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| The land of Barrow's Maw has played host to many adventurers, both fair and foul, in its history. However, few compare in their infamy with the one known as the [[:wretch|Wretched Crawler]]. A necromancier, once native to the Ohm Basin, who fell afoul of ambition and lust for power, who forged pacts with all manner of foul beings in its quest for mastery over life and death. Shedding its mortal visage to become an immortal undead creature known as a Lich, the Wretched Crawler abandoned the Basin and its former colleagues. Like a cancer, it settled in the badlands north of the Merric Wood and began fortifying an abandoned fortress, while harassing residents as a petty warlord, in an effort to accrue more of the region's lost knowledge and hidden arcane power. | The land of Barrow's Maw has played host to many adventurers, both fair and foul, in its history. However, few compare in their infamy with the one known as the [[:wretch|Wretched Crawler]]. A necromancier, once native to the Ohm Basin, who fell afoul of ambition and lust for power, who forged pacts with all manner of foul beings in its quest for mastery over life and death. Shedding its mortal visage to become an immortal undead creature known as a Lich, the Wretched Crawler abandoned the Basin and its former colleagues. Like a cancer, it settled in the badlands north of the Merric Wood and began fortifying an abandoned fortress, while harassing residents as a petty warlord, in an effort to accrue more of the region's lost knowledge and hidden arcane power. |
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| In time, the Crawler's presence within the Basin could not be tolerated by the good and godly. The adventurers of the Ohm Bastion, a local guild dedicated to peace and friendship, organized an effort to end the Crawler's dominion over | In time, the Crawler's presence within the Basin could not be tolerated by the good and godly. The adventurers of the Ohm Bastion, a local guild dedicated to peace and friendship, organized an effort to end the Crawler's dominion over the Merric Wood and to put the foul creature at last to its Final Rest. |
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| | What they could not have realized at the time, was The Crawler's final resting place being its own personal demiplane. The citadel in the Merric Wood served only as a gateway into The Crawler's [[:world_lore:s1:nations_and_cultures#the_wretched_plane|Wretched Plane]], a nightmare realm of death and despair populated by a small kingdom of minions and monsters The Crawler had cultivated to its own ends. |
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| | Undaughted by the task before them, the crusaders of the Ohm Bastion plunged into the lifeless heart of the Crawler's domain, to wage endless war on an eternal being. With the Crusaders long since departed and the Age of Fire coming to a close, it is not known what has become of the Crusade. Perhaps they were extinguished by the grasping skeletal hands of the Lich Lord. Or perhaps they perserver, their glorious holy light a candle flickering in the void. |
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| ===== Notable Personae ===== | ===== Notable Personae ===== |
| ==== The Party ==== | ==== The Party ==== |
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| Mostly consisting of former Friendmakers of the Ohm Bastion, the party is out for justice and for blood (or whatever the lich equivalent). They intend to end the lich permanently— to venture into its fortress and shatter its phylactery. | Mostly consisting of former [[:organizations:ohm-bastion|Friendmakers of the Ohm Bastion]], the party is out for justice and for blood (or whatever the lich equivalent). They intend to end the lich permanently— to venture into its fortress and shatter its phylactery. |
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| * **Kyrry:** | * **Kyrry:** |
| * A tiefling Rogue/Cleric/Shadowbane Stalker, and former Crafter, Kyrry is well-equipped to deal with any traps the party might encounter. It is her blood that was used in crafting the Planar Tuning Fork. | * A tiefling Rogue/Cleric/Shadowbane Stalker, and former Crafter, Kyrry is well-equipped to deal with any traps the party might encounter. It is her blood that was used in crafting the Planar Tuning Fork. |
| * **Ava, Crimson Prelate:** | * **[[characters:s1:ava|Ava, Crimson Prelate:]]** |
| * Founder of the Order Incarnadine, Ava is a Necromancer who abhors undead. She spends her days consolidating her territory, performing arcane experiments, and raising her daughter Molly. | * Founder of the Order Incarnadine, Ava is a Necromancer who abhors undead. She spends her days consolidating her territory, performing arcane experiments, and raising her daughter Molly. |
| * **Sir Earcorn Fardream, Eldrich Femboy:** | * **Sir Earcorn Fardream, Eldrich Femboy:** |
| * An organization of centaurs and other sentients advocating for the freedom of all hoofed beings. The ELF has now been reported as being in active collaboration with Wretch's Forces, and have proclaimed the Crawler an ally to Equine Freedom. | * An organization of centaurs and other sentients advocating for the freedom of all hoofed beings. The ELF has now been reported as being in active collaboration with Wretch's Forces, and have proclaimed the Crawler an ally to Equine Freedom. |
| * **The Wretched Crawler:** | * **The Wretched Crawler:** |
| * An Evil, henious, and terrible creature; the first lich to establish itself in the Ohm Basin; the primary villain of this campaign and many expeditions besides; and the inventor of [[:woodcoin|Woodcoin]]. | * An Evil, henious, and terrible creature; the first lich to establish itself in the Ohm Basin; the primary villain of this campaign and many expeditions besides; and the inventor of [[world_lore:s1:woodcoin|Woodcoin]]. |
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