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	Bromwen and Prigden left behind 100 Bloodforged to finish off the adventurers, and marched to Mirehold. The heroes were able to survive the onslaught of the Bloodforged, and immediately teleported to warn the queen. Ashra and Sir Archibald had liberated the city of Bulrath's forces, though Bulrath himself escaped. She sent word to the Hall of Ebrek and Londor to request forces to join against the new threat of the Bloodforged. She asked the party for a larger favor; win the people of Gron's Pass to their cause against the Bloodforged. She said that their current quest was still of the utmost importance, perhaps now more than ever. She said that she had reason to believe from her intelligence operatives that the War Chieftains may know where to find the Rod of the Shadow Dragon.		Bromwen and Prigden left behind 100 Bloodforged to finish off the adventurers, and marched to Mirehold. The heroes were able to survive the onslaught of the Bloodforged, and immediately teleported to warn the queen. Ashra and Sir Archibald had liberated the city of Bulrath's forces, though Bulrath himself escaped. She sent word to the Hall of Ebrek and Londor to request forces to join against the new threat of the Bloodforged. She asked the party for a larger favor; win the people of Gron's Pass to their cause against the Bloodforged. She said that their current quest was still of the utmost importance, perhaps now more than ever. She said that she had reason to believe from her intelligence operatives that the War Chieftains may know where to find the Rod of the Shadow Dragon.

	The party sought out the War Chieftains and told them of the plight of the kingdom. They agreed to help if the queen would include Gron's Pass in the kingdom and construct a road to through the Ebonwood to unite the city with the rest of the country. They relayed this to the queen and the Anvils of Ursus, who accepted the terms and agreed to build the road. They also met with the druids of the Ebonwood to negotiate this road construction; they agreed to allow the road to be constructed underground. Having accomplished their task for the War Chieftains, they gave the party what they were searching for: the Scarlet Sorceress.		The party sought out the War Chieftains and told them of the plight of the kingdom. They agreed to help if the queen would include Gron's Pass in the kingdom and construct a road through the Ebonwood to unite the city with the rest of the country. They relayed this to the queen and the Anvils of Ursus, who accepted the terms and agreed to build the road. They also met with the druids of the Ebonwood to negotiate this road construction; they agreed to allow the road to be constructed underground. Having accomplished their task for the War Chieftains, they gave the party what they were searching for: the Scarlet Sorceress.

	Thought long dead, the Lady Fedorova - the Scarlet Sorceress - had been hiding in the Ebonwood since the destruction of Darlok. She explained to the party why she quarreled with her father Manzarek. Manzarek had become aware of the prophecy laid down by the first summit of the elders, and that the Staff of Xyn could spell ruin for the realm; that if it were re-forged it would be used to tear down the wall between Infandus and Celestia. This would mean the destruction of Arnessia itself. He knew that the rods were tied to the souls of their respective dragons, so if he could kill the dragons, he would render the staff useless. For this reason, he slayed Xarnath the shadow dragon. Yrevmolik, the last child of Ardis, stayed in hiding for most of his life, and the radiant dragons were all presumed dead.		Thought long dead, the Lady Fedorova - the Scarlet Sorceress - had been hiding in the Ebonwood since the destruction of Darlok. She explained to the party why she quarreled with her father Manzarek. Manzarek had become aware of the prophecy laid down by the first summit of the elders, and that the Staff of Xyn could spell ruin for the realm; that if it were re-forged it would be used to tear down the wall between Infandus and Celestia. This would mean the destruction of Arnessia itself. He knew that the rods were tied to the souls of their respective dragons, so if he could kill the dragons, he would render the staff useless. For this reason, he slayed Xarnath the shadow dragon. Yrevmolik, the last child of Ardis, stayed in hiding for most of his life, and the radiant dragons were all presumed dead.

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On the 17th day of Aurel in the year 253 YSK, Manzarek the Archmage ascended to the sky and made his way to Celestia awash in purple light, visible to all the realm. Upon his arrival, word spread to all the Eleven Eternal. Xyn was the first to declare for Manzarek. Auleos quickly followed suit. Nelroth, Voxos, and Fangor all rejected his ascension outright. Meanwhile, Voxos's champions infiltrated the minds of the Matriarchs of Aurelia to ignite this war. With the heads of Aurelia's faith denouncing Manzarek, the Justiciars of Apotheos also denounced Manzarek's ascension.

In response to the public denunciation of Manzarek by the Matriarchs of Aurelia at the beginning of the Festival of Knights, a group of red-cloaked mages disintegrated the ancient Temple of Aurelia in Xarnath, causing mass hysteria. It was later discovered that these mages were sent on behalf of Bromwen Shade, then the Immortal Pillar of the Council of Arcanus, as he was involved in a much deeper plot.

The destruction of the temple caused Xevon - the new Grand Scion of the Council of Arcanus - to pass the Wizard Registration Act, declaring that all arcane users of magic must register with the crown or be in violation of Yondaran law. All who did comply were given an arcane waystone, which enabled the council to scry on the wizards from the newly constructed Observatory - a tower full of wizards and sorcerers using crystal balls and other methods of divination to keep tabs on threats to the realm. In protest of the Wizard Registration Act, Velma Shade - daughter of Bromwen Shade and an accomplished spellcaster - bid other mages to join her on the ashes of Darlok in defiance of this law.

Xarnath was only the beginning. After the destruction of the Temple of Aurelia, six sorcerer lords in Upper Ardis were murdered in their sleep, many believed that this was in response. Meanwhile in Uller, the Temple of Auleos exiled the faithful of Aurelia (with the permission of the Grey Delegation). When the news (and refugees) reached Mirehold, thousands took to surrounding the castle demanding justice for this unlawful eviction of people from their homes. Unfortunately, the protest turned into a riot and violence broke out, ending with a Justiciar of Apotheos beheading the person that started the riot.

Due to the dangerous aura in the city, Queen Ashra Vermitharr could not dispatch an army from Mirehold to deal with Uller, and instead called upon Governor Gladbury and the Knights of Xarnath to lead an army to Uller to see to the peace. Led by Sir Hagabash the Brown, an army of 5,000 soldiers began marching towards Uller by way of Mirehold. But Zorin the Unyielding was clever, and assembled his own host to march on Mirehold from Uller. His rationale being that it was time for the Serpent Kingdom to end.

Queen Ashra was the last of House Vermitharr, and as the first queen to ever sit the throne, her rule was viewed as in peril. It did not help that just a few months into her reign, Manzarek - advisor to all the predecessors of the Serpent Kingdom - ascended to Celestia. With the crown interfering in matters of the faith and murdering protesters, Zorin saw these as the last straw to end Uller's sovereignty to the crown. With a host of 4,000 marching from Uller, and 3,000 more barbarians descending from the north, Zorin laid siege to Mirehold.

Sir Hagabash's forces broke the siege of Zorin's forces, at the cost of 3,500 casualties. However, the next night, the barbarians descended upon them, led by their fearsome leader Bulrath the Butcher. With his deadly axe, the Knight Cleaver, he slayed Sir Hagabash, Sir Maxwell the Green, Sir Payton the Orange, and Sir Gregory the Blue of the Knights of Xarnath.

Queen Ashra would not allow this violence to go unanswered. From Ardis, she marched with a host of 10,000 elvish soldiers and Sir Archibald Bell the White to Mirehold. Meanwhile, another force moved in Ardis. Four heroes - Sir J'aramé Iron the Pink Knight of Xarnath, Nysaeruíl Aliah Tharsae, Helrak Rofik Dorrim, and Kaenith Silverharp, the spellcasting prodigious heir of House Maluthess - had been tasked by the Summit of Elders to gather the three dragon rods that make the Staff of Xyn. The Staff of Xyn was said to determine the fate of the Ascension, and that the wicked three were already moving to obtain the rods themselves. These heroes came to Ardis in search of the Rod of the Yellow Dragon.

After discovering the rod in the sunken manse of Sam Silvertongue, a famous member of the Collectors, they made their way to the Rusted City to claim the Rod of the Radiant Dragon. Using strong teleportation magic, Kaenith was able to guide them past the massive rusted doors. There they encountered Margoth, a once-powerful sorcerer and member of the Golden Council of Vorelisk, who had survived the doom of Vorelisk by magically sealing herself away. Obsessed with returning to the land of the living, she eventually turned to dark magic and became a lich.

Margoth had hoarded all the magic items of Vorelisk that she could muster, and among these relics was the radiant rod. After defeating her, the party discovered this rod, and in addition, a strangely ornate Opalwood and copper crown. From there they found the runes responsible for keeping the city sealed and destroyed them. For the first time in nearly a thousand years, the gates of Vorelisk were open. As the party got out of the city, they were greeted by Xevon and Bromwen Shade, who had been ordered by the queen to assist them.

Xevon, one of the most learned wizards in the world, recognized the crown at once as the Vythsthyr Crown, the artifact capable of controlling the Vythsthyr - the ancient warforged of Vorelisk. Xevon placed the crown on his head, and from the ruins of the city 10,000 warforged rose to his command. With this newly acquired army for the crown, the group returned to Thryddmalk. There, calamity ensued.

Taking the greatsword that hung above the grandson of Thrydd's mantle, Bromwen stabbed Xevon in the back, not only slaying him, but trapping his soul within the greatsword. Worse still, in doing so, the fearsome Prigden was released from his prison. Bromwen took the crown from Xevon's corpse and placed it upon Prigden's head. There the Vythsthyr became his, and he infused his vampiric essence into the crown, channeling it through the warforged. Thus, the Bloodforged were born.

Bromwen and Prigden left behind 100 Bloodforged to finish off the adventurers, and marched to Mirehold. The heroes were able to survive the onslaught of the Bloodforged, and immediately teleported to warn the queen. Ashra and Sir Archibald had liberated the city of Bulrath's forces, though Bulrath himself escaped. She sent word to the Hall of Ebrek and Londor to request forces to join against the new threat of the Bloodforged. She asked the party for a larger favor; win the people of Gron's Pass to their cause against the Bloodforged. She said that their current quest was still of the utmost importance, perhaps now more than ever. She said that she had reason to believe from her intelligence operatives that the War Chieftains may know where to find the Rod of the Shadow Dragon.

The party sought out the War Chieftains and told them of the plight of the kingdom. They agreed to help if the queen would include Gron's Pass in the kingdom and construct a road to through the Ebonwood to unite the city with the rest of the country. They relayed this to the queen and the Anvils of Ursus, who accepted the terms and agreed to build the road. They also met with the druids of the Ebonwood to negotiate this road construction; they agreed to allow the road to be constructed underground. Having accomplished their task for the War Chieftains, they gave the party what they were searching for: the Scarlet Sorceress.

Thought long dead, the Lady Fedorova - the Scarlet Sorceress - had been hiding in the Ebonwood since the destruction of Darlok. She explained to the party why she quarreled with her father Manzarek. Manzarek had become aware of the prophecy laid down by the first summit of the elders, and that the Staff of Xyn could spell ruin for the realm; that if it were re-forged it would be used to tear down the wall between Infandus and Celestia. This would mean the destruction of Arnessia itself. He knew that the rods were tied to the souls of their respective dragons, so if he could kill the dragons, he would render the staff useless. For this reason, he slayed Xarnath the shadow dragon. Yrevmolik, the last child of Ardis, stayed in hiding for most of his life, and the radiant dragons were all presumed dead.

Manzarek never gave up his pursuit of Yrevmolik, or so Fedorova had thought. On the day before Manzarek ascended to Celestia, he appeared before his estranged daughter to tell her that she was right. That the rods were more important than he realized - they are tied to the souls of all the dragons. The rods must be brought to Godspire, he said, and the Staff of Xyn must be used to destroy itself and free the dragons from these artifacts. He told her that Xarnath had not truly died; that Manzarek had bargained to keep her egg safe if she would guard the Rod of the Shadow Dragon on the ethereal plane in the ghost city of Darlok.

Armed with this information, the adventurers traveled to the ethereal plane and came upon the city of Darlok. There they saw a city stuck in time, ghosts wandering the city aimlessly as though it hadn't been decimated in a flash of light. This included the massive ghost army that had gathered here 50n years past, when Fedorova was planning her rebellion against Arcanus. Here in the city they found Xarnath, who had been waiting for them for over a century. She saw with them her granddaughter, Sjaachmiirik. Manzarek had stayed true to his word, and now so would she - if the heroes could defeat her in combat, she would give them the rod.

Though it was a deadly encounter, the heroes prevailed and were able to secure the Rod of the Shadow Dragon. They could see from the ethereal plane what was happening in the land around them. Velma Shade's host had erected a massive spire; it was the Xeverus Iniksthyr, the Baron of Darlok's ghost explained. A massive magical amplifier, some legends called it "Sandman's Rectifier", and it is capable of amplifying spells to unfathomable strengths. It was with this very artifact that the city of Darlok was destroyed. Velma had brought it here to destroy the observatory. Instead, the heroes convinced Velma and her rebellious mages to allow them to use the rectifier to open a massive gate to allow the ghost army to cross into Arnessia and help fight the onslaught of the Bloodforged.

With the last dragon rod in their possession, and Velma guiding her mages and a host of ghost soldiers onward to Mirehold, the adventurers made their way to Godspire. They placed the three rods together, and once again the Staff of Xyn was whole. As soon as it had been forged, the wicked three's champions appeared to take the staff. Abaddon, cleric of Voxos, Bulrath the Butcher, Bromwen Shade, and Mammon, a pit fiend. This evil party did their best to wrestle the staff from the heroes, but failed.

In the end, it was Aliah Tharsae who was able to wield the staff. It was she who hatched the shadow dragon Sjaachmiirik in Celestia, who met Manzarek while she was there, who had hatched the radiant dragon Thraetisk, and it was her who won over Yrevmolik to their cause when he saw how Sjaachmiirik loved her. She had won the hearts of the three great grandchildren of Xyn, and she took the staff and in draconic, she said the words that destroyed the staff, and in doing so, she became something never seen before in the land: the orange dragon. Upon the destruction of the staff, the gods descended from Celestia into Godspire to officially acknowledge Manzarek as one of the Eternals.

While the realm was now safe from the machinations of Voxos and the utter destruction of Arnessia, the Bloodforged had taken Thryddmalk and had begun their siege on Mirehold. The queen's army, along with forces from Gron's Pass and the Hall of Ebrek had been keeping the Blood at bay, after every battle they gained more troops from the newly made vampire spawns, and Prigden, an actual god, stood above the army.

The party arrived at Mirehold to help with the battle, and for two nights they held the line with the forces there. On the third night, the army of ghosts finally arrived from the ashes of Darlok, allowing enough of an advantage that the four heroes were able to vanquish Prigden, and the armies destroyed the vampiric army.

So did the Wars of Ascension end. Rofik Dorrim earned a Sainthood from the Temple of Ursus, Kaenith was given the role of Grand Scion of Arcanus, Aliah was given the title of Daraxurirl ("Dragon Friend" in draconic) by all dragons across the realm, and J'aramé won the hand of Queen Ashra, becoming the king of Yondar.

The Wars of Ascension - Revision history

Milo at 03:33, 31 March 2026