Princes of the Apocalypse
D&D based RP -- OOC thread
A terrible threat gathers in the North. Throughout this region of the Forgotten Realms, savage marauders bring destruction. Monsters are on the prowl, preying on flocks, rampaging through croplands, and attacking homesteads and travelers. In settlements, discord and suspicion grow. Sinister strangers lurk in the shadows, whispering about how everything is soon to change. This year brought an unseasonably warm and stormy spring. Tales spread of flooding, windstorms, wildfires, and tremors.
Our heroes find themselves in Red Larch, a little town on the Long Road in the Desserin Valley. In the distance, the Sumber Hills rise to meet the sky. Red Larch is a few days' travel from any major city -- Waterdeep to the south and Yartar to the north -- a quiet place with only one inn, the Swinging Sword, outside which they now stand. Next door to the inn is a small temple, while across the street sits a tavern, the Helm at Highsun.
Traveling to Red Larch, our heroes could hardly avoid hearing roadside gossip about an important caravan from the city of Mirabar, a trade delegation traveling south through the Sumber Hills to Waterdeep. The caravan should arrive in Red Larch any day now -- in fact, some people are growing worried that it hasn't shown up yet. Rumors also fly about fierce raiders, roaming monsters, suspicious strangers, and unseasonable weather.
@avespanthera
Hush's found family of unwanted children was torn apart when strangers kidnapped two of them, leaving their home blasted and burning in their wake. Hush followed their trail to the Sumber Hills, but there it seemed to end; he's ended up in Red Larch as he searches for further information. The main clue he has, besides the kidnappers' affinity for fire, is a symbol seen on their robes -- the lower half of a circle with three lines emerging from it, like so.
@AbyssRanger
A smith's apprentice tearfully appealed to Fus, as a mighty warrior, for help: thugs murdered his master and stole her greatest work, a beautiful sword. Fus tracked the thugs to the Desserin Valley, but isn't sure where to go from there, and has ended up in Red Larch as he searches. He knows the thugs were nautical men, sailors of some type, though certainly not reputable ones. And the smith's apprentice drew for him a symbol that one of them wore on a pendant: a sign like an hourglass with the top line missing.
@Zerohour
Reed's druidic circle sent her to the Sumber Hills to investigate the Circle of the Scarlet Moon, a mysterious group of druids that emerged only recently. These strangers claim to have magic unknown to other druids: a ritual that can restore the balance of nature in the Desserin Valley, which has gone askew. Reed knows that the Circle meets at Scarlet Moon Hall, but she's missing a key piece of information: the hall's exact location. It's somewhere in the Sumber Hills, but where? Maybe Red Larch holds the answer.
@Boborc
Recently, bandits invaded Grigsby's temple and killed their sister, Yuuna. Grigsby set out to catch these murderers, a trail that led them to Red Larch but no farther. An earth genasi led the killers, who used unusual earth-based magic in their attack. Grigsby managed to catch part of the genasi's name: Vizann. Perhaps someone in Red Larch will know where to find him.
@Justdevon
Within the last few months, representatives of a fire cult sought to recruit Reverence, assuming that as a tiefling, she would share their affinity for destructive flames. They were wrong. The cultists told Reverence they were based on the Sumber Hills, so here she is in Red Larch. They never mentioned the name of their cult, but they did show Reverence its symbol:
D&D based RP -- OOC thread
A terrible threat gathers in the North. Throughout this region of the Forgotten Realms, savage marauders bring destruction. Monsters are on the prowl, preying on flocks, rampaging through croplands, and attacking homesteads and travelers. In settlements, discord and suspicion grow. Sinister strangers lurk in the shadows, whispering about how everything is soon to change. This year brought an unseasonably warm and stormy spring. Tales spread of flooding, windstorms, wildfires, and tremors.
Our heroes find themselves in Red Larch, a little town on the Long Road in the Desserin Valley. In the distance, the Sumber Hills rise to meet the sky. Red Larch is a few days' travel from any major city -- Waterdeep to the south and Yartar to the north -- a quiet place with only one inn, the Swinging Sword, outside which they now stand. Next door to the inn is a small temple, while across the street sits a tavern, the Helm at Highsun.
Traveling to Red Larch, our heroes could hardly avoid hearing roadside gossip about an important caravan from the city of Mirabar, a trade delegation traveling south through the Sumber Hills to Waterdeep. The caravan should arrive in Red Larch any day now -- in fact, some people are growing worried that it hasn't shown up yet. Rumors also fly about fierce raiders, roaming monsters, suspicious strangers, and unseasonable weather.
@avespanthera
Hush's found family of unwanted children was torn apart when strangers kidnapped two of them, leaving their home blasted and burning in their wake. Hush followed their trail to the Sumber Hills, but there it seemed to end; he's ended up in Red Larch as he searches for further information. The main clue he has, besides the kidnappers' affinity for fire, is a symbol seen on their robes -- the lower half of a circle with three lines emerging from it, like so.
@AbyssRanger
A smith's apprentice tearfully appealed to Fus, as a mighty warrior, for help: thugs murdered his master and stole her greatest work, a beautiful sword. Fus tracked the thugs to the Desserin Valley, but isn't sure where to go from there, and has ended up in Red Larch as he searches. He knows the thugs were nautical men, sailors of some type, though certainly not reputable ones. And the smith's apprentice drew for him a symbol that one of them wore on a pendant: a sign like an hourglass with the top line missing.
@Zerohour
Reed's druidic circle sent her to the Sumber Hills to investigate the Circle of the Scarlet Moon, a mysterious group of druids that emerged only recently. These strangers claim to have magic unknown to other druids: a ritual that can restore the balance of nature in the Desserin Valley, which has gone askew. Reed knows that the Circle meets at Scarlet Moon Hall, but she's missing a key piece of information: the hall's exact location. It's somewhere in the Sumber Hills, but where? Maybe Red Larch holds the answer.
@Boborc
Recently, bandits invaded Grigsby's temple and killed their sister, Yuuna. Grigsby set out to catch these murderers, a trail that led them to Red Larch but no farther. An earth genasi led the killers, who used unusual earth-based magic in their attack. Grigsby managed to catch part of the genasi's name: Vizann. Perhaps someone in Red Larch will know where to find him.
@Justdevon
Within the last few months, representatives of a fire cult sought to recruit Reverence, assuming that as a tiefling, she would share their affinity for destructive flames. They were wrong. The cultists told Reverence they were based on the Sumber Hills, so here she is in Red Larch. They never mentioned the name of their cult, but they did show Reverence its symbol:
