The Adventure Begins

Mol, 9 Therendor, 998 YK

Where we shall begin.

 As the sun began to set over the plains north of the King's Forest, a pair of adventurers fleeing Sharn sought refuge in an old abandoned watch tower.  Close behind them was a wandering Kalashtar traveling toward Sharn, also seeking refuge for the night.  Upon entering the tower, the Kalashtar, Novakri, heard the shout from a half-elf, "Goblins!"  A small group of three goblins descended upon the three adventurers - good odds for a fight.  The three quickly dispatched with the three goblins, only to come across a goblin warrior and a goblin hexer with two captives - a human in ropes and some kind of mechanical man in chains, neither of which were conscious.  The human was over some kind of glowing sigil on the ground, while the mechanical man was simply propped in a corner, out of the way.  The half-elf, Rolen, immediately recognized the sigil as being awkwardly similar to the bull shaped sigil of House Cannith.

The sigil

The group struggled with the hexer and warrior, defeating them in the end. During the battle, Novakri stepped onto the sigil and felt a pulse of energy.  However, when the elf, Thia, stepped upon it, she was immediately struck into a trance, hearing the faint phrase - "Five at the brink stand as one against the tempest's roar..."

After the battle, Rolen rescued the human and Thia from the power of the sigil.  Thia immediately regained consciousness when she was pulled from the sigil, relaying the words that were ringing through her head.  The human regained consciousness and let the adventurers know that his name was Zanne and that the goblins had ambushed him as he had fled from a Cannith creation forge with a non-activated Warforged.  Upon being untied, Zanne ran to the Warforged to check to see what was left.  Zanne seemed more interested in the completeness of the Warforged than anything else.  Thia and Rolan discussed what to do with the Warforged while Novakri observed while tending to wounds.  Rolan and Thia decided to drag the inactive Warforged over the sigil to see what would happen.

As the Warforged was being dragged across the floor, Zanne appeared to be getting tools out to open up the mechanical being.  Upon being placed upon the sigil, the floor pulsated and a faint outline of a bull sigil was seen upon the shoulder pauldrons of the Warforged.  His eyes lit up and he stood up and immediately drew his sword and screamed in a most piercing mechanical note.  In a panic, Thia and Rolan decided to pull the Warforged off of the sigil. The mechanical man did not stop screeching for a short while, but the pitch of the note was such that it seemed an eternity.  When he stopped emitting such a din, Thia cautiously approached him and introduced the party in a friendly manner.  The Warforged lowered his weapon and asked for his location and the current time.

The Warforged was quickly given a name by Thia - Pierce.  Pierce relayed to them his time and date of creation.  To everyone's surprise, he was constructed in 997 YK, nearly a full year after the Last War! Surely, this must be an error of some odd sort.  Pierce was able to tell them that he was constructed at a Cannith creation forge, but could not place it exactly.  Zanne grudgingly let go of the location of the Creation Forge in which he had found Pierce.  Then, excitedly, Zanne told of the many wonders that still lay in the dormant Creation Forge and suggested that the adventurers accompany him.  He suggested that there might be some weapons for the adventurers to take.

Stacking the bodies of the slain across an opening in one of the walls, the adventurers mended and asked few questions of eachother.  Night was about to fall and twilight was upon the adventurers.  The adventurers were ready to turn in for the night when Rolen suggested that they take a quick look outside.

The adventurers take stock of themselves after encountering some goblins.