Campaign 2 | Arc 3: What the Dead Leave Behind

What begins as a routine meeting in Marsember spirals into revelations, bargains, and fatal curiosity. Secrets long buried are confirmed, alliances shift, and a single choice unleashes consequences no one was ready for. By nightfall, souls are lost, fate is rewritten, and the party realizes some doors should never be opened.

Campaign 2 | Arc 3: What the Dead Leave Behind

The road home offers no comfort as the party carries fresh scars and unanswered questions. Ominous signs follow them through the night, and a shattered family reveals that something far darker now stalks the roads of Cormyr. Back in Marsember, old refuges feel distant, and a haunting song reminds them that home may no longer be where they left it.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

A lie opens the door, but blood is the price of entry. As deception fractures inside a D’Amato safe house, old enemies come face to face and the night turns brutal. When the dust settles, the party escapes Suzail but not before learning that the war they’ve stepped into is far from over.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

The road finally ends as the party reaches Suzail, but the feeling of being watched never fades. Ominous signs follow them into the capital, where allies reveal themselves and enemies hide in plain sight. With Gaius located and the D’Amato safe house within reach, the group prepares for a dangerous deception one lie away from bloodshed.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

A long road turns deadly when the party is forced to intervene in a brutal struggle, leaving questions of mercy, faith, and survival in its wake. As night falls, unseen eyes watch from the dark, and nightmares begin to bleed beyond their rightful owners. When the party crosses Calantar’s Bridge, something ancient takes notice and the road forward is no longer empty.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

As dawn breaks over Hilp, the city holds its breath for an execution that promises finality but leaves unease in its wake. Personal choices, private revelations, and forbidden knowledge shape the party’s last hours in town before judgment is carried out. With one enemy silenced and prophecy still whispering, the group leaves Hilp behind and sets their sights on Suzail.The road ahead is long… and it knows they’re coming.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

With the city watching, the party stands witness as judgment is passed and a grim warning is spoken over the Forsaken. An anonymous benefactor steps from the shadows, offering protection, secrets, and a path toward long-awaited vengeance. As tensions break into laughter, desire, and uneasy dreams, unseen hands continue to move pieces across the board.By dawn, the road to Suzail is set and fate is already waiting.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

An assassin’s blade finds Artorias in the dark, and only forbidden power keeps him breathing as chaos erupts inside the inn. Allies fall, guards intervene, and the truth behind the attack pulls the party into chains and consequences they never expected. As the night ends, prophecies whisper, loyalties fracture, and two gods turn their gaze toward a man who refuses to die.By morning, it’s clear survival has only made the Forsaken more dangerous.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

Our Tenth episode of the Fates second campaign! A tear in reality unleashes twisted Fey hunters into Hilp, forcing the party to join forces with two unexpected spellcasters. Old secrets surface, new dangers reveal themselves, and powerful magic changes hands as uneasy alliances are tested. But as tensions rise and whispers spread through the tavern, a deadly shadow moves unseen.And by night’s end… one of the party won’t see the attack coming.

Campaign 2 | Arc 2: A Smile for the Dead

In this episode of FATES, the party reels from dire revelations and narrowly escaped danger.Artorias’ soul becomes a battleground between two goddesses — leaving him marked by both light and shadow. Silia is rescued from a cult’s grasp by a mysterious new ally, while Autumn and Artorias confront nightmares dredged up from trauma they can no longer outrun. But just when the group thinks they can breathe, a vision at Selûne’s temple reveals the truth behind the darkness hunting them…And two unknown figures step from the road ahead, waiting in silence.Who are they? Why are they here? And what comes next for a party already pulled between gods, cults, and their own fears?