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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cthuluftaghn" data-source="post: 215016" data-attributes="member: 4799">Prologue and Introduction~PROLOGUE~Since receiving the Eagle’s summons, you have traveled day and night, with little rest, to reach the small town of Hommlet. The disturbing presence of blood on your mentor’s normal call sign has you more than a little bit worried for his safety. Hunger and fatigue are mere nuisances, and you brush them aside as you would an annoying insect as you stagger ever onward towards your goal. You don’t know what awaits you in Hommlet, but fear and excitement keep you moving forward. Part of you hopes that, upon your arrival, at least one of your adventuring companions will be there to explain the situation and put your mind at ease. Better yet, you secretly yearn to be the first of the group to finally meet the Eagle in person, and hear his wisdom first-hand. You and your friends have served your kind master for as long as you can remember, but none of you have ever seen his face, or heard his voice. It has been nearly a year since the lot of you have joined forces to serve your unseen benefactor, the mysterious nobleman known only as the Eagle. In the past, it has always been he who has protected you. He has watched over you like a loving father… or guardian angel… providing guidance, reassurance, and on more than one occasion, a well-placed Incendiary Cloud from an unseen vantage point! You have a strange notion that this time, however, things are different. You know, deep inside, that this time you are not being called to defend your mentor’s morals and ideals. You have been called upon to save his life. Your first task upon reaching Hommlet will be to find your companions. It is customary for your master to give you the full details of your summons only after you have joined together. You trust that the others will arrive safely and in good time. You have heard that Hommlet is a rather small town. They shouldn’t be too difficult to locate. Perhaps there is an inn there that will welcome you…Introduction: Session 1: May 25, 2002 The members of the Order of the Eagle had all arrived in Hommlet over the past several days, and they were anxiously awaiting word from their master and mentor. He was a mysterious nobleman known as The Eagle, and they had all received a disturbing bloody rendition of his familiar summons a week ago. The night before, they had joined forces with Gann Tolar, a cleric of St. Cuthbert. He had been tracking the activities of an evil wizard, when he lost the trail just outside of Hommlet two days earlier. Impressed by the Order’s devotion to their fight against evil, he willingly offered his services to the party. As the newcomer was describing his encounter several days ago with a dark man known only as Dunrat, the party was alerted to a disturbance outside. They rushed outdoors to find that a woman, whose hair was red as flame and skin hot to the touch, had apparently appeared out of nowhere and fallen from the sky. She lay unconscious a short distance from the inn, surrounded by tens of thousands of soft white feathers. The locals were disturbed by this strange occurrence, and talk of demonic influences and the need for a swift death was starting to circulate amongst the crowd. Endora, a paladin of Heironeous, sensed no evil in the injured woman and suggested that the party take responsibility for her. Before the militia was summoned, they carried the woman to their room upstairs, administered healing, and went to sleep for the night…</blockquote>

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