Prologue

[drpete]

The plan had come together over winter in the City State. Avalonian merchant vessels coming from the north reported that trade had completely dried up with the Elphand Lands interior, far to the north. Traders had gone up the Greatflood River to trade with the Ivory City but none had returned since the previous summer.

As several small Elven kingdoms dot the wild Elphand Lands, some elders from the Elven communities near the City State expressed worry for their far off brothers. They offered a reward to reestablish communication with the lost tribes and Damkina, and a trader's map of the area.

The reward probably wasn't worth it, but In this case the adventurers knew something the elders didn't. They also had a map of a tomb somewhere beyond Damkina. They knew when the winter broke, they would travel with an Avalonian merchant vessel to the Elphand Lands, and seek their fortunes, possibly visiting the elves along the way.

During the long wait until warmer weather, they assembled a team, arranged passage on an Avalonian merchant vessel for the halfling trading village of Blackspell, on the bay into which the Greatflood River emptied, and waited.

Please feel free to discuss, or plan, based on the maps provided. At this point, you know that there is a small kingdom "somewhere" near Damkina that was ruled by Aethering, and you know that Sotur is the ruins of an ancient city destroyed centuries ago in a magical conflagration. It's visible from the sea, and used for navigation, but no one ever goes there.