The Fractured Pack

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.

The Fractured Pack begin to settle into Dul Kag as educations of the day prior bring revelations as the informations fully coalesces.  Hali begins her treatments.  Broxon learns of his mother.