Eradun
1573
A dark storm drifts through a bright sky, heavy winds move across the rolling plains below, rattling the windows of the humble cottages which dot the landscape. A crash of thunder sends birds scattering as the first droplets of rain begin to fall on this peaceful land.
Bright light filters through one of the shopkeeps' windows in the city of Gygax as a tall bronze Dragonborn meanders in, deep in conversation with a gnome woman.
Far to the West, drums sound in the hills, dragons soar overhead, and night falls at noon. In the East, waters stir in way long since forgotten. Something moves in the inky darkness, something never before seen by the eyes of man.
From scattered homes, five unlikely companions gather in a dark hole in foreign lands, seeking hope in a terrible monster. Shadows flicker on the edges of caves, and the world above is left behind.