![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Campaign Overview Banner.png|700]] # Campaign Overview ## Core Campaign Premise The party were brought together by [[Fink]], a former member or experiment of [[The Order]] who now works with a resistance faction known as [[The Eyes]]. Each member of the party has been identified as [[Time-Touched]]. This means they possess some unusual connection to time, fate, [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]], or the impossible effects associated with it. [[The Order]] now hunts them because [[Time-Touched]] individuals can be used as a source of power. [[The Order]] has also taken people close to the party as leverage. - [[Pipe]]: his grandfather, [[Perturbias]] - [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]: her parents - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]]: [[Solyanna]], a very close friend - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]]: [[Orik]], his friend The party’s immediate survival depends on avoiding [[The Order]], understanding why they are being hunted, finding their loved ones, and discovering what [[Lucius Neeve]] intends to do with [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]], [[Time-Touched]] individuals, [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]], and [[The Engine]]. At the same time, the party has uncovered a second major threat: [[The Brotherhood]], a hidden cult or organisation connected to the Old Gods, [[Ko]], and the prophecy surrounding [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]. [[The Brotherhood]] appears to have operated across [[Tarin]] for thousands of years under disguises, false names, and local religious fronts. The campaign currently sits at the intersection of several major mysteries: - [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] and the impossible effects of time, space, and scrying - The Order’s experiments and laboratories - The missing loved ones - [[The Engine]] created by [[Gillian Quill]] - [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] and Pipe’s growing markings - [[The Brotherhood]] and its chapters across [[Tarin]] - [[Ko]], [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]], the Ko’vatar, and the Old Gods - Persephone’s prophecy and intended sacrifice - [[The Blight]] consuming lands and organic colonies - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] and the souls trapped within it - Solland’s instability, broken oaths, cough, doctrine, and hidden history - [[Myvendra]], [[Yuvendra]], and the [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]] ## Core Thread: [[The Order]] [[The Order]] was founded by [[Lucius Neeve]] and [[Gillian Quill]]. It was originally formed for the betterment of man, but has since become militant under Lucius’s influence. [[The Order]] researches and uses [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]], also known or suspected to be connected to Weaveglass. [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] is tied to The Breaking and appears to produce impossible effects, especially around time, space, and scrying. [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] is becoming sparse. Because of this, [[The Order]] is looking for other sources of power. [[Time-Touched]] individuals are one such source. [[The Order]] wants to use the party as batteries. Known facts: - [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] glows near the party. - [[Fink]] identified the party as [[Time-Touched]]. - [[The Order]] is hunting the party. - [[The Order]] has taken loved ones as leverage. - [[The Order]] has laboratories across [[Tarin]]. - Each lab appears designed for different experiments, including Space, Gravity, and Time. - The labs are connected by a portal network. - Runes, codes, or passwords are required to use the portals. - [[The Engine]] was created by [[Gillian Quill]]. - [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] wants [[The Engine]]. - Gillian has fled. - [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] is particularly interested in [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]. - [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] is working with [[Keth]], the Traitor of [[Arcturox]]. Open questions: - What does [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] truly intend to do with [[The Engine]]? - Where is [[Gillian Quill]]? - Is Gillian an ally, enemy, or something more complicated? - Why is Gillian’s location linked to Pipe’s markings? - What does [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] want from [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]? - What is Keth’s true allegiance? - How many laboratories exist, and what is each one designed to test? ## Core Thread: [[The Eyes]] [[The Eyes]] are a resistance faction working against [[The Order]]. [[Fink]] is currently connected to [[The Eyes]] after leaving [[The Order]]. Known facts: - [[Fink]] was formerly involved with [[The Order]]. - [[Fink]] brought the party together. - [[Fink]] identified the party as [[Time-Touched]]. - [[Fink]] has given the party information, a [[Weirdstone]], and a map of possible laboratory locations. - [[The Eyes]] oppose [[The Order]]. Open questions: - Who leads [[The Eyes]]? - How many members do they have? - Can [[Fink]] be fully trusted? - What does [[The Eyes]] know about [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]], Gillian, [[The Engine]], and the laboratories? - Are [[The Eyes]] hiding anything from the party? ## Core Thread: [[The Brotherhood]] [[The Brotherhood]] is a hidden cult or organisation linked to the Old Gods, [[Ko]], and the prophecy surrounding [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]. It has remained hidden from the “Imposter Gods” for roughly 3000 years. [[The Brotherhood]] often operates under a false identity. In [[Gilyen]], it worked under the ruse of being monks. Known facts: - [[The Brotherhood]] is linked to the Old Gods. - It has chapters across [[Tarin]]. - Its chapters try to blend into local communities. - Its hierarchy includes Votary, Apostles, Crusaders, Compelled, Venerate, Sacred, and Induced. - [[The Golden Circle]] appears to be a meeting or ruling structure of chapters. - [[Merric Veil]] forced his way into command through a coup. - Merric is trying to steer [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]] policy across all chapters. - [[The Brotherhood]] uses the [[Blood of Ko]] for mind control. - The [[Blood of Ko]] is an [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]]-infused serum. - The [[Blood of Ko]] was created by [[Warwick Thistlebloom]] and [[Keth]]. - Victims can be controlled by someone holding or linked to an [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] shard. - The control has unlimited range. - [[The Brotherhood]] appears linked to the [[Opus Chapel]]. - [[The Brotherhood]] has a breeding or selection programme for sacrifices. - [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] appears to be one of the children connected to this programme. Open questions: - What does [[The Brotherhood]] ultimately want to return? - Is the prophecy meant to free [[Ko]], [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]], the Old Gods, or something else? - What is the [[Opus Chapel]]? - How many chapters exist across [[Tarin]]? - Are different chapters linked to different Old Gods? - What is Merric Veil’s current plan? - What happened to [[Will Fletcher]]? - How much does Persephone’s family know? - Are Persephone’s parents willing participants, prisoners, victims, or all three? ## Core Thread: [[The Old Gods]] [[The Old Gods]] appear central to the deeper history of [[Tarin]]. [[The Brotherhood]] claims the New Gods are imposters or liars. [[The Old Gods]] were lost, imprisoned, or otherwise removed around the time of The Breaking, after which the New Gods appeared. Known facts: - [[The Opus Codex]] is in Pipe’s possession. - [[The Opus Codex]] contains information about the Old Gods. - [[The Brotherhood]] appears to worship or serve at least some Old God-related power. - [[The Old Gods]] may have been imprisoned or lost during The Breaking. - [[Myvendra]], also called The Dreamer or The Nightwalker, speaks to the party in dreams. - [[Myvendra]] has promised to free her brother, assumed to be a god of nightmares. - Her brother is trapped by the [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]]. - [[Myvendra]] has been controlled or influenced through [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]]. - [[Myvendra]] has invaded Persephone’s visions. - [[Myvendra]] wants the party’s help freeing her brother. - If the party does not help, she has threatened to reveal their location to [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]]. Open questions: - Were the Old Gods truly responsible for The Breaking? - Were they imprisoned unjustly? - What exactly is the [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]]? - Who created the [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]]? - Is [[Myvendra]] trustworthy? - Is [[Yuvendra]] a victim, a threat, or both? - What does [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] gain from working with [[Myvendra]]? - What do the New Gods know about the Old Gods? ## Core Thread: [[Ko]], [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]], and the Ko’vatar [[Ko]] is one of the most important names connected to the Old Gods, the [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]], and Persephone’s prophecy. Known facts: - The Ko’vatar were true followers of [[Ko]]. - Ko’vatar is also the name of a race that existed before The Breaking. - [[Ko'van|Ko’van]] means People of [[Ko]]. - The [[Voice of Ko]] appears to refer to a group of leaders or official voices. - [[The Opus Codex]] contains the [[Prophecy of Kieraquel]]. - The prophecy reads: “Born beneath a black sun, a child of endless spring, their blood spilt under next god’s eye, to herald in their return.” - [[The Brotherhood]] maintained a breeding or selection programme. - The programme involved Venerate Mothers and Sacred Infants. - Children were sacrificed every year in every chapter house. - The [[Blood of Ko]] is an engineered [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]]-linked mind-control serum. Open questions: - Who or what is [[Ko]]? - Is [[Ko]] an Old God, an Architect, or something else? - Who or what is meant to return through the prophecy? - Is [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] the intended fulfilment of the prophecy? - What does “beneath a black sun” mean? - What does “under next god’s eye” mean? - What is the true meaning of “child of endless spring”? - Are there other children like [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]? ## Core Thread: [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] and the Prophecy [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] is [[Time-Touched]] and appears to be a target of the Brotherhood’s prophecy and sacrificial programme. Known facts: - Persephone’s parents were captured by [[The Order]]. - Her parents and family are part of the cult. - She was kept captive in her house for her whole life. - She experiences visions while awake and asleep. - She is an Eladrin who does not physically change with the seasons. - She is described as a child of endless spring. - Her parents appear different, including in winter. - She experiences erratic behaviour linked to seasonal emotional changes despite always appearing springlike. - She has a tattoo running up her arm toward her heart. - This tattoo was added to every year by relatives on her birthday. - She owns or owned a ritual dagger intended for her sacrifice. - [[The Brotherhood]] appears to consider her significant. - [[Merric Veil]] has claimed her as “my child.” - The prophecy appears connected to her birth, blood, and sacrifice. Open questions: - What exactly is [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]]? - Was she born naturally, engineered, selected, or altered? - What does her tattoo do? - Why was it added to every year? - What role do her parents play? - Is she meant to free something, awaken something, or prevent something? - Can the prophecy be broken? - Is her blood required, or only believed to be required? ## Core Thread: [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] and the Trapped Souls [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] wields [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]], formerly the blade of his mentor, [[Aetheric Vhail]]. Known facts: - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] killed Vhail after Vhail was corrupted and commanded [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] to do his duty. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] was exiled from [[Solland]] after this killing. - He should have been executed, but was exiled instead because of his family’s station. - [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] appeared to [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] one night. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] cannot rid himself of it. - The blade returns to him every morning, even if broken, lost, or destroyed. - The blade appears to drain and contain the souls of those it kills. - The blade feels good for [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] to use. - [[Elena]] has discovered or confirmed that souls are trapped within it. - Elena’s duty as a Hand of [[Nyxthys]] is now connected to freeing these souls. Open questions: - What corrupted Vhail? - What is [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] truly? - Can the souls be freed? - Can the blade be destroyed? - Is [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] being corrupted by the blade? - Why does the blade return to him? - Is the blade linked to Q’ruhm, the Old Gods, [[Nyxthys]], or something else? - Can [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] survive being separated from it permanently? ## Core Thread: [[The Blight]] [[The Blight]] is a living colonial organism that has consumed or infected multiple lands. Known facts: - [[The Blight]] wants to consume all and make everything one. - It consumed [[World of Tarin/02 - Places/01 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]] years before. - It has infected Mealla’s homeland. - There is no known method of stopping it. - It was witnessed in [[Mire Watch Grove]] in [[Gilyen]]. - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] can sense or hear organic colonies, including bees, fungus, coral, and blight. - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] has sensed [[The Blight]] in [[Solland]], including around [[Harringdon]]. Open questions: - What created [[The Blight]]? - Is [[The Blight]] natural, divine, arcane, planar, or engineered? - Can it be stopped? - Can it be communicated with? - Why can [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] hear it? - Is it spreading through [[Tarin]]? - Is it linked to [[World of Tarin/02 - Places/01 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]], [[Solland]], the [[Shadowfell]], the Old Gods, or [[The Order]]? ## Core Thread: [[Solland]] [[Solland]] is central to Raphius’s story and increasingly important to the wider campaign. Known facts: - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] is exiled from [[Solland]]. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] fought in the Onus Wilds. - [[Solland]] has changed since [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] was exiled. - Children of [[Solland]] come of age and swear an Oath to the Crown or the Light. - Those who break such oaths suffer ailments such as headaches. - There are concerns around people from [[Solland]] coughing. - There are Traitor [[Hands of Nyxthys]]. - Old God symbols have appeared in [[Harringdon]]. - The king, [[Crownshold]], the [[Sol Spire]], and Solland’s military/religious structure are all active concerns. - [[Talador Devell|Lord Talador Devell]] is attempting to form a coup against the king with [[The Lightkeepers]] and wants Raphius’s help. Open questions: - What has happened to [[Solland]] since [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] was exiled? - What has the king done? - Why are people breaking their oaths? - What is causing the cough? - What are the Traitor Hands? - What is the [[Sol Spire]] hiding? - Are the [[Free Thinkers]] right to reject Solland’s doctrine? - What does [[Serapha]] truly want from [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]]? - Can [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] remain loyal to [[Serapha]] without remaining loyal to [[Solland]]? ## Core Thread: [[Time-Touched]] The party are [[Time-Touched]]. Known facts: - [[Time-Touched]] individuals glow to those who can perceive the effect. - [[Fink]] identified the party as [[Time-Touched]]. - [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] glows near them. - [[Time-Touched]] individuals can have their futures changed in ways normal people cannot. - [[The Order]] wants to use [[Time-Touched]] individuals as batteries. - The party’s status as [[Time-Touched]] is why [[The Order]] hunts them. Open questions: - Why are these specific people [[Time-Touched]]? - Were they born this way, changed, selected, or connected by fate? - Are there more [[Time-Touched]] individuals? - What happens if [[The Order]] drains a [[Time-Touched]] person? - Can [[Time-Touched]] power be strengthened, removed, shared, or corrupted? - Is [[Time-Touched]] power connected to The Breaking? ## Core Thread: [[The Engine]] [[The Engine]] is a machine created by [[Gillian Quill]]. Known facts: - [[Gillian Quill]] built [[The Engine]]. - [[Lucius Neeve]] wants [[The Engine]]. - Gillian has fled. - [[The Engine]] appears connected to [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]] and its time-related properties. - Gillian’s location is linked to Pipe’s markings. - Lucius’s interest in [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] appears connected to his hunt for [[The Engine]]. Open questions: - What does [[The Engine]] do? - Why did Gillian flee? - Why does [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] want it? - Can [[The Engine]] restore Kira? - Can [[The Engine]] alter time, fate, death, or The Breaking? - Why is Gillian’s location linked to [[Pipe]]? ## Core Thread: The Loved Ones [[The Order]] has taken people close to the party as leverage. Known facts: - Persephone’s parents have been taken. - [[Perturbias]], Pipe’s grandfather, has been taken. - [[Solyanna]], Mealla’s close friend, has been taken. - [[Orik]], Raphius’s friend, has been taken. - [[Fink]] believes they may be held in one of the laboratories across [[Tarin]]. - [[Errowshire Lab]] is suspected to contain several of them. Open questions: - Where exactly is each loved one being held? - Are they alive? - Are they being experimented on? - Are they being used as bait? - Has [[The Order]] already changed or harmed them? - Can they be rescued without delivering the party into The Order’s hands? ## Core Thread: Current Campaign Direction The party currently has several overlapping priorities. Short-term priorities: - Scout The Order’s laboratories. - Infiltrate or investigate a lab. - Understand what experiments are being conducted. - Learn the portal network and its runes or codes. - Discover what is happening within [[Solland]]. - Investigate the Traitor [[Hands of Nyxthys]]. - Understand the Old God symbols. - Understand the king’s actions. - Understand why people are breaking oaths. - Understand why people are coughing. - Complete [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] rituals. - Disrupt [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]] activity. - Travel with Talador to meet [[House Halvorn]]. - Investigate Clair Vhail’s whereabouts. Overarching priorities: - Remain hidden from [[The Order]]. - Use the [[Weirdstone]] every night. - Bargain with The Dreamer if necessary. - Save the party’s loved ones. - Free the souls from [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]]. - Find clues about [[The Blight]]. - [[Find Gillian Quill and The Engine]]. - Stop [[The Brotherhood]]. - Save Will if possible. - Kill or stop [[Merric Veil]]. - Protect [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] from her destined sacrifice. - Uncover what is happening within [[Solland]]. - Meet with [[The Lightkeepers]] and understand how the party can help. ## Current Big Picture The party are being hunted by one ancient-modern power and entangled with another. [[The Order]] represents experimentation, [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Aetherite|Aetherite]], time, fate, laboratories, and Lucius’s obsession with [[The Engine]]. [[The Brotherhood]] represents hidden religion, Old Gods, prophecy, sacrifice, [[Ko]], and thousands of years of secrecy. [[Solland]] represents faith, order, law, militarism, doctrine, broken oaths, hidden history, and Raphius’s crisis of identity. [[The Blight]] represents a deeper consuming threat that may not care about gods, nations, or factions. [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] represents Raphius’s personal curse and Elena’s divine duty. Persephone’s prophecy represents the campaign’s clearest known ritual threat. Pipe’s book and markings represent a mystery [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] desperately wants. Mealla’s connection to colonies may be one of the only known ways to understand [[The Blight]]. Elena’s service to [[Nyxthys]] may be key to freeing lost souls and understanding death’s disruption. [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] stands between Solland’s doctrine, Serapha’s light, Vhail’s curse, and the growing realisation that law and truth may not be as clean as he once believed. ## Current Position After Session 56 The party’s position has changed substantially since the Session 48 baseline. ### Current location and immediate danger - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]], [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]], [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] and [[Elena]] have successfully escaped [[Bastion]]. - They emerged from an underground river north-north-east of the city and crossed the surrounding farmland while avoiding the active road. - They are now sheltering overnight at the [[Wendell Ruins]] with [[Jambo]]. - Elena, Mealla and Persephone remain wanted; Raphius is implicated in the [[Ironmarch Jail]] escape. - [[Escape Bastion]] is resolved, but the Crown Guard and the road network around the capital remain dangerous. ### The Rose and the rot - The anti-Blight flower is named the [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Rose of Igoda]]. - The Rose is named for [[Queen Kathryn]], wife of [[King Orven Kheldr]] of [[World of Tarin/02 - Places/01 - Nations & Regions/Dharan|Dharan]]. - The Rose disappeared from the [[Menagerie Gardens]]. - Without it, [[The Blight]] surged outward beneath the [[Crownshold|Crownhold]] and through the ground beneath Bastion. - Mages and alchemists are using fire and explosions to delay the spread, but this is not a lasting solution. - [[Ryla Vein]] is missing after going to confront or follow [[World of Tarin/01 - People/02 - Non-Player Characters/Boristov Sokah|Boristov Sokah]]. - Boristov returned to [[World of Tarin/02 - Places/01 - Nations & Regions/Elaris]]. It is **suspected but not confirmed** that he took the Rose. - Explosions from the Menagerie could still be heard after the party escaped the city. ### Solland’s political and divine crisis - The party met senior members of [[The Lightkeepers]] at [[The Spires]]. - Senior figures confirmed that military leadership, communications, sacred sites and arcane institutions across Solland are being restricted or compromised. - [[Thiago Radaxian]] promised to strike if the party can provide a real target. - [[House Postar]] is connected to [[Xor]], the yellow-eyed Traitor Hand. - Crown Guard personnel can be replaced or controlled by [[Brain-like Parasites]]. - [[Talador Devell]] remains under house arrest because of his association with the party. ### Beneath Bastion and the Thistlebloom experiments - The [[Hidden Alchemical Laboratory Beneath Bastion]] belonged to [[Wilbur Thistlebloom]] and continued the mutagenic animal experiments associated with the Thistlebloom brothers. - [[Wilbur's Letter|Wilbur’s Letter]] confirms that a woman connected to [[The Order]] had contacted him. - The [[Giant Mutated Rat Beneath Bastion]] carried an unknown additional effect in its bite; Mealla was bitten and resisted it. - The creature was killed in Session 56, with Mealla delivering the final shot. - The exact relationship between the Giant Mutated Rat and Wilbur’s laboratory remains strongly suggested but not conclusively proven. ### The Wendell Ruins - [[Sir Dain Sunward]] once referred to the [[Wendell Ruins]] with unexplained disdain. - The ruins contain a fallen dark-stone humanoid statue, a worn inscription and glass vessels containing preserved tongues. - [[Jambo]], an exiled changeling from Bastion, has been living there in isolation. - Jambo’s ability to maintain changed faces has deteriorated after prolonged poor diet and isolation. - The party offered him food, company and possible future help; [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] wrote him a basic guide to safe local plants and mushrooms. ### Party changes - [[Pipe|Pipé]] remains temporarily away from the party with [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]], seeking [[Vanthar's Sanctarium, Volume Three|Vanthar’s Sanctarium, Volume Three]], continuing the map and investigating [[Gillian Quill]] and [[The Engine]]. - [[Zormir Ketok]] theorised that [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] and [[Q'ruhm|Q’ruhm]] may form an [[The Eternal Pact|Eternal Pact]], requiring both to be destroyed at the same moment. - Beneath Bastion, [[Vhail's Blade|Vhail’s Blade]] previously pulled Raphius towards an unknown north-western presence and felt like another consciousness beside him. - Before anyone entered the drainage shaft in Session 56, Raphius told the party that he saw them all as family. ## Current Position After Session 57 The party remain at the [[Wendell Ruins]] after choosing not to rush back into Bastion or immediately join the road north. ### Immediate position - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]], [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]], [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] and [[Elena]] are still fugitives outside Bastion. - They intend to remain at Wendell for at least a short time because Crown Guard appear unwilling to enter the ruins, the roads are busy ahead of Solland’s Trials, and both [[Fink]] and another Hand of [[Nyxthys]] may be trying to find them. - Raphius is planning a possible route north towards [[Pyrion]], allies and the Order’s laboratories. ### Bastion - [[Talador Devell]] remains under house arrest and surveillance. - Talador confirmed that [[World of Tarin/01 - People/02 - Non-Player Characters/Boristov Sokah|Boristov Sokah]] has left Bastion. - The location of [[Ryla Vein]] and the [[World of Tarin/06 - Items & Artifacts/Rose of Igoda]] remains unknown. - Explosions and other magic being used against [[The Blight]] have intensified. - [[Xor]] and the extent of his control over [[House Postar]] and the Crown Guard remain unresolved. ### Persephone - Persephone’s fingertips have turned black in a way that cannot be washed away. - She experiences a parallel stream of thought that feels like her own voice but not entirely her own. - [[Myvendra]] appears interested in this internal presence. - The source, identity and purpose of the phenomenon remain unknown. ### Elena and the Traitor Hands - Elena spoke directly with [[Nyxthys]], who appeared unusually concerned by Xor’s presence in Bastion. - Nyxthys is sending another Hand to assist Elena. - Elena is considering exploiting the Traitor Hands’ invitation to the [[Shadowfell]] by entering as a false recruit or double agent. The party considers the idea extremely dangerous and no decision has been made. ### Wendell - The ruins are now confirmed to contain active ancient magic. - Their inscription invokes faith, silence and an eternal witness. - A glowing black circle divided by a vertical line was linked to a [[Wendell Spectral Apparition]] and its shared-pain tether. - The apparition spoke of a historical purge, “blooded butchers,” “wardens of the dread sun,” and a Lady. - The connection between this history, [[Sir Dain Sunward]], Solland and the old gods remains unknown. ## Session 58 - Current Position - Beneath the [[Wendell Ruins]], the party discovered [[The Final Days of Whune]], a surviving devotional account from Whune's faithful. - The tablets say Whune vanished after the world was sundered, was later reportedly seen in diminished flesh beside an unnamed **Lord of Death**, and was hidden from the **Lands of Sol** within **the land of Shadow**. - The party interprets the land of Shadow as possibly the [[Shadowfell]] and considers [[Bavar]] a possible Lord of Death, but neither identification is confirmed by the tablets. - The discovery gives the party an account that complicates Solland's accepted history of [[The Great Purge]]. - [[Jambo]] is missing after disguising himself as Raphius and drawing Crown Guard away from the party. - [[Elena]] has left the main party with [[Jasper]] and [[Myst]] to begin a plan intended to infiltrate the Traitor Hands and reach the Shadowfell. - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]], [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] and [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] remain together at Wendell. - The GM's annotated map now gives additional geographic clues for the [[Sol Spire]], [[The Elilim Seal|Elilim Seal]] and an unidentified lab north-east of [[Pyrion]]. See [[Solland - GM Map Annotations]]. ## Known World The campaign view of Tarin only includes people, places, factions, gods, items and other world material that has been established for this campaign. **[[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/00 - Campaign Overview/Known World|Explore the Known World →]]**