Eberron Interlude: Two Months Pass

Or: How the Wolves spent their summer vacation

Nymm 6 - Barrakas 14

William - Vague, hazy memories of his time as a vampire. He knows that he broke with the Emerald Claw leadership after their higher-ups declared The Wolves off-limits. He knows that he visited his mother, who was horrified to learn of what had happened to him. He knows that he spent at least some time in the Mournland. Beyond that, he doesn't have any strong memories, although he has occasional flashes

Brand - Traega is coming back to Khorvaire to reclaim his role in House Orien, or at least to depose his cousin Aeromus. He's leaving the rest of his band in Xen'drik, because most of them would stick out or be in outright danger on the mainland. For the time being, he intends to live alone in the Eldeen Reaches and slowly acclimate himself back into civilization. He doesn't intend to visit Brand's mother, since she has a new lover.

Lysander - That vision he had of Arenydee on the run was true, in some respects. Arenydee had come to Stormreach to relate information from her work with Ceranda and had run into Cavoletta. Cavoletta, sensing Arenydee's distrust and seeing an opportunity, shifted into her werewolf form and attempted to kill her. Arenydee fled, and managed to escape, but when she gathered some allies and went looking for Cavoletta, the werewolf had vanished from Stormreach.

Luggoth - Cavoletta turned out to be an agent of the Lords of Dust, and a werewolf rather than a shifter. She took Savannah and her son Borgoth and fled back to Khorvaire, and Luggoth has been looking for clues as to their whereabouts, but there's nothing he can do until he gets some sort of lead. Arenydee, on behalf of House Phiarlan and Luggoth, is doing some digging on the behalf of Luggoth, and has promised to send information to Brand's mother in the Eldeen Reaches and Yanesh Hite, The Native's contact in Stormreach, whenever she gets anything. Despite the minor security risk, Luggoth keeps both of them appraised of his latest movements so they can contact him reasonably quickly.

Pel - Pel has found a fairly significant congregation interested in worshiping the Traveler in the anything goes city of Stormreach, although even here the Traveler's cult remains hidden and secret. He has built up a local network of spies/devotees, which has put him at odds with other followers of the Traveler (who see him as stealing their worshipers) and the The Bilge Rats (who don't appreciate the criminal competition). Many of Pel's congregation are members of the forgery/con artist guild of The Hollow Shards, and a few are members of the Black Market known as The Night Tide. Pel has also found an uneasy friendship of sorts with Gorleius, the priest of The Keeper who resurrected him on his first journey to Xen'drik. Gorleius often sits in on Pel's ceremonies, and frequently comes to debate theology with him afterward. These talks are always more than a little on the disturbing side, even for one as morally flexible as Pel, and there's always the question hanging over the discussions of just when Gorleius might call in the favor requested for Pel's second chance at life.

1) What Have You Learned About the War
Arenydee and Ceranda Elorrenthi d'Phiarlan (Lysander's mother) were going to work in Aundair to find out what caused them to ally with Breland. Early in the month of Lharvion, Arenydee came to Stormreach to tell the Wolves what they had learned.

It turns out that the alliance has a lot to do with Thaliost, the city in Thrane that was once Aundair's. This is also the city where Ttemmal the Rakshasa was impersonating Archbishop Solgar Dariznu until the Wolves unmasked him. Part of the The Sigilstar Accords, which sealed a mutual aggression pact between Aundair, Breland and Thrane, was that when the war was concluded, Thaliost would once again fall under the dominion of Aundair. In exchange, Thrane would recieve a larger part of Droaam, which is to be divided amongst the three nations once the Hags' Kingdom falls.

Thrane, for its part, seemed to agree to the Sigilstar Accords because they believe that having two monster kingdoms (Droaam and Darguun) is against the will of the Flame. Part of their condition for signing includes the building of a new Silver Flame Cathedral in Sharn and a joint Aundarian/Thrane military/ntelligence/priesthood mission to recover the "haunted" cathedral of the Silver Flame in Aundair and restore it to its past glory.

Ceranda is almost certain that the Rakshasa Ttemmal (a.k.a. Bishop Solgar) has assumed a new identity in the Silver Flame hierarchy and helped influence the Sigilstar Accords. This, she believes, is indicative that the Lords of Dust wanted the current war with Droaam.

2) What You Have Learned About the Assassination Plot
Meanwhile, in Breland, your friend with Brelish Intelligence, Kalibar Jenks, tracked down a bit more information about the conspiracy against The Wolves. What he discovered did not make any of you happy, least of all Pel. He came to you after Arenydee did, in the later part of the summer month of Lharvion, to tell you what he had learned.

The agents who impersonated the Wolves were The Shifting Blades, a crew that was part of The Tyrants. They had been the personal agents of the previous head of the council, Ek (often called "Tyrant One"), and Kalibar suggested it was possible that Ek had not been killed in the coup by Vadis (Pel's father) but had gone underground, and this was revenge against Vadis by way of revenge on Pel. The only problem with this theory was that Pel was left out of the assassination plot, and then clearly replaced by another Tyrant. Pel put feelers out to those in the Tyrants who worshiped the Traveler, but none of them had useful information about Ek or the Shifting Blades, and Pel was unsuccessful in trying to reach out to his father Vadis, or to his previous contact Xain, and it was clear that getting to them directly, in Sharn, was untenable until the Wolves had cleared their name and found The Shifting Blades.

3) Recent Developments
Reports from the Korranberg Chronicle indicate that the war between the Sigilstar Alliance and the Nation of Droaam is not going particularly well for anyone. Diplomatic channels have been shut down, trade roads going into Droaam are closed and everyone is losing money. And though the Droaamish forces aren't numerous enough to create a push-back into the Sigilstar nations, they are powerful enough that Alliance soldiers are dying by the hundreds, and not making very significant gains. There is strong public pressure in some quarters of Aundair and Breland to end the war, but most believe that as long as the Hags are in charge, King Boranel will not end the conflict. The citizens of Thrane remain mostly behind the war, which they see as a new and righteous crusade against evil monsters.

With all of this in mind, Kalibar did some more research and found that The Shifting Blades have been operating most recently in Zilargo, and he got the name of a Korranberg Chronicle reporter named Gerand Moor who had been doing an expose on them before disappearing a few days ago. Kalibar believes that the Blades have him, but they won't kill him, because Gerand is an operative of The Trust, the Zilargo intelligence organization, and the last thing the Tyrants want is a war with gnomish intelligence. More than likely they've got him stashed somewhere in Trolanport until their latest scheme goes down.

Jenks has gotten the Wolves onboard the Brelish Stormship Galifar's Pride, which will take about 8 days to reach Trolanport. He has a few things to wrap up in Stormreach, but then he'll return to the mainland via House Orien teleport circle, and meet you in Trolanport to find out what you've learned.