Vengence of the Winter Court

Expedition

The Elves of Talen'Seere must contend with Fae aggression.

In the Winter of year 156, a strange plague started in Talen’Seere striking only the Daemernesti. The sickness was incredibly fast spreading and lethal. Hundreds of Daemernesti were slain in the first month alone, and neither the priests or the physicians of the city were able to do anything to abate it.
    Almost instantly the priesthood of Belandra was blamed and the Ruling Council was inundated with calls to cast out the Drow from the city to prevent the spread of the disease. The Matron Council of the Drow threatened war if the elves tried to drive the Drow out of the city.
    Talen’Seere stood at the edge of a second sundering when the high elf physician, Doctor Elria Greyleaf, suggested that the symptoms of the disease bore striking similarities to an ancient fairy plague. Doctor Greyleaf reached out to the Drow priestess, Velsha’ra of House Gelbar, who was an expert in strange diseases to confirm. Velsha’ra found merit in Doctor Greyleaf’s hypothesis and suggested that they enter the near dreaming to investigate.
    The two gathered a full party of adventurers, calling themselves the Seekers of Illria (the elvish word for cures), to delve into the dreaming to uncover the truth. During their time in the Dreaming, the Seekers discovered that the plague was the doing of the Winter Court who wished to gain vengeance for the slight of the Daemernesti turning their backs on the power of the Nightmare Rock.
    The Seekers managed to locate the Unseelie lord, Gelriasphian, who was the creator of the plague. The resulting battle was a thing of legend, and was immortalized in several well-known bardic songs. The Seekers succeeding in destroying Gelraisphian, and returned to Talen’Seere with the cure. Once the plague was broken, and it was proven conclusively that the Belandrans were not involved, the conflict boiling between the elves within the city subsided.