NETHEA: VOLUME 1

SEEKERS OF THE SHARDS
Here is the long and short of the Moonlit Stranger's journey through the land of Nethea, starting off in the Ozesta Dominion, located in the northern middle part of Tensura.

I. DEERWICK DEBUT
Our heroes, the would-be Moonlit Strangers, find the threads of fate intertwining near the shores of Port Deerwick. It was here, Artherum Fisher, Alabaster Crowley, Jade Owl, Elia Clemara, Smokey the Bear, Providence, and Page (The Sound of Page Turning), had encountered one another, and a group of mercenaries known as Silver Shackles. The same mercenaries tasked by The Empire of The Red Sun to deliver an item on the kidnapped priest, Settan Ettenborough. The item in question was the lantern that belonged to Settan, and therein, inside a secret compartment was the real item of interest, a hollowed out sapphire wrapped in silver wire.

II. BASINGATE BEAT
Smokey left soon after the events at Port Deerwick, and the gang heads to Basingate. Providence and Jade see what all the fuss is about regarding the lantern, turns out the sapphire had some crazy shit in it, and apparently Providence does too. Alabaster and Artie do some street performing for money, and I don't quite remember what Elia and Page are doing at this point in time, but I do remember what happens after word.

Jade, Page, Elia, and Providence head to the spire and Prov gets poked and prodded by a Bron Veldheim, and no one really cared for that so we left, but not before leaving Bron with an egg on their face, literally. (Thanks Elia!) After getting kicked out, Artie goes to the spire and pretends not to know how to read, and grabs a book or two. The gang meets a goliath(?) by the name of Break Smashlimb and he's the fucking greatest, luv u Break. We get some pastries, and then leave for Dustshade, through Panshaw.

III. PANSHAW/PILTAWA PLUNGE
Gang makes their way to Panshaw in the hopes of getting to Dustshade, don't quite remember what pushed up this way, I'm pretty sure it's to get to Cadocia. Group finds out shit is all kinds of fucked in Panshaw because some assholes and their bone piles are sacrificing people to the undead gods or something, this is around the time Page and Alabaster are kidnapped by some other assholes that probably weren't connected to the first group of assholes. Group heads through Panshaw into the Piltawa woods, Elia makes friends with Beatrice, a bone pile, and the Haeden Futh necromancy druids happen upon the group. They're taken in and subsequently told by the Chieftess Colua that their friends have probably been taken to the Shadowfell and they'll have to take the plunge there to get to them, and they do so, only after being led there by some rangers from Haeden Futh.

Now it's Artie, Elia, Jade, and Providence hanging out in a big scary cave but it's not the real Shadowfell so there's nothing to worry about ha ha. Anyway, the gang reunites with Page briefly, and are made company with Setjashan Balari, and Thalassa [Surname withheld]. New gang makes their way through the Fake Shadowfell, Thalassa nets herself a cool sword, Jade almost dies twice but it's kinda funny, eventually the gang finds a minotaur woman with a cursed bracer trying to make a big mean bone pile. Providence chops that shit right off but Uh Oh! Big mistake Prov! That bracer's got evil shit in it and takes control of the big mean bone pile and the gang fights and kills it. They also destroy a bunch of living corpses that were powering Colua, and thus severing her power.

Gang leaves the fake Shadowfell and finds Colua in a poor state, hands someone a note, and then casts unalive on herself, leaving the Minotaur woman as new Chieftess of Haeden Futh. Gang recuperates at Haeden Futh, Elia gives a warm farewell to Beatrice, and they continue their journey to Dustshade

IV. DUSTSHADE DISPUTE
Gang heads to Dustshade and Page is not completely thrilled with all the bullshit happening, so she dips, leaving now Artie, Balari, Jade, Elia, Providence, and Thalassa to do business in Dustshade, but uh oh! What's this? Jade is wanted for assault and battery and must put on a disguise, and I'll be honest I don't quite remember what we did here besides get a bunch of money from Ted's fight pit and get a job from said Ted. After begrudgingly accepting his job offer, the gang heads to Stratford to save Ted's friend Kohn in exchange for money and information or something of that nature. And so they head off, to the Enmire's Estate

V. STRATFORD STRUGGLE
Gang heads to Stratford, gets the scoop on the Enmire's and then break in to their big dumb mansion. Elia and Thalassa go in first, and make a route for Providence, Jade, Artie, and Balari to enter through the basement, and this is where the gang meets Euphemia. There's a big fight with a couple of guards, there's stacks of artifacts that have been stolen from ancient civilizations that Thalassa recognizes. After this excursion, the gang heads through the basement halls to find Kohn, and end up being disconnected from Jade as she gets her shit rocked by some high level magic, to no fault of her own. Jade's gem is stolen from her, and then later on activated or released or something, who's to say. Thalassa interrogates a quartermaster type guy and he gives her a full layout of the place, and they romp their way through the remaining rooms to release Kohn.

Gang gets up top, sees the Enmire's release the soul, and whomp whomp gotdam oopsie ha ha. Rain continues to fall as the gang heads to bed.

The next morning, they're greeted by the returning of Ted, who is now the lord of Stratford, and the gang has been squatting in his new manor. They're given a ticket to Cadocia by way of official recognition, and they put the group name to a vote. Moonlit Strangers is the consensus, and now the group is known as such, Moonlit Strangers, fighting the tide known as The Empire of The Red Sun. They leave for Cadocia soon after.

VI. QUEEN'S CROSS CARNIVAL
Passing through Queen's Cross, the Moonlit Strangers find themselves in the middle of the celebration, some kind of festival happening at Queen's Cross. This session was mostly filler, just some fun downtime, with games and prizes. Jade, Providence, Elia, and Artie were mostly present for this one, while the other's dipped for various reasons. It was fun. They left the next morning. 

VII. CADOCIA CAPER
Moonlit Strangers finally arrive at Cadocia, in the middle of a murder mystery. Dett Matessa was killed, and Jade was asked to bring her goon friends to be a third party investigation team to find out whodunnit. Turns out it was Poplar Dullfang, under the thrall of an aboleth that resided in the sewers. Huh, how about that. Thalassa got a home in the meantime. Thoroughly impressed by this display of enthusiasm and skill, the Shattered Hand, a group of Lich Hunters, invite the Moonlit Strangers in for some tea and a job offer, which they accept. And now they're off to Old Ashton.