The Shadows Fall (1COT)

• Season 1 of saga: The Coming of Twilight

Episode One: New Beginnings, Old Awakenings

• The Lantanese Falcon is stolen from an ancient barrow in the Yuirwood.
• Valik, Precept of the Cult of Twilight, comes to Aglarond seeking Ani.
• Party seeks the help of Regent-King.
• Raithen's wolfiness is revealed. Keket faces him.
• Ani meets a couple girlfriends in Velprintalar.
• Lady Chess hounds the party, culminating in a grand battle at Chateau Raynar. She turns on her captor.
• Raynar more or less outsmarts Valik, but is saved from death and ruin by Keket.

Episode Two: The Darkness Revealed

:Main article: The Darkness Revealed

• The party journeys to Leunesca, site of the Shadovar's engine of destruction.
• Along the way, they befriend elves of the Fang and Raven clan.
• They discover a Shadovar/Thayan encampment at Magnar's Barrow.
• They battle with The Hunter, an ancient green dragon who was summoned to fight the Shadovar.
• Having forged a bond with the Fang clan, they travel to Relkath's Foot to gain the support of all elven clans.
• While showing a druidic council to the site of Leunesca, they are struck by a meteor: a satellite knocked from orbit by the Orb of Storms, which was stolen by Kara Zial.
• They secure the aid of Princess Ninaran, who rises to the occasion to unite the clans in war against the Shadovar.
• Magnar is rousted from his sleep; Tyan Voth escapes, thwarted from harnessing the old god's power.
• The Firefly Tree (and eastern Aglarond) is saved as the party brings down Bain's command fortress.

Episode Three: Inception and Deliverance

:Main article: Inception and Deliverance

• Desi and Raynar join the party to journey via the airship Icarus to the City of the Dead in Mulhorand.
• There, they penetrate the Hall of the Makers, and face Kara Zial, to retrieve the Orb and stop her mad designs.
• Upon returning Kara to Keket's temple and placing her in a medicinal coma, they set about planning to enter her mind to try to undo whatever madness made her sympathetic to the Shadovar.
• Using Imaskari dream-sharing technology, they merged their minds into one, and entered a shared dreamstate where they could explore Kara's subconscious by fooling her into believing she was dreaming alone.
• In discovering Kara's origin as the daughter of Mira Zial, The Pillar of Law of Deep Imaskar, they also discovered many interesting things about themselves.
• Kara reveals a vital secret: the Shadovar are having a little get-together at Zahl's place during the Highharvesttide festival. Also, they're building a giant machine on the Thaymount that will kill everybody and bring the Shadow into Toril.
• The group bands together with King Aleric, Raynar, and the Red Tide, a revolutionary group in Thay.
• The party infiltrates the Highharvestide Ball at the Empress' palace. They sway the opinions of her privy council, and ultimately Zahl herself.
• The trap is sprung! Zahl attempts to kill the Shadow Lords by destroying the Nightmare Shard. However, Raynar spoils the plan, causing them to retreat into the portal...then tossing the shard in with them, and shooting it to pieces.
• The party activates the machine, but in reverse, causing a massive wave of energy to pulse throughout the entire east. The Shadow Master is pleased.