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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 269941" data-attributes="member: 913">Some backgroundNow is probably a good time to explain what the party is doing, and why.When they first arrived in Rushington, the party took a job for the League of Freedom to recover a book known as The History of the Shadowlands.  They eventually discovered that this book had information on how to create something known as the Ring of Truth.  Initially, the League told them that they had reason to believe that any planned revolution was doomed to failure unless they were in possession of the Ring of Truth.  However, while in the League camp northeast of Rushington, Naivoryn revealed that the real reason they needed the Ring was to complete the Planar Seal.You see, in ages past there were gateways between the world of Strife and the Void beyond, and demons and other terrible creatures of the Void were free to enter the world and wreak havoc.  Durla Kryl drew his strength from these creatures, and the land was a nightmare of fire and pain.  Then four heroes arose from the mists of legend and tamed the elements, forging four tokens of power.  These tokens were used to create the Planar Seal, which locked out the creatures of the Void and bound Durla Kryl to a restless slumber.  The tokens were then secreted away in hidden shrines across the world, to prevent any from undoing what had been done.  But the Seal was incomplete, and there still exist ways to weaken or even destroy it.  The League fears a twisted scheme by the king of Talnorak, King Dalamar Blackthorne, to perform a ritual that may sever the Seal once and for all.That's where the Ring of Truth comes in.  The League came across reference to the Ring in conjunction with a way to strengthen, reinforce, and perhaps even make permanent the Planar Seal.  The only problem is that they don't know how or where to acquire the Ring, which is why they sent the party after The History of the Shadowlands.The group had a devil of a time tracking down the book, and in the process they recruited the aid of Gerald Gorson of the Crimson Agents.  Just when they thought they had the book safely in their possession, there was the showdown between Gerald and the Windslayers, the party, and members of the League of Freedom.  Gerald escaped with the book, and the League and the party fled the city.  The party was not without recourse, however, as they had managed to pilfer the rambling notes of a mad high priest who had briefly possessed the book.  These notes contained an address in Rushington, along with some brief references to the book in question, and so the party returned to Rushington...</blockquote>

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