The Hour of Twilight

"The master calls, echoing death and destruction across the globe. The earth bellows, fissures devouring the weak and the strong alike. The wind howls, snatching up bodies like leaves in the breeze. The water screams, shearing coastlines with the ease of scythe through grain. The fire roars, turning plains and forests to charcoal and ash. The Draakhorn sounds, and all of Faerun will hear its call. Add your Voice to our glorious chorus, For it is the song that will end the world."

-Severin Silrajin, Grand Wyrmspeaker of the Cult of the Dragon

It is the Year of the Wild Magic, 1372 by the Dale Reckoning calendar, and Faerun is weary of war, conflict, and the Era of Upheaval. The last century has seen the birth and death of gods, the shattering of kingdoms, and a Time of Troubles that sundered the very Weave of magic itself. Through the last generation, much that was lost has been refound, though perhaps in a different form, and not without great cost to life and the legacy of the ages. In the streets of Her cities, and in the rolling grain of Her fields, the common folk return to hopeful normality, in the high towers of the sages and scholars, there is concern. Read in the winds of a summer that was perhaps too hot, and in the portents of a winter that may be as harsh as any in living memory, in the birth of strange calves and the ripples that pass across the Weave... something is coming.

Dramatis Personae

Heroes

Name	Bio	Origin
Aurora Phaundal	Female dark elf witch	It's complicated
Gemidan	Male Waterdhavian human wizard	Waterdeep
Krom	Male half-orc barbarian	Sword Mountains
Leannan Strongbow	Female Wood Elf druid	Misty Forest
Nyssa Murnig	Female forest gnome bard	Misty Forest
Jon Smith	Male Waterdhavian human rogue	Waterdeep
Stathos Surefang	Male Green Dragonborn ranger	Mere of Dead Men
Whyssal	Female Lightfoot Halfling rogue	Luskan

Game Master Characters

Others

Setting Information

The Sword Coast North; A region on the northwestern coast of Faerûn that stretches from Waterdeep in the south to the Spine of the World in the north, and from the Sword Coast in the west to the Long Road in the east.
- Leilon; A small mining town that served as a convenient resting place for weary travelers on the High Road between Neverwinter and Waterdeep.
- Luskan; Also known as the City of Sails, Luskan is a port city at the mouth of the River Mirar on the Sword Coast North. Luskan, despite the presence of the Ten Towns is considered by many to be civilization's farthest reach in the North.
- Neverwinter; Also known as the City of Skilled Hands, Neverwinter is a thriving prosperous merchant city in the far north of Faerun on the Sword Coast, Neverwinter is renowned for its artisans and guild-work. Ruled by the even hand of Lord Protector Nasher Alagondar, this city has served as the launching point of many successful (and far more dramatically short and unsuccessful) ventures into the wilds of the Savage North
- Phandalin; A human city once located northeast of Leilon, where the road that ran from the High Road to Triboar Trail faded into a trail. Once a wealthy and prosperous city under the aegis of the Phandelver Pact, it was raided by orcs in 951 DR and subsequently abandoned. Recently, settlers from the North and the Sword Coast have begun resettling the ruins and reclaiming the ancient mines of the pact, hoping to find the hidden gate of the Phandelve.
- Port Llast; A small town on the coast about a day's ride north of Neverwinter. The town was a firm vassal of Neverwinter and thus under the protection of its larger neighbor to the south.
- Skullport; Skullport, also known as the Port of Shadows, was a teeming hive of evil lying deep beneath Waterdeep on the third underground level of Undermountain.
- Waterdeep; Waterdeep, also known as the City of Splendors or the Crown of the North, is the most important and influential city in the North and perhaps in all Faerûn. The city is the hub of trading from the mineral-rich lands to the north, the merchant kingdoms of Amn and Calimshan to the south, the kingdoms of the Inner Sea to the east, and the sea kingdoms and traders to the west and possesses a stable population of almost 250,000 beings.

Episodes

#	Session	Name	In Game Date	Real World Date	End XP
HoT1-1: Shadows and Portents Citizens of the Sword Coast! Gundren Rockseeker here – Entrepreneur Extraordinaire. You represent the beginning of a grand adventure. I need hardy, skilled, profit-led and competitively-priced individuals to join me in Neverwinter where my brothers Tharden, Nundro and I have stumbled across something big…definitely. We are so confident in this opportunity that I am willing pay the grand sum of 10 gold dragons for a simple supply run. To those who are willing I invite you to meet me in the Fallen Tower Tavern in Neverwinter for the opportunity of a lifetime on the evening of spring equinox. Don't miss this opportunity, dear friends, for one day you’ll be saying, "Poverty? What’s a poverty?" And then you can thank me, Gundren Rockseeker, for being the generous and humble employer you will have undoubtedly grown to love! G.R. – EE (Entrepreneur Extraordinaire)’ Ches 19th, 1372 DR
1	HoT1-1	The High Road	Ches 19th, 1372 DR	S 2016-07-02	350 XP
2	HoT1-2	Phandalin	Ches 22nd, 1372 DR	S 2016-07-23	550 XP
3	HoT1-3	Against the Redbrands	Ches 23rd, 1372 DR	S 2016-08-06	925 XP
4	HoT1-4	Bandits, Draconians, and Wizards...	Ches 23rd, 1372 DR	S 2016-10-01	1,391 XP
5	HoT1-5	At the Crossroads	Ches 24th, 1372 DR	S 2016-10-29	1,991 XP
6	HoT1-6	Voice of the Banshee	Ches 25th, 1372 DR	S 2016-11-12	2,700 XP
7	HoT1-7	The Shadowed Halls of Aeloroth'lir	Ches 25th, 1372 DR	S 2016-12-03	3,415 XP
8	HoT1-8	The Wrath of Groth	Ches 26th, 1372 DR	S 2017-01-07	4,065 XP

#	Session	Name	In Game Date	Real World Date	End XP
HoT2: A Tale of Two Cities Ches 27th, 1372 DR
9	HoT2-1	The City of Splendors	Ches 27th, 1372 DR	S 2017-02-04	9,590 XP
10	HoT2-2	Don't steal from the PCs	Ches 29th, 1372 DR	S 2017-02-25	17,000 XP (level 6)
11	HoT2-3	To Hell Together	Tarsakh 1st, 1372 DR	U 2017-03-26	24,500 XP (level 7)
12	HoT2-4	Hoist the Colors	2 Tarsakh 1372 DR	S 2017-04-15	27,500 XP (level 7)
13	HoT2-5	Shifting Alliances	3 Tarsakh 1372 DR	S 2017-06-17	30,700 XP (level 7)
14	HoT2-6	Breaking the Wheel		U 2017-07-09	33,900 XP (level 7)