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Darkness Over Moonsea

Spring rode the month of Mirtul in the year of the Rising Elves upon the backs of many storms.  Record numbers of wrecks were reported in the taverns on the Moonsea shores, as weather, sea monsters, and pirates appeared to conspire against the seagoing trades.

  As the cold gave way to warmer days, the conflict between Zhentil Keep and Hillsfar erupted anew, drawing sellswords, battle mages, and all the resultant commerce that comes from such misery west along the southern coast of the Moonsea.

  In Waymeet, within the rolling hills between Yulash and Hillsfar, the town rejoices over the release of Malcho, the local Druid from his magical servitude to a lesser demon.  Adventurers Quilro the elf, DonBrappo the judicious hammer of Clanggedin, Eydis the Swordsman, and Coglosio the Druid unmasked the treacherous work afoot, and defeated the enchanted Woodfriend in his keep.  Vern the Ranger gave his life for the effort, and now the town and its inhabitants do their best to ensure the party wants for nothing of way of food and drink.  The party has inherited an ornate wooden traveling wagon, and local smiths and wheelwrights are ensuring it is repaired and updated.

  The Fist and Flagon continues to thrive as traffic picks up, although all tend to scowl when Red Plumes from Hillsfar trample through.  While business booms, there are several local power structures in a vacuum, and both nature and evil abhor a vacuum.  Already several unusual looking outsiders have been observed in the Flagon, and weaving their way around and through the town, obvious in their furtive ways to appear surreptitious.

  The church of Helm in Hillsfar heard word of the Demon Prenych, and is rumoured to have funded a small party of war-priests to investigate.

  The druid convacle of Cormanthor has put word on the wind that a vacancy must be filled, now that Malcho was turned and has fallen.

  While terrific and horrible stories of dark elves are the standard of goodfolk everywhere tucking their children abed, more than a few reports of goods laden wagons expertly ambushed with no survivors have driven up the price of weapons, building materials, and foodstuffs in a period that would otherwise be a bonanza.