Ruins of the Empire (TSR 3100) set the time at 551 MR, thee Warlock of the Stonecrowns (TSR 3110) starts activity 554 MR going till 558 MR (until the Warlock either becomes a regent of a sizable territory or has fallen into war with the Gorgon). The timeline I am working is flawed because I never set as the particular starting date. Alexander hosted his grand tournament roughly 6 years ago, putting the Warlock in a considerable position of power in the region. For game purposes I am going to run the adventure about two years into the Warlock’s rise to power (basically meaning the Warlock has had time to rise up some fhoimorien wizard sons and secure more troops).
The Gorgon recently acquired Alexander’s blood-silver spear and is heading directly to kill his son the Drake. Alexander learns of this when using the aide of Karem, the pair spied through Karem’s crystal ball the Gorgon with Alexander’s blood-silver spear in hand given to him by a woman dressed as one of the Seven Daughter’s of the Sword Mage. Karem and Alexander will learn through a bit of leg work that the Warlock in the Stonecrowns is the Drake and now the pair must out race the Gorgon to be the ones to claim the Warlock’s treasure.
The adventure hook is going to follow: word comes that wizard’s are needed to cure a nobleman in the realm of Cariele (in game terms they are looking for people who could cast limited wish to cure the nobleman Prince Tresmer who is ploymorphed into the form of a sparrowhawk). Karem was looking for wizards of high talent will be alerted of this news and with Alexander make departure to investigate the occurrence. Karem hopes to meet “the Wizard” but for story purposes their contact will be “the Eyeless One.”
The Eyeless One lost an ambassador Ysterac (male elite goblin wizard) whom the Warlock took prisoner; if the players can rescue Ysterac the Eyeless One will make them one magic item of their choosing. The Eyeless One will guide and pay for their passage with the mercenary group run by Malik Toadspit (male elite goblin wizard). Malik has a tower along the Stonecrowns that is positioned so that his orog warriors could dig down into what Malik refers to as “the Dark Path.”
Alexander along with whatever retinue of assistants he chooses will join Karem and the Royal Flush Gang to travel into the Dark Path to hope to assault through the bottom-up the stronghold of the Warlock. The players plan should be to rescue the goblin wizard for the Eyeless One, get the Warlock’s blood power, and when Alexander hears about the rumors of the Dark Cauldron he must have it.
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