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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 7304644" data-attributes="member: 467">The stage is finally set. It looks like tomorrow night the adventure begins. I don't know how quickly the party will have their first engagement with the dragon. They are arriving in the middle of what is effectively an apocalyptic war. The Dragonborn have been revealed as &quot;sleeper&quot; agents of the dragon and are doing post-conflagaration clean-up and control. The major cities have been emptied and the people are begging the fae for shelter while a loose alliance of the surviving human kingdoms, former orc slaves and others are trying to maintain some control and fight off the dragonborn. The last bastion of actual civilization is the magic academy whose wards have so far kept the dragon at bay, but the most powerful wizards left for other lands and worlds years before. If the PCs kill the dragon then the dragonborn will be free willed once again and the war will likely end.The High King that was killed a decade ago when the Dragon returned became High King by (apparently) slaying the dragon and taking its hoard. What no one knows is that the High King used an artifact spear the &quot;kill&quot; the Dragon -- actually putting it in stasis as long as the spear remained in the Dragon's heart. The queen of the elf Spring Court granted the High King the spear in the first place but ten years ago the Winter Queen took the spear back, causing the Dragon to return. There are just enough hints about the elf involvement in this mess the PCs might go there first, either to beg aid or take back the spear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 7304644, member: 467"] The stage is finally set. It looks like tomorrow night the adventure begins. I don't know how quickly the party will have their first engagement with the dragon. They are arriving in the middle of what is effectively an apocalyptic war. The Dragonborn have been revealed as "sleeper" agents of the dragon and are doing post-conflagaration clean-up and control. The major cities have been emptied and the people are begging the fae for shelter while a loose alliance of the surviving human kingdoms, former orc slaves and others are trying to maintain some control and fight off the dragonborn. The last bastion of actual civilization is the magic academy whose wards have so far kept the dragon at bay, but the most powerful wizards left for other lands and worlds years before. If the PCs kill the dragon then the dragonborn will be free willed once again and the war will likely end. The High King that was killed a decade ago when the Dragon returned became High King by (apparently) slaying the dragon and taking its hoard. What no one knows is that the High King used an artifact spear the "kill" the Dragon -- actually putting it in stasis as long as the spear remained in the Dragon's heart. The queen of the elf Spring Court granted the High King the spear in the first place but ten years ago the Winter Queen took the spear back, causing the Dragon to return. There are just enough hints about the elf involvement in this mess the PCs might go there first, either to beg aid or take back the spear. [/QUOTE]

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