Friday Night-Shrouded Hope

About the adventure

This is a homebrew, long term campaign set in the Forgotten Realms, although not all lore is canon. Many parties have been through this world before, and their actions changed it, just as yours will. The game is styled off a classic fantasy setting adventure like LoTR, though it will go through many themes being a long term game. This game is beginner friendly, and great for anyone with a set schedule that wants to really get into a story and have deep character bonds and development. 100 years ago, the demon lord Alzrius was summoned forth into the Shining Lands from the Abyss, along with his demonic armies. Not long after, the once idyllic landscape was enveloped in flames. Crops and grass blackened, their taste causing tenday cough. Waters dried out from the perpetual ashes of the land. What little was left was better left undrunk. Those that survived the initial onslaught lived on as slaves or ingredients. The people banded together with the beast of Veldorn, and they made their last Stronghold among the beaches of Var. During the death throes of man and beast, help finally arrived. A large ship from Halruaa. However, many of its passengers perished on the journey, leaving only small group of adventurers. They came stalling the demons and training what was left of able fighters before heading out to find a more permanent solution. With their aid, man and beast of the Shining Lands managed to keep the demonic forces at bay, for the time being, but more always came. After the month, the demon forces started to dwindle away, and when man and beast managed to push out, they saw the heroes had slayed Alzrius, sending him back to the Abyss. Among the heroes were four angels, who gifted a piece of themselves each to each nation in the Shining Lands. These stones served as a ward to prevent anyone from summoning another Demon Lord into the lands again.