mysterious
Genbassi prophet called Enoch.
- Raza goes to the Vampire of Sorgar who agrees to sponsor a trip
to Genbasson as long as Raza is accompanied by four vampires:
Rugan Morganstern, Finious Wretch, Haurt and Amarice Shai'ir.
- Raza and Amarice Shai'ir get talking about Rio. Amarice still
has some affection for her.
- See also:
Morday, 13 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Sorgar:
- Raza hires a ship to take him and the vampires to Genbasson.
- The Spirit of Sharrash is captained by Alma Tandera who
cannot understand why Raza is going to Genbasson. However, he
recommends the tavern, The Maiden, as a a good place to
meet exotic and limber locals.
- See also:
Sunday, 14 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Inoch:
- Elias and Thorik have a heart-to-heart regarding Ravenna.
- See also:
Zephday, 17 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Isle of Inoch
- The ship carrying Elias, Ravenna and company leaves Inoch bound
for Palidines in Sorostrae.
- See also:
Sharday, 19 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Village
of the Eighteen Churches:
- Arvan and Nicos Allumière arrive at the Village and begin
their search for Bronx.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Sorostrae> Palidines:
- Elias, Ravenna and company arrive in Palidines.
- They sell the vampiric green gem Ravenna found in the Great
Dark for 50,000 crowns to the Agisotic Church. This gives them
sufficient money to return Drasha and Jessica to the flesh.
- Bronsk, Lalmon, Penner and Garth swear fealty to Elias. They
are now his brute squad.
- See also:
Morday, 20 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Sorostrae> Palidines:
- Elias, Ravenna, Jonus, Torr, Lokan and Jessica go shopping.
- See also:
Sunday, 21 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Village
of the Eighteen Churches:
- Late in the evening, scrivener Havelock Pobright, raises an
enormous Corpse Gatherer outside the Village of the Eighteen Churches
powered by the Bronx's ethereal rage. However, rather than marching
on the goblin kingdoms in the mountains, the massive undead creature
heads off to destroy Northmeet.
- With the aid of Archnecrotain Varamil, Arvan, Nicos and their
companions enter the ethereal plane and subdue Bronx.
- The creature is destroyed and Northmeet is saved.
- See also:
Vítday, 22 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Village
of the Eighteen Churches:
- Arvan, Nicos, Kell and Rufus Sewell return to Northmeet in order
to track down Brack.
- Nebuchadnezzar de Chesiré joins the mercenary band that
tried to kill him.
- Sir Keteran and Bronx head off to raise the golden child.
- Ellyboodle returns to the service of Aldric Kurst.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Sorostrae > Palidines:
- Elias asks the Church of Life in Palidines to cast magic that
will allow Drasha to have children. They refuse.
- In the evening, at a plush tavern, Elias and Drasha's marriage
is finally consumated.
- See also:
Terday, 23 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Northmeet:
- Arvan, Nicos, Kell and Rufus Sewell arrive in Northmeet.
- Their efforts to locate Brack are hampered by the fact that
he is a fugitive and so are Nicos and Arvan.
Caladay, 25 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Lartan
Cross:
- Rio and Alicia Shai'ir arrive in Lartan Cross and discover Edmundo
Horath is the new baron. They avoid him and find word of where
their mother is staying.
- There is a tearful reunion between Elisia and her daughters
(especially Rio). However, Amarice is missing! He was last seen
going to Uris.
- Rio determines to find Amarice and prepares to head to Uris.
She realises that she will need help and wants to contact Nicos,
but has no idea how to reach him.
Sharday, 26 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Lartan
Cross:
- Rio leaves for Uris to try and find Nicos.
- Mulhoreth, brave and trusty family retainer of the Shai'ir family
accompanies her. He however his final destination is Northmeet
to see if he can find Nicos. He is under orders to fetch Nicos
and bring him to Lucien's safe house near Gallworth (the sea cave).
Rio plans to meet him there on 3 Keenaxe 204 LE.
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Sorostrae> Palidines:
- The ship leaves Palidines, carrying Elias closer to his home.
- See also:
Morday, 27 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Great Sea > En Route: Palidines
to Jotan's Point
- Elias tells his companions of the history of Jotan's Point.
- Twelve dragons (of all colours) overtake the ship heading west.
- See also:
Terday, 30 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Great Sea > En Route: Palidines
to Jotan's Point
- Another five dragons overtake the ship heading west.
- See also:
Terday, 37 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Uris:
- Rio arrives in Uris and starts looking for Amarice. Mulhoreth
presses on to Northmeet.
Zephday, 38 Baretwig 204
Iourn > Northern World > Great Sea > En Route: Palidines
to Jotan's Point
- The ship is attacked by a Dragon Turtle that knows Elias's name,
and doesn't like him very much.
- In a pitched battle the monster is driven off.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Farragopolis:
- Raza and his vampiric companions arrive in Farragopolis just
as the sun is setting.
- On the docks, Raza is accosted by a group of Genbassi who take
exception to his face. The starving vampires burst out of their
boxes (except Amarice, who can't get the lid off) and slaughter
the attackers.
- Haurt dominates one of the thugs - Rupert - to act as their
guide and lead them to a safe house.
- The vampires dispose of the remaining bodies in the water so
as not to give themselves away.
- Once their crates and native earth are safely hidden the party
decide to head to The Maiden.
- Hearing a cry for help, the party discover a Salmayan in the
process of assaulting a cat-like Genbassi girl called Gudrun.
- Playing against type, Amarice rescues the girl while Finious
dominates the Salmayan; he is a spy called Danolli.
- Danolli tells Finious that the Salmayan army is only days from
Farragopolis, and that he was sent to spy on Enoch.
- Finious tells Danolli to continue his mission, but also report
back to him, and then releases him.
- Raza and Finious return to the safe-house while Amarice and
Rugan take the confused Gudrun home.
- Gudrun's father is Sarvlan, the innkeeper of The Maiden.
The two vampires are made very welcome because of their rescue
of Gudrun. Amarice says that they have recently arrived from the
fictitious land of Mongra.
- The pair learn that Enoch is considered a great and holy man
- far more so that the rulers of Farragopolis. He is the only
hope they have against the Salmayans and he is to hold a big rally
tomorrow.
- Sarvlan complains about his taxes, so Amarice and Rugan sneak
to the local tax office and break in. They find Sarvlan's accounts
and alter them so he owes even more money (they are evil after
all).
- The pair drain and then shred a homeless man, dump his body
in the harbour, and return to the safe-house.
- As he sleeps, the marks on Raza's chest glow and rearrange themselves
into a new pattern while Finious watches.
- See also:
Caladay, 39 Baretwig 204
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Farragopolis:
- Rugan and Amarice tell Raza what they discovered, and Finious
tells the monk about Raza's glowing chest.
- Finious and Amarice attack Raza with their disguise kits, and
the monk goes to The Maiden for breakfast where he meets
Gudrun and tells her that Amarice is married.
- He accompanies Gudrun and her family to the main square to hear
Enoch speak.
- Raza hears the charismatic Enoch speak, and sees Enoch's inner
circle, the Lunar Elect. Enoch wants all his followers to leave
town with him two days hence. He promises great power.
- Rhiana finds Raza in the crowd and the pair have a brief conversation.
He learns that the Brotherhood of the Black Rose are in the area
and planning on killing Enoch.
- Raza is gripped with a desire to climb up next to Enoch and
speak to the crowd.
- Raza spies an assassin heading toward Enoch and intercepts him.
Raza foils the assassination but is stabbed by a heavy enchanted
blade. The wounded Raza is taken in by Enoch.
- As Raza convalesces he talks to Enoch and discovers Enoch may
not be so unreasonable. Enoch offers to help Raza against Karatath
if Raza stands by him, and comes to Killantha with his followers.
- Killantha is revealed to be a place of special significance
for the Moon Gods, just like Korvast in Norandor.
- The vampires awake at dusk and go hunting. They set fire to
a house and then catch the family as it flees.
- Amarice cannot seem to get anything right. He is not very good
at being a vampire.
- The vampires volunteer to help put out the fire, but secretly
spread it.
- After their fun, they look for Raza. Rugan, Amarice and Haurt
are invited into Enoch's compound while Finious waits outside.
- Raza distracts the Watcher in Enoch's band by telling her is
gay.
- Raza and the vampires communicate with Altara for guidance.
- Raza believes the only way he can know if Enoch is telling the
truth is to speak to the Moon Gods.
- See also:
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Killantha:
- Raza and the vampires arrive in Killantha four hours before
dawn.
- The Brotherhood of the Black Rose arrive and battle the vampires.
Raza makes it to the central island and speaks to the gods before
the elves can stop him.
- Raza swears absolute loyalty to the moon gods and promises to
help Enoch.
- The vampire return to Farragopolis before dawn.
- When he return to the world, Raza finds is confronted by Thaniel
and Rhiana.
- The Moon Gods have hidden the marks on Raza's chest. Raza claims
he is no longer a Godspeaker.
- Raza promises the elves that he will kill Enoch for them, and
takes a magic dagger for the job.
- See also:
Sharday, 40 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Farragopolis:
- A group of Watchers find the vampires' safe house and attack
them.
- Raza pleads with Rhiana to contact Enoch in an attempt to save
the vampires.
- Enoch arrives in the nick of time and takes Raza and the vampires
in his protection.
- Raza tells Enoch he will join him in his mission.
- In secret, Raza tells the vampires everything that has transpired.
Raza intends to keep his word to the moon gods and abandon any
hope of keeping the elves as his allies.
- Amarice and Rugan make sure the vampires' coffins are made ready
for a quick getaway.
- Finious and Haurt track down Danolli at the camp of the Salmayan
army and undertake a number of underhand schemes to slow down
and divert that force from Farragopolis.
- The vampires use various dominated Salmayans to lay "safe
boxes" around the wilderness for them.
- Laste in the evening Raza has a visitation from the spirit of
Lacenor - the original holder of the Blade of Temperance. Lacenor
makes Raza begin to doubt his new subservience to the moon gods.
- See also:
Morday, 41 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > Killantha:
- Raza suffers a crisis of conscience. He delays the elves by
telling Rhiana he plans to kill Enoch at Killantha, but he still
doesn't know what he is going to do. Finious volunteers to kill
Enoch for him.
- Enoch leads his 5000 followers to Killantha. Raza and the vampires
go with him.
- Enoch begins to ascend. Raza is still torn. In the end he makes
a decision to side with the elves and kill Enoch, but it is too
late. Enoch is under the protection of the Moon Gods.
- Enoch and all his followers are transformed into lycanthropes
- a new plague on the world of Iourn.
- Finious Wretch and Haurt side with Enoch, the curse of vampirism
is removed from them and they become werecreatures.
- Enoch and his followers go to meet the Army of the Six Princes.
- The Brotherhood of the Black Rose try to contain the situation.
Rhiana completely washes her hands of Raza.
- Raza is distraught that his indecision has led to his.
- Altara commands Amarice and Rugan to let Raza go and enjoy his
misery.
- See also:
Vítday, 43 Baretwing 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Genbasson > The
Wilderness:
- Raza, blaming himself for the world's ills, takes up life as
a hermit and starts living in a cave.
Terday, 44 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Norandor > Northmeet:
- Mulhoreth arrives in Northmeet and finds Nicos. Nicos was just
about to leave the town and accompany Arvan, Kell, Rufus and Elleney
to Underbarren. However, he immediately changes his mind and heads
to help Rio.
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Jotan's
Point:
- Elias tells his comrades the story of his home, adn the madess
of his father, Mathias.
- The Lady passes Jotan's Point under the cover of darkness
and well out to sea.
- As dawn approaches it anchors in the cove beneath the village
of Raith.
- See also:
Zephday, 45 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Raith:
- Elias, Ravenna, Torr, Jessica, Lokarn, Jonus, Misgon and Drasha
ascend into a suspicious Raith.
- In Raith Keep they realise why, and are totally baffled by the
presence of another Elias Raithbourne, who arrived in the town
more than 100 days ago and has already resurrected and married
Alessandre!
- Magic is completely unable to discern who is the true Elias,
and although Ravenna tries to explain the entire thing away with
time travel no-one is buying it. Elias assumes that Clanlord Elias
is the real one and he is the fake.
- Elias, Lokan, Jonus and Drasha return to the ship, while the
others stay at the keep.
- Drasha tells Elias that Alessandre is pregnant.
- Torr and Jessica skulks around the town and the Chapel Draconis.
He is suspicious of Galachen Yine, the local priest who can apparently
draw spells from Io. They speak to Alessandre and return to the
keep.
- See also:
Caladay, 46 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Raith:
- Torr attends a service in the church and discovers the town
worships a bring called The Wyrm.
- Everyone reconvenes in a counsel with Clanlord Elias, who explains
how he came to be in Raith and how Alessandre was returned to
life. His story is extremely convincing.
- A magical message is sent to Quenqurial to see if he can Elias
the truth. Ravenna seems convinced that Clanlord Elias is the
fake, but Elias himself does not think so. He is disconsolate.
- Ravenna believes that this Alessandre is not really Alessandre
but a disguised Vaprissar. She isn't sure about the Elias, but
she is extremely suspicious of Galachen Yine.
- Drasha and Misgon go to speak with Raith's diminished noble
families.
- Lokan speaks to Marris Gowenborne (Yine's suboordinate who used
to be his superior).
- After following Yine, Jessica learns of the four-fold prophecy.
Yine speaks to Merriweather Dunburton - he is worried that the
appearance of a second Elias was not in the prophecy. Jessica
searches Yine's home but finds nothing.
- Jessica searches Clanlord Elias's bedroom and takes a plain
orb from a chest.
- Ravenna speculates that Yine is drawing his divine powers from
the guardian of the Temple of Concordance.
- See also:
Sharday, 47 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Raith:
- Ravenna goes to the temple and has a long heart-to-heart with
Alessandre. She has missed her.
- An invisible Elias, along with Lokan, Torr, Jonus and Jessica
hunt for the entrance to Ündrachis.
- They find the temple and meet with Shalnazara, who almost kills
them.
- Elias placates Shalnazara by promising to bring him Mathias
Raithbourne - thus discovering that his father still lives and
dwells in in Jotan's Point.
- They notice a portal like the one in Ashardon, only this one
is undamaged. It is possible the orb from Clanlord Elias's room
could be used to activate, but they need at least two and do not
know how it functions.
- Elias speaks to Clanlord Elias about Shalnazara. They discover
the pair have much in common (too much), but Clanlord Elias forbids
his counterpart from descending to Ündrachis again.
- But Elias does return in the evening and discovers some very
disturbing truths about his father: Elias had a sister called
Birgitte that Mathias Raithbourne sacrificed to Shalnazara.
- The party sneak south and observe Jotan's Point. They see an
enormous domed structure in the ruins that is possibly a temple.
- They are chased off by a bronze dragon.
- The river flows through Jotan's Point. They think they can get
some answers by talking to the water upstream.
- See also:
Morday, 48 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Raith:
- The party head north and encounter a harpy that flies away.
They speak to the water and learn very little. If they want to
find out what is happening in Jotan's Point they will have to
go there.
- The party manage to obtain the other nine enchanted orbs from
Clanlord Elias's room.
- Ravenna believes that the orbs used in conjuction with the portal
can open a doorway to the other eight temples of concordance.
The question is, how do they open a door to Ashardon?
- See also:
Sunday, 49 Baretwig 204 LE
Iourn > Northern World > Urova > Tibrai > Raith:
- At dusk, Elias is rendered invisible and undetectable by Lokan
and goes to see Marris Gowenborne.
- Marris tells Elias much about the history of Galachen Yine.
But they are disturbed by Marris's husband, Brand, who unfortunately
managed to see through Lokan's Spells. Brand goes to tell Clanlord
Elias.
- Clanlord Elias is furious at the robbery, Elias's deceptions
and refusal to leave. He challenges Elias to a duel.
- See also:
Onto Keenaxe
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