User:Zeromaru X/Project Neverwinter/Campaign outline/Summary 2

Dates
Ches 10 – Ches 23, Year of the Ageless One, 447 NR

Summary

 * When Kaylara, Dargor and Quon were at the market buying supplies, a group of plaguechanged monsters appear from out of the sewers and take the Neverwinter Guard by surprise. Although initially at disadvantage, the group is joined by the Tormite paladin Brenn, who helps them to protect the citizens from the rampaging beasts. Things get worse, however, when a plaguechanged white dragon appears amid the market square. When everything seems lost, a mysterious man clad in full plate armor appears, and while he is wearing a helmet to obscure his face, he is donned with the Crown of Neverwinter. This man helps the Guards and Kay's group to defeat the creatures. He even handles the dragon himself, turning it into stone. This man later identifies himself as the "Lost Heir of Alagondar", to Kaylara's shock.
 * NPCs from the market: Aothir, Clorde, Jarvy, Nagda.
 * As the exited crowd hail the "Lost Heir" as their king, the "Lost Heir" hands over some badges to Kaylara and her group, saying that they are now his and Neverwinter's allies. The badges have engraved the old symbol of the Neverwinter Nine: the Weeping Eye. Brenn joins the White Griffons afterwards.
 * In the following tenday, things have become tense in Neverwinter, as people is flowing to the "Lost Heir" side and have been asking Lord Protector Dagult Neverember to leave the city. There have been more attacks by plaguechanged creatures taking place inside the supposedly warded Protector's Enclave, and every time, the "Lost Heir" is there, fighting against the creatures. The Nashers have also declared their public support to the Heir. Businesses are under pressure to choose a side, and those who maintain their loyalty to the Lord Protector have been targeted by vandalism, harassment, and destruction of property. Kaylara has also been confused and depressed all these days, as she doesn't know how to deal with the "Lost Heir", who could be a relative she didn't knew she had until now. More importantly, he is wearing the Crown of Neverwinter, that gives him the right to claim the throne once Lord Neverember leaves the city.
 * At the Beached Leviathan, General Sabine contact the White Griffons and ask them to go to see Lord Neverember. However, a furious crowd attacks the tavern, as the owner, Harrag, its a loyalist of Neverember. The Griffons and Sabine's men had to deal with the situation before leaving to the Protector's Enclave.
 * As he already knows of what they are capable of, Lord Neverember hires the White Griffons to deal with an incursion of plaguechanged monsters attacking the Wall, as the defenders (including the Scar Company) are being overwhelmed by the monsters' numbers. The true objetive of the job, however, is to investigate the "Lost Heir", as Neverember claims that the man has declined to parlay diplomatically with him.
 * At the Wall, a group of bandits have killed the garrison posted at one of the doors and were about to open the gates to let the monsters into the Protector's Enclave. The White Griffons arrive in time to stop the bandits. Just after the battle ends, they met with their former employer, Seldra Tylmarande, who is also an agent of Neverember. However, she supports the "Lost Heir" (in fact, she admits that she was the one who found the "Lost Heir" and gave him the Crown) and wants to arrange a meeting between the Griffons and the "Lost Heir". However, there are more pressing matters at the moment: Seldra says that those bandits were members of the Dead Rats, as she has been investigating them for days. According to Seldra, the Dead Rats want to let loose the plaguechanged in the Protector's Enclave and therefore must be stopped. She ask the Griffons for help. As Kay accepts her request, Seldra directs them to the House of a Thousand Faces, were she believes the Rats have an ally. She cannot accompany the Griffons as she has to remain in the Wall's door until a new platoon of Guards arrives to reinforce the door.
 * In their way to the House of a Thousand Faces, the Griffons had to fight with a group plaguechanged humans in the Winged Wyvern Bridge. After defeating these poor souls, the Griffons go to the Blacklake District.
 * At the House of a Thousand Faces, Dargor receives a cold welcome from Toram and Theryis (the only two official Harper agents in the city), because of his involvement in Cymril's death. Toram didn't wanted problems with Dargor, however, and when he asked about the Dead Rats, Toram pointed the Griffons to talk with Charl. Charl recognizes the Griffons as Neverember's allies and rallies a crowd to face them. The Griffons are able to defeat (but not kill) the crowd and spared Charl, leaving his destiny to Toram and Theryis to decide. While interrogating Charl, he reveals the location of a Rats' hideout, in an abandoned house in the Blacklake's beach. However, the hideout can only be used at night. Seeing Dargor sparing Charl's live makes Theryis reconsider her opinion about him. She offer the Griffons to stay in the House of a Thousand Faces to prepare and wait for the night. Seldra also arrives to the House to met the Griffons, with additional information for them. She does not only confirms Charl's info, but also says that she has learned that the Nashers are allied with the Dead Rats. She claims that she does not know what the "Lost Heir" thinks of this relationship, but she doubts he would approve of their alliance. She urges the Griffons again to consider supporting the "Lost Heir".
 * During their travel to the Blacklake, the Griffons had to deal with the mutant creatures (corrupted primal spirits trapped in the plant-life of the lake) that now dwelt in the contaminated lake. In the hideout, they discover a secret passage that leads to the Blacklake Sewers. Unknown to the Griffons, someone has already informed the Dead Rats of their intentions to attack the bandits.
 * The Griffons are ambushed by a cell of Dead Rats. As the Griffons wipe out the poor sods, a wererat sacrifices himself to activate the drainage system, triggering a massive flood as the waters of Blacklake rush in from above, drowning the lair. The Griffons are caught up in the current and take a bruising trip through the sewers, eventually reaching a system of natural tunnels beneath Neverwinter.
 * The tunnels are inhabited by an old, half-mad kraken, once the pet of a cell of the Kraken Society that operated out of Neverwinter. The Griffons are able survive the attack long enough for a group of Nashers to arrive to the tunnels. The Nashers have magical amulets that allow them to control the kraken, and save the Griffons from certain death. The Nashers ask the Griffons to follow them to their hideout, a former Kraken Society's building.
 * In the hideout, the Griffons met with the Nashers' leader, Arlon Bladeshaper, who informs them that the "Lost Heir" is about to declare war to oust Lord Neverember from the city. While Arlon wishes to depose Neverember from power, he is also aware that civil war is not what Neverwinter needs right now. He pleads the Griffons to talk with the "Lost Heir" and convince him to stop this madness. Albeit she mistrusts him, Kaylara decides to join forces with Arlon, just for once.
 * As the Griffons and Nashers arrive to the meeting spot they are supposed to met with the "Lost Heir", the "Lost Heir" ambushes them. Believing the Nashers have betrayed him, the "Lost Heir" reveals his powerful spellscar, that he uses to control a group of plaguechanged monsters, forcing them to attack both the Nashers and the Griffons while he leads an army of plaguechanged monsters (most of them humanoids) to attack the Protector's Enclave. In that moment, all becomes clear: the "Lost Heir" is the one who has been controlling the plaguechanged monsters from the start.
 * As the Nashers remain behind to deal with the plaguechanged, the Griffons rush to stop the attack on Protector's Enclave. Along the way, they have to fight against some of the inhabitants and domestic animals of the Blacklake District, that have been transformed by the "Lost Heir" into plaguechanged. Buildings are on fire and people is being attacked by plaguechanged. The whole city has fallen into chaos.
 * When the Griffons arrive to the Wall, they discover with horror that most of the Wall defenders and the Scar Company has been either killed or transformed into plaguechanged. They met with Deegan, who is leading the surviving defenders in an attempt to defend the Wall's door. Deegan reveals that the "Lost Heir" is not a man but a woman (as the "Lost Heir" removed her helmet during battle): the "Lost Heir" is none other than Seldra Tylmarande. The Griffons help the defenders long enough for reinforcements to arrive, led by General Sabine herself. Alongside Sergeant Knox and a small squad of Guards, the Griffons go to fight Seldra at the market square in Protector's Enclave while Sabine takes charge of the defense of the Wall.
 * At the market square, the Griffons find Seldra using her spellscar to release the plaguechanged white dragon from its petrified state. They confront Seldra and her plaguechanged creatures (humans from the vicinity turned into plaguechanged), and during the fight most of the Guards are either killed or injured (only Knox remains to help the Griffons). Using her dreaded connection with Caiphon, Quon is able to remove the Crown from Seldra's head without being affected by the magic of the Crown, releasing Seldra from the curse of madness that had been controlling her all this time.
 * Seldra admits that the Crown is false, as she is not a descendant of Nasher Alagondar. She suspects she was used by a noble from Waterdeep to create chaos in Neverwinter and to depose Lord Neverember. She also reveals that the Crown is cursed, and Olivar surmises this was Tolivast's doing. He suspects that this was only part of a bigger plot of the Thayans, although he is not sure what the Thayans are planning to do next. What Seldra did to the white dragon is irreversible, and now the Griffons and Knox have to deal with the rampaging beast (this time, not controlled by Seldra). Kaylara allows Seldra to redeem herself by helping the group fight the dragon.
 * After killing the dragon, General Sabine arrives at the market square. She orders Knox to detain a repentant Seldra, while Sabine ask the Griffons to accompany her to talk with Lord Neverember, who wants to thanks them for their efforts. Before the Griffons leave, the people hail them as heroes.
 * As a reward for their heroism, Lord Neverember recognizes the White Griffons as a legitimate adventuring company, giving them legal recognition as authorities of Neverwinter.
 * As Seldra was cursed and therefore coming to the conclusion that all she did wasn't under her own volition, Neverember spares her. However, since she is an spellscarred, the Protector's Law is clear: she has to be sent to Helm's Hold for treatment or to volunteer to serve in the Scar Company (now in need of more soldiers). She decides the latter, as she still wants to serve Neverwinter and wants to atone for her crimes. The false Crown of Neverwinter is later publicly destroyed by a group of wizards and clerics, to put an end to the civil unrest.