Lords of Dust: The End

It was the last session for both our Lords of Dust 4e Eberron campaign, and for our gaming group, the Game Knights. As is fitting for such a melancholy occasion, we downed a bit of tequila throughout the night.

Sharn, City of Lost Souls

Bryan was running the game, and as you recall, in the last session, Aldan Vane went with Tana the Eladrin Wizard into Ravenloft to allow the others to escape. So for this session, I was playing Tilli Wayfare, a female Gnome Wizard I had made with DDI. With an enormous spellbook in her repertoire, I knew she was up for the challenge.

The other heroes awoke in the dragon’s cave they had all departed into the snowglobe from, with the dragon nowhere in sight. Tili stood nearby, having been sent by the dragon to help us.

The mouth of the cave looked directly towards Sharn in the distance, and it didn’t look good. The city was burning.

The dragon arrived, and informed us that the city was under attack by the Lords of Dust, who had summoned an army from the Shadowfell. Hopping onto the dragon’s back, we raced towards the city.

Knowing that the corrupt Church of the Silver Flame had been working with the Lords of Dust, we made our way towards the church, fighting armies of undead along the way. All around, the city burned.

We finally arrived at the church, where a steady light emanated from the inside. Heading inside the front doors, organ music creepily flowed throughout the chamber. A large, dark cloud swirled around the center of the room, while cultists chanted. Emerging from the cloud was none other than Strahd Von Zarovich, master of Ravenloft. He had actually escaped from his prison, and was prepared to rule Eberron with an iron fist. This would not do.

We attempted to stop him, but he was too strong. Finally, with a wave of his hand, he hurled us into the cloud, knocking us unconcious.

We awoke, in a field. The sky above was blue, the long grass green, a windmill was slowly turning in the distance.

We heard a noise behind us. Turning, we saw standing there Tana and Aldan.

“Damn it,” Aldan muttered.

We were in Ravenloft.

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And that was the end of the campaign. Everyone was really bummed out that we were all done, but really liked the end that Bryan gave us. Even though Bridget and I  are moving soon, leaving the story with a bit of a cliffhanger gave us hope, like we’ll definitely get together with everyone and see what happens to these characters someday.