The Chronicles of the Silver Tempests

Herein lies the chronicles of the Silver Tempests, from their humble roots as hired adventurers for the Great Library, to their current fame.

The Elemental Scrolls

The Silver Tempests get their start as hired hands for the Great Library.

The first major adventure of the Silver Tempests, before they acquired their wealth and fame, was in service of the Great Library, hired by Archivist Lyra to recover the lost elemental scrolls, that had been created by a famous wizard, Airion Mistspeaker, before the Great War, but lost during the chaos of the Blood Years. They eventually recovered all four scrolls for Lyra, and built a name for themselves. Along the way, they helped some Centaurs with a curse; helped the soul of Xameia of the Order of Twilight find peace; helped Iara, a lizardfolk woman; and made enemies of the orcs of Grumella’s Horde.

This full story is told in the Chronicles of the Quest for the Elemental Scrolls.

The War Against Grumella

The Silver Tempests prove crucial to the defeat of Grumella’s orc horde and establish themselves as the heroes of Voltara.

With the recovery of all four of the Elemental Scrolls of Airion, the party enjoyed the status and wealth that comes from success and a growing reputation. Unfortunately, along the way, they made enemies, most notably Grumella, an orc warlord with an eye to conquest. Faced with an ultimatum to surrender or be destroyed, the party turned their eyes to the defense of Voltara, recruiting allies far and wide. This endeavor culminated in the Battle of Voltara, during which Grumella was defeated. The party was celebrated as heroes of the city in victory.

This full story is told in the Chronicles of the War Against Grumella

The Cursed Cold

The Silver Tempests venture forth and make a name for themselves among the dwarves of Zarkandur.

Celebrated as heroes in Voltara after providing crucial contributions to the defense of the city against Grumella’s Horde, the party basks in their new-found fame, enjoying the manor they are gifted by Anton Lavernia, Proconsul of Voltara, in thanks for their aid. Once the legions arrive from the south to reinforce the city, though, the party turns to their next challenge: worries from Brelith’s parents back home in Zarkandur about dwarven cities succumbing to a cursed cold. The party makes their first long journey, east to the dwarven kingdom of Am’khazar, passing dangers and meeting the Deno’qai of Raha along the way. In the Sentinels above Am’khazar, they discover a hag, along with her frost giant allies, is behind the spreading cold. The party defeats the hag, realizing she is the very same one who traumatized Adrik as a child, and returns to Zarkandur as heroes.

This full story is told in the Chronicles of the Quest to Defeat the Cursed Cold.

The Silver Tempests Ascendant

The Silver Tempests grow into a powerful force to be reckoned with, defeating a dragon, a beholder, and an aboleth.

Fresh off their victory over the hag Morgana Stoneclaw, the party, now calling themselves the Silver Tempests, finds themselves facing some of the more terrible monsters of the land. While returning to Voltara, they learn a black dragon is disrupting the Northern Provinces, causing conflict between the ~Voltara East Border Fort~ and a local bullywug population. Proving their growing power, the Silver Tempests kill the dragon, Nymthrax, and loot the riches of its lair. Returning to Voltara, they leave to explore the ruins far beneath Goldpeak Mountain, (re)uniting with some Chardonian explorers and finding the lair of a beholder, Vilaxes. Defeating the beholder, the Silver Tempests return to Voltara, extremely wealthy and in need a long break, during which Brelith opens a restaurant and retires. Their break is interrupted, however, by the arrival of Mabist with the news that Dinia has been captured by the Havoc Host. The Silver Tempests ride forth in anger, freeing Dinia from the control of an aboleth, Ithu’rax, near the village of Suwi.

This full story is told in the Chronicles of the Silver Tempests Ascendant.

Extraplanar Mysteries

The Silver Tempests turn their sights beyond the Material Plane

After months of waiting, clues to the mysterious disappearance of Urkabi, Samso’s village, arrive with a new traveler, Blue. The Silver Tempests set off to the south to investigate, traveling to the city of Castrella, and then into the mountains on a hunt for Yeshara, the wolf-eyed queen of a shadowy realm called Cairn Dor. Fighting through shadowy enemies, the Silver Tempests find a portal to Cairn Dor called the Cleaver-Stone, as well as a series of stone plinths that form a soul compass, facilitating the theft of mortals from the Material Plane to serve as dreamers for the Shemra Azem, the sleepless, every-vigilant army of Cairn Dor. With the aid of clues found in the old Drankorian fortress guarding this place, the Silver Tempests shut down the portal and the soul compass, but retreat to Castrella to regroup before venturing into Cairn Dor itself.

This ongoing story is documented in the Chronicles of the Quest for Answers to Extraplanar Mysteries.