540 A.R. Tower of Trials

Etma tasks Lavern the Sage of Vahalla to find guardians of Morta. Lavern creates the Tower of Trials, raised in the middle of the Sacred Wastes.   Roark, Catsumotto, Bearn, Virgil, and The Eternal Gate become the first adventurers of Morta to enter the Tower of Trials and return. Roarke no longer takes part in climbing the tower to keep advancing technology of the Artificer’s Company. Along the way The Eternal Gate (TEG) and the Adventurers guild establish an embassy for the Plane of Earth to promote trade of rare materials for tower crystals. Empress La’Mia of the second highest Earthen House sends Drox the Immortal her trusted General to ensure TEG is completing his mission in the tower and embassy. The “Tower Takers” ascend to the top of the tower confronting their deepest fears/nightmares. After reaching the top of the Tower of Trials, Lavern offers the champions a choice to become the Guardians of Morta or return the power they have been given. After a small taste of full power in his nightmare TEG declines and returns to the Embassy to continue working for Empress La’Mia. Catsumotto aggressively declines for accepting power from another God would feel like declining the power of his own Khatzu. Drox accepts the offer to continue his goal to be one of the strongest the Plane of Earth has ever seen. Virgil accepts the power, anything to further his abilities to feed souls to his Queen the Cold Shadow. Bearn accepts using his power to venture home and take back his homelands. The names of the Tower Takers will be spoken for years and years to come. As one of the greatest adventuring parties the Adventurers Guild has seen. Declared through the lands as The Guardians of Morta.