Desert Coast Campaign Timeline

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    16 Foreyule

    Death/Disappearance of Tafil Tafili
    Life, Death
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    23 Rethe

    Party hired

    The party is hired by Syldara Sweetwater during the day. That evening, Vennyx hires a trio of mercenaries to accompany them, Liz, Tilo, and Kepara.

    Location
    Damo Tetsi
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    24 Rethe
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    5 Astron

    Travel from Damo Tetsi to Mandjula

    The Sweetwater caravan makes its way across the Chozashi Desert.

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    26 Rethe

    Kepara dies

    The dark-scaled kobold Kepara dies in a fight with jitterbugs and corrupted spawn.

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    5 Astron 23:00

    Hope attacked by Helit Doriath

    Hope goes searching for Helit Doriath, and is attacked because he is a tiefling. He reveals to the rest of the party that he is a dog stuck in Eternal's body.

    Location
    Mandjula
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    6 Astron

    Info Dump Day

    The party seeks the help of the Tafilis, and find Mira the orc necromancer. After dinner with the Tafilis that night, Akuli asks the party to skip town for a few days. They agree to take the ferry to go after Larrell's Tower.

    Location
    Mandjula
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    7 Astron
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    12 Astron

    Ferry ride

    The party rides the ferry towards Larrell's Tower.

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    12 Astron

    Meet Mikri

    The party meets Mikri and starts looking for Larrell's Tower.

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    14 Astron
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    Larrell's Tower

    The party arrives at Larrell's Tower. They fight many creatures, including the Flameskull guarding the laboratory in the library, and do research.

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    16 Astron
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    17 Astron

    Overland Travel to River

    The party walks to the river.

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    18 Astron
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    25 Astron

    Ferry Ride to Mandjula

    The party rides the ferry to Mandjula

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    19 Astron

    Sanola Sanolo assumes Patricianship of Mandjula
    Political event
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    21 Astron

    Gnome Hunters Arrive on Ferry

    The kobold gnome hunter Saki and two human companions join the ferry.

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    25 Astron

    All Hail Patrician Sanola Sanolo

    The party arrives in Mandjula, discovers that Sanola Sanolo has become the Patrician of Mandjula, and Akuli has apparently been put under a spell. Fearing for their safety, especially the safety of Vennyx, the party leaves immediately towards the town of Lakemont.

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    7 Thrimidge

    Travel to Lakemont

    The party travels overland to Lakemont

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    7 Thrimidge

    Enter Lakemont

    The party enters the village of Lakemont around midnight, and hear the people cry out in a terrifying scream. After being attacked by a gruff dwarf woman named Benga, the three make their way into town and find High Priestess Chanku and her niece Nisshrimm at the town's belltower. They spend the rest of the evening there.

    Location
    Lakemont
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    Belltower Monsters

    Khiall is awakened early in the morning by the sound of Chanku and Nisshrimm frantically dealing with an injured Chanku. The party questions the two priestesses, and Chanku reveals that the Sacred Halls of Ashakal, beneath the belltower, have been overrun by monsters, preventing her from performing her duties as high priestess. The party volunteers to head below and clear out the monsters. While down there, they are attacked by a chimera, who nearly kills Khiall. They decide to head back up to the belltower to recover.

    Location
    Lakemont
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    10 Thrimidge

    Portal to the Elemental Plane of Earth opens
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    Mount Ashakalder, one of the tallest mountains in the world, becomes a portal to the Elemental Plane of Earth. The Elemental known as Ashakal enters the Material Plane and releases several dozen minor earth elementals into the Material Plane.

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    10 Forelithe

    The party helps rebuild Lakemont

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    10 Forelithe

    Skyewk and the Gnome Hunters

    The party discovers that a party of gnome hunters, tailed by the jay-like crowfolk Skyewk, has been following them. After capturing one of the gnome hunters, they discover that this group kidnapped Vennyx's daughter, Estya. The party decides to go after the people who have her now - the Hands of Caddog, who are working with a Lamia.

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    12 Forelithe
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    30 Forelithe

    Travel to Mandjula

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    30 Forelithe

    Information Gathering

    The party gathers information on the Hands of Caddog and Omorfa's lair.

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    31 Forelithe
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    2 Afterlithe

    Travel to Omorfa's Lair

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    3 Afterlithe

    Death and Resurrection of Blanche le Blanc
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    Infamous bandit and gnome hunter, Blanche le Blanc, dies, and is subsequently resurrected with a new body. She tells her followers that she has discovered the secret of immortality, and she needs all of them to meet her in Mandjula in 15 days' time. Then she leaves them, walking into the desert on a spiritual journey.

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    3 Afterlithe

    Infiltrate the Headquarters of the Hands of Caddog

    The party infiltrates the lair of the Hands of Caddog. While there, they discover Vennyx's daughter, Estya, and have several difficult fights with the Hands. At the end of it all, the party kills the immortality-seeking gnome hunter Blanche le Blanc, and Mikri steals her shade, taking her form and convincing her followers that she did, in fact, manage true immortality.

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    5 Afterlithe

    Tracking the Hands

    The party tracks the Hands of Caddog as they travel to the ritual site.

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    5 Afterlithe

    Rescuing Rosmyn

    The party overtakes the Hands of Caddog. Khiall and Skyewk infiltrate their camp, poisoning the animal feed and sabotaging the cart axels. While sneaking around, they discover Rosmyn chained up and drugged in the leaders' tent. The party rescues Rosmyn, spiriting her away in the night, and Skyewk and Rosmyn have a joyful reunion. The party plans to rescue the other gnomes tomorrow night, using mice to send a message in Gnomish to the caged gnomes.

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    6 Afterlithe

    The Shattering of the Hands of Caddog
    Military action

    The Hands of Caddog, a cult attempting to summon the lich Caddog the Undying, begin a ritual to open a portal to the plane of Panopticon, using sacrificed gnome hearts to power the ritual. The party fights back, successfully attacking and killing most of the leadership. Rosmyn deals the final blow to Yperito Tou Thanatou, the Right Hand of Caddog, disintegrating him into ashes. The party sows the seeds of hatred for the followers of Blanche Le Blanc amongst the remaining members of the Hands of Caddog, and then they split up, going their separate ways for a time.

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    7 Afterlithe

    Solar Eclipse
    Celestial / Cosmic

    A total eclipse of the sun occurs over parts of Tiratz and the Desert Coast.

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    21 Forelithe

    The whole party reunites in Denneval

    Khial and Skyewk Wind Walk to Denneval, and arrive in the center of town. They share information regarding magic, Zephyrwind, and the destruction of Port Kashi.

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    23 Forelithe

    Travel to Port Kashi

    The party wind walks from Denneval to Port Kashi, with a brief stopover in Genghalula, visiting with Skyewk's family.

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    24 Forelithe

    Jailbreak of Mira and Hope

    The party discovers the Sanolo army has created a concentration camp for residents of Port Kashi. Both Mira and Hope/Eternal are imprisoned there. Using Skyewk's ability to shape stone, they break the prisoners out successfully. The next morning, Mira, Hope, and Eternal use Wind Walk to fly to Genghalula and Skyewk's family, while the rest of the party travels to Mandjula.

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    25 Forelithe

    Spa Day

    The party arrives in Mandjula and decides to treat themselves to a spa day. In one of the saunas, they encounter Sanola and Verenzo Sanolo, and have a conversation with them (mostly Verenzo). The Sanolos are guarded by a large automaton.

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    26 Forelithe
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    27 Forelithe

    The Elemental Plane of Earth
    Expedition

    The party fights Antoni Sanolo and his elementals, but are severely injured and depleted after the battle. They move to the room where Sanolo was creating the portal to the Elemental Plane of Earth and discover the hand of Ashakal stuck through the Obsidian Wall, which is raining down in shards around his arms. The party decides that staying where they are for the evening is too dangerous, and enter the Elemental Plane to rest. While there, Khial's soul almost leaves his body, and only timely intervention by Skyewk and Mikri manages to save his life. Due to this mishap, Khial's body is transformed into rock and stone, and he becomes like an earth elemental.

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    26 Forelithe 12:00

    Trouble in Lakemont

    The party Wind Walks to Lakemont, where they discover the landscape has been totally transformed by stone and earth. Human guards patrol the city, and the tunnel that was once their escape route during the fight between Kirvanyr and Ashakal has been boarded up and guarded. When they attempt to approach peacefully, the guards inform them that no one is allowed in or out, on the authority of Antoni Sanolo and King Namdak Lewheng. They investigate, and discover a secret entrance to the dungeon beneath Mount Ashakalder.

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    27 Forelithe

    Attack of the Chaos Beings
    Military action

    The party is attacked by drooping, oil-slick beings from the Realms of Chaos, which hint at a larger agenda.

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    28 Forelithe

    Haranai Raises the Dead
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    After a battle with the forces of his enemies, the Haranai Khial raises three individuals from the dead, including one of his fallen enemies, showing great compassion. This miracle was one of the first signs of the Haranai's power and capability.

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    28 Forelithe

    Death of Antoni Sanolo
    Life, Death

    The party kills Antoni Sanolo as he attempts to retreat back to Mandjula.

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    29 Forelithe

    A Contract with God
    Life, Career

    The party works out and signs a contract with Ashakal, stating that they will take the Greater Ring of Earth Elemental Control to the Council of Air, so that it can be destroyed. In return, Ashakal will send his followers to help rebuild Mandjula and Port Kashi after the devastation.

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    2 Lithe

    Khial Haranai, Patrician of Mandjula
    Political event

    The Haranai Khial enters the city of Mandjula, destroying the seat of Sanola Sanolo's power and taking over. In a huge display of power, he stages a number of tournaments and battles, in which his associates transform into dinosaurs and fight. This begins the tradition of T. Rex Fight Club