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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 3358507" data-attributes="member: 3586">G'day, Allan!To your question: I'd say so, yes.About the Ulek game: The Return of the Fhoi MyoreThe campaign began in the barony of Copperleaf, which is in the foothills of Ulek. The baron of Copperleaf was celebrating the opening of an old silver mine. However, the celebrations were disrupted by a strange plague of depression, followed shortly by the kidnapping of his daughter... it seemed that the silver mine connected to the underdark, and had provided a way for a strange group known only as the "Priests of Chaos" to enter the barony.The heroes, mostly members of organisations connected to the druids and bardic colleges, pursued the kidnappers, only to find that they'd escaped through a magic portal. The baron, furious, blamed the heroes and the Count of Ulek, and made plans to secede from the County.The heroes, following some leads, discovered that the "Priests of Chaos" had a base near the Borderland Keep in the so-called "Caves of Chaos", which they determined to investigate. (The Borderland Keep lies in a mountain pass that links Ulek to Courwood). The investigation of the caves proved fruitless, as the Priests had recently left the area. However, rumours of trouble in Courwood led the heroes there, where they discovered some merchant sons had disappeared whilst in the Suss Forest. (I adapted Sons of Gruumsh for this part of the adventure). When they rescued the merchants from an orc fortress in the Pomarj, they also disrupted emissaries of the Priests of Chaos from concluding an alliance - as a result, there haven't been orcs invading Ulek during the campaign!On their return to Ulek, they returned to Jurnre and made their reports to the Bardic College and the court of the Count. Agents of the College reported on suspicious activity in the mountains, and the group went to investigate. There they found a temple dedicated to a maiden of frost, with agents of the Priests seeking to contact the "goddess" - actually one of the seven Fhoi Myore, evil spirits banished from Ulek an age ago.Although the group was successful in stopping the Priests, they weren't able to stop the next wave, and the Mistress of Winter entered the realm, along with her Frost Dwarf servants (particularly their leader, Alberich).A harsh winter then descended on Ulek, the place becoming snowcovered (something unknown in its normally almost subtropical climate). The Barony of Copperleaf became cut off from the rest of Ulek, and seemed to have been taken over by the Priests of Chaos as the base of their operation. Evidence came of the rise of the second and third of the Fhoi Myore: Kerwen, the master of the hunt, and one known only as the Master of the Pines, who could corrupt humans into plant-like creatures.A great divination worked by the druids revealed the location of an artifact that would stop the winter: the Black Cauldron (it has another name, but I can't remember it), which a elven arcane hierophant of many centuries ago had taken with her to her tomb in the Umbral Realm. The heroes penetrated that realm and overcame its guardians to recover the Cauldron.Count Lewenn, the great druid leader of the County of Ulek, used the Cauldron to destroy the spell of winter over the realm; Jurnre was attacked through the Fhoi Myore's demiplane, the Grey Realm, during the ritual, but the frost dwarves, Fomorians and other allies were repelled. However, the dispelling of the ritual had an awful cost: Count Lewenn's life and soul were destroyed. His ward, Paeneitha (who was about 17) took over the rulership of the Count on an interim basis, and the heroes went to confront the Mistress of Winter once and for all.When they did so, they discovered that the Mistress had inhabited the body of Count Copperleaf's daughter (and the sister of one of the PCs). However, they could not let her escape, and in a great assault, slew her.That's the current state of the campaign. PCs:Sir Willum (Nathaniel) human (greytouched) Knight - youngest (and disinherited) son of the Count of Copperleaf; once a knight of Ulek, but now in service to the mysterious Lord of the Grey RealmAbigail (Greg) azurin (human) Incarnate - born in Copperleaf and friend of Willum's daughter, now associate member of the Bardic CollegeChiera (Dave) halfling arcane hierophant - follows Ehlonna and associated with the Bardic CollegeRagnagor (Adam) dwarf soulblade - emissary from the dwarves at the opening of the silver mine, has found life more interesting whilst saving UlekLavena (Sarah) human fochluchan lyrist - leader of the group, and member of the Bardic College. Recently appointed Herald of the Court.? (Daniel) elf soulborn - rescued from the orcs by the group, one of the Silverwood elves. I keep forgetting his name, too! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />If you'd like any more information, Allan, just let me know.Cheers!</blockquote>

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