Complete History of Malpos

Disparate adventurers find themselves gathering together in the town of Locath.  Broxon and Clive arrived to the town look for jobs to gain gold and prove their capability.  Buck was brought to the port in the custody of the Phaloxil navy having been taken in with capture of the pirates that had enslaved him.  Finally, Xanstaer was taken from the ports, arrested of suspected piracy.  The guards had assumed the autognome of being a creation of the notorious mechanist pirate Gormundus Idledoom.  The collective was given opportunity to serve, recoup losses, and gain a better reputation seeking out a monster that had assaulted a carter bringing goods from Draman back to Locath.

Taking a week or so to relax and get some personal tasks done, the heroes hear notice of a job to be done through the Open Orchid Company out in the Sunken Ceshau. Notable during this downtime was: ~ Buck increasing his appeared station through wardrobe and confronting the captain who had enslaved him before the execution ~ Xanstaer's crafting of armor for their new friends ~ Clive's partying and gambling among the docks ~ Broxon's initial success with the fighting warehouse ending with his presence when news was brought of Rogichi's death. Broxon's finale in the pit's earned him a boon from Rogichi's Spirit.

After deciding that the only means forward with knowledge of the Rakshasa's existence was to face her immediately, the Fractured Pack descended once more to her vault. Broxon had sworn to Tempus that if the “angel” had betrayed them he would take her head. Seeking to keep his promises, the party attacked in unison as feral Rakshasa retorted with all she had though limited by the time spent in the vault and separated from souls to draw power from. Throughout the battle, Voriski played in the adventurers heads, pulling out phrases memories and threatening homes. As the Rakshasa was slain, head tumbling to the ground a final promise of ruin was made while the corpse burned away, the Rakshasa returning to the nine hells to reform.

Relationships are repaired and rekindled at his childhood home as his companions research a path forward to deal with Voriski. Broxon's interactions with his uncle Nolox started coarse before he broke down and revealed his heartache at Broxon leaving like his father had. Nolox revealed his brother Bron's ancestral name to be Brisson and he had left Broxon here in a selfish desire to go join Tempus' Order of the Steel Fang. Broxon's relationship with his childhood friend Garland was far more inflamatory as she took his leaving personally and saw his return in a more expressive personality as not being the man she grew up with.   In addition to Rakshasa and the Nine Hells, Xanstaer investigated the Everstorm to better understand it's shutdown and portals. Clive looked into possible news on his homeland and gained information on the abstract glyph he would see in his dreams being a cult of Nerull. Clive won further favor with the library by detailing their account in the temple of the Ascendant Watch and allowing them to study the ki wraps they had gotten from the temple. Buck's time was primarily spent aiding in chores as an excuse to get to know Garland

After the Fractured Pack's excursion into the Ethereal, their return was parked by a period of continued reprieve within the Urja Archive.  Magic Items were finished up, further studying was done, and Broxon spent much of his time mending broken bridges with Garland.  In the final moments of the party's leaving, Garland proposed a hypothetical future to Broxon, though the reality of it greatly depends on what kind of dwarf he is upon his return and who she is then as well.

During the Fractured Pack's downtime within the Urja Archive, a night of serious storms erupted.  Looking out over the mountain range, the occupants of the archive could see mountaintops dazzling with electrical activity.  Unsure of the cause and fearing the consequences of prolonged activity on the mountiantop above the Archive, the Fractured Pack braved the wind and wet cliff-faces.  Climbing to the top of the mountain, they found a dazzling display of lightning elementals destroying the ground on which they danced.  Only after grounding the hostile charges did the adventurers look to the east to see the darkened clouds on the horizon, the Everstorm having returned.  With it's return, a series of paranormal activities dotting the landscape.

Arriving to Lacington, the Fractured Pack finds the city in lockdown due to the number of refugees at the gates. While awaiting admittance, Broxon and Clives history of bar fights and gambling has caught up to them. Trying to hustle money from more desperate people, they find people they have already financially ruined. Winning the brawl, the two members of the Fractured Pack found the guards of Lacington to be far more stringent on maintaining order here than their past experiences in Locath's docks. Clive and Broxon were jailed within the city and did not stop their antics until an arcanist of the city was called in against them who gave them... a... job?

The Fracture Pack begin their first job under Professor Trowbridge.  In leaving the city, Clive breaks away from the party to confront the men who had attacked him and got him put in jail.  Clive's actions quickly lead to him explosively murdering the ringleader and damage others with magic in front of many nervous onlookers.

In returning to Lacington, the Fractured Pack are met at the outskirts of the territory by Professor Trowbridge.  The professor brought news that Clive was wanted for the murder of multiple individuals after being released into the custody of Trowbridge.  Forcing the mage into an awful legal postion, the mage took action into his own hand to negotiate Clives fate: a death sentence.   Specifically, a death sentence carried out via banishment to the Nine Hells of Baator.  Calling a small favor and now owing a much bigger one to an archmage of Phaloxil, the Dominus Porta would send Clive and anyone willing to serve his sentence with him to Baator to their doom.  This turn of events was much sooner than anticipated or desired, nowhere near prepared, but a path forward towards your goals and away from having bounty hunters seeking out one the Fractured Pack.

The Fracture Pack finish their descent into the temple of Zehir. They located the essence of Voriski but found more threats than just here spirit. Swarms of Zehir's children and a guardian hydra worked against the heroes' efforts to destroy Voriski forever. Despite their victory, they also bore the burden of defeat with the loss of both Clive and Xanstaer to their infernal foe.

The Fractured Pack traverse the Runol Pass, slay a trio of cyclops, and find a clue to their given prophecy.

In need of work, a collection of adventures gather together in Galley View. Under pay of the Phaloxil military, the band of mercenaries set out to find the cause of an attacked riverboat carrying goods.

After having two days within Dul Kag to orientate them themselves and having their intial questions answer, the Fractured Pack determined to settle for the moment to achieve tasks impossible to them while on the road. Research, crafting, and relationships marked the broadest sense of their next month.

In seeking out the Alderidge Academy, our heroes overcame their largest foe. It was giant... like, literally... it was a hill giant.

The Silver Wardens sought to end the troubles of Clan Haggards infertile lands. Going to an ancient burrow thought to be haunted, the Wardens found falling through the initial chamber a secondary, larger catacomb filled with an entire lineage of skeletons taken care of by their family head. The priestly patron had made a deal with Noraferox to be able to always care for his kin. The Soultrembler granted the halfling patron this capability for far more than just his life. In exchange, Nora was given her freedom of the lands of Kloughda. The Hag could treat the abodes as hers and was owed the respect of the burrows being her home.   The Silver Wardens destroyed the clan and headman, freeing their souls to continue on. Little did the party know that Noraferox watched the entire enterprise.

The servants of the Shade Crystal make the most of their fast and fervent travel through the Cobblestone Serpant upon Rachit and the conjured carpet. They held a minor Carnival in Pendle, showed up some lazy guards in Grimsby, and drove off a pack of gnolls attempting to establish new territory upon the banks of Loch Amlow.

After acquiring Altomari's collection of Temperance Shards, the combination of shards doubled the quantity of Self brought back to the Shade Crystal. At the merging, Fozz's scrutinization of the shards causedpanic, hand grabbing harshly, whiteknuckled onto the chair next to him. With the growth of power, his discerning awareness once more picked up the faint ringing of chains similar to what he had witnessed in the liminal space of preserved death.   With the merging, the Shade Crystal's strength grew. While still not to a level that would allow free conversation, the party would now be able to call upon it's wisdom in discreet moments outside of the mergers. With the collection of Temperence Shards also came a gathering of memories. It seems that with each new addition to the collection, not only are new powers unlocked, but new memories as well, memories that had been lost with each Temperance Shard sent away. The entity's name was at some point Myskothema though it knows not when nor how exactly it had acquired the amount of power that it had. It is sure that it had to be taken from another for it cannot fathom something giving away such a vast amount of power willingly. For now, the party has agreed to call it Myska and have claimed the terms of Myska's Menagerie and Myska's Miscreants for themselves.

The following day led Myska's Menagerie out from the mountains and over the Ulgos Jungle. The journey over the rich green forests was simple, with continued training among your party members. Crush spent a day flying down among the jungle to witness large insects, carnivorous plants, and the territorial bouts of monstrous, metallic bulls causing the forest area to crumble to dust. Chupta expanded his powers by welcoming his companions into his luxurious ring for the first time. Crossing the jungle border by the second afternoon, the party began to see villages scattered in the distance.

Myska's Menagerie are tentatively welcomed into Dul Kag as their look for answers.

After Myska's Menagerie regrouped in Dul Kag and caught each other up on the happenstances of their weeks, they prepared for their voyage northward. Astrid just had one last appointment. She met up with the PI Mods to hear what the investigator had to say. Apparently, Torbjörn Sjöberg had been a lead in mining expeditions a handful of decades back. Low stuff, near the cusp of the underdark, During a collapse, he saved 17 people but didn't make it out himself. At least not immediately. Rather, a year and a half later he found his way back up and out, carrying on him his entire pieced together means of survival, everything from shelter to jarred oozes and caged critters for defense of the wilds below. He attempted to get back to life but the celebrity didn't suit him, the questions and prying eyes trying to figure out what his life had been first got him to shift from the mines to the smithies. Then they got him to pack up all his belongings into a mulehut and leave Dul Kag all together to find someplace else to live that didn't know him. Her answers gotten, Astrid was ready to join the journey northward.

Crush flies back home to find that his home isn't what it's supposed to be.  He finds his father tortured as a dark message from Scizzord.  If visiting Bactran brought answers about Scizzord, Crush visiting home brought a new booklet of questions.

Myska's Menagerie bring their stresses to Orwin Oreson, meet a new companion, and seek out a contact that may know where Scizzord is.

(Rajdeep Maichu, Maximilian Farwood, Orwin Oreson/Sicuro Altomari, Crush Tengral, and Scissord. If you were wondering.)

Myska's Menagerie learn more of their quarry and witness the first major fracturing of Altomari's confidence.

The Iron Wolves escort the herbalist Ladore Aldarina back to Phaloxil and meet with his employer the Marquis Bifulco. The Iron Wolves make a deal with the Marquis that will be sending them back to Agate Cay for the retrieval of Daniel's tome and the purging of pirates.

The Iron Wolves are enlightened to the greater context behind their recent actions and find themselves with only a few days before they are put in the spotlight.

The Iron Wolves pursue leads on the identity of Lyle's evening escapade from the night before.