Session 11

Heroes (lvl 5): Bastion, Thrum, Aibell, Percival, Yvaine

The heroes arrive at the dwarven village of Kled alongside Horth Araxis. The settlement survives through discipline, labor, and faith beneath Athas’ unforgiving sun. There they meet the village’s leader, a stern priest of the sun who confirms what others have already whispered:

The Wanderer passed through Kled not long ago, traveling east toward the cursed ruins of Bodach.

The trail is certain now.

The heroes depart once more, and the journey becomes a brutal crossing of Athas itself. Weeks pass beneath the crimson sky. Sandstorms sweep across the wastes. Water is rationed carefully while ancient ruins and bleached bones mark the passing of forgotten civilizations.

Eventually they reach Fort Shale, a lonely outpost standing at the edge of the Sea of Silt.

There, they hire Captain Nhela, a scarred half-elf captain who commands a weathered silt skimmer capable of crossing the endless gray expanse. With few alternatives, the heroes board the vessel and begin the dangerous voyage eastward.

Days pass upon the choking silt sea. The air hangs heavy and still. Beneath the surface, unseen things move.

Then the silt erupts.

A massive silt horror bursts from below the skimmer, its writhing tentacles crashing across the deck as crew members are dragged screaming into the gray depths. The creature lashes against the vessel with terrible force, threatening to tear it apart beneath the burning sun.

The heroes rally beside the crew and fight desperately upon the shifting deck. Steel, magic, and grit finally bring the monster down, though not without cost. Several sailors are lost to the creature before the battle ends, their bodies swallowed by the endless silt.

The skimmer survives.

And so the journey toward Bodach continues across a world that feels increasingly empty, silent, and doomed.