The Heist

A collection of adventurers was gathered by the curator of a White Dawn museum, a cunning dwarf named Baird. He wanted them to prepare for a heist that would involve stealing an artifact used by White Dawn members; Lamia’s Tiefling Soul Dagger.

After grabbing various supplies and magical items, the party boarded an Aether-Rail Train. However, they quickly found the train already being attacked by a group of black-clad cultists; The Oblivion Cultists. The two groups battled each other before discovering that Baird lied about which artifact was being transported. In truth, the artifact was Kamahl’s Grand Axe. The Oblivion Cultists managed to acquire the Grand Axe before fleeing the train.

The next day, the Oblivion Cultists decided to send a message to their competitors by burning down Baird’s museum, with the dwarf inside. Fleeing into the sewers with cultists giving chase, the group of adventurers found themselves with their backs against the wall. Like a miracle, the wall seemed to open up when presented with an artifact of White Dawn, one of Alden’s forks accidentally taken from the museum. Fleeing into the newly opened passage, the group closed the wall and found themselves in an odd dungeon.

The dungeon turned out to be a place called the Trials of White Dawn, designed to bestow powers to a new generation of heroes. The adventurers fought their way through the puzzles and trials before eventually finding themselves in a magically powered secret based named the Hub. However, they were also warned that the Oblivion Cultists planned on using their artifact of White Dawn to access other secret areas of the city and cause destruction.

Using the Hub’s teleportation circle, the group met the Oblivion Cultists and faced off against them once again. In the middle of the battle, Vern of White Dawn burst into the room to assist the heroes. During the fight, Laricel found himself cursed by destructive atrophy magic, along with Vern who subjected himself to the curse to rescue Laricel.

After the group defeated the Oblivion Cultists, Vern found himself with only enough energy to dispel a single person’s curse. Being the paragon hero he is, Vern decided to save the young Laricel before passing away himself.