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the main party's intro: ..."the portal to another land lies ahead. seek and you shall find but never look back. beware the pitfalls of another realm for learning untold discoveries could mean giving up all that is familiar for eternity." "if I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do, is to save every day, 'til eternity passes away, just to spend them with you. If I could make days last forever, if words could make wishes come true, I'd save every day like a treasure and then, again I would spend them with you." a lot has happened this past year. some could argue the losses could match or maybe even outweigh the gains. in the bigger picture all that matters is in how we persevere, what do we do with what knowledge we have gained and how do we move forward with the lessons we have learned. value friendship, but who are our true friends? to progress is to continue to trust in the idea of forging ahead, but how do we move forward safely without being able

the main party's intro: you've walked about an hour and a half back to the little town of Shageot from Iramendi Wilds, a forest known to be filled with all sorts of wonders to behold, experience, and marvel at. you and your party manage to see the creature you were hunting but failed to capture it. instead you return with three Satyrs. half man with the legs of a goat two of them hop and run around playfully teasing and chasing one another on and off right as you and the rest of the party walk back into town. no more than fifty yards ahead and down the road you witness four small children yelling at some man and as you close in on them one picks up a rock throwing and hitting this same man in the face. those with you begin to take notice looking as if they may decide to say or even do something to intervene. so what do you do?

you came out of your trance with a plan to go west this morning. the light of the sun along with the warmth it usually brings won't be here for at least another two or three hours but it doesn't deter you from your task at hand and you continue packing. an odd feeling has you placing your hand on your pouch as you turned to look over your shoulder to see if anyone was coming from the road. you estimate at least forty-five to fifty coins left. an amount that should last you a good while still but not if the muscular snarling group of typically chaotic violent and evil marauders approaching have anything to say about it. you keep cool, calm and collected watching your intelligent, giant, predatory bird mount's overall body language and demeanor like a mirror in front of you to help size up and gauge the situation developing behind. a glance was all it took for you to do a head count. one of these guys is more than enough to send the average person running the other direction, but

the main party's intro: about 20 miles south of Neverwinter Wood located in the northern foothills of the Sword Mountains was a village called Phandalin. your party was assigned a task by the new Queen of Napinzi to help aid in the upcoming war with the Lyon Nation to search for three magical orbs - the lost artifacts of Wave Echo Cave. the different situations and tasks that needed addressing seemed to pile as you and your group tried to manage taking care of them one by one. it's now been a few days since your arrival. you're currently on the main road with most of the Forsaken party and a few additions native to this world. you're headed north on the main road out of town in search of Cragmaw Castle to rescue a dwarf named Gundren Rockseeker somewhere on the southern end of Neverwinter Wood. it's early morning, about an hour or so on foot and maybe another hour before you reach Triboar Trail. Father Yoritomo's intro: muscles rippled as he removed one rock after another.

it took a little over 5 and a half days to get to the wondrous City of Yln Esari. five of you were sent on a quest to convince King Evindal Larenhal to forgive and forget Napinzi's past leadership oversights as well as amend current relations between their people. one of the ways set to help accomplish this task is in the gifting of "The Black Rock" otherwise known as Napinzi's Black Diamond. an emblem of purity and perfection, a stone almost the size of a softball, it stands for committment, faithfulness and promise among the Drow of ancient times long, long ago. worthy of eight to ten glorious castles in a fair exchange, it is a symbol of unconquerable will, faith and loyalty as well as intellectual knowledge,.. ...but it still may not be enough. there is a strange energy in the air, the people and in all life here in Yln Esari. hi tech communication devices fail to make contact pass the city limits, and the city itself cannot be heard or seen from any and all direction

it's been a little over two weeks and a lot has already happened in the underground city of the dark elvenfolk known as the Drow. over a month pass the designated scheduled return trip back home and your party has already seen and gotten to know two kingdoms up close. your mind wanders a bit wondering when or if, you'll ever have the opportunity to get back. should you pursue the Vala'anandalite Crystal within the cave ruins far beyond Napinzi's borders? will you pledge your fealty and support to Napinzi's new leader and join her and her people in this upcoming war? Queen Ilharess was killed two days ago and now superseded by Princess Cimmi, her daughter - now Napinzi's new ruler and queen. two of the most powerful and influential drow houses in Napinzi, in House Q'Xorlarrin and House Yauthlo have been eradicated along with their known alliances and loyal contacts in the last 24 to 48 hrs. as a likely strategic move to secure Queen Cimmi's personal safety and her new reign. an