The fame and success following the Battle of Andro has left
ex-Sisterhood mercenary and adventurer Aestelle both wealthy and famous,
but also spiritually unfulfilled and disenchanted. Knowing that her
actions in the lead up to that battle have awakened an evil in the
Mountains of Tarkis, she assembles a group of adventurers from her past
to return to the mountains and put right her mistake
The fame and success following the Battle of Andro has left
ex-Sisterhood mercenary and adventurer Aestelle both wealthy and famous,
but also spiritually unfulfilled and disenchanted. Knowing that her
actions in the lead up to that battle have awakened an evil in the
Mountains of Tarkis, she assembles a group of adventurers from her past
to return to the mountains and put right her mistake. At her side are
the famed adventurers Ragran the Mighty, a brutal warrior from the
Howling Peaks, and Thesilar, an elven archer famed for her role in
defeating the orc warlord Thrundak. Also in the band is Z'akke, a gentle
and optimistic salamander mage-priest with his own mission, and
Valletto, another veteran of the Battle of Andro who is needed once more
for his skills as an aeromancer.
Braving the ancient corridors and tunnels of the ancient, long forgotten
mountain tombs, the band of warriors struggle onward in the face of the
undead, simultaneously threatened from within by conflicting motivations
and forceful personalities. The situation for Aestelle is complicated
further by the arrival of Khirius, a vampire lord forced to flee by the
Order of the Brothermark, and now the unwilling ally of a dark,
secretive underground alliance of undead operating within the very heart
of Basilea.
