Session Seventy Eight - Bloodshed on the Horizon - Having safely escorted Linvala's father to Segvell and after enjoying a night on the town during The Silver Moon Festival, The Strange Ones have now returned to The Red Shadows camp. As they walk through the quiet camp they notice the faces of the numerous soldiers going about tasks in preparation for the taking of Nuzzah. They see a Malkar human man sharpening a use worn ax on a whetstone. They see a Malkar orc woman fletching arrows near a fire, the stretch marks on her bare stomach proudly proclaiming her to be a mother and a freedom fighter. They see a young malkar orc male tending to one of the pack horses used to carry the armies supplies, by the look of his unshaven face he would be more at home finding a young wife then finding a battle. However, The Strange Ones know for every untested foot soldier in The Red Shadows army there is at least one seasoned fighter who has pledged their life to serving Queen Zora and her son. Both veteran and novice have one thing in common, they have answered Odoxium's call to fight for a new Malkaria. They all fight for the kingdom they hope to see Malkaria become. A kingdom whose history is written in ink and not blood. A kingdom in which your station in life is dictated by your contribution to land and crown not by your lineage or lack thereof. As they return to their individual resting places, The Strange Ones catch hopeful glances from those who have joined Odoxium and Queen Zora in this fight. The half smiles and candid grins portray feelings of half courage, half fear, and all resolve.

Hello and welcome to our Dungeons and Dragons Homebrew campaign. We are a close group of friends who have been playing Dungeons and Dragons together for over two years. We just started our second homebrew campaign “The War for Malkaria,” which takes place in the material world of Masathea roughly one hundred years after the events of our first homebrew campaign. Our cast currently consists of seven players:

Zack - The Dungeon Master

Kyle - Rathanax the Orc Oath of Vengeance Paladin of Orthax.

Robbie - Allistaire Thanason, the Tiefling Celestial Warlock of Morgat.

Madison - Linvala Abernathy, the Human Oath of Redemption Paladin of Arathus.

Jeff - Valanor Quintelanar, the Elf Assassin Rogue.

Thaxton - Nicholas D. Altemor, the Half-Elf College of Lore Bard.

Jake - Merrel Ferrossa, the Human Artificer Armorer.

Alyson - Renalia Valreign, the Dragonborn Arcane Trickster Rogue.

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