Herald’s Quarterly 9185, 1st Quarter

STATUS: PUBLISHED (in Oerdney)!

The Valley of Sighs Disgorges its Hate

A plague of shadows is upon the dark lands. It just said that there are three “tamers of shadows”, from a deep and far away realm, that have come to rest control of the dark lands away from the unholy trio. The Valley of Sighs is the gateway through which they send their forces and assassins they are well hidden in the dark lands.

The lich Lords are plagued with oozes, slimes and spores from the depths of warm hells and outer realms that drift over the land on warm winds that melt the ice – accelerating rot and decay. They dissolve their minions, feeding on the once living tissue and immune to their detection and many power geared towards dominating the living.

Against the lands of light are a myriad of creatures that include rabid gnolls, slithering scaled dream serpents, minotaurs, basilisks, devils from the outer realms, And elemental spirits.

A Population in Decline

The Soul Scourge and resultant sicknesses, the Madness of Zoras, the Disaster at Dwindor (manifestation of dark gods) all caused a decrease in population. Fortunately, since the Madness of Zoras (Lich Lord’s death), the animations of the Lich Lords have been more reckless and less focused. With Sun Stealer’s diminished power, the failed Scar Banner campaign of the Unholy Trio has waned in power. The Valley of Sighs has been more active in disgorging bizarre creatures from other places and planes to rampage in all directions. The Noble East still stands, and there is some stability. The population is estimated to be back where it was almost 50 years ago (from its peak in the Long Summer of Ezrilus) in most places.

The Unholy Trio’s Scar Banner Campaign Officially Over

The High King marked an official end to the Scar Banner War declared by the Unholy Trio that faltered early on when the manifestation of Sun Stealer died in the Dwindor Disaster decades ago. Whatever their grand design was, the death of the warrior deity for vioalting the Godspeak Accord set them back greatly. Despite years of trying, without his full weight to throw behind them, the forces of darkness were once again thrown back to the Dark Lands and have grown quiet. There has not been a raid of more than a few hundred in a year. And so, their campaign is considered spent and do

The Madness of Zoras

Finally sages and scholars have given a name to the strange behaviors of the undead on Helca, at least in The Noble East of the Steel Realms. The “Madness of Zoras” is named after the Lich Lord held captive in the frozen north was finally killed by the actions of The Gallantine order and their druid allies of Ssissllenn’s Druidhold of The Pranin Moorswood in the Barony of Crestwold of the Grand Duchy of Dunstrand.

A disturbing effect, thought to be tied to the Madness of Zoras, is that noble lords and ladies once laid to rest with their symbols of title & station have risen as mummies to try and command the living. Many taking decades to claw their way out of sarcophagi and tombs.

Vampires that slipped control of the Cold Bargain and fled have lately begun to reappear and create their own cycle of terror. After the Madness of Zoras was unleashed, many vampires flexed their new found freedom, or went into torpor from fighting the shackles of the Lich Lords for so long. Those flexing their appetites were typically hunted down, at great cost and with a scourge of thralls and half vampires to go with them. This was followed by a decade of silence. Lately though, those who went into torpor finally began to rouse themselves.

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