#392

The Halls of Arden Vul

It is done!

We wrapped up a few remaining player goals (including slaying a dragon) and then went through every character and the players gave a short epilogue of what they’re up to in the coming months and years. Some faded into obscurity, preferring the quiet life; others became great leaders and respected heroes. I concluded with one final epilogue regarding the heqeti:

Deep beneath the earth, several miles from the great Ziggurat of Kauket, the fleeing heqeti pilgrims arrive at the closest of their underdark habitations, a major temple-city with a population of thousands, which lies on the shores of the vast underground ocean: the Silent Sea. Other travellers carry the news to Lissak-Tol, the city of the Kaliyani, and to the hidden Duregar enclaves, so secret that none but the Duregar themselves know their names. The news of this third loss of the Ziggurat, and of the much-loved and well-respected Great Tongue Reepsiq rocks heqeti society. Some whisper that Kauket has turned his back on his Ziggurat, as punishment for the heqeti’s failures; but this is never said in the hearing of the priests. The Tongues, Great and Lesser, each a powerful Cleric who presides over a temple-city or a shrine, exchange correspondence, consult the omens, and gather in small groups, to debate what must be done. But for a time, a few generations at least, Evil is driven from the Halls of Arden Vul.

Next week is the debrief session, and then on to a couple of months of oneshots while I prepare the next campaign: Hot Springs Island!