We went before the central ziggurat to find Mentrius, Velshava, and Knight Volsaid all hanging out. We quickly approached with our two gods with us. There was a bit of tension in the air and not just because of Volsaid and Crestin. After some brief discussion, Purphoros started opening the earth. That was quickly countered with Mentrius telling us they stationed two of their people outside Fiddletown and they would destroy it if we attempted to ruin this city. Velshava offered us another option. Mentrius would show us a vision of their past and allow us to determine if we would do anything different. This allowed three of us to have an out of body/in body experience. There was mixed reception from the group as a few of us wanted to go after them now anyways. I convinced enough of us to at least take the offer to learn how the mist was created as this may be our last opportunity to do so without some powerful magic. These led to myself, Crestin, and Norhm being pulled into this vision and sent to the past. We learned a bit including how they became vampires, how they got to the northern capital, and how they eventually overthrew the government. Turns out a growing minority wanted them gone but the three vampires didn't want to leave. Honestly I would go into more detail about the vision, but it is really tough to tell what was real and what was manipulated to try and get us on their side. Or maybe at least a bit sympathetic. So we saw how the mist was created and it had to do with the blood of the fallen being mixed with the water. This led to the three vampires drinking it and the unholy scar being formed. The three of us eventually left the vision and returned to the real world. Going to be honest, that story didn't paint them into any better of a light. They seemed selfish and conniving throughout and they seemed even worse today. Volsaid admitted the true goal is to have the (4?) of them rule over the continent because she believes the king is weak. All of us at EG agreed that the vampires couldn't justify their continued actions so war were declared so to speak. Now we are moving to a mutual ground to fight. A nice area between the northern and southern jungle.