Episode Introduction
As the battle rages for control of Cindervaeld, the combined forces of the Coven of Zul and House Arthenaf have overwhelmed all but two districts in the majestic city. The Mortal Guardians and their allies hold out in the Quarter of Gates against impossible odds, defending relentless attacks on every flank. When the conflict seems all but lost, the resourceful Tamm offers an improbable plan to turn the coven’s own magic against them. He claims to have discovered a weakness: in their efforts to open larger and larger rifts throughout the city they mistakenly tore a gateway into the darkest realm of Vaelda Faera, the Domain of Midnight, where chaotic, wicked fey rule the gloomy weald. What devious plot does the clever adventurer have up his sleeve--and will it be enough to turn the tide of war? Join us, Guardians, in our desperate hour as we fight to the last against insurmountable evil.
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Episode Recap
While scouting the Quarter of Trades, several brave Mortal Guardians discovered an operation by the forces of the Stars Concordat that aimed to assassinate both Artem and Steffanrich—the guildmasters of Mortal Guardians houses in both Wintervaeld and Cindervaeld. Acting quickly, our heroes thwarted the attempt and enabled Mara, the spunky warlock, to teleport our leaders to safety outside the city. In their absence, however, a moment of opportunity emerged: Tamm, the intrepid adventurer and treasure hunter whom the Mortal Guardians met while exploring the Undergrim Citadel, discovered a weakness in the battle plans of the Stars Concordat: mages in the Coven of Zul had attempted to open a huge shadowvoid rift inside the city, but made a grand mistake and instead ripped a tear into the darkest domain of Vaelda Faera. Tamm’s plan? Enter the rift and awaken a massive field of bloodthirsty redcaps and then lead them on a rampage back into the middle of coven forces!
The Mortal Guardians undertook the mission and caused an uproar in the plane of faerie, leading a host of raging redcaps back into Vaelda Mortalis where they wreaked havoc on our enemies’ defensive positions. Seizing the opportunity, the forces of the Light of Cindervaeld launched an attack and drove the coven and their allies from House Arthenaf all the way to the edge of the Quarter of Trades! But, just as we might be able to celebrate, all the remainder of the Stars Concordat forces converged upon the district to reinforce their overrun positions and outnumbering the Mortal Guardians by vast numbers.
Though all hope appeared to fail, not a moment too soon our heroes received the godsend support we needed: from a cascade of portals emerged Artem, Steffanrich, and an entire army from Wintervaeld—including Prince Tirinius and a host of allies the Guardians made along their many journeys! They joined us ready to bring the fight to the coven in what will surely be the decisive battle for the great city of Cindervaeld!