The Background

This is my first time DMing a large epic length campaign. I wanted to make a campaign involving the Dawn war a time during the time of creation where gods and primordials fought for control over the prime material plane. I chose to narrow it down and make it a little more manageable. First I decided to choose the big bad of the campaign Tharizdun.(I'll dive deeper into him in the BBEG section) Next was figuring out how to get the players into the past. I actually had an easy time with this because of the campaign prior to this one which ended with the adventures spaning the world fixing the weave after being unraveled. I chose to make magical landmarks called a Arcane Waystones. With these concepts in place the campaign was set in motion.

The Campaign

Ten people with different specialities and backgrounds. Cogsmen a warforged man from the Academy trained to fight the strongest of enemies using hes combat expertice to find weak points in his enemies defences in order to finish them off fast. Rowyn a gnome with a connection to a Eidolon named Daffodil, together they travel the world looking for all kinds of trouble to get into. Amir a pious Suli with the backing of the god Amaunator, He walks the earth defending the living and smiting the undead scourge. Nova Spellsprite an optimisic and asspiring young mage, with the weave restored hunting for magic new and long forgotten has become his new passion. Quest a half-elf chosen by Pelor to grant healing to those weak and in need, his faith drives him toward the good and rightous. Marybelle a human soul placed within the body of an Assimar, with this new body and powers she trying to navigate this world from a new persective. Tavin Hilltopple a Halfling with a prepensity for nature and thievery, together with his dog Bumpus they charge through battlefields throwing daggers into the backs of enemies or hide in the shadows gaining intel on their next target. Nadiya a tiefling with a heart of gold and fists of iron, she travels around as a nomad hoping to run into fun and interesting people to spar with. Lucan a newly transformed Dragonborn with a voice as smooth as silk and a personality so prideful its almost painful, he travels the world selling his stories to the highest and sometimes drunkest bidders. (placeholder name) an elf with a connection to nature and the great beings called dragons, his calling is to study the feywilds and all the powerful creatures that live there. One day they all recieved a letter from a highpriest reciding in the Church of the Ancient Dawn in the city of Urmlaspyr . Upon reaching the city the party was met with the large wooden doors of the illustrous church its very structure permiating magical energy. Rowyn the summoner was the first to make their way in. A shock fell over him as the interior of the church had to have been 3 or 4 times the size it should have been. At the same time a wave of calm emotion filled his nervous system.(TBC)

The World

The campaign is set in the mythical age of Faerun before the rise of and fall of the great empires. This is a time where the creator races reigned, but great conflict also reared its ugly head. Greater forces of evil have come out of the shadows vying for blood and carnage. These evils known as Primordials have joined together behind a mysterious leader to Usurp the gods.

Most Recent Events

The party just got done witnessing four major world altering events. The death of Io the dragon god of creation and counterpart to Ao the overgod of the human pantheon. The corruption of Asmodues the lord of light into The infernal devil of modern time. The birth of Tiamat and Bahamet. Finally the glimpes of the proto-abyss the infancy of the modern Abyss.

BBEG's

There are 4 BBEG's in this campaign three sub BBEG's and then the major one Atropus the primordial of rot and decay lording over undeath and pestilence. Miska the Wolf Spider, in this timeline he is the first demonlord and know as the primordial of chaos. The Elemental Conflux, a large mountain sized elemental made up of all four primal elements. They are the primordials or destruction leaving only torn apart land and death. Finally the main BBEG Tharizdun the chained god of madness and entropy he wishes to usurp the gods and bring about the reign of the far realm and the madness that follows.

Key locations

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Plans for the future

The most recent plan is that the party must close two major rifts and seal Miska back into the abyss.