Competitors

From DeadGoblins

After rescuing Lord Major Bren ir'Gadden and his aide, Aric Blacktree, the group took to investigating the Mark of Prophecy. Sentinel found that, upon studying it, the Mark revealed a bit of verse, "Four at the brink of the desolation stand as one against the tempest's roar."

Blacktree was more or less unresponsive to everyone, the Mark seeming to have placed him in a state of shock. ir'Gadden, meanwhile, was unhappy that Khav wanted to bring him to Karrnath, but because of Blacktree's condition, was reluctant to fight about it and decide to go willingly. As the group stepped out of the tower, orange lightning flashed through the sky and the ground seemed to shake.

Then, some zombie rotters were noticed, along with two Emerald Claw soldiers and a necromancer. It seems the Emerald Claw had designs on taking the Lord Major themselves. The group, with ir'Gadden fighting at their side, made quick work of their foes, with Sentinel particularly going after the necromancer for an attack on Kurvilis. Lan was near death at one point, but everyone was relatively unharmed by the end of the battle.

During the battle, the sky seemed to catch fire and a gray fog rolled down to the hill at the battle below. Once the last zombie was dispatched, the group noticed that the sounds have battle below had been silenced. They went to investigate and noticed that everyone who had been fighting in the Battle of Saerun Road was now dead. Even the grass looked withered. All of this was behind a dead-gray mist that the group quickly found was not to be crossed.

They headed north along the mist, all on their way to their own destinations, but also to see the extent of the devastation. It seemed to go as far as the eye could see. Eventually they ran into a human of House Orien and a gnome of House Sivis, who had been collecting reports of the devastation. It seemed to have covered all of Cyre.