Dragon's Doom (Campaign)

A campaign of the Airship Pioneers ca 215 AC.

Events

• Venturing into the Nocthean Caldera to investigate why the Hungering Frost has been so quiet, they encounter the mythic craftsman Wayland Smith and ask him to design them an airship. He demands certain parts.
• They also assist in building the Bulwark, sealing off the upper valley from the lower caldera floor.
• In searching for various pieces, they
  • Enter the Plane of Wind and make a deal with the ruler of a cloud whale, treating for the necessary equipment to trap lightning essence to serve as the motive power.
  • Discover the hiding place of Nocthis, a ritual site where she incarnated (and was held in stasis) to avoid the destruction of the gods at the Cataclysm. They end the ritual, granting her the necessary worshipers to re-ascend as an Ascendant.
  • Enter Beastholme and treat with a Court of Winter for a fey spirit to serve as binding and guiding spirit for the airship.
  • Discover Adron's Folly and treat with Adron, whose foolishness enabled Isskap to start the Winter War. Defeating him provides the necessary crystal to serve as the heart of the airship.
• They return to Lyodnoir, where they convince the queen to lend them the resources to have a ship built in Byssia, serving as the hull.
• Taking to the air with a crew of goblin gunners, they encounter the white dragon who serves as Isskap's right hand. Grievously wounding her, they force her to flee into the Plane of Ice. They then land on the top of Mount Nyx and sabotage the planar ritual that bound the frost to the land, thus ending the primary threat of the Hungering Frost (even if Isskap herself wasn't dealt with for another year).