OCC 12
Moving this here, I erroneously posted it in OCC 11, when I realized that some of our players in the Black Tower 3 had never been part of the original expedition.:
several years ago a group formed to find the mysterious black tower in the mountains between Valdassya and Aral.
They guarded a caravan through the mountain, spent a too brief time in Al-Menir, and unfortunately
lost half of the players involved along the way; Sorsha and Mischa, Gorgath, Burke, Shroud and Haveron all were lost in media res,
although Sorsha (and Mischa) waeredropped off in Al-Menir and Shroud changed hands three times, and Haveron twice.
The initial consultation with a sage led them to believe that the area was warded with magical tablets that cause peuople to avoid it, and even not look directly at it, and that there was either a trapped celestial bound with chains of silver or a powerful wizard known for collecting magical items. In either case, it seemed that the defenses were failing.
When the group managed to get in, another player (Safwan the golem) joined in, and despite them telling everyone they had only a limited familiarity with portions of the tower, the group insisted on a tour led by the golem intro areas it did not know. Treasure was repeated destroyed by fire,a nd searches abandoned due to attack and a desire to hunt fleeing foes.
That is the history of the Black Tower at this point. No treasure rooms have been found, and a lot of loot ignored or allowed for the enemies to retreat with it.
I am not sure if we have Berry or Safwan at this point
