The Adventure Begins

Legaire leads the party up into the mountains. In addition to the player characters, other party members include:

   •         Legaire, leader of the expedition and veteran of the king's guard;

   •         Trafire, an adept of the Wizard's Sanctum;

   •         Neristhyra, Assitant to the Royal Blacksmith;

   •         Iantumal, one of the royal engineers;

   •         Davhand and Uthadar, two royal carpenters;

   •         Arakain, an adept cleric of the Temple of Tyr;

   •         Graben, Nerisatris, Thertranna, and Goarin, members of the king's guard and escorts for the party;

   •         Leoneiros Wolfswift, guide.

Traveling by night, and using the magics of Trafire and Arakain, the party manages to steal secretly into Targan Pass. Using a small game trail, they make their way to their planned base of operations: a large church known commonly as the Citadel. Wolfswift says his farewells and leaves. Legaires barks orders to his crew to shore up the building and start making repairs. He orders his retinue of guards to protect the workers. Then he turns to the players and explains that they will be the primary explorers and, if there are undesirable elements, clear them out. You will be given a small commission for completing any tasks set to you; you will also receive first right of plunder, with the caveat that anything you cannot immediately carry becomes property of his royal highness; and eventually, you will be given lands and property to hold here in the mountains. Certain services will also be provided, although at additional cost (see Appendix A for cost list). For your first task, he explains that, under the rectory of the Citadel, there is a small catacomb where the Citadel's former priests are buried. You are to explore it and make sure no “surprises” will disturb the company while they work. (Refer to Map A, Citadel Catacombs)