Infernal Affairs | Descent Into Avernus | Free Session 0

About the adventure

Our story begins long ago in the Year of the Bow, 1354 DR, when the Archangel Zariel led the riders of Elturel on a glorious mounted charge through the gates of Avernus. Courageously, they battled the infernal legions, but the horrors of the Hells became too much for them, and Zariel and her army were defeated. Those few that survived to return home established a new paladin order known as the Hellriders. 90 years later, in 1444 DR, the city was beset by undead, and it was revealed that High Rider Ikaia, leader of the Hellriders, had been turned into a vampire during one of her expeditions. She now terrorised the city every night with her vampire spawn, charmed minions, and undead allies. Then, one night so devastating it felt like the end. A second sun appeared in the sky, turning night into day, and blasting the vampire lord and her spawn to ashes while the remaining undead cowered from its light. Elturel had been liberated, and the high priest of Torm, Thavius Kreeg, claimed it was a gift from the gods and took credit for its appearance. This second sun came to be known as The Companion and provided the city with unending day and holy blessings. Thavius Kreeg, now heralded as the saviour of Elturel, became the city’s High Observer and implemented several changes to the doctrines of the city such that The Companion would be the center of their faith as a gift from not one single god but many. Your part in this begins in the Year of Three Ships Sailing, 1492 DR, during a diplomatic mission sent from Baldur’s Gate. You will start as a mercenary or knight in the employ of either the Hellriders of Elturel, the Flaming Fist of Baldur’s Gate, or the druid order of the Emerald Enclave. You are tasked with investigating rumours of cult activity in the woods nearby, but what you will uncover there is a diabolical conspiracy, the beginnings of an infernal affair.