EBERRON
05/29/05
SEGMENT 079
“WHERE DO THEY STAND”
Boddynoc Grinkle began his current adventure in Sharn. He and several of his friends came across the murdered body of a Professor Bonal Geldem. A warforged assassin sent to learn about the Creation Schema murdered him. Professor Geldem had a forgotten journal (Was found in the Pathfinders Story Hour) that gave details on the use of the Schema and how to create War Forged warriors. Following clues found within and the guidance given to him by a House Cannith aid, they found one piece within the dungeons of Under Sharn. The warforged tried to stop them but could not.
In another adventure into the dungeons Lady Demise of the Emerald Claw stopped them. She was searching for an “amulet”. Later it was discovered this amulet was another piece of the schema. Though Boddynoc and his friends did not go after this piece they read within the Korranberg Chronicle how the Emerald Claw and the War Forged were at war within the dungeons of Under Sharn. Recently it was suggested the War Forged have successfully retained the piece but there is no evidence of it beyond the fact the war is no longer within Sharn.
Unknown to anyone, Boddynoc was trying to enter the Zilargo Trust. The Trust was a spy group that gathered information and power from all over the continent. The Creation Schema seemed very important and worthy to report. Boddynoc made contact with Gnome informants within Sharn. He had a copy of the original piece made and much of the first journal was looked over. Unknown to him, this Gnome was visited by Warforged assassins who set fire to his library. Whether anything survived the fire is uncertain.
Lady Elaydren d’Vown of House Cannith was so pleased with the group that she contacted them yet again. When asked, she spoke of working with Baroness Jorlanna d’Cannith of Cannith North. In truth she worked for Baron Merrix d’Cannith of Cannith South. She was being hunted by the warforged and indeed was attacked by them even as she spoke to Boddynoc and his friends. He was given a pack of supplies, a map and travel papers and tickets and they went on their way into Cyre. Cyre was destroyed during the Last War and renamed the Mournlands.
It is uncertain is Baron Zorlan d’Cannith of Cannith East is aware of these struggles and plots. If he is then he is very quiet about it and thus perhaps the most dangerous player after the Schema.
Boddynoc and his friends went into the Mournlands to Whitehearth and retrieved the Creation Schema piece they sought and the Base Plate for it as an extra bonus. There was also a second piece of the schema piece there. Only Boddynoc and Cedious survived the trip to and back from the destroyed lands of Cyre.
When they reached the Cannith barge where they were betrayed by Lady Elaydren Vown. Set up for theft, they were placed on a prisoner ship and sent to Sharn for justice. Meanwhile, she left with ALL of the notes and pieces they had gathered to that point. They doubted they would survive the trip over so they went to escape. Cedious had already escaped but hid on board. Here they met several others that would later join them including the Warforged Fighter known as Asunder.
The escape took place during a terrible storm that resulted in the destruction of the ship. Boddynoc, his friends and other survivors were washed up on Starvos Island. Looking for help, the group agreed to help the miners here if they in turn helped them reach the main land. Unknown to most of them- this island was a center of Fiendish operations.
Boddynoc and Bomnel, a Trust member, were both exposed to and contracted a fiendish mutation. The first step was to become an undead thinking zombie. The next step was more devious. A fiendish spirit would travel with them, hidden and in secret. Boddynoc, with the strain of losing his friends at the betrayal of Elaydren, broke down first. Before they reached the shoreline again he was an undead and becoming Chaotic Evil in nature.
A Cleric of the Silver Flame had been contacted weeks before. She arrived just in time to see Boddynoc change. Boddynoc and the two warforged attacked her and were all destroyed. Cedious was now the leader of the group.
Later, unknown to anyone, Boddynoc fully awakened in his powers of being fiendish undead. Unable to dig out, he caste Repair on Asunder and he dug them out. As an undead and a warforged, they began to walk to their planned home –walk into the sea. On the way, they found several sunken ships including a battle ship. Within this ship was about 500 platinum, a wand of Levitate and a Belt of Giant Strength+6. A week after this they made contact with the Sahuagin tribe known as the Red Current. Their curiosity and the fiend’s telepathy powers, allowed them to survive this encounter. They left with their promise of aid and a Helm of Teleportation.
They have surfaced within the boundaries of Darguun near Khraal on Kraken Bay.
House Cannith North has contacted Cedious. Through Lady Beth d’Cannith and Jorlanna d’Cannith he learned much more about the parties involved in the search of the Creation Schema. He and a new team have been sent to the Talenta Plains in search of the clues for the next piece. On the way, they have been attacked by both House Cannith South, Emerald Claw and warforged warriors.
Forces Involved
Known by Cedious
Not Known by Cedious
Background Only
Lord of Blades: Warforged warriors
Emerald Claw, Garrow: Undead and troops
Emerald Claw, Demise: Troops and other contacts
House Cannith, South: Lady Elaydren, Rush Latealot, Warforged, war related supplies
House Cannith, North: Cedious works for
House Cannith, East: actions unknown but they are aware of some activity
Boddynoc Grinkle: Undead and possessed by a fiend but lovin’ it.
Dark Lanterns: Becoming involved due to battles within Under Sharn
The Trust: Aware through contacts / double-agents within Dark Lanterns and Cannith houses
Aurum: Blare Valnnesse had copied most of the journal by the Professor. Took flight when Warforged
came after her. As the only contact known, it is uncertain how much the Aurum Knows.
The Chamber: Involved but for what reason is unclear
The Lords of Dust: Watching Boddynoc and Asunder but curious about the Creation Schema
Cults of the Dragon Below: More about revenge against the PCs than the Creation SchemaAnd who knows who else id aware and waiting……..
CREATION SCHEMA PIECES
1 Under Sharn Collected by Boddynoc Taken by Cannith South
2 Under Sharn Collected by Falchion Being brought to The Lord of Blades
3 White Health Collected by Boddynoc Taken by Cannith South
4 White Health Collected by Boddynoc Taken by Cannith South
5 Location unknown
6 Location unknown
