Previously…

Midday in Tymon meant nothing under a sky strangled by green lightning. The Ruinlords pushed deeper into the city’s corpse, past broken gods and worm-ridden corpses, toward the Iron Baptistery—a shattered temple pulsing with defiance. Inside, they found Ebon Triad cultists twisting dead heroes into living weapons. Dunner fell, buying his friends a heartbeat. Alfie carved worms from his own flesh with a bloody arrow. Tike dove into sacred flame, rose reborn, and shattered the traitors with his fists—until Voragon Drakon arrived. The High Councilor wielded Dahak’s fire and the Medallion of the Worldbreaker, but not even his death curse could claim the city. It came close. Tike died in the blast, standing. Alfie tore him back with Breath of Life. Scarred and half-dead, the Ruinlords fled the ruin aboard Captain Lorune’s ship, carrying Dunner’s body, the medallion’s fragments, and the storm at their heels.

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23 Erastus (July), 4725 

Having fled the cursed city of Tymon aboard the merchant ship Sandfly, the Ruinlords found themselves recovering from recent losses as they sailed down the Sellen River. Captain Joseph Lorune, grateful for Vaz’non and Cal’s intervention that saved his life, revealed his intention to sell his prized Iron Golem power armor (once the construct known as Piko) in Salisgrad – a desperate measure to keep his crew paid and his ship afloat after a costly tournament defeat that he had naturally assumed he was going to win. The following morning, the party was tending to their wounds. Alfie’s restoration magic healed most of the party’s afflictions from their encounters with the Acolyte of Kyuss and the army of wights. However, Tike still bore the scars of damage yet to be healed. 

As darkness descended and the Sandfly approached a massive stone bridge, what seemed like a routine passage turned into an ambush. Two Ebon Triad cultists emerged from the shadows, raining necrotic bolts upon the party from their vantage point. The situation grew dire with the appearance of a familiar foe – Arnyx, the bearded devil now bearing the burned symbol of the Ebon Triad on his chest, demanding the head of the Ebon Triad High Council member, Voragon Drakon, which the heroes had in their possession. The combat escalated further when a Seer, a disturbing figure with skin writing from worms crawling beneath it, joined the assault with unusual – and devastating – psychic attacks. 

The party fought back with everything they had in a fierce battle, with Cal’s explosive fireballs turning the tide against the cultists (those visible as well as those hidden). Potato demonstrated impressive agility by scaling the riverbank and throttling a third cultist member who had tried to escape, while Declan’s Rheumy Refrain weakened their devilish opponent. Though Arnyx managed to wound Alfie grievously before his defeat, the party emerged victorious with Oathgar’s deft blade and Tike’s crushing fists. Almost thankful that his charge had ended, the devil crumbled to ash upon his demise. 

The following morning, the investigation of the Seer’s corpse revealed disturbing connections to the Ebon Triad, leaving the heroes with more questions than answers as they continued their journey toward Salisgrad…