In which I set the stage for the current campaign

Prior to the current campaign we had had a series of players and characters come and go. Leovan was part of the original crew Elle met outside the ruined keep, but the rest of that original group has since moved on. Because of that and the fact these sessions happened quite some time ago, I'm going to summarize things in this post. A dwarf named Melchizador was with us the longest and plays into the current campaign in an NPC (non player character) fashion. Melchizador is a Dwarven Cleric of Heironious.

When Elle met the party they were going to a ruined keep to retrieve something from some bad guys. To be honest I kinda came in the middle of the campaign so I wasn't sure entirely what was going on. Except Elle never quite got a chance to kill off the Drow rogue. But we retrieved what was needed from the keep, killed off some bad guys, and returned to the town to return said item.

The next phase of this campaign had us clearing out an abandoned mine. See, the mine was owned by clan of dwarves but they were killed off and run out by bad guys. We were asked to clear the mine and find the hiring dwarf's brothers if possible (more likely proof of their death at this point). So off we went to the mine.

It took awhile, and there were several character changes throughout this, but we were successful. This is when Itanis joined our crew, during the mine crawl. Our reward for this adventure is an annual stipend from the mine. Elle, Itanis, Melchizador, and Leovan decided to take over that ruined keep and restore it for our home base. Elle and Itanis started up a wizard school to get some more income coming in, and Melchizador set up a temple to his deity. Leovan, being a ranger, started hunting and taking care of the woods around the keep.

This keep will play into future stories, and this home base time covers the span of 3 years in game. We all spent time coming and going from the nearest major city, a good 2 days journey away, to get supplies and what not that we needed for our individual interests. Melchizador brought back Magnus one day during this time frame and while Magnus didn't immediately join in on the keep/home base building he did fit in with our group so he stuck around.

And that's where I'll leave today's tale. A rough summary of the past to bring you up to speed to the current campaign. Kinda like recapping the previous season's events for your favorite TV show.