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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 5524513" data-attributes="member: 27385">I like this idea of Orcus taking the souls of the newly dead in a struggle against the Raven Queen.  It provides some foreshadow of things to come and may provide a cool sidetrek for the party to go on to get the soul back.  And now Orcus gets derailed by the party and has a bone to pick with them later on.  It could be that right now he is taking feywild sould to not be noticed by the Raven Queen.The player could play a npc/companion character, a new character for this one quest, (a good way to try a new class out) or even his character that is missing his soul but still functions more or less normal.  He gets raised and then finds out about not having a soul.I would recomend having this be a side trek event, one night maybe two nights of gaming, since it is only focused on one character and after too many encounters they go up another level and how how much time do you want to spend on side treks.  Minor quest; another NPC, who happens to have knowledge of this plot and can steer the party in the right direction, is looking for the soul of his XXX, or his XXX is involed in the dark arts and wants XXX rescued from them.I'm picturing a giant glowing crystal with souls swirling around inside.  Breaking the crystal released the sould to go to the Raven Queen and to the raised body at the same time.</blockquote>