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The penultimate (canon) adventure of the [[Catalysts]], taking place in early autumn of 205AC. Following up on the events of [[Into the Twisted Goblin Mine]] and [[Tree and Child]], the party decided to head south into what is now known as the [[Blood-thirst Wildlands]] to see what is happening with the [[Twisted]]-led corruption. What they discovered changed the face of western [[Noefra]] and ended a great evil.

== Events ==

# They traveled south from [[Yuuras Zaali]] and encountered peaceful [[Goblins|goblin]] tribes who were fleeing north. The goblins of the [[Into the Twisted Goblin Mine|goblin mine]] had been advance groups.
# They spent a day chilling with goblins and learned about ritual sites where the corruption was being spread. They also learned about an old pre-[[Cataclysm]] fort in the hills overlooking the corruption.
# They decided to move on the fort. There they discovered undead and demon cultists working under what they later learned was the [[Dark Lady]], as well as a [[Portal Network]] entrance. After cleansing the fort, they gained goblin support to fortify it against the corruption.
# Knowing that assaulting the ritual sites directly was doomed to failure, they sought out new allies to the west (based on reports). They encountered and made allies with [[Byssia]] (who had been fighting off corruption on their borders) and [[Wyrmhold]], although the latter was too busy dealing with the [[Hungering Frost]] to help much.
# With aid from the goblins (who later became the [[Windwalker Confederacy]] and founded [[Fort Hope]] on the site of the old fort), they assaulted the northernmost ritual point and took it, destroying the cultists there.
# The Byssian druids gave them an experimental ritual to call down a meteor on the center of the corruption--using the ritual site as a base, they began enacting that ritual against heavy opposition.
# As things became more dire, the [[Divine Three]] intervened in avatar form, claiming that they were bound to "finish what they'd started" and that the ritual would fail unless they helped. The avatars took over the ritual itself while the party fended off demon-twisted monsters and eventually an assault from an avatar of the [[Twisted]] himself.
# The ritual succeeded, but only revealed the corrupt heart. The party set forth, experiencing some really weird stuff (talking tree stumps with mohawks?).
# At the center point, which was the same temple the [[Eyes of Qa'desh|Eye of Qa'desh]] was discovered at (which sparked the [[Cataclysm]]), now ruined by the meteor ritual, they fought a corrupted green dragon (and [[Safrir Tree-friend|Safrir]] nearly died because he thought he could talk to it) and then descended into a [[mkhulu]] nest, eventually destroying the Elder Brain that had ruled the ritual.
# Returning to [[Fort Hope]], they found that the [[Dark Lady]] had been attempting to re-establish control via portal, but had been fended off. In the process, she'd revealed the portal coordinates of her home in [[Kel'al'ar]]. The party decided to do something about that.

[[Category:Catalysts]]
[[Category:Noefra]]
[[Category:Demons]]
[[Category:Gods]]

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Admiralbenbo: Created page with "The penultimate (canon) adventure of the Catalysts, taking place in early autumn of 205AC. Following up on the events of Into the Twisted Goblin Mine and Tree and Ch..."