Terrors Beneath
1st Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1853: On the 5th Respitesday of Winter's End, we plunged into the depths beneath Nyxthranis, where we stumbled upon a grim pile of aberrant corpses—twisted, unnatural things that set my nerves on edge. We made camp that night, but the darkness felt alive, watching us. By Malakar’s watch, the ambush hit—those same aberrant monsters lunged from the shadows. We fought them off, blades flashing in the dim light, and though we took some hits, we stood our ground. Action like that sharpens the mind and steels the body.
The next day, bandaged but unbroken, we pressed deeper down a spiraling tunnel, the air growing heavy with each step. A rhythmic pulse echoed—a heartbeat, unnervingly alive. Malakar scouted ahead, his Web of Eyes sharing the sight of a grotesque plant creature, its pulse throbbing through the stone. No time for hesitation; we moved to confront it.
The battle was brutal. The creature, a corrupted fey spirit of dreams in a form of an aberrant tree, shrugged off our strikes like they were nothing. Then a memory sparked—a tale of such a beast’s weakness to vital energies. I shouted it to the group, and Talindra infused our weapons with that power. The tide turned fast; steel bit deep, and we gained the upper hand. In the tree’s core, we found Luthadir, his body pierced by root-like tendrils feeding the monstrosity. Talindra’s medical precision saved him, carefully extracting the roots without further harm. Deprived of its fuel, the tree weakened, though it still resisted my spells. Afterwards, its resistances fell away and the party made short work of it. I collected some of its sap—potent, strange stuff that might yield something useful. We patched up, collapsed the mountain onto Nyxthranis to bury its horrors, and marched back to Hithfaer. Lady Aria sent Selestiel to track the escaped dwarven slaves, and I’m ready for whatever we face next.
Isenara's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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The Expedition
2nd Judicday to 4th Respitesday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
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Mystery of the Winter Temple
4th Respitesday to 5th Judicday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
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Night of the Dead
5th Vaeraleusday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
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The Beginning
5th Amerysday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
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Home
5th Respitesday of High Spring, Second Age 1853
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Ghosts and Dead Trees
2nd Judicday of Fading Spring, Second Age 1853
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Far Afield
5th Respitesday of Fading Spring, Second Age 1853
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Dead
3rd Quindirsday of Summer's Dawn, Second Age 1853
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Wreckage
1st Judicday of Summer's Twilight, SA 1853
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The Truth Revealed
4th Amerysday of Summer's Twilight, SA 1853
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Of Ratmen and Skeletons
3rd Brahmarusday of Rising Autumn, Second Age 1853
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The Neighbors
1st Judicday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853:
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Eglasil, the Moon Elf neighbor
3rd Respitsday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853
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Flames and Storms
2nd Respitesday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853
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Island Ruins
3rd Seojungsday of Autumn's Edge
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Ancient Discoveries
4th Judicsday of Autumns Edge, Second Age 1853
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Visitors from across the Sea
3rd Vaeraleusday of Winters Chill, Second Age 1853
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Lothithil Estate
5th Seojungsday of Winters Chill, Second Age 1853
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Tirion Anor
3rd Brahmarusday of High Winter, Second Age 1853
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Darkness Ended
3rd Qindirsday of High Winter, Second Age 1853
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Unwelcome Visitors
1st Respitesday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853
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War at our Doorstep
3rd Seojungsday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853
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Conquest in the Dark
5th Amerysday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853
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Terrors Beneath
1st Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1853
2nd Judicday to 4th Respitesday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
4th Respitesday to 5th Judicday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
5th Vaeraleusday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
5th Amerysday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852
5th Respitesday of High Spring, Second Age 1853
2nd Judicday of Fading Spring, Second Age 1853
5th Respitesday of Fading Spring, Second Age 1853
3rd Quindirsday of Summer's Dawn, Second Age 1853
1st Judicday of Summer's Twilight, SA 1853
4th Amerysday of Summer's Twilight, SA 1853
3rd Brahmarusday of Rising Autumn, Second Age 1853
1st Judicday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853:
3rd Respitsday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853
2nd Respitesday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853
3rd Seojungsday of Autumn's Edge
4th Judicsday of Autumns Edge, Second Age 1853
3rd Vaeraleusday of Winters Chill, Second Age 1853
5th Seojungsday of Winters Chill, Second Age 1853
3rd Brahmarusday of High Winter, Second Age 1853
3rd Qindirsday of High Winter, Second Age 1853
1st Respitesday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853
3rd Seojungsday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853
5th Amerysday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853
1st Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1853
The major events and journals in Isenara's history, from the beginning to today.
Session 29: The Tree of Nightmares
04:11 am - 27.05.2025Session 29: The Tree of Nightmares
04:10 am - 27.05.2025Terrors Beneath
1st Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1853: On the 5th Respitesday of Winter's End, we plunged into the depths beneath Nyxthranis, where we stumbled upon a grim pile of aberrant corpses—twisted, unnatural things that set my nerves on edge. We mad...
02:33 am - 27.05.2025Session 28: Into the Deep
11:39 pm - 15.05.2025Session 28: Into the Deep
11:38 pm - 15.05.2025Conquest in the Dark
5th Amerysday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853: On this venture, our pursuit of actionable intelligence led us to interrogate a corpse of Maeltheron Lith'Kael, yielding critical information about a covert route into the enemy city. Accompanied by Grikz an...
08:45 pm - 12.05.2025Session 27: The Final Assault
05:40 am - 10.05.2025Session 27: The Final Assault
05:40 am - 10.05.2025Session 26: Siege of Nyxthranis
04:53 am - 03.05.2025Session 26: Siege of Nyxthranis
04:53 am - 03.05.2025War at our Doorstep
2nd Judicday of Winter's End, Second Age 1853: We gathered with the council to hammer out our next moves. Plans were laid to send for mercenaries—some extra blades could tip the scales. Nyvressa was sent to Eglasil to to keep her safe from the infiltrat...
04:03 am - 29.04.2025Session 25: War is Upon Us
08:35 pm - 26.04.2025Session 25: War is Upon Us
08:35 pm - 26.04.2025Unwelcome Visitors
3rd Amerysday of High Winter, Second Age 1853: The rest of the holidays rolled by without a hitch—plenty of feasting and no more surprises, just the way I like it when I’m catching my breath. Got my head clear and my gear ready for whatever’s next. ...
07:12 am - 22.04.2025Session 24: Interludes of Shadow
06:00 am - 18.04.2025Session 24: Interludes of Shadow
06:00 am - 18.04.2025Darkness Ended
3rd Qindirsday of High Winter, Second Age 1853: The Festival of the Longest Night started with a bang—food piled high, preparations locked in tight. But as we lit the lanterns, a suffocating darkness swallowed everything. No light could cut through it; ...
02:30 am - 15.04.2025Session 23: Restoring Rhodanthes Lantern
06:01 am - 12.04.2025Session 23: Restoring Rhodanthes Lantern
06:01 am - 12.04.2025Session 22: The Darkest Night
04:43 am - 05.04.2025Session 22: The Darkest Night
04:42 am - 05.04.2025Session 21: Swinter
03:52 am - 31.03.2025Session 21: Swinter
03:51 am - 31.03.2025Tirion Anor
1st Vaeraleusday of High Winter, Second Age 1853: Landed in the Golden Elf city of Tirion Anor, crashing at the Emerald Spire. We decided Aranesi would be better to take charge here, hoping to visit some of the local repositiories of knowledge. She joined...
11:54 pm - 29.03.2025Lothithil Estate
I am writing this entry as I am sitting in a room within the Lothithil Estate. This is where The Dancer of Death began her journey, the story I've been told I have no read in any of the tomes we were able to find. They have focused on her domain after the...
04:08 am - 18.03.2025Session 20: A Time for Travel
09:04 pm - 16.03.2025Session 20: A Time for Travel
09:04 pm - 16.03.2025Visitors from across the Sea
1st Respitesday of Winters Chill, Second Age 1853: After our return to Hithfaer, Lady Aria made some changes in the council arrangement, making Zaelith the new Magister, Aelorna the new Emissary, and putting me in charge of the Treasury. I was not complet...
06:05 am - 11.03.2025Session 19: Winters First Gift
04:32 am - 09.03.2025Session 19: Winters First Gift
04:32 am - 09.03.2025Session 18: Home Sweet Home
06:09 am - 03.03.2025Session 18: Home Sweet Home
06:09 am - 03.03.2025Ancient Discoveries
3rd Amerysday of Autumns Edge, Second Age 1853: Just when the workers were sure they will make a breach on the next day, an assault of strange spiderlike beings woke us in the middle of the night. They struck fast, but despite many of our number being rou...
03:48 am - 03.03.2025Session 17: The Horrors Beneath
06:09 pm - 22.02.2025Session 17: The Horrors Beneath
06:08 pm - 22.02.2025Island Ruins
3rd Seojungsday of Autumn's Edge, Second Age 1853: After a week of managing kingdom's affairs for our absence, we set our sights on the coastal ruins we had previously sighted on the island just off the coast, a little too close to our young city to leave...
03:26 am - 17.02.2025Session 16: Delving into Ruins Far Flung
10:40 pm - 15.02.2025Session 16: Delving into Ruins Far Flung
10:39 pm - 15.02.2025Flames and Storms
1st Respitesday of Autumn's Edge, Second Age 1853: It has been one of our longer expeditions so far, as we've spent over three weeks ranging out. We made landfall on the fourth respitesday of High Autumn and immediately spent the rest of the day charting ...
06:11 am - 11.02.2025Session 15: Convergence
04:52 am - 07.02.2025Session 15: Convergence
04:52 am - 07.02.2025Session 14: Distant Neighbors
03:15 am - 05.02.2025Session 14: Distant Neighbors
03:15 am - 05.02.2025Eglasil, the Moon Elf neighbor
1st Amerysday of High Autumn, Second Age 1853: Sailed to Eglasil to learn more about the artifact we discovered, but the journey was anything but smooth; a storm tossed our vessel like a leaf in the wind. Aranesi seemed oddly fascinated by the tempest, he...
09:14 pm - 04.02.2025Session 13: Diplomacy in the Dark
03:39 am - 23.01.2025Session 13: Diplomacy in the Dark
03:38 am - 23.01.2025The Neighbors
3rd Brahmarusday of Rising Autumn, Second Age 1853: Waiting for the scouts' return proved beneficial. They have returned todya, which was just enough time for me to finally complete the reverse engineering of the formula from those crystal shards we foun...
09:46 pm - 21.01.2025Session 12: Kobold Miners
03:50 am - 15.01.2025Session 12: Kobold Miners
03:49 am - 15.01.2025Of Ratmen and Skeletons
2nd Judicday of Rising Autumn, Second Age 1853: We journeyed to the tree where the zombies hung like ghastly fruit, and what we found was unexpected. A ratman had made his lair there, surrounded by an array of traps, working diligently on what he claimed ...
07:02 am - 14.01.2025The Truth Revealed
3rd Judicday of Summer's Twilight, SA 1853: We moved against the primal vortex, but our efforts were in vain this time. We came close to harnessing its chaotic energies, but the backlash was too severe. We were forced to retreat, licking our wounds and re...
02:16 am - 06.01.2025Session 10 & 11: Lay Lines, Constellations, and Ratfolk
04:58 am - 03.01.2025Session 10 & 11: Lay Lines, Constellations, and Ratfolk
04:58 am - 03.01.2025Wreckage
1st Judicday of High Summer, SA 1853: Of all the things that could have happened last month, a visit from a Moon Elven dignitary was not anywhere near the top of my list. He goes by Galdirion Tilsar and represents Eglasil. He seemed equally impressed by t...
05:41 am - 27.12.2024Session 9: Dead come Ashore
02:44 am - 27.12.2024Session 9: Dead come Ashore
02:44 am - 27.12.2024Dead
2nd Quindirsday of Summer's Dawn, Second Age 1853: We've returned from the trip to deal with the monolith a few days ago. Turns out it was some kind of defensive measure, protecting the river from unwanted travelers, while those who carried a special mark...
08:00 am - 09.12.2024Dead
2nd Quindirsday of Summer's Dawn, Second Age 1853: We've returned from the trip to deal with the monolith a few days ago. Turns out it was some kind of defensive measure, protecting the river from unwanted travelers, while those who carried a special mark...
07:41 am - 09.12.2024The Journal Entry’s title
2nd Quindirsday of Summer's Dawn, Second Age 1853: We've returned from the trip to deal with the monolith a few days ago. Turns out it was some kind of defensive measure, protecting the river from unwanted travelers, while those who carried a special mark...
07:40 am - 09.12.2024Session 8: Ghostly Fields
03:51 am - 05.12.2024Session 8: Ghostly Fields
03:51 am - 05.12.2024Session 7: Tracks and Exploration
05:56 am - 30.11.2024Session 7: Tracks and Exploration
05:56 am - 30.11.2024Far Afield
2nd Respitesday of Fading Spring, Second Age 1853: A lot has happened in the village in the past month. Nymeria stopped going out with the expedition and refocused entirely on the rebuilding project, the whole reason she came on this expedition in the fi...
07:15 am - 29.11.2024Ghosts and Dead Trees
1st Judicday of Fading Spring, Second Age 1853: The catacombs beneath the temple proved to be a challenge and yet we have prevailed. We have discovered a maze of main chambers and secret passages, though as we explored, it became more predictable, a few s...
06:22 am - 24.11.2024Session 6: The Ghost of Old Oak
06:18 pm - 21.11.2024Session 6: The Ghost of Old Oak
06:17 pm - 21.11.2024Session 6: The Ghost of Old Oak
06:17 pm - 21.11.2024Session 5: Aftermath of Spring
11:04 pm - 18.11.2024Session 5: Aftermath of Spring
11:03 pm - 18.11.2024Home
5th Respitesday of High Spring, Second Age 1853: It has been a long month, but not eventful enough to write each day, I may end up writing at the end of each month if this routine keeps up, though I highly doubt it. Selestiel and Grikz were sent inland to...
11:04 pm - 16.11.2024Home
5th Respitesday of High Spring, Second Age 1853: It has been a long month, but not eventful enough to write each day, I may end up writing at the end of each month if this routine keeps up, though I highly doubt it. Selestiel and Grikz were sent inland to...
10:45 pm - 16.11.2024The Journal Entry’s title
5th Respitesday of High Spring, Second Age 1853: It has been a long month, but not eventful enough to write each day, I may end up writing at the end of each month if this routine keeps up, though I highly doubt it. Selestiel and Grikz were sent inland to...
10:44 pm - 16.11.2024The Beginning
5th Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852: It has been a rather exciting day. We ventured out in the morning towards the ruined building where the source of the undead was identified and approached it undetected. The building itself was once a muc...
10:15 pm - 04.11.2024The Beginning
5th Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852: It has been a rather exciting day. We ventured out in the morning towards the ruined building where the source of the undead was identified and approached it undetected. The building itself was once a muc...
10:05 pm - 04.11.2024The Beginning
5th Qindirsday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852: It has been a rather exciting day. We ventured out in the morning towards the ruined building where the source of the undead was identified and approached it undetected. The building itself was once a muc...
10:02 pm - 04.11.2024Session 4: The Lord of the Ruins
09:58 pm - 31.10.2024Session 4: The Lord of the Ruins
09:57 pm - 31.10.2024Session 3: A Long Night
11:27 pm - 24.10.2024Session 3: A Long Night
11:26 pm - 24.10.2024Night of the Dead
5th Vaeraleusday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852: The rest of the day after return from the temple was spent on unloading the ships and preparing the base camp. I took the stone chest from Nymeria and started tinkering with the lock in an attempt to fi...
06:57 am - 24.10.2024Session 2: The Ancient Snow Temple
08:20 pm - 18.10.2024Session 2: The Ancient Snow Temple
08:19 pm - 18.10.2024Session 2: The Ancient Snow Temple
08:18 pm - 18.10.2024Mystery of the Winter Temple
4th Respitesday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852: Today was incredibly eventful. I am writing this as we sit under a mostly collapsed roof of an old temple dedicated to Winter, that our divinely inclined members of the expedition were just able to resto...
06:26 am - 17.10.2024The Expedition
2nd Judicday of Spring's Birth, Second Age 1852: I've met with the team picked by Lady Aria. Each one of them an interesting character. Lady Aria and Lady Talindra I've already met before while I served Lady Cavatina. Anaresi helped Lady Talindra with som...
06:55 am - 10.10.2024The list of amazing people following the adventures of Isenara.
Social
Birthplace
Forna Vasar
Contacts & Relations
Ward of Lady Cavatina Nytraven
In employ to House Nytraven, assigned by Lady Cavatina to aid Lady Aria to the best of her abilities.
Daughter of House Eiryant, a cadet house of house Nytraven
Wealth & Financial state
She's accumulated enough wealth for a comfortable life, but is not by any means wealthy.
Family Ties
Due to the early guardianship by Lady Cavatina, she never developed strong bond with her birth parents Veridion and Ylvara Eiryant, and sees House Nytraven as her first loyalty.
Religious Views
Carries a discreet symbol of Drustanus.
Social Aptitude
Outgoing and forward, speaks her mind, though often she struggles to convey her meaning.