Vault of Kings (Campaign)

The Vault Seekers, drawn by the lure of treasure, the mystery of the mysterium magicii, and guided by the duplicitous Rikhards Freiborgs, sought out the other orbs and entered the Vault of Kings. Cleansing the Awakener corruption at the heart, they engaged the self-destruct mechanism and escaped, leading the remaining uncorrupted peiriant gnomes, also known as mecha-gnomes to freedom and a new home in the Crisial Kingdom. They then turned the tables on Rikhards Freiborgs and his Imperial Sons goons, ending that threat.

Notable events

1. Assisting Englathyn from the forces harassing that village.
   1. Defeated the evil alchemist Saerev of Godsfall whose altered grubs were inducing madness and rage in the local wildlife.
   2. Defeated the bandit forces hired by the Imperial Sons to draw attention away from their search for the mysterium magicii.
   3. Explored the Markov Crypt, recovering the first of the mysterium magicii from the grasp of the undead guardians.
2. Return to Godsfall
   1. Meeting Rikhards Freiborgs, posing as a researcher with the Guardians of the Forgotten and learning of the Vault of Kings
   2. Divining the locations of the other mysterium magicii
   3. Joining Imperial Legacy
3. Exploring Novaestium
   1. Gaining passage from Rabbiton from lady Kati Rabbit Lake, daughter of Duke Kella Rabbit Lake, and a notable freebooter on Lake Coy'in.
   2. Entering the Falcon Tower, dealing with hazards such as hostile ika-ika and morey eels
   3. Exploring the memories of Broken Trust
   4. Defeating the Remnant of Broken Trust
   5. Retrieving the second mysterium magicii from the vaults
   6. Freeing 20 time-lost children from stasis
4. Back to Godsfall, this time to buy a farm for (barbarian)'s family in Elysium
   1. Dealing with unwelcome attention
   2. Dealing with the Landlord, placing Novaestium and the family farm in his control in exchange for protection
5. Exploring Tsagaz
   1. Travel to True Hold, negotiations for a ship
   2. Befriending the Yavakh
   3. Bamboozling the Uldekh
   4. Defeating Morlan Metalbender and retrieving the third of the mysterium magicii
   5. Betraying the Uldekh and destroying the memory machine
   6. Encounter on the high seas, helping Morgan and his crew escape to Honedaxe
6. Return to Godsfall, growing suspicions about Rikhards Freiborgs
7. Side trip to the Lost Gods' Reliquary under Abaddon.
8. To Talvi
   1. Working with Kati Rabbit Lake again
   2. Meeting the Guardian
   3. Delving through that cursed place
   4. Showdown with Juubokai
   5. Escaping the crumbling ruin with the final mysterium magicii
9. Detour to Crisial of the Four Towers, meeting Queen Raanee.
10. Into the Vault
    1. Entrance and uncorrupted peiriant gnomes.
    2. Fighting through the corruption with Adam of the Golden Army's help
    3. Showdown at the core with the Awakener corruption
    4. End of the Vault
11. Showdown on the North Shore, Rikhards Freiborgs tricked into trying to open the (now destroyed) Vault with (fake) mysterium magicii after much blood magic. Bad things happen, ritual backfires and converts him into undead/demon thing. He gets punked. Players drop a direball (fireball, except it's a giant stone soccer ball) on his compound.

Lasting Changes

• Destruction of Talvi forces Vetal's hand. She tries to crack down on the Horse Clans, but ends up sparking rebellion and refugees.
• Introduction of the peiriant gnomes
• Biomagical augmentations (not done yet)
• The Sons of Air (the party, plus some other willing souls) start hunting for the Imperial Sons, killing them wherever they find them. This causes political messes.

Timeline

Start

Mid spring, 250 AC

End

Mid summer, 250 AC