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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Forgefly" data-source="post: 4052657" data-attributes="member: 55352">A little backstoryIn the libraries at the great university of Korrenburg, there are vaults of documents, some of which date from before the humans arrived from Riedra.  A gnomish student of history working on his dissertation found reference to a Dhakaani fortress in the foothills of the Byshek mountains in what is now Western Aundair.  This fortress, which was called Alev'karanlik, seemed to be a great oddity to the researcher, because it was referred to as both a fortress and a temple, though there is no mention of who or what was worship there.  When he published his dissertation about Alev'karanlik he included the following quote which he had pieced together from the scraps of ancient manuscripts."The flame bound into the darkness, stands sentinel against the Mad Ones, by the strength of Khyber's blood in crystal found."From this and other clues the young student concludes that Alev'karanlik held an artifact of great power that had somehow bound flame into a Khyber shard, and that it seemed that the Dhakaani of Alev'karanlik had a near inexhaustible source of the shards and used them in their both their worship and their wars.Unlike most dissertations which moulder in libraries, this came to the attention of a group of gnomish Artificers who work with and for House Sivis.  House Sivis was very interested in this source of dragonshards, and with the help of House Kundarak put together an expedition to find Alev'karanlik and to secure these shards for themselves.That is what happened, this is what you know.Each of you was contacted by someone from either Kundarak or Sivis, when possible it came through channels that made it hard to resist.  Each of you were chosen for a particular reason, skills that you brought to the expedition.  A mighty warrior, a scout with deadly accuracy, a miracle worker whose connections to Khyber would prove invaluable in any descent into Khyber.  House Sivis sent two scholars to both represent their interests and to round out the party.  A young and vivacious dragonmarked heir of Sivis was sent with the means to communicate with her superiors in Zilargo as well as for her talents as a cartographer, Ulzim, who recommended himself for the mission is there to evaluate the shards and their potential as well as to give the party the sort of flexibility that only a wizard can bring.When your band was commissioned in Korrenburg it was explained that you were looking for an ancient Dhakaani fortress in the foothills of far western Aundair.  They explained that although technically in Aundair, it was no longer patrolled by Aundarian forces and that only forces of note are some bandits which are taking advantage of the vacuum caused by Aundairs pull back.Karienna was given the best maps they had and told they had several researchers looking for any other clues they had to help you discover which ruins in the Byshek mountains might be the one you were looking for.  Karienna checks in every couple of days to report and get new suggested locations from the researchers at the university.  Thus far each of the ruins you've found have been small and completely stripped of any thing of value.  Each new site brings you closer to the Shadow Marches and farther from what is left of the Five Nations.</blockquote>

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