Return to Thatlan | A West Marches Campaign | Play when you want

About the adventure

This is a West Marches campaign, meaning the world doesn't move unless you do. There is no main quest, no villain breathing down your neck, no plot that drags you forward. Return is your base, your refuge, and your graveyard if you're not careful. You and your fellow players will choose where to go, what to investigate, and how deep to push before turning back. Thatlan rewards the bold and buries the reckless, and only you can decide which one you are. The campaign is starting now. Thatlan is uncharted, its secrets untouched, its factions unformed. The players who arrive first will be the ones who name its landmarks, forge its alliances, and set the tone for everything that comes after. If you have ever wanted to leave your mark on a world from the very beginning, this is that chance. ====== Thatlan is the name of a land whose true name was forgotten centuries ago. The histories say little of it, except that civilization fled its shores due to some cataclysm. What wickedness would drive even the Elves to erase it from their histories? A long standing tradition of the civilized lands, almost like a nervous tick, brought ships to the shores of Thatlan once a generation for the past several. Each time, the ships were laden with rations and water for the return trip. The desolate shores of Thatlan would not succor them even had they been brave enough to step foot on dry land. Everything changed 12 years ago in the year 440 O.C. (The Open Century) on the last generational voyage. This trip, known colloquially as The Sighting of the Green, was the first time anyone saw signs of life on the shores of Thatlan. The various powers that be back in civilized lands began mustering forces to gain a foothold in the opening Thatlan, keeping their motivations close to their chest. Fortified harbors were erected, surveying groups were sent inland, and calls to adventure were made. It is now the year 452 O.C., twelve years into the Age of Restoration. Tales abound of supply ships finding abandoned port settlements and surveying groups not returning from the wilds. One town, [[Return]], holds strong. The call to adventure still reverberates off the walls of guild houses, libraries, dockside bars, and beyond.