## Defend Everdour from the Grooglemen and The Baron **Status:** ✅ COMPLETED (Historical Event) ### Quest Giver [[Jebadiah]]'s prayer to Heliod ### Objective Save [[Marrie]] from being taken as tribute and defend the city of [[Everdour]] from the vampiric Grooglemen and their master, [[Euphustis|The Baron]] (Yuvistus). ### The Heroes (Player Characters for this Arc) - **[[Kohr]]**: Saurian knowledge cleric, founder of the Gold Watch - **[[Eladan]]**: Wood elf archer with secret love - **[[Eloise]]**: Gunslinger with blueprint tattoos - **[[Zradrech]]**: Warlock merchant, patron Lord Mamon - **[[Cryo]]** (Kryonikographos): Ancient forgeborne construct, "The Chronicler" - **Voxl**: Saurian knowledge cleric (became were-creature) ### Rewards - Freedom for Everdour ✓ - Gratitude of the people ✓ - [[Pure Silver Meteor]] (500 lbs) from [[Zaheer al Rashaad]] ✓ - [[Crystal Heart]] from meteor center ✓ - Eternal legacy as guild founders ✓ ### The Quest **The Dark Truth:** - [[Everdour]] was under control of The Baron (ancient vampire lord) - Nobody lived past age 50 (The Baron took them) - Regular tributes demanded by Grooglemen - **The Weeping Morn**: Last time tribute refused, all infants vanished **The Prayer (Session 17):** When Marrie was chosen as tribute, Jebadiah walked with her and refused: - Grooglemen killed Marrie's husband - Took Jebadiah's leg - He fought but lost - Broke his vow: "Father, I break my vow, send heroes" - The heroes arrived **Session 17-18: First Battles** - Defeated [[Namir]] the frost giant - Rescued [[Treya]] and [[Kay]] (children) - Arrived in Everdour - Fought first Grooglemen - Ursos (Goliath) killed himself rather than betray Baron - Warning: "You are fools to defy Baron, every soul forfeit, on blackest night we return to snuff every light" **Session 19: The Assembly** Mayor [[King Bach]] demanded seven strangers as tribute - **Eladan's Speech** rallied the citizens - "Life under threat isn't peace" - "Better to face enemy with courage" - "Price of survival should never be blood of innocent" - Citizens pledged to the heroes one by one **Sessions 20-24: Preparation & Discovery** - Explored the Senatorium beneath cathedral - Discovered the Dark Council of 13 - Freed [[Zaheer al Rashaad]] from centuries of captivity - Received pure silver meteor - Found [[Crystal Heart]] in meteor's center - Learned Baron is Yuvistus "The Just" - 188 of 1200 students blessed with abilities **Sessions 27-28: Transformation & Eve of Battle** - Krule became werewolf - Flashback showed Euphustis with Prince Morphile - Philosophy: control vs freedom - Army assembled **Sessions 30-32: Final Battle** - Army entered walls - Pyramid arrived - Zaheer/[[Zaheer al Rashaad]] returned to help - Grooglemen emerged - Were-Voxl tore [[Lucidia]] in half - **Baron revealed as Yuvistus** - City freed ### The Legacy (Session 33) **Historical Record: "Of the Founding of the Guilds and the Heroes Who Stood"** - Jebadiah disappeared (scorch mark left) - Marrie led the people - Sun shined, prosperity came - Her son succeeded her - Treya became sky sailor - **Last page signed "K"** (Krule?) **The Artifact:** The first [[Gold Watch]] with Kohr's name found in The Goddess library, proving the heroes founded the guilds. ### Time Loop Theory Evidence suggests the current party may have traveled back to become these founders: - Krule became werewolf (like in Everdour) - Signed "K" on historical document - Events mirror current party's journey - The morningstar leading the way ### Sessions 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33