Slaadi Invasion

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Campaigns: Slaadi Invasion | Northern Strife | Heroes & Traitors | Hollows | Black as Pitch |  | Slaadi Invasion Campaign (DMed by David W.) This adventure arc was played using D&D version 3.5. It follows adventurers in the Taurenian Peninsula through their quest to find who is behind the Slaadi Invasion.

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Episode 1: “Call-to-Arms”
Date: TH 1597, May 2, Corellonus

While the Lord King of Taurenia, Jarcad, is fighting a war in the Garpashyn Deserts to the west, goblins and their kin attack Castle Taurenia. The adventurers answer a call-to-arms from Chief Gearlin of the Taurenia Province in the military barracks in Tauro. Queen Elencia has been taken hostage by a group of bugbears and hobgoblins in the Castle Taurenia a few miles outside of the capital city of Tauro. The heroes invade the castle via a secret entrance and rid the place of almost all of the beasts, finding the queen in the castle who immediately attacked the group. It seems that Elencia is actually the leader of the goblins. The party is rendered unconscious by Elencia's magic.

Notes: In the dungeons of the castle, the party meets the dwarf Felix Ironbreaker who subsequently joins the party.

Episode 2: “Goblinoid Coliseum”
Date: TH 1597, May 9, Erathisus

The party wakes up in the Goblinoid Coliseum in the central part of the Zauk Mountains. While talking with the other prisoners, they learn that the goblins have been invading several towns in Taurenia and beyond and taking the survivors to the coliseum to fight. After several days of fights in the coliseum, the heroes and a few others, including Phaella and Taeral manage to escape with the help of the sudden attack by a silver dragon.

During the escape, they notice strange creatures emerging from the shadows of the coliseum. These "slaadi," they learn, are involved in the sudden strategic cooperation of the goblinoids of the Zauk Mountains. The silver dragon takes party to his hidden lair on Mount Rakur. His name is Gethefre. He urges the party to investigate the attacks in the dwarven mines at Strongheim, suggesting they are also part of the slaadi involvement.

Notes: Phaella and Taeral accompany the party for a time, offering their assistance to the party until they can safely get back to their homes. Gonz is scratched by a slaad and his wound is slow to heal.

Episode 3: “Land Shark”
Date: TH 1597, May 15, Erathisus

After their first meeting with Gethefre, the silver dragon takes the party to Lake Choltok. From there, they run into a band of hobgoblins who plead for help to dispose of a terrorizing “land shark” called a bulette. They kill the bulette on the way to the mines. Gonz grows deathly ill and the adventurers barely make it to Strongheim in time to heal him. The heroes learn that the slaad who struck him back at the Goblinoid Coliseum had infected him and thus know a little more about their infectious nature.

Notes: Upon reaching Strongheim, Phaella and Taeral split from the party. Phaella leaves for Castle Taurenia while Taeral heads for Ganthovin.

Episode 4: “Mines of Strongheim”
Date: TH 1597, May 29, Sehaninus

The party talks to the King of Strongheim and Chieftain of the Stoneshield Clan, Hroth, and his adopted son Morbir joins the party. They follow the mines underground to the Stoneshield Tomb, where Morbir unearths the stony body of Krumdar, the founder of Strongheim and the principle ally with Taurenia. From there they adventure further into the depths into the “Deep Unknown” where they discover the slaadi have somehow come from the depths to terrorize the Strongheim Mines.

The party discovers a small system of portals and gateways that presumably the slaadi have been using to travel into such deep places. They find Elencia at the end of the dungeon only to see her walk into the last portal enshrouded with chaos. The room suddenly begins to flood and the party struggles to make a quick escape and emerge up through the water, finding themselves in the middle of Lake Choltok itself.

Notes: While in Strongheim, Felix Ironbreaker talked to Oraka the gem smith. She helped him become a Stonelord - one who has bonded with stone. Through a trial by stone that lasted for days, Felix emerged victorious. As a reward, Oraka infused rubies into his ancestral hammer, Gromthor.

Episode 5: “Journey to Ganthovin”
Date: TH 1597, June 3, Erathisus

After emerging in Lake Choltok, the party takes the opportunity to report to the pacific tribe of hobgoblins of the slain "Land Shark." They stop by Castle Taurenia and discuss the plans on stopping the slaadi invasion. Apparently reports of slaadi invasions have been coming from all corners of Taurenia. Gearlin suggests that the adventurers head to Ganthovin to assist in the defense against the slaadi. The party reaches Ganthovin after days of preparation and traveling through the Wood of Keen Eyes. Notes: One of Chief Gearlin's men, Arteri, joins the party. Morbir returns to Strongheim to report his findings of slaadi in the Deep Unknown to his foster father Hroth.

Episode 6: “Assault on Ganthovin”
Date: TH 1597, June 13, Corellonus

Upon entering Ganthovin, the adventurers meet the Elven Lord Galanodel and run into Gethefre as well. After talks of the slaadi invasion, the adventurers stay the night in a local elven tavern called the Sword & Feather. The heroes are awakened to the sound of battle. Ogres and slaadi alike have invaded the hidden city, but they are fought off by the heroes and many other elven defenders. Elencia is again spotted during the battle but no one is able to apprehend her. Notes: Before the battle, Dfyr encountered his lifelong nemesis Ysidoro Dupan, a drunken master. He loses his life in a duel before the rest of his comrades slay Ysidoro. Ysidoro's companions swear vengeance for the wrongful death of Ysidoro. Insidia is permanently blinded by Elencia and subsequently must wear magical goggles in order to "see" through the use of sonic waves.

Episode 7: “Council of Ganthovin”
Date: TH 1597, June 15, Erathisus

The Council of Ganthovin took place. Galanodel and Gethefre personally thank everyone who participated in the defense of Ganthovin. It is determined that a death slaad is the mastermind behind the slaadi invasion. Perhaps this death slaad is impersonating Elencia. Gethefre has uncovered a piece of the Chaos Conch: a strange artifact that the silver dragon has determined has the ability to transport its users to Limbo. By finding the remnants of a chaos conch in Limbo and piecing them together, the death slaad was able to create rifts into the Taurenian Peninsula where slaadi have been pouring out.

Kethlyral, brother of Taeral, joined the party which has a mission to find the rest of the chaos conch, kill the death slaad, and possibly rescue Elencia. The party shortly after is accompanied by a band of druids of the Silent Wind who ask for the heroes' help from mysterious attacks in the Yugov Marshes. The party traveled to the Silent Wind Grove to the northwest and rest there for a short while.

Notes: The leader of the Silent Wind grove, Harlis, knows Gonz personally and trained him and specifically requested his aid.

Episode 8: “Silent Wind”
Date: TH 1597, June 20, Corellonus

On the summer solstice, the Silent Wind asks for aid from Gonz and the others. A sense of unbalance from the Yugov Marshes has worried them and they suspect slaadi involvement. There are also rumors that the great Malaron may have risen from his swampy grave and is now gathering evil forces in the marshes. The heroes agree to investigate and head into the marshes. Notes: Gonz is slain by a covey of hags who disguised themselves originally as a band of elves.

Episode 9: “Kirama's Home”
Date: TH 1597, July 4, Kordus

After Gonz' death, the heroes decide searching in the swamp for signs of the slaadi is not worth the risk for now. Arteri heads back to Tauro to assist in gathering defenses for Taurenia. The rest of the party heads for Sharn, Kirama's home town, in search for answers concerning the Slaadi Invasion. Upon their arrival, the town is being attacked by the slaadi invaders and many of the townsfolk have already been slain. The heroes battle through the massacre taking place and rid the town of the infestation.

Notes: T'mak Gydar, a.k.a. "Tony Grey Eyes," joins the party amidst the battle. Larmund, Kirama's father, dies during the invasion.

Episode 10: “Malaron”
Date: TH 1597, July 14, Corellonus

The heroes decide to go back to the marshes after battling the slaadi in Sharn. After many days of searching, they find an ancient sunken tomb that houses the great Malaron. After an epic battle with the beast, they realize that Malaron's re-emergence was somehow connected to the Slaadi Invasion due to the fact that the creature was carrying a shard of the Chaos Conch.

''The rest of this story was finished in play but unfortunately it was not recorded. Since it took place back in 2008, it's become fairly difficult to remember specific events. However, I will let you know that the heroes eventually made it to Limbo, destroyed Zgotar and saved Queen Elencia.''

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