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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Krug" data-source="post: 767307" data-attributes="member: 2141">The Order of the Winter StormThe Order of the Winter Storm are a company of forty barbarian knights from the northlands. They were protectors of their kingdom and fought in many a war. However, when Theogen Wolfgard returned to his city he was ambushed and slain by assassins. The King had turned against them, considering Theogen a threat to the throne, and gave orders that all members of the Winter Storm were to be slain. Only about sixty managed to make their way out of the Northlands.The Order of the Storm fled and found refuge in Mor's End. Styria Wolfgard, son of Theogen, remains bitter about the betrayal, and waits for the King to allow them to return. At present, the blades of the Storm serve Lady Kelvin, though the northlanders have attempted to request that she turn over members of the Order for extradition. She has refused all requests, and said that the Northlanders may come take them if they wish. The Order is regarded as snobs and keep to themselves. The Winter Wolves are a proud order, and Styria seeks to recruit any northlanders in Mor's End to join his group. He hopes to return to the Northland in glory, and for his Order to be fully restored.Composition: Primarily Barbarians or Fighters, with a few Rangers. There are a number of druids amongst them who take care of the wolves that roam with them, as well as Skalds who sing epics of the Order's greatest battles.Plot Hooks:Styria is getting old, and rumours are that he will launch a final strike to take the northern throne. Lady Kelvin has asked the Castellan to dissaude him, but Styria is determined. Meanwhile, there are those in the Order, particularly a young warrior Treygar, nephew of Styria, who have no more interest in the Northland. They think the Order should settle down and no longer yearn for the North. Styria considers these men soft and spoilt by civilization. One day, Treygar disappears. Is Styria to blame? Or is Treygar plotting something? Styria hires the adventurers to find his nephew. A witch from the North has been given the task to hunt down the Order and destroy them. Through sabotage and rumours, she desires to make the Wardens of Mor's End allow members of the Order to be extradited. A murder is committed and one of the Order is accused, and the populace turns against them. The party must investigate who is behind the murder and save the order.</blockquote>

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