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22nd of Marpenoth, 1492

The Story of His First Adventure

by Wizard of the Blue Thunderbolts Aronin Hazenscar

Aronin journeyed back to Luskan intent on finding out what happened to his friends, it took him five days to reach the town and thus, he arrived on the 22nd of Marpenoth. When he reached the Hosttower of the Arcane Aronin was greeted by Bulgoloth. His face was hideously warped and he told Aronin that he was expecting him. As they entered the tower, Aronin noticed that an explosion had taken the top of the tower off and immediate emergency construction was underway. As the dwarven masons worked, the pair entered and took Aronin to the third floor where Zartan awaited. Zartan told Aronin about the situation that occurred at the tower, he told Aronin about an artifact of immense power that could have unlocked immense magic. Given Aronin's research, Aronin assumed a connection to Obtao was in play. Aronin slept in his old quarters to await a fated meeting then presented by Bulgoloth. On the 25th, the fated meeting occurred and Aronin met Eldred and Osa. Eldred was a tiefling with wings and cat eyes and Osa was an Eladrin with long black hair, green eyes, and a beautiful white bow. Zartan introduced Eldred and Osa and asked them about their journey. He introduced each member of the group as outsiders as fate would have it. Zartan explained that Aronin had journeyed far, Osa was from the Feywild, and Eldred history was a mystery.
 
Eldred offered news of a finding as he brought out a brass hourglass with a crystal on top. There were rollers on the glass with a ribbon stung on of white and red. There was a latch that offered a series of gears below the crystal. A similar hourglass was in Eldred's nightmares, it was dread and doom and predicted oblivion or apocalypse and he had no idea where it came from. After a brief discussion, Eldred then handed a book titled "A Guide to Mechanus," to Aronin, after looking it over, it appeared to be a guide to the Outerplane. Zartan then took out a thin black leather book, which was in fact a portable spell book. Once opened Aronin found writings in common and magic formula but the common was off and strange like it was written by some insane person, the spell formula are all wrong and strange as well. Zartan told the Outsiders that when the book, clock, and the Tiefling were divined, they seemed to source from nowhere. However, Zartan believed that each thing came from somewhere beyond even the Outerplanes.
 
On the morning of the 26th, The Outsiders were offered breakfast and Eldred and Osa, warm welcome as the "Heroes of the Hosttower." The Outsiders were then taken to the Practice Room to Bulgoloth. He gathered each outsider around a crystal and informed them that he'd been given the gift of sight. They each placed their hands on the crystal and he divined fate. He called the group "The Outsiders," and informed that one outsider voluntarily exiled must return in two weeks or the path of fate will darken to black. He informed that another must relinquish their promise for the gain of good and that on the green isle another will play a key role to a path not yet set. The group then discussed the happening and realized that Osa exiled herself voluntarily and Eldred made a promise that he must be released from to Osa. Eldred knew then that he must be the one to state that he will take her to the green isle. Osa then explained that while they were in Chult, they had an experience that shed light upon her beloved's fate and she explained that she had hidden her identity but in truth was wanted for arrest in her home, Evermeet.
 
Preparing for an adventure to Evermeet Aronin went to a small shop and bought chalk, a mirror, 4 bottles, a vial of acid, and hempen rope. Later in the afternoon he met the other outsiders and Zartan and Zartan handed Aronin and Eldred each a scroll with black wax with the seal of the Hosttower within and a pink wax was seal on them. He explainded that they were a Writ that offered the two legitimacy in the Feywild. Zartan then opened a portal that could take The Outsiders as close as he can to a city in the Feywild as he could. Once upon the otherside Osa knew that it would be a three day journey to get to the city. Before he stepped though however, Aronin whispered in Draconic, "Fortune favors the bold."
 
The Feywild was as green as Aronin had ever seen and the sky as blue. The place was wonderful and beautiful and his night's sleep filled with wanderlust. They would make an approach upon Leuthilspar the next day across the "Green Isle" of Evermeet. Osa had then admitted to being a deserter who wandered and looked for her soul mate. Two riders approached The Outsiders from behind and Osa claimed Aronin and Eldred but Eldred then informed the patrol that he was returning Osa Durothil. Eldred then showed them his scroll and they had The Outsiders journey with them to camp in the evening. The next day the lot arrived at Leuthilspar to face a pure mithril gate door. Allowed in with a "prisoner" by the head of the gate guard, the circumstance befell them several more times as they passed several more sets of guards. Upon the higher living, The Outsiders encounter Jarbin, someone familiar with Osa, and he arrested her. Eldred had his scroll translated and Aroin took the opportunity to try and ply for position and told told Jarbin that he was aware of what was written in the scroll in Elvish and declared himself Osa's advocate. Aronin and Eldred were then taken to nice quarters with wonderful food where Eldred informed Aronin that Osa was in the Fey War and beloved had given her a silver necklace that proposed marriage. Eldred told aroning that her beloved had gone missing after a battle and Osa was given leave to try and find him for many years, it turned out to be twenty. The powers that be had finally told her that she had to report in but instead she left and ended up making contact with the later Heroes of the Hosttower. In Chult she had learned that her beloved was dead and in so doing had, in a round about way, come back home. After a night of stay The Outsider met again as they were taken to a courtroom in the afternoon. A judge over saw the proceedings and in a desperate attempt, Aronin attempted to advocate for Osa through a haze of sweat and hurtburn. It was a poor attempt but Eldred gave me Aronin a pat on the back for it all the same. In the end it came down to Osa's questioning and she entirely incriminated herself, as was the way of the Fey. The judge then stripped Osa of her family title and had her stricken from her family tree. A woman of Olithir then claimed Osa as a member of her house for the necklace Osa's husband had given her. The woman claimed to be Osa's beloved's Aunt as well as a member of the city's royal family. The request was granted and the woman, Bargala Olithir, took The Outsider's to her tower, which held within a massive library proving to Aronin that she was infact a master mage.

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