The Northern Expedition - The Scourging of Heittfloi

With the northern fleet destroyed, there is nothing to stop the expedition from landing at its first target. The party are still aboard The Cleansing Light and are able to observe the first wave of the expedition storming the beaches.

A small force of northern infantry has forms a small shieldwall in an attempt to push the attackers back into the see, but it is to no avail. The northern warriors are quickly overcome. The witchhunters and the Lux Militant begin moving throughout the village. Fire springs from within and without the buildings. The screams of women and children can be heard.

Kallista sneaks ashore to try and get a better idea of what is happening. What she sees shocks her. The forces of light are killing everyone in the village. Even the few women and children who manage to make it to fields are shot down with arrows.

Kallista goes back to The Cleansing Light and lets the party know what happened.

Nidal is very upset and brings her concerns to the patriarch. He explains to Nidal that the northerners must be destroyed. All of them - men, women, and children. None are to be spared.

More troops are landed from the ships and begin to fortify the remains of Heittfloi.

The party goes ashore to see what is happening. Nidal is very upset to see there are no villagers left alive. In several places the bodies of women and children lie where they have fallen.

As the party is taken all of this in Nibbidard sees a strange figure prancing about where the dragon bones on the shore were seen.

Suddenly the dragons bones animate and fly towards the fleet and the party. The dracolich breaths its inky black breath on one of the ships of the fleet. The ship seem to imploded and sinks below the waves with all hands. The dracolich turns towards the party, who are now sheltering in a protective sphere cast by the patriarch. The dracolich turns away and lands where it came from.

After much toing and froing between Nidal and the patriarch about the morality of the expedition, patriarch tells the party he needs them to go up the coast and scout out Fiskurthorp.

Stone Keep - Arrival

The party arrives at Stone Keep. After paying the entry tax and tying the bands of peace on their swords, daggers and other weapons, they enter the town and part ways with the caravan. It is close to dinner time so the party decides to find an inn. The gate guard directs them to the Weary Traveler. After seeing that their horses are properly stabled, they enter the inn and are greeted by the sight of an inn doing a thriving business. The main room of the inn is crowded and noisy. They find a table, sit down, and order some beer. The beer is delicious. While the party orders food, Nodrog talks to Cullross, the owner/bartender, about getting some rooms for the night. Cullross shows Nodrog the rooms and gives him the keys. After dinner, Nidal decides to go to the Temple of Light to pray. There she meets Brother Brodribb. He lets Nidal know about the increasing number of orc raids and attacks that seem to be happening around Stone Keep. Meanwhile in the bar, the party also hears som

Into the Wilderness.

The party decides to leave the Northern Expedition's camp to try and find the tree. The are not sure what they are looking for or what they will find. The party leave their fire burning and quietly pack up their items. Under the cover of Adrahil's pass without a trace spell they manage to evade the camp guards and escape to the west. They decide to continue heading roughly west. The night is dark and even though it is challenging, they make good time and with a few hours are miles away from the camp. The party continues to move west through the night. To the north they can hear a fast running river. They move north and come across a cairn. Many of the rocks that make up the cairn are inscribed with runes. Kallista is able to discern their meaning. A rough translation of the words under an arrow pointing to the East is Follow Me to the Sea. There is another arrow point west and the runes read as Follow Me to the Tree. Adrahil finds the pathway indicated by the arrow and the p

While the adventurers have been leveling up and recuperating in the city of Statsberg, they have continued to try and track down Nidal's nemesis Nerak. Rumours have reached them that Nerak has been spotted in the Fishgate area of the city. So the adventurers decided to have some dinner at a local tavern and see if they find out more. They have dinner at the Boar and Hunter tavern and find out from their server that Nerak has indeed been spotted in the area. However, the server can provide no other information. The party decided to visit the Temple of the Light which is across the road from the Boar and Hunter. Temple is newly constructed and contains the tomb of St. Cecilia. A large congregation is present and Sister Sarah is conducting the service. The adventurers are surprised to find that the sarcophagus of St. Cecilia glows with its own light. When they touch the sarcophagus all nature of injuries are healed. The last remnants of Adrahil's werewolf curse and Nidal's

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