Visuals & Clues to the Mystery of the Princess

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The Realms



The area of the world shown on this map comprises a small part of this vast plane, which is as large as 10 planet Earths. Cities, towns and other points of interest are taken from classical fantasy literature or D&D, or are nods to such.

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Scenes of the War

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The Swamps of Sadness


"The path narrows, when suddenly..."

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Killed by Andover the Ranger and Bjorn the Cleric...


Mother is not happy about it...

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The party rides the horned horses of the Kamarg to the Palace of the Silver Princess...

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The clouds part...legend flies above you...

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Using the above pic as my FB cover photo!

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...The legend of the Silver Princess is known to my order and our dragons. For it was one of our own padadins, Sir Eyrekos and his silver steed Merkiroy, that visited Lady Myshella while returning from a quest against Chaos. Eyrekos and dragon were weary in body and mind, for the knight bore the captured crystal heart of Xiombarg, known on many worlds as a demi-god of Chaos. Lady Myshella tended Eyrekos; the two fell in love. Eyrekos agreed to stay, on the condition that Myshella never open the sacred vessel holding Xiombarg’s heart. The two married. Their tranquility was soon broken. The inquisitive Myshella opened the vessel. What exactly happened then is not known, but ill fortune followed. Turmoil and rife reigned. It ended tragically with Eyrekos slaying his love, and dying soon after, some say from a broken heart. Evil took root in nature, man and monument. Efforts were made to recover the heart of Xiombarg, but it disappeared. Nothing but ruin remains...

The quixotic romance of Lady Myshella and Sir Eyrekos...


Doomed to tragedy...

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The object of your quest, the Runestaff has determined the fate of conflicts on many spheres of the Multiverse...

...Your goal is to retrieve the fabled Runestaff, an artifact of the Cosmic Balance which manifests itself during times of conflict between Law and Chaos. Possession of the Runestaff can tilt the balance of the war. The thaumaturgists of Law have detected its presence in your world, leading to your mission. Count Brass warned you that is it almost certain that the sorcerers of Chaos will also feel its presence and send a force to retrieve it, though this group will be behind you in progress...

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As you leave the forest you behold the Palace of the Silver Princess...

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Only ruins remain of the outer buildings of the palace...


...a graveyard and a collapsed church connect to the palace...

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Images from the module (2nd edition): The palace in the distance...


The portcullis...

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A strange greeting...

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That shimmering in the air... What is that slimy sound? By the gods, it's a...

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The ghost floats towards the party...

She whispers in your head, each one of you hearing different words: "Cruel heart, cruel heart...my love thought to free me, and I have been prisoner since... Chaos seeps through... look not into the red abyss, lest it stare back at you... Evil overwhelms... woe upon the land... it has come to restore Balance..."

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Views from inside the Palace...

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"I am Choronzon the Dissipator...Why struggle such, mortals? Chaos will be this world's end and beginning."

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The Hall of Pools


Wherein dangers and, possibly, delights await...

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Pools of liquids wondrous and weird... Upon imbibing one, Andover the Ranger turns into gaseous form!