The War | The Queen of the Desert | The Coming of Zmaj Pustinjski |
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Portal of the Undead
Atorn the Evoker, traitor to Goldenshield kingdom, sacrifices himself when he reads a Time Stop spell
scroll and follows it by reading an Arcane Gate spell scroll, entering the Arcane Gate, and then standing ready.
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The Sapper Cave
Khalista siezes her oportunity, charms and controls a hobgoblin commander.
This hobgoblin commander, Zardoz the Executioner, gathers many goblins and uses the housing of a battering ram
to get close enough to Tower 9 to dig a hole, and then dig out The Sapper Cave.
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A Crooked Path to the Rear Gate
A host of kobolds led by a blue dragon, use stealth and care to sneak down to the hills north of the Rear Gate.
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The Fall of the Front Gate
A Fire Giant rampages in the volcano that was Tower 9 and smashes open the east side of the Front Gate House.
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The Fire at Tower 9
Traitorous magicians, under Khalista's command, open a Gate to the elemental plane of fire, Reverse Gravity, and
wait until lava, fire, and heat, bring down Tower 9 until it resembles a volcano.
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The Sand Pits
The kobolds sneak out into the night with thier trained lizards. They burrow into the ground before they are
clearly seen and begin to dig out the Sand Pits and the Prisons.
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The River of Lava
From Tower 9, unstoppable super heated magma runs north all the way to Surgebuilt Lake, where it disappears in
a plume of steam.
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Retreat to Tower 1
Evil corrupting power threatens to destroy Khalista, so she hides for a whole day, removes it from her head, and
waits until it subsides enough for her to restore it inside her head.
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The Razing of the West Building
The blue dragon comes from underneath the west building at the Rear Gate and blasts a hole straight through
from the bottom floor, through the first floor, through the second floor and all the way up through the top.
Rear Gate and a Captain of the Fortress agrees.
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The Defense of the Keep
Jackalweres surprise and overwhelm Goldenshield warriors at the King's Library. But when they attempt the same
strategy at The Keep, they find the soldiers there ready for them.
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The Fire Snake Eggs
Khalista either tricks the PCs or commands her servants to steal two foot obsidain spheres from the Basalt and Granite
Island deep inside the elemental plane of fire. Once she is in possesion of them she has her servants plant them
in the river of lava and she uses her modified haste spell to raise Fire Snakes and Salamanders.
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The Taking of the Rear Gate
The blue dragon demands that the defenders yield to him possesion of the Rear Gate and a
Captain of the Fortress agrees.
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The Ruining of Aperton's Arch
The river of lava reaches Apperton's Arch.
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The Kruthik Eggs
Six grey eggs, preserved by Khalista in a sacred chest, are planted in the ground deep in The Lush hills.
Using her modified haste spell, she causes them to both hatch and grow far quicker than normal. She retreats
south and lets the family of kruthiks hunt the entire area.
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The Key to the Armory
The kobolds, now in control of the Rear Gate, fail to realize the worth of the silver swords now in the dragons
treasury.
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The Battle at Palm Tree Lane
The fire giant enters the volcano and lava, but the hill giants cannot follow him. They rush north and enter
the fortress where Tower 2 has fallen. They are dupped by Goldenshield soldiers into seperating from their
bodyguard.
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The Fire Newts
Having lost a battle against a stronger tribe, Packnet Toterouch leads his tribe of Firenewts east down The
King's Road. Once he arrives at Kahar, his tribe is in dire need of water and he capitulates at once
to Khalista's servants but finds he is well rewarded. The Queen of the Desert gives him The Lush Valley
for his tribe to dwell, so long as he protects the area and patrols The King's Road, allowing only merchants
access to Kahar, and attacking all military patrols.
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The Haunted Hole
From this point out, the Hole near the Tunnel at Barabara Road and The Rear Gate are continually
besieged by the undead. Not only by the low level minions, but also the spectors, wights,
and wraiths.
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The Death of the Giants
Lord Fahred Ahmandi traps the Fire Giant in a giant magical ball of ice. Lady Nazeri defeats the hill
giants by rendering them feeble, deaf, dumb, and blind.
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The Planting of the Gulthias Tree
Just south of the bend at North Ridge Road, Khalista has her servants plant her cutting of the Gulthias Tree.
With her modified haste spell, it does not take long until the blights haunt the entire area. Not only
needle, twig, and vine blights haunt the area, but also the cholla blight, the barrel cactus blight, and the
terrible walking Joshua Trees.
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The Silver Plated Swords
Zmaj sends his agents to seek out the help from the PCs. Unless they were recovered earlier (doubtful),
he will use the Silver Swords as his bribe.
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The Sakalan Occupation | Wasteland Wizards |
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The Haunting of Tower 1
All of the area, from the King's Road to the Dividing Wall, fall under the constant patrols of
the undead that haunt Tower 1.
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Wizard and Snake
Lord Lallennos Kisherite and the Wizard's Brigade fall to the wiles of Khalista the Lamia,
despite the warnings from Thamiar the Guardian Naga.
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The Keep and The Library
This is the first major engagement that Khalista allows her jackalwere army to reveal itself, at least
in human form. As soon as Rhael assaults the King's Church with fire and lava, the
jackalwere army siezes the Library and the Keep and enslaves the defenders.
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Hunters of the Wadi
The Wizard's Brigade judges the actions of those responsible for waking the Hags of Arroyo Kifo.
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The Kobold Incursion
From the north, a great force of well armed, trained, and prepared kobolds start siezing and fortifying a lot
of territory. Using her scrying magic, Khalista learns of the coming of the blue dragon.
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The Green Scorpion
The Wizard's Brigade condemns the actions of the paladin Knights and banishes their kind from Kahar.
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Awakening Ahmensara
Khalista, facing a major set back because of the kobolds and the coming of Zamj Pustinjski, commands her adjutant
to awaken Amensara the Cruel, a mummy lord of great evil and power.
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The Labyrinth
Once the Pillars of Jaken are set up, the Labyrinth appears.
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The Mummy Lord Battle | Dragon Lair Siege |
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The Porch and the Pile of Rocks
Amensara gathers all the undead and descends on the newly built dragon lair with
destruction.
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The First Lightning Chamber
Amensara loses many undead servants before he overcomes the first Lightning Elemental.
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The Lightning Block Sentinels
Amensara loses many of his undead servants before he overcomes the Lightning Block
Sentinels.
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The Second Lightning Chamber
Amensara is hacked to pieces by the heroes of Kahar.
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The Cimic
The cimic devastates the attacking zombie horde but flees when the Mummy Lord arrives.
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The Varlet
Amensara is ambushed by Ghiliba Mbaya in the second lightning chamber. Amensara is hacked to
pieces by the heroes of Kahar and his mummies are destroyed.
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The Umber Hulk Tunnel
Amensara blows through the Umber Hulk tunnel but misses the tunnel to Zmaj's chamber.
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A Coward Flees
Ghiliba Myaba is so overcome with fear that he flees the dragon's lair.
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The Ecclesiatic Brigade | The Wizard's Brigade | The Warlord of Braek's Munitions Dump | The Druids of Koya Rion |
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Kyrakis Braek
A wandering hermit banished from Kahar, last of the great clerics.
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Lallenlos Kisharite
Chancellor of the fortress of Kahar.
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Nicholas Quinn
The Leader of Paladin Knights.
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Searc O'Conner
An opportunistic druid leads a seperatist movement among the desert folk and founds the Druids of Koya Rion.
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The Sculptor and the Gargoyles
The cleric Knights make a terrible mistake that leads to the death of an innocent man.
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Compulsive Avarice
Presented with untold riches, the lead Wizard falls prey to his own greed.
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The Broken Vow
Tricked by Khalista's evil machinations, the Paladin Knights slaughter an entire tribe of innocents.
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Rescue
Searc O'Conner is sold as a slave to the servants of Khalista.
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Banishment
The Adjuticator of the Realm of Kahar disbands the cleric Knights and forbids anymore of their kind.
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Inattentive Negligence
Jealousy stops the Chancellor from saving Kyrakis Braek and the line of clerics that comes to an end.
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The Black Guard
The Paladin change into Black Guard
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Desert Druids
Searc O'Conner
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Return to the Munitions Dump
Although Kyrakis Braek is banished from the fortress, his followers run the Munitions Dump in his name.
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Conflicting Division
The Wizard's Brigade seperates into 3 scheming factions.
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The Queen's Command
Khalista finds and magically controls the fallen Paladin
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Illusions
illusions
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The Rebellion of Jaken Voth
Jaken Voth refuses to renounce his loyalty and love for Kyrakis Braek.
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Penitent Contrition
The Chancellor and his 2 friends repent but come under attack from Khalista and her minions. They hide away
in the Wizard's Tower as their health fades rapidly.
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The Guardian of the Stone Door
It is the dark paladin that are responsible for releasing Teobold the Destroyer.
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The Pillars of Janae
Searc O'Conner
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Barracks B
The priests hide in Barracks B.
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Barracks A
Duvior the Necormancer, Oshan the Diviner, and Exeral the Enchanter, take possession of Barracks A.
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Barracks C
The Warlord and his blackguard take possesion to Barracks C.
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The Single Path
Searc O'Conner, and the druids, are the opening to the Labyrinth.
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In the south west of the fortress is a large farm run by Landyn Midha. This large man is in charge of the many field hands that labor on the many acres of grass fields that feed the horses, bulls, cows, oxen, and other cattle at Kahar.
In the north west of the fortress is a large ranch run by Anderson Chissum. This thick set man runs the breeding, raising, training, and placement of horses, but his ranch houses the bulls, cows, oxen, and other cattle at Kahar.
Tower 6, 7, and 8 survive the goblinoid attack and are not overcome by the undead. All those who stand for the Kingdom of Goldenshield gather to the surviving 3 Towers under the leadership of Lady Gabora Deville. Wife of the Marquis of Goldenshield, this powerful woman has a checkered and surprising past.
A lowly servant gathers allies and holds most of the buildings and warehouses against the traitorius founder and Lord of the Munitions Dump. His name is Jaken Voth, a faithful acolyte of Cyzotl, who repents the betrayal purpetrated by his Lord and rebels against the Ecclesiastic Brigade when they try to settle at the Munitions Dump.
Long before the people of Goldenshield arrive, the Secret Gardens of Lady Nazeri flourish under the desert sky. Daughter of a powerful elf, the Lady Nazerati Nazeri rules in her ancient hidden garden.
The Castle of the Dwarf Lord Fahred Ahmandi protects the many religious temples at its base.