The Grand Ducal Army, led by Field Marshal Chevalier Gabriella Philippa Bertrina Sebastinon de Clermont, marches into the Boroughs
The Grand Ducal Army, led by Field Marshal Chevalier Gabriella Philippa Bertrina Sebastinon de Clermont, marches into the Boroughs
King Melvin the Gouty, King of the Boroughs and the Halflings is killed when the Francescian army takes his summer palace. His son, Prince Martin, is captured by the Francescian army and held hostage.
The Halfling Resistance is a rag-tag group of freedom fighters in the Boroughs. It was founded after the Halfling Kingdom fell in the early days of the invasion from Francesia. The Halfling Resistance is led by the former Thieves Guild member, Dale Hill.
News of the invasion of the Boroughs reaches Onyxburg. Within hours the Parliament votes in favour of the terms of its treaty with the Boroughs and declares war on Francescia.
The Republic of Onyxburg hire's the famous mercenary company, the Golden Dragons. They are deployed to the Boroughs to aid the Republic's army.
The Adventure Club finds Grendel's Cave, north of Beaverbrook and slay a monster known by the locals as the Grendel. The creature turns out to be a fae-spirit corrupted by the Malichor and turning into a Blight. The Adventure Club also make contact with the Druid Fae-Elf, Araloth from the Faewylds. He purifies them of blight before returning to his realm through a short-lived portal.
A strange and very deadly new plague begins to spread in the Boroughs. It begins in the halfling village of Beaverbrook and quickly spreads through the region.
Field Marshal Chevalier orders her army to cross the Codlatach Avon. They break through the Republic's front lines and lay siege to the Golden Dragon military camp named Thorn's Fort.
A vanguard force from the Ducial Francescian army reaches Beaverbrook. The force is led by the High-Eld Commander Celabrim Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Aldenroot. The Adventure Club is able to convince the vanguard force of the threat of Malichor and avoid an attack.
After being arrested for kicking a halfling orphan, Brand witness a group of shady figures enter the orphanage at night from the stocks. He wakes the rest of Adventure Club and they investigate. They discover a Cult in the process of sacrificing halfling orphans in a rancid ritual in a cave system beneath the Golden Dragon fort. They manage to save two of the three orphans and wake the camp. It is later discovered their foes were the Cult of Morbus.
Captian General Thorn sends the Adventure Club to sabotage one of the siege placements near his Fort. There the party is captured by Field Marshal Chevalier and begin to make negotiations. However, midway through the army of Lord Protector Synolda Jarvase arrive and break the siege. The Adventure Club is captured and arrested by the Republic forces. They are taken to Valleyhold and imprisoned in the dungeon there.
Due to the spread of the plague a ceasefire is called
The forces of the Republic burn Beaverbrook to the ground in an effort to wipe out the Malichor plague, but it is too late. The survivors, led by Totem Crafter flee through the Grendel's Cave portal into the Faewylds.