Rendpyre comes to Ulfdin
All of the following happened on one day, Eleint 21, 1510 DR, the Autumnal Solstice. Snow fell at dawn after a long, hot summer in Southern Gildensong. An omen of the strange, violent tale about to unfold.
After the murder of Elyndra Osathus, Naelthir Osathus’s wizard wife, a cascade of events followed. Naelthir, who lives in Silverymoon, is Siluvaria’s greatest weaponsmith, and Elyndra lived in the Indigo Spindle on Ulfdin’s east side. Zun Alta destroyed Theraktrian in the Indigo Spindle on the night of Elyndra’s murder. Zun had gone downstairs to the basement after he found Elyndra’s body. There, among other things, he found the illithid. He found a strange airship on blocks in an enormous domed hangar. Theraktrian, the illithid, followed Zun downstairs, as the knight was permitted to go where the illithid was not. The illithid had taken Sir Corlis’s form for many weeks before this moment. After defeating the illithid, Zun was convinced this evil thing had killed Elyndra. When he went back upstairs at dawn, the villagers had found the wizard elf’s body. They claimed to have found a drow-made blackstone blade. Aeffre, the drow child, was brought to the town square as Zun arrived.
At that moment, Reverend Holbein’s wagons rolled into town, with four retainers in tow, and he announced he was now the judge and jury for any slights or crimes that offended the crown or the gods.
At that moment, Loralin rode into town atop a black-furred unicorn stallion named Asasa, whom he had ridden all night to reach Ulfdin. He rode with grim news. The archfey Verenstra, with whom he had spent the last month spinning farm songs in the North County, told him that, because of the wizard wife’s death, the terrible wraith revenant Aergaroth was sent to find her true murderer. As he said this, Zun knew the illithid hadn’t killed Elyndra. Aergaroth wields a sword of doom, Rendpyre, and Ulfdin would not survive the day should battle ensue.
Holbien storms the chapel of the Chalice and the Eye and finds Kaethra Wolfheart, and immediately proclaims her a witch with his holy avenger dagger. So touched by the holy blade, she reveals herself as the fiend hag of Ulfdin. Holbein destroys the chapel and kills eight villagers in the process.
Wielding Rendpyre, Aergaroth arrives; Loralin sees the Anum Batai sword wraith, Acertiana, arrive, with a vision of Matildae, the drow lich, now estranged after Volukai fled the Halls of the Night Mist. Also present was Skylla, Vivianna’s wraith sister and a betrayer of the Silvaeren.
Ogedron the summer troll arrives, along with Aeldarga—Ogedron’s enemy and a fiend-fay. Her agent, the Consumer, a sentient fire elemental, also arrives and burns most of the town.
Aolienne dies while defeating the Consumer, saving half of the town by her sacrifice. At this, another illithid, Metathrein himself, arrives with his slaad bodyguard, Varkesh, the imprisoned. Loralin realizes Varkesh is held against his will and frees the aberrant monster. At this, the illithid retreats. Zun and Loralin see now that this was all a grand plot to get Rendpyre on the field. The ultimate treasure. As Kaetha is destroyed, the thing that truly killed Elyndra, Aergaroth is also slain, and Rendpyre falls to the ground. Zun and Loralin suspect that it let itself be captured. Aeldarga retreats. The Anum Batai disappear. Holbein proclaims his authority to take the sword of doom back to Edderoth. Loralin and Zun acquiesce. Was it the right move?
Metatherein and Theraktrian share the same stat block for this campaign
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