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Message: <blockquote data-quote="twofalls" data-source="post: 2146614" data-attributes="member: 23718">This thread is getting so long I'm not sure anymore all of what I've explained, but I will answer your questions. (Note: the below quote has been modified by inserting #'s for ease of responding...1) The village was threatened by an Undead Sorceress who had multiple motives. She had gained general control of the attitude of the Spiderhaunt woods over centuries, supporting the proliferation of spiders and Ettercaps and bending their natures against humans/demi-humans of all types. The last remaining holdout was a Gnome village that was soon going to collapse from a decades old seige by these creatures. The village itself was surrounded by a sea of web encrusted and infested woods, and the Sorceress's influence was soon to overwhelm them. This same undead Sorceress was the origninator of a plot to lure the PC's to her ruinous tower by baiting them with dreams of the death of Randal Morn whom she had managed to capture. Randal Morn was the last remaining lord with legal claim to the throne of Daggerdale who could ralley the people to overthrow the Zhentarim installed Governor of that land. The Sword of the Dales which the PC's had recovered was a recognized and powerful relic of that lordship, and if they could unite both Randal Morn and the Sword they could potentially overthrow the Zhents in that land and drive them out. (Which they eventually did). The Sorceress wanted the PC's to come to her tower so she could use their life forces to reanimate her dead apprentices and break the enchantment Elminster the Sage had cast upon her trapping her within the ruin. The Zhents were unaware that she had Randal Morn (or that she even existed), they just wanted that sword so they could legitimize their Governor as King of Daggerdale. Zhent agents had at first tried to purchase the sword from the group but were rebuffed, so they resorted to force (like all decent BBEG's). So in taking out the Sorceress the PC's would both save the village and rescue Randal Morn. The Zhent troops of course were a major complication.2) Yep, almost certianly. The leader of the village was an ancient withered old gnome Druid, and that was his prophecy.3) The PC's by this time were known enemies of the Zhentarim and were wanted criminals. Prices had been put on each of their heads and a few of their members were suspected Harpers (though they weren't really... not yet at least).4) Nope, not at all. All the conscript really was able to tell them was the name of the leader of the forces after them (a Zhentarim Mage called Ilthond), a sketchy idea of the forces arrayed against them (three troops of soldiers supported by mages who entered the woods with magical trackers at different locations), and that they were under orders to kill the PC's if possible but recover the Sword of the Dales at all costs.5) The Black Network (Zhent Intelligence) already had very good intell on who the PC's were and what they were up to. What they didn't know was the reason the PC's were in the Spiderhaunt (to rescue Randal Morn) and if they had, they would have attempted to beat the PC's to him and killed him immediatly, thus ending once and for all any challenge to their authority in Daggerdale. They had been chasing Randal Morn and his Freedom Fighters for decades.6) The PC's Lord is the ruler of Shadowdale, Lord Morngrym Amcathra. He is a Paladin of Lathander (which isn't cannon by the way, thats my game's house rules). I think you can do the math on that one. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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