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<blockquote data-quote="gunter uxbridge" data-source="post: 1218571" data-attributes="member: 7526"><p>The story with Daycutter takes up as the group was coming back from an adventure south of their starting village, a place in the Nethyr Mountains called Silverset. On the road home, they heard the sounds of a fight in the road ahead. Springing to action, they saw a man in the road garbed in yellow and red robes. A younger man lay at his feet in a pool of blood while a group of goblins taunted him and sniped from afar with crossbows. The group swung into action and either killed or drove off the remaining goblins after a short skirmish. </p><p></p><p>The man in the robes quickly moved to heal his fallen comrade, but it was too late for healing magic to take effect. He introduced himself as Arlin Daycutter, a priest of the Church of Lathander on a quest to the Silver Marches. Arlin explained that a few months ago, Lathander himself came to him in a dream and laid before him his fate. He said that soon the temple of Lathander in Silverymoon, the renowned Rhyester’s Matins, would lose its high priest, Onadar Ryl, and Arlin was the chosen successor. As a sign of his ascendancy, he was to go into the Nethyr Mountains east of Silverymoon and into the old orc stronghold of Demens Crest. This stronghold, originally carved out by dwarves centuries ago had been the site of a great battle in years past, was now abandoned. Inside, under a smooth section of floor would be found a Rose Dawn, a weapon of exceptional power granted by Lathander to his chosen few. Only a handful of these weapons were in existence, and the loss of just one was a tragedy to the faith. Although Daycutter was currently serving in Sembia and the journey would be long, Lathander’s path was made clear to him. </p><p></p><p>Daycutter was grateful to the group for coming to his aid, as since the day he spoke to Lathander he had received no new spells and only had one left. For their aid, he offered the group a job. Accompany him to Silverymoon and into the mountains as both guides and protectors. For this he would pay well and see that they received a just reward upon retrieval of the Rose Dawn. The group accepted and they continued on their road north. </p><p></p><p>After a brief stop in Silverset, the group traveled all day and camped the night just south of Silverymoon. That night, during Daycutter’s watch, two bears rampaged through the camp while the priest was seemingly in deep meditation. Evan managed to drive off the bears, and once he came to his senses Daycutter apologized profusely. After being on the road for so many months he knew better than to let his guard down, but he was desperate for any contact with his God. The rest of the night passed quietly, but a new watch was set. </p><p></p><p>Once they make it to Silverymoon, Daycutter asked the group to wait a few days until called for. He intended to do some research and then declare his intentions before the church council before setting off for the Nethyr Mountains. The death of the temple’s previous Mornmaster had flung the church into chaos with various factions claiming power and hiring groups of adventurers to scour the countryside to look for the prophesized sign of the temple’s new leader. No one knew what this sign might be, but the conflict had already turned bloody and things were sure to get worse. </p><p></p><p>Several days later, Daycutter called the group together, and after a quick trip to outfit them for a journey into the mountains, they set off. They traveled across the open plain north of Silverymoon and stayed the first night in a burned out farmhouse. The next day took hem into the foothills of the mountains, and as they climbed higher the group spied a disturbing site. They were being followed. Horsemen on the planes below could be seen in the group’s footsteps and were gaining ground by the minute. The group pressed on into the night, and cold camped high on the frigid rocks. </p><p></p><p>That night, Evan backtracked along their path and watched as the horsemen rode by toward his camping companions. After the enemy dismounted and proceeded on foot, Evan scattered the horses and skulked behind his foes. When the battle was joined, all but two of the enemy were slain, and those who were spared were pumped for information. A temple priest named Everbright had sent them to stop Daycutter by any means possible. Daycutter explained that Everbright had vigorously opposed him in open council as an outsider and unworthy of the title of Mornmaster. Daycutter had the two survivors released and sent back to Silverymoon with word that he would not be swayed from his course. </p><p></p><p>On the evening of the third day in the mountains, the group finally made it to Demens Crest and the valley of the dwarves. The valley extended for miles with walls hundreds of feet high, and featured dwelling carved into the rock face. The valley ended abruptly with a stonewall and a temple carved into the base. All about the signs of a long ago battle lay rotting or rusting in the open air. Cautiously making their way into the temple, the group found that a last stand had been made here with the front doors smashed off their hinges and bones clad in armor littering the floor. The temple had obviously been looted many times over, and was in an advanced state of disrepair. Behind the altar a passageway clogged with rubble led further into the mountainside. </p><p></p><p>While looking at a way of clearing the blockage, a voice shouted from the far end of the path to leave his home. An orc stood at the opposite end with a quarterstaff in hand ready to block any intruders. A scuffle ensued, and Trog immediately tried to climb over the blockage. From behind the group a hidden passage sprung open and a female orc sniped at the group with her crossbow and immediately fled for her life. Evan and Kelm took after her as Rayne, Trog and Daycutter tried to get through the main passage. </p><p></p><p>Running down the hidden corridor, Evan sprung a trap in the floor, causing thick stone partitions to come down in front and behind him. As he tried to figure his way out of the predicament, water began to pour through a hole in the ceiling. Kelm, who had been cut off on the temple side of the stone partition ran back to find something to break the monk free. In the main corridor, Trog had made it over the barrier, only to have the orc opposing him bring the quarterstaff down on his skull and render him unconscious. Now Rayne and Daycutter were scrambling over the blockage while Kelm was using a rusty military pick to try to break Evan free. Although the water was up to just below his knees, the time for full blown panic was not yet at hand. </p><p></p><p>The orc in the passage had by this time drug Trog down into a side chamber off the main passage, and did not see Rayne or Daycutter clear a path through the debris. They found their companion alive but hogtied on the floor while the orc, his wife and child huddled in the corner. After some quick negotiations, Trog was set free and they released Evan from his watery prison. After a quick search, a smooth spot was found on the passage floor under a shallow pool of water, and Daycutter cast his last spell, a Rock to Mud incantation. Reaching into the mud, Kelm pulled out the Rose Dawn mace, exactly as Daycutter had described it. The ecstatic priest asked Kelm to carry it to Silverymoon and for all to be present at its presentation. </p><p></p><p>On exiting the valley, the group was a very disturbing site. An orc warband was making its way up the mountain pass toward their position. With the passage to the west closed and movement north or east leading only deeper into the mountains, the group set off south toward a road leading through the mountains. After a four day trek, they finally came back to the gates of Silverymoon and into Rhyester’s Matins. There, before the entire congregation, a bloody and road weary Daycutter had Kelm lay the Rose Dawn before the alter of Lathander. A light shown through the east windows of the temple and struck the mace, enveloping it in a holy light and taking to parts unknown. Daycutter proclaimed this as a sign of Lathander’s acceptance of his gift and confirmation of his position as leader of the temple. All present, even the previously recalcitrant Everbright, bowed before their new leader and pledged their loyalty to the newcomer. </p><p></p><p>After the day’s events, Daycutter took his protectors aside and asked them to stay in Silverymoon if they could. He had need for people of their skills and loyalty, and he would make sure they were well attended too. The group agreed, and such entered into an agreement of mutual support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gunter uxbridge, post: 1218571, member: 7526"] The story with Daycutter takes up as the group was coming back from an adventure south of their starting village, a place in the Nethyr Mountains called Silverset. On the road home, they heard the sounds of a fight in the road ahead. Springing to action, they saw a man in the road garbed in yellow and red robes. A younger man lay at his feet in a pool of blood while a group of goblins taunted him and sniped from afar with crossbows. The group swung into action and either killed or drove off the remaining goblins after a short skirmish. The man in the robes quickly moved to heal his fallen comrade, but it was too late for healing magic to take effect. He introduced himself as Arlin Daycutter, a priest of the Church of Lathander on a quest to the Silver Marches. Arlin explained that a few months ago, Lathander himself came to him in a dream and laid before him his fate. He said that soon the temple of Lathander in Silverymoon, the renowned Rhyester’s Matins, would lose its high priest, Onadar Ryl, and Arlin was the chosen successor. As a sign of his ascendancy, he was to go into the Nethyr Mountains east of Silverymoon and into the old orc stronghold of Demens Crest. This stronghold, originally carved out by dwarves centuries ago had been the site of a great battle in years past, was now abandoned. Inside, under a smooth section of floor would be found a Rose Dawn, a weapon of exceptional power granted by Lathander to his chosen few. Only a handful of these weapons were in existence, and the loss of just one was a tragedy to the faith. Although Daycutter was currently serving in Sembia and the journey would be long, Lathander’s path was made clear to him. Daycutter was grateful to the group for coming to his aid, as since the day he spoke to Lathander he had received no new spells and only had one left. For their aid, he offered the group a job. Accompany him to Silverymoon and into the mountains as both guides and protectors. For this he would pay well and see that they received a just reward upon retrieval of the Rose Dawn. The group accepted and they continued on their road north. After a brief stop in Silverset, the group traveled all day and camped the night just south of Silverymoon. That night, during Daycutter’s watch, two bears rampaged through the camp while the priest was seemingly in deep meditation. Evan managed to drive off the bears, and once he came to his senses Daycutter apologized profusely. After being on the road for so many months he knew better than to let his guard down, but he was desperate for any contact with his God. The rest of the night passed quietly, but a new watch was set. Once they make it to Silverymoon, Daycutter asked the group to wait a few days until called for. He intended to do some research and then declare his intentions before the church council before setting off for the Nethyr Mountains. The death of the temple’s previous Mornmaster had flung the church into chaos with various factions claiming power and hiring groups of adventurers to scour the countryside to look for the prophesized sign of the temple’s new leader. No one knew what this sign might be, but the conflict had already turned bloody and things were sure to get worse. Several days later, Daycutter called the group together, and after a quick trip to outfit them for a journey into the mountains, they set off. They traveled across the open plain north of Silverymoon and stayed the first night in a burned out farmhouse. The next day took hem into the foothills of the mountains, and as they climbed higher the group spied a disturbing site. They were being followed. Horsemen on the planes below could be seen in the group’s footsteps and were gaining ground by the minute. The group pressed on into the night, and cold camped high on the frigid rocks. That night, Evan backtracked along their path and watched as the horsemen rode by toward his camping companions. After the enemy dismounted and proceeded on foot, Evan scattered the horses and skulked behind his foes. When the battle was joined, all but two of the enemy were slain, and those who were spared were pumped for information. A temple priest named Everbright had sent them to stop Daycutter by any means possible. Daycutter explained that Everbright had vigorously opposed him in open council as an outsider and unworthy of the title of Mornmaster. Daycutter had the two survivors released and sent back to Silverymoon with word that he would not be swayed from his course. On the evening of the third day in the mountains, the group finally made it to Demens Crest and the valley of the dwarves. The valley extended for miles with walls hundreds of feet high, and featured dwelling carved into the rock face. The valley ended abruptly with a stonewall and a temple carved into the base. All about the signs of a long ago battle lay rotting or rusting in the open air. Cautiously making their way into the temple, the group found that a last stand had been made here with the front doors smashed off their hinges and bones clad in armor littering the floor. The temple had obviously been looted many times over, and was in an advanced state of disrepair. Behind the altar a passageway clogged with rubble led further into the mountainside. While looking at a way of clearing the blockage, a voice shouted from the far end of the path to leave his home. An orc stood at the opposite end with a quarterstaff in hand ready to block any intruders. A scuffle ensued, and Trog immediately tried to climb over the blockage. From behind the group a hidden passage sprung open and a female orc sniped at the group with her crossbow and immediately fled for her life. Evan and Kelm took after her as Rayne, Trog and Daycutter tried to get through the main passage. Running down the hidden corridor, Evan sprung a trap in the floor, causing thick stone partitions to come down in front and behind him. As he tried to figure his way out of the predicament, water began to pour through a hole in the ceiling. Kelm, who had been cut off on the temple side of the stone partition ran back to find something to break the monk free. In the main corridor, Trog had made it over the barrier, only to have the orc opposing him bring the quarterstaff down on his skull and render him unconscious. Now Rayne and Daycutter were scrambling over the blockage while Kelm was using a rusty military pick to try to break Evan free. Although the water was up to just below his knees, the time for full blown panic was not yet at hand. The orc in the passage had by this time drug Trog down into a side chamber off the main passage, and did not see Rayne or Daycutter clear a path through the debris. They found their companion alive but hogtied on the floor while the orc, his wife and child huddled in the corner. After some quick negotiations, Trog was set free and they released Evan from his watery prison. After a quick search, a smooth spot was found on the passage floor under a shallow pool of water, and Daycutter cast his last spell, a Rock to Mud incantation. Reaching into the mud, Kelm pulled out the Rose Dawn mace, exactly as Daycutter had described it. The ecstatic priest asked Kelm to carry it to Silverymoon and for all to be present at its presentation. On exiting the valley, the group was a very disturbing site. An orc warband was making its way up the mountain pass toward their position. With the passage to the west closed and movement north or east leading only deeper into the mountains, the group set off south toward a road leading through the mountains. After a four day trek, they finally came back to the gates of Silverymoon and into Rhyester’s Matins. There, before the entire congregation, a bloody and road weary Daycutter had Kelm lay the Rose Dawn before the alter of Lathander. A light shown through the east windows of the temple and struck the mace, enveloping it in a holy light and taking to parts unknown. Daycutter proclaimed this as a sign of Lathander’s acceptance of his gift and confirmation of his position as leader of the temple. All present, even the previously recalcitrant Everbright, bowed before their new leader and pledged their loyalty to the newcomer. After the day’s events, Daycutter took his protectors aside and asked them to stay in Silverymoon if they could. He had need for people of their skills and loyalty, and he would make sure they were well attended too. The group agreed, and such entered into an agreement of mutual support. [/QUOTE]
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