The Swords of Helfor

About the adventure

Dokunulmaz is a continent isolated from the rest of the world, a land bursting to the brim with divine magic, yet lacking major institutions for the arcane outside of the goddess of the arcane. Undead have ravaged the land before, destroying kingdoms in their wake and marring the continent forever - twisting the land itself. The Phylacter Wars ended nearly two centuries ago, but the seventy years of war left scars upon the land that bloomed into the founding of Holy Orders, dozens of them as each faith began adopting either a hatred of undead or desire to create them. The Hills of the Dead have been quiet these past two hundred years. Nothing has left them. Nothing. Not the shambling corpses of zombies, nor the scouts that every society has attempted to send. However, strange things have begun to happen in these lands. Strange indeed. Border villages being abandoned. Patrols along the edge of the hills disappearing. Some villagers report seeing spirits roaming in the night. The hills are rousing from their slumber, and dread fills all who watch for its stirring. Three Holy Orders are independent nations as we know them, the relevant one to you all being the Order of Helfor. Helfor is the god of passing, the deity responsible for guiding souls from their deaths to the afterlife as well as souls back into the care of the goddess of life, Nileth, once those souls have spent their needed time in the afterlife. The independent holy orders have smaller orders within them, both of major and minor deities who cooperate with the dominant order. All characters are expected to worship a deity to some degree in this campaign, though it does not have to be at the forefront of the character by any means. Undead will be the primary focus of this campaign, though some side quests to give a break may be included. Orders present in the Order of Helfor: Faornis, Goddess of the Arcane (LN) Ferdinand, God of Endurance (NG) Helfor, God of Passing (LG) Iluo, Deity of Justice (LG) Rhadure, God of Honor (LN) Thargrim, God of the Forge (LN) *Lesser Deities, which tend to be more niche in the communities they are worshiped.

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