✅ COMPLETED QUESTS#

🛡️ Rescue the Blacksmith’s Daughter#

Location: Tannis → Elven Forest → Ancient Tomb
Quest Giver: Sig Rockwell (desperate blacksmith father)

  • Track kidnappers north into the enchanted Elven forest
  • Investigate the obsidian standing stone and receive vision of landmarks
  • Explore the ancient tomb of the Order of Seasons
  • Rescue Winry from the Cult of the Eclipse’s dark ritual
  • Defeat goblins and bugbear cultists
  • Recover Cult medallion marked “Darkness will descend once again”
  • Discover hidden chamber of five knights
  • Retrieve broken pieces of Summer’s Edge (legendary longsword)

Rewards: Custom magical gear from Sig, future favor owed
Key NPCs: Sig Rockwell (grateful father), Winry (traumatized daughter)

🌒 Break the Darkness Over Tannis#

Location: Tannis Village
Quest Giver: Village crisis/Lerissa’s guidance

  • Consult with Lerissa about the Order of Seasons and Knight of Ravens
  • Survive the magical darkness that engulfed Tannis
  • Fight off shadowy hands dragging villagers into the abyss
  • Reach the church of the Dusk Lord (only sanctuary with light)
  • Meet Father Samael and learn about the missing holy symbol
  • Explore the church catacombs and avoid deadly shadow entity
  • Discover and parley with the Arbiter (Angel of Justice)
  • Convince the Arbiter to delay her purge ritual
  • Earn the Arbiter’s favor and holy mark for safe passage

Rewards: Arbiter’s holy mark, +1 Shield of the Dusk Lord (Skreek)
Key NPCs: Lerissa (wise retired adventurer), Father Samael (concerned priest), The Arbiter (stern but just angel)

🌿 Consult the Sage Vidrir#

Location: Shimmerwood
Quest Giver: Lerissa’s recommendation

  • Travel through Shimmerwood using the Arbiter’s holy mark
  • Bring a cask of Lerissa’s ale as goodwill offering
  • Meet Vidrir and his purple-winged raven familiars
  • Learn Summer’s Edge’s true identity as a legendary Summer Court blade
  • Discover the Eclipse medallion is magically trackable (signal leads northwest)
  • Inquire about Skreek’s stolen relic (rumors of djinn in southern desert)
  • Witness Summer’s Edge react faintly to Vidrir’s touch

Rewards: Knowledge of Summer’s Edge, tracking information
Key NPCs: Vidrir (mysterious sage with deep historical knowledge)

🧚 Aid the Pixies Against the Cult#

Location: Northwestern forest (following medallion signal)
Quest Giver: Fannie the pixie

  • Track medallion signal northwest to silver maple location
  • Befriend Fannie and learn about kidnapped pixies
  • Investigate the colorless, eerily still forest region
  • Assault the Darkling and Cult of Eclipse camp
  • Rescue kidnapped pixies with Toby’s dinosaur rampage
  • Recover cult religious texts about the “Great Shadow”
  • Obtain two Daggers of Darkness and note from ‘L’ about ritual empowerment

Rewards: Cult intelligence, Daggers of Darkness, pixie friendship
Key NPCs: Fannie (grateful pixie), Slumpet (gained pixie ally)

🕯️ Cleanse the Greyscale Cabin#

Location: Corrupted woods
Quest Giver: Following the corruption’s source

  • Enter the corrupted woods and locate the cabin
  • Defeat the Flameskull guardian
  • Investigate signs of Serenity’s presence
  • Survive attack by “Sassy Tassels” (Rug of Smothering)
  • Discover defiled altar to shadow dragon with crystal orb
  • Summon the Arbiter using holy marks
  • Have the Arbiter cleanse the corruption source
  • Confront and charm Serenity (night hag) to gather intelligence
  • Learn about the Weaver, Nidhogg, and Shad’s village massacre
  • Escape while Serenity was charmed
  • Recruit Francis the Flameskull as party ally

Rewards: Corruption cleansed, Serenity’s dark orb, Francis as ally
Key NPCs: Serenity (revealed night hag), The Arbiter (divine cleanser), Francis (enthusiastic undead ally)

🐉 Gain Intelligence on Nidhogg#

Location: Vidrir’s grove
Quest Giver: Party investigation

  • Return to Vidrir with Serenity’s orb for analysis
  • Learn the orb is a “seeing stone” for communication and divination
  • Receive alarming news about Nidhogg being a shadow dragon sealed in Shadowfell
  • Understand Vidrir’s personal history with the ancient war
  • Receive guidance to seek the Winter Court for further knowledge
  • Obtain Vidrir’s Order of Seasons medallion for Winter Court audience

Rewards: Vidrir’s Order of Seasons medallion, crucial lore
Key NPCs: Vidrir (revealed ancient warrior), Francis (repelled by undead wards)

❄️ Gain Audience with the Winter Court#

Location: Journey to Winter Court embassy
Quest Giver: Vidrir’s guidance

  • Travel north toward the silver maple tree
  • Defeat Redcap assassin hired to stop the party
  • Avoid the reality-tearing feline predator
  • Make peaceful contact with elven rangers using Vidrir’s medallion
  • Arrive at Winter Court embassy and settle at The Restful Buck inn
  • Perform at the inn and gather intelligence about Lady Alora
  • Learn about Olivia’s poisoning by possible Bandersnatch
  • Heal Olivia using Skreek’s Lay on Hands
  • Earn private audience with grateful Lady Alora
  • Learn about the weakening interplanar barrier

Rewards: Winter Court alliance, audience with Alora
Key NPCs: Lady Alora (Winter Court leader), Olivia (poisoned daughter), Trius (eldest daughter, paladin)

🦷 Hunt the Bandersnatch#

Location: Winter Court territory
Quest Giver: Lady Alora

  • Accept Alora’s quest to hunt the creature that poisoned Olivia
  • Use Slumpet’s squirrel network to track and bait the beast
  • Employ clever tactics to trap the Bandersnatch
  • Defeat the creature despite its poison gas and deadly claws
  • Return the severed head to Lady Alora as proof

Rewards: Powerful magic items for each party member:

  • Slumpet: Relentless Hunter (shortbow with Hunter’s Mark)
  • Shad: Fochlucan Bandore (bardic instrument)
  • Toby: Blinkback Belt (auto-retrieving thrown weapons)
  • Skreek: Frostbrand Scimitar (cold damage)

Key NPCs: Lady Alora (generous patron), Trius (impressed observer)

🛡️ Investigate the Winter Leyline Temple#

Location: Ancient temple embedded in hillside
Quest Giver: Lady Alora

  • Persuade Trius to join the expedition
  • Travel east on horseback (Trius riding majestic unicorn)
  • Prove worthiness to magical temple guardian:
    • Shadicar: bardic song of Elven legend
    • Skreek: genealogy scroll
    • Slumpet: Alora’s gifted bow (after orb failed)
    • Toby: blood sacrifice
    • Trius: family Moonblade
  • Enter through mechanical iris door
  • Defeat holographic knight in honorable duel (Skreek)
  • Navigate the 300-foot bridge with seasonal glyph tiles and laser traps
  • Reach the leyline crystal nexus chamber
  • Discover one of six focus crystals is cracked and flickering
  • Document the arcane runes and glyph meanings
  • Consult with the Arbiter about leyline magic

Rewards: Leyline knowledge, runic documentation
Key NPCs: Trius (Winter Court paladin ally), The Arbiter (magical consultant)

🌑 Defeat Serenity Permanently#

Location: Return journey from leyline temple
Quest Giver: Serenity’s ambush

  • Survive the forest’s color drain into grayscale
  • Confront Serenity in her true night hag form
  • Battle alongside Trius and her inspiring mental battle hymn
  • Defeat Serenity’s animated shadow duplicates
  • Overcome her manta-like damage-absorbing cloak creature
  • Slay Serenity in brutal combat
  • Use Speak with Dead to extract final intelligence:
    • Serenity was over 300 years old
    • The Weaver destroyed Shad’s village “for amusement”
    • She wasn’t responsible for barrier weakening
  • Loot emerald storage ring and gold mind-protection necklace
  • Burn body and cabin to prevent resurrection

Rewards: Emerald dimensional storage ring, gold mind-protection necklace
Key NPCs: Serenity (permanently defeated), Trius (battle ally)

🧭 Report to Alora and Learn the Larger Plan#

Location: Winter Court embassy
Quest Giver: Lady Alora

  • Report Serenity’s permanent defeat
  • Inform Alora about the damaged leyline crystal
  • Receive silver teleportation ring (attunes to obsidian standing stones)
  • Meet with Arch Magus Levi for crucial briefing:
    • Barrier anchored by four leyline temples (one per season)
    • Alora’s mother’s journal mentions “The Chained Library”
    • Chained Library may seek forbidden artifacts like the orb
  • Witness Slumpet steal map of Dwarven capital

Rewards: Silver teleportation ring, critical strategic intelligence
Key NPCs: Lady Alora (strategic ally), Arch Magus Levi (knowledgeable advisor)

🍂 Reach the Autumn Court#

Location: Journey east to Autumn Court
Quest Giver: Strategic necessity

  • Survive ambush by fey thieves (Quicklings and Aridni)
  • Recover stolen coin from defeated bandits
  • Discover Torii gate and standing stone at Autumn Court entrance
  • Arrive during the Aki Matsuri seasonal festival

Rewards: Recovered funds, safe passage to Autumn Court
Key NPCs: Fey thieves (defeated)

🍁 Defend the Fall Festival#

Location: Aki Matsuri beer garden
Quest Giver: Xolthos’s attack

  • Enjoy festival hospitality from Hencelle (Master of Feasts)
  • Befriend Ali (Massa’Ista bounty hunter) and meet captive Arden
  • Survive Xolthos’s ominous proclamation about Nidhogg’s return
  • Endure Shad’s banishment mid-taunt
  • Defeat Xolthos in difficult battle using Slumpet’s anti-shadow stardust
  • Loot magic items: dragon figurine, invisibility ring, enchanted robes, magic staff
  • Recover letter from the Weaver confirming:
    • Winter leyline crystal already damaged
    • Summer Court leyline is next target
    • All marked by Dusk Lord are enemies

Rewards: Xolthos’s magic items, critical intelligence about cult plans
Key NPCs: Hencelle (generous host), Ali (helpful bounty hunter), Xolthos (defeated cultist)

🧠 Gain Autumn Court Support#

Location: Autumn Court
Quest Giver: Lord Farkris

  • Secure audience with Lord Farkris
  • Learn about his regret over failed peace with Nidhogg
  • Inform him about barrier weakening (Alora hadn’t warned him)
  • Receive permission to explore Autumn Leyline Temple
  • Prove worth to guardian treant by saving baby unicorn from bloodthirsty vines
  • Survive dire wolf ambush during rescue
  • Gain temple entrance through magically opening hill
  • Solve rotating seasonal puzzle depicting autumn cycle
  • Confirm Autumn leyline crystal and focus crystals are intact and stable

Rewards: Lord Farkris’s support, confirmed stable Autumn leyline
Key NPCs: Lord Farkris (regretful leader), Guardian treant (nature protector)

🧭 Establish Summer Court Access#

Location: Transition to Summer Court
Quest Giver: Strategic movement

  • Camp in treant’s grove
  • Scout east toward Summer’s lands
  • Attune teleportation ring to standing stone near silver birch tree
  • Return to Aki Matsuri for final rest and drink roulette
  • Use teleportation to reach Summer border (cured Shad’s hangover)

Rewards: Teleportation network access, hangover cure
Key NPCs: None specific

⚔️ Disrupt Eclipse Ritual at Ancient Battlefield#

Location: Site of Nidhogg’s original sealing
Quest Giver: Cult activity discovery

  • Investigate arcane runes burned into battlefield ground
  • Ambush cultists performing ritual
  • Defeat mage Kharvax, ogre, and mercenaries
  • Spare two surrendering mercenaries for information
  • Use Mantle of Whispers to absorb Kharvax’s shadow and learn:
    • Weaver’s stronghold is in the Feywild
    • Cult hopes to enhance summoning magic using old sealing ritual
    • Kharvax tested this by summoning basilisk (killed some cultists)
  • Loot +1 Vampiric Scythe and Grimoire of the Eclipse

Rewards: +1 Vampiric Scythe, Grimoire of the Eclipse (contains Summon Shadowspawn, Shadow Blade, Contact Other Plane)
Key NPCs: Kharvax (defeated mage), Francis (delighted in laser combat), surrendering mercenaries

☀️ Establish Summer Court Relations#

Location: Summer Court
Quest Giver: Lady Sylvia

  • Reach the Summer Court and experience competitive culture
  • Attune standing stone near coliseum for teleportation
  • Stay at Ember’s Embrace inn with Serra Flamekissed
  • Experience flaming shots and Summer Court hospitality
  • Meet with Lady Sylvia and receive Summer Leyline Temple mission

Rewards: Summer Court alliance, teleportation access
Key NPCs: Lady Sylvia (Summer Court leader), Serra Flamekissed (hospitable innkeeper)

🔥 Investigate Summer Temple Sabotage#

Location: Summer Leyline Temple
Quest Giver: Lady Sylvia

  • Discover temple already breached with destroyed guardian constructs
  • Find leyline crystal chamber missing one of eight rune crystals
  • Encounter Manus posing as Trius
  • Learn Manus mocks Weaver/cult despite apparent alliance
  • Accept his challenge to land one blow for the crystal
  • Succeed when Slumpet’s ball bearings strike him
  • Receive stolen crystal as promised
  • Attempt to restore crystal (failed - appears tainted)
  • Consult Arbiter about restoration needs
  • Use Contact Other Plane to reach Maria (Alora’s mother):
    • Party cannot fix crystal alone
    • Summer Court lacks necessary means
    • Chained Library holds answers
    • Winter Court lacks knowledge
    • Center of Elven territory may help

Rewards: Recovered tainted crystal, divine guidance from Maria
Key NPCs: Manus (honorable trickster), Lady Sylvia (concerned leader), The Arbiter (advisor), Maria (distant oracle)

🔄 Escape the Temporal Loop#

Location: Summer Court forest
Quest Giver: Mysterious loop phenomenon

  • Recognize repeating scenery and time distortions
  • Notice signs of escaped basilisk from Kharvax’s failed ritual
  • Encounter Blackbird (raven-like eldritch merchant)
  • Negotiate contract with Toby: pay for everyone’s drinks for three nights
  • Receive charm playing metal tune (“take control”)
  • Use charm to navigate loop successfully
  • Lead party to safety outside temporal trap

Rewards: Escape from time loop, Blackbird’s magical charm
Key NPCs: Blackbird (contract merchant), Toby (contract bearer)

🍺 Fulfill Blackbird’s Contract#

Location: Wherever party drinks at a tavern
Quest Giver: Blackbird (eldritch merchant)

  • Night 1: Pay for everyone’s drinks (98 drinks = 19gp)
  • Night 2: Pay for everyone’s drinks (more expensive)
  • Night 3: Pay for everyone’s drinks
  • Contract completion and release from obligation

⚔️ Gather Components for Summer’s Edge#

Location: Summer Court and surrounding areas
Quest Giver: Elara Sunforge

  • Fulfill night 1 of Blackbird’s contract (98 drinks = 19gp)
  • Meet with Lady Sylvia about Summer’s Edge
  • Learn sword chooses its wielder
  • Consult Elara Sunforge about reforging requirements
  • Learn need for two components:
    • Celestial Ore from Starfall Crater
    • First Kiss of Midday Sun from Feywild
  • Travel to meteor crater filled with alien stone and cosmic energy
  • Battle four Starfall Sentinels and intelligent Celestial Guardian
  • Crack pedestal to reveal sufficient Celestial Ore
  • Shop at Glittering Cavern for Fey crossing supplies
  • Fulfill night 2 of Blackbird’s contract

Rewards: Celestial Ore, Fey crossing supplies
Key NPCs: Lady Sylvia (supportive), Elara Sunforge (master smith), Celestial Guardian (defeated), Blackbird (contract enforcer)

🐾 Navigate the Shimmering Glade#

Location: Fey crossing at Shimmering Glade
Quest Giver: Elara’s guidance

  • Locate Fey crossing at radiant clearing with ancient standing stones
  • Encounter six-legged “squid cat” mother and cubs (Displacer Beast)
  • Choose diplomacy over combat:
    • Toby lured cubs away with milk
    • Slumpet spotted misaligned crystal
    • Shad adjusted crystal with Skreek’s boost
    • Skreek stunned mother with leftover catnip
  • Activate crystals to project portal to Feywild
  • Successfully cross into vivid realm of surreal colors

Rewards: Safe passage to Feywild, avoided unnecessary combat
Key NPCs: Displacer Beast family (peacefully resolved)

🌈 Establish Feywild Base and Locate Sun Mountain#

Location: Feywild
Quest Giver: Elara’s component requirements

  • Emerge in lush, colorful Feywild with exaggerated flora
  • Scout from above to spot mountain northwest
  • Journey to Medusa’s Wake (lagoon-ruin of ancient battle)
  • Discover satyr festival led by Revel Pipesong
  • Perform musical entertainment with Shad disguised and Skreek invisible
  • Learn mountain trail begins at satyr camp
  • Participate in magical drinking game with lasting effects:
    • Skreek speaks only in rhyme for 7 days
    • Toby bursts into inappropriate laughter
    • Shad’s hair becomes flowering vines when lying
  • Decline Revel’s offer of “unbridled joy” for future favor

Rewards: Mountain trail access, magical drinking effects, satyr friendship
Key NPCs: Revel Pipesong (jovial satyr host), festival satyrs

☀️ Capture the First Kiss of Midday Sun#

Location: Feywild mountain peak
Quest Giver: Elara’s component requirements

  • Begin mountain ascent with Elara’s capturing device
  • Encounter and defeat moss-covered fey troll
  • Overcome animated flesh clones spawned by troll strikes
  • Reach mountain peak with ceremonial altar
  • Experience Skreek’s vision while holding Summer’s Edge shards:
    • Memory of sword’s gifting by Summer Court Queen
    • Battlefield vision disrupted by darkness
  • Observe distant twisted black castle (gothic, shifting, watching)
  • Place Elara’s device at altar for sun essence capture
  • Witness Summer’s Edge resonating with sunlight and Skreek’s presence
  • Survive second duel with Manus:
    • Endured magical darkness around device
    • Fought Manus and his two cliff-positioned clones
    • Relied on Skreek’s blindsight in darkness
    • Watched Manus call off battle and vanish
  • Complete capture of First Kiss of Midday Sun

Rewards: First Kiss of Midday Sun essence, Summer’s Edge resonance awakening
Key NPCs: Fey troll (defeated), Manus (honorable opponent), Skreek (vision recipient)

🏰 Explore the Weaver’s Feywild Castle#

Location: Twisted gothic castle in Feywild
Quest Giver: Irresistible gravitational pull

  • Investigate mysterious castle that appeared/always existed
  • Solve patchwork knight’s riddle at gates (Love, tongue, humanity)
  • Navigate hall of mirrors with distorted self-visions:
    • Shad rejected hollow legacy of applause
    • Skreek accepted vision of lonely heroism (gained luck boon)
    • Slumpet rejected betrayal visions (psychically wounded)
    • Toby embraced monstrous reflection (gained luck boon)
  • Discover massive broken loom pulsing with dark illusion magic
  • Disrupt loom with Shad’s thunderwave
  • Have Francis incinerate loom at Shad’s request
  • Experience hallucinations and memory loss from loom chamber
  • Confront the Echo (Weaver’s soul remnant) in throne room
  • Refuse Echo’s demand for a soul to rebuild loom
  • Survive Echo’s soul extraction attempt on Shad
  • Defeat Echo and his two shadow wolves (Slumpet’s decisive strike)
  • Discover hidden study behind tapestry
  • Recover Weaver’s journal revealing:
    • Philosophy of fear and illusion mastery
    • Techniques for binding illusions to triggers and events
    • Discovery and mastery of Mirage Arcane
    • Plan to weaken leyline network and release Nidhogg
    • Spellbook “Silmirien” tethered to soul (burning page calls him home)
  • Secretly obtain map of leyline energy and temple locations with “Hollow Thresholds”

Rewards: Weaver’s journal, spellbook Silmirien, secret leyline map, luck boons
Key NPCs: Patchwork knight (riddle guardian), The Echo (defeated soul remnant), Francis (loom destroyer)

🔄 ACTIVE QUESTS#

⚔️ Reforge Summer’s Edge#

Location: Summer Court (return to Elara Sunforge)
Quest Giver: Elara Sunforge
Status: Ready to complete - have both required components

  • Obtain Celestial Ore from Starfall Crater
  • Capture First Kiss of Midday Sun from Feywild
  • Return to Summer Court from Feywild
  • Deliver components to Elara Sunforge
  • Witness/participate in reforging ritual
  • Determine who Summer’s Edge chooses as wielder
    • Skreek

Current Status: Party has both components and is exploring Weaver’s castle for additional intelligence before returning to complete reforging.

🔍 Complete Castle Investigation#

Location: Weaver’s Feywild Castle
Quest Giver: Party decision for thoroughness
Status: In progress - exploring for missed intelligence

  • Defeat the Echo and recover Weaver’s journal
  • Discover spellbook Silmirien and its soul-calling properties
  • Obtain secret leyline map with Hollow Thresholds
  • Search remaining castle areas for additional clues
  • Determine significance of “Hollow Thresholds” on leyline map
  • Decide whether to use Silmirien’s soul-calling ability
  • Plan return journey to Material Plane

Current Status: Party cleared main threats but continues searching for any missed intelligence about the Weaver’s plans or capabilities.

📋 ONGOING BACKGROUND QUESTS#

🏺 Recover Skreek’s Stolen Relic#

Location: Southern Desert (djinn rumors)
Quest Giver: Personal quest
Status: Information gathered, not yet pursued

  • Learn from Vidrir about djinn rumors in southern desert
  • Travel to southern desert
  • Locate djinn searching for elemental artifacts
  • Negotiate or fight for relic’s return

Current Status: On hold while addressing immediate leyline crisis.

🗺️ Investigate Hollow Thresholds#

Location: Various leyline locations
Quest Giver: Slumpet’s secret discovery
Status: Information obtained, significance unknown

  • Secretly obtain leyline map from Weaver’s study
  • Determine what “Hollow Thresholds” represent
  • Investigate marked locations
  • Understand connection to cult’s portal activities
  • Decide whether to share information with party

Current Status: Slumpet keeping this information secret, considering value to dwarven contacts.

🎯 MAJOR UNRESOLVED THREATS#

🐉 The Nidhogg Crisis#

Primary Threat: Shadow dragon sealed in Shadowfell, cult working to release
Status: Ongoing threat with multiple fronts

Known Elements:

  • Cult of Eclipse serves “Lady of the Eclipse” working to free Nidhogg
  • Weaver (master of fear/illusion) orchestrating weakening of leyline network
  • Barrier anchored by four seasonal leyline temples (Winter damaged, Summer missing crystal)
  • Serenity (defeated) served Nidhogg and cursed Tannis
  • Nidhogg “hates the Dusk Lord” - religious conflict element

Immediate Concerns:

  • Repair damaged leyline crystals
  • Prevent further temple sabotage
  • Locate and stop the Weaver
  • Find the mysterious “Chained Library”

🕸️ The Weaver#

Primary Threat: Master of illusion and fear, architect of the cult’s plans
Status: Alive, location known (Feywild stronghold)

Known Capabilities:

  • Mastery of Mirage Arcane (reality reshaping)
  • Destroyed Shad’s village “for amusement” using false Nidhogg vision
  • Created soul-tethered spell - Silmirien
  • Orchestrating systematic weakening of planar barriers

Tactical Considerations:

  • Party has his journal and spellbook
  • Burning Silmirien page would call him “home”
  • Manus appears to mock the Weaver despite apparent alliance
  • Castle exploration may reveal additional weaknesses

🌌 The Weakening Barrier#

Systemic Threat: Interplanar barrier failing, allowing monster incursions
Status: Deteriorating, requires active maintenance

Key Locations:

  • Winter Court leyline temple (crystal cracked)
  • Summer Court leyline temple (missing crystal, recovered but tainted)
  • Autumn Court leyline temple (stable)
  • Spring Court leyline temple (status unknown)
  • The Chained Library (original barrier source, location unknown)

Strategic Needs:

  • Repair/cleanse tainted crystals
  • Prevent further sabotage
  • Locate Chained Library for barrier restoration knowledge
  • Coordinate with all four seasonal courts