[Plot] Please help me with some history!

[Alcareru]

This fits in pretty well with what I've been doing so far in the campaign. The original method of going back in time was going to be the following portal found on the wizards website http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pg/20030402b The only problem with that was that 'no living being' can go back. I introduced an atrifact that shielded the wielder from that, and allowed him to safely travel back in time, or so the players thought. In reality the villain played a game of planting some misinformation and they took the bait. In fact right now they've been searching for the artifact, meanwhile the villain himself has been secretly acquiring the means to make his own teleport through time portal as detailed in these links: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pg/20030409b and http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/pg/20030416b I have a feeling that pretty soon they will uncover the truth that they've been fooled, they have been a bit suspcious lately so it may come out soon.

I could still play off that 'temporal event' theme though. I could say that the portals magic itself will only work at designated times in history itself, when such an event occurs. That would give the players a deadline and a sense of urgency knowing they have to intercept him before this temporal event comes to pass.

The gods, already in a heightened state of alert and paranoia knowing the temporal event would be coming.. they feel their link to their followers weaken, their links to each other weaken.. and then Tyr himself dissapears, and so does justice for the entire realms. The deities immediately suspect one another as trying to capitialize on the chaos surrounding the temporal event.. and prepare for war.

edit: hit reply too soon. Anyway that could work very well. Anyone have any other ideas?

Actually after thinking it over tonite, hows this for an idea. Say Chronomancy has always been forbidden in the Realms-because of this Lashay. After coming to Faerun sometime in the long lost past, he tinked with temporal/cosmic magic to make a portal to get the secrets of Nehteril and godhood. He caused a terrible space/time rift which threatened to detroy the world. The gods or Ao were barely able to stop seal the rift and thus the Lashay was trapped.

However, the gods couldnt stop what he had already done. The cosmic rip has been travelling forward in time. Now in present day, the gate is opening again. The Lashay needs a device to find where the gate will open( since lets say its moving spatially not just temporally). The rift and its energy are stronger now and the pantheon of gods cant stop it and cant get to Faerun to intervene directly. Enter the heroes..

I guess the only diff here is that the Lashay caused the cosmic rift and now is catching it on another go around to achieve his diabolical end. The gods of Faerun actually did intervene the first time and thwarted him, but now cant-which takes care of the gods getting involved.