Adventure Summaries

Summaries of the adventures undertaken by the Covenant of Sagehollow.

Summer 1190 - Exploring Sagehollow
A mysterious doorway appeared within the caves beneath Sagehollow. A small group was assembled to investigate, including Arianwen and the newly-arrived “knight”, Lady Tessora. After consulting with Evelyn, they figured out that a specific poultice needed to be created and applied to the runes around the doorframe to turn the stone within into some kind of portal.

After applying it and entering, the group determined that it was a regio, within which were several other (inoperable) doorways, and a collection of ruined buildings and charred skeletons.

After exploring the remnants of libraries, laboratories and living quarters, the group entered a room that seemed to be frozen in time, with a knightly figure kneeling amidst roaring flames, being thrown at him by a mage – the kneeling figure being shielded from them by angelic wings.

Arianwen figured that the spell, in combination with the angel’s protection, ended up causing a wizard’s twilight in the area which dilated time. She had no idea how to end the effect, so Tessora dropped to her knees and prayed to the angel Midael. He granted his aid, ending the time dilation. The mage, facing the backblast of his own spell, immediately crumbled into ash, and Tancred began gasping for air, with the wings disappearing.

After gathering his bearings, he introduced himself as Tancred, knight and loyal servant of the Order of Hermes. He explained that the covenant in its previous iteration was of House Diedne, and he had led the assault on it during the Schism War. Given all of his associates were long dead, he decided to continue his service of the Order by joining the covenant.

Spring 1191 - Red Moon Rising
After Rian began receiving night terrors involving his death at a castle, he matched it to a real Castle, Boristrum, and after gathering Cirice, Tancred and some grogs, set off to investigate it.

The castle was inhabited by a large number of travellers, who behaved suspiciously. The group followed some of them to the nearby forest, where they met with a mysterious shadowy entity called Fandaniel, a type of being known as an Ascian. They spoke of a ritual being performed that night, at the rising of the red moon.

The group then left, and after being tailed by some of the travellers, doubled back and attacked them before racing back to the castle. All of the remaining travellers lay dead, and once the group were in their midst, reanimated them to attack before he disappeared.

Most of the group were badly injured during the ensuing fight, and Rian ended up alone and wounded on the roof of the keep. Fandaniel reappeared behind him, impaled him through the back, and then cut off his head.

A short while later the undead collapsed, and the surviving members of the group found a nearby Gifted folk witch called Granny, who healed them. She then told Tancred that she would have her associates look for more signs of these Ascians and report back.