I have to admit I wasn't sure what numbers to use at this point for my main game logs. For the last campaign, I relabeled it as 4U since it took place in the "4th Universe" so to speak. But I also played a lot of FOE sessions and a ton of Adventurers League. Thus I am just going to guesstimate the number at 2000. And it's starting with a 0 number, not a 1 because we had a true "Session Zero" to start the campaign...
For the beginning of this campaign, I took the adventure concepts and used NPCs from both Waterdeep Dragon Heist and Ghosts of Saltmarsh and weaved them together while also relocating the campaign to the former pirate town of Purl (in a location of the Forgotten Realms that doesn't have much lore - "The Shining South" nation of Dambrath - and thus my players had something fresh to explore).
Session 0/2000: The players established expectations and created the main characters. I told them about the setting. The characters created were: Mylitta "Litta" Erenaeth the high elf wizard/anthropologist, her brother Tharivol Erenaeth the winter eladrin hunter ranger/folk hero, and Varis "Starflower" Anastacia the wood elf sun monk/guild artisan. They made a party of all elves. I made a note because that would definitely have an influence on the campaign going forward.
Varis was married to a halfling woman named Cora, a local ranger who retired to be a part of the leatherworker business. They already had children, who would be established NPCs in the village. Litta and Tharivol had a mystery concerning their parents and origin story. Tharivol and Varis decided they would know each other as hunting buddies who were just returning to the village to meet up with Tharivol's sister. The village of Purl was basically Saltmarsh with some Waterdeep Dragon Heist elements added in.
2001: The story began with Varis and Tharivol having befriended one of the two human princes of Dambrath, Philipe, during their hunting excursion. Litta met up with the others and they got to know the politics of the village. Prince Philipe hired them to help him find the lost treasure, starting with a special rock.
2002: The trio dealt with the missing prince and body double issue, the warehouse with the kenku, and the circus people who had arrived in town (included Zord, the colorful dark elf).
2003: There was a fireball explosion in the town; the team investigated and dealt with guard politics. Varis spent some more time with his family. Litta and Tharivol investigated a noble family's mansion. Tharivol freed the kenku prisoner.
2004: The team went to deal with the haunted house on the hill since they heard some other adventurers were trying to beat them to it. They dealt with the animals, monsters, and pirates there; Ned betrayed them. Back in the town, the cleric also betrayed them, but they managed to capture a pirate ship and free a tritan slave named Sunaeco.
2005: The trio took ownership of the "haunted" mansion and spoke with the political leaders about the potential threat of the lizardfolk stocking up weapons sold to them by pirates. They also continued their quest of finding the missing 500,000 gp worth of treasure that the prince wanted. Zord tried to get them to betray the prince and work with him instead. When they found the vault and dealt with the dangers inside, the prince let them keep 10% of the treasure. They used that money to fix up their new home and hire a crew for their new merchant ship.
2006: They sailed out on their ship to return the prince and treasure to the capital city of Dambrath. Along the way, they stopped at a sea elf island for trade and they were followed by the circus pirates. In Dambrath, they received special treatment as Royal Rapiers [an appointment similar to the Musketeers of France]. Varis adopted a street orphan named Victor. The team killed a giant crocodile and presented it to the king, who worshipped Malar (like Tharivol).
2007: Sunaeco bought the ship and made a business arrangement with the trio. The royal wizard "Stang" was jealous of the group, as were many of the other Royal Rapiers. Stang teleported the team back to Purl, where they helped the captain of the guard deal with the lizardfolk threat. Philipe's brother had been assassinated and the halflings from the nearby nation were blamed. Tensions were mounting to what looked like it would escalate to war!
2008: While discussing what to do about the Sahuagin threat, the trio of heroes were [for a special Friday the 13th adventure] captured by two rogue agents of AO (Vim & Vigor) and ended up fighting some undead spirits at a camp ground and lake. The Agents of AO were concerned about Litta and Tharivol being in the wrong time period (because of the mystery of their parents/origin).
2009: Vim & Vigor's ship exploded when they tried time-traveling with the group; the team was confused about whether they were in the future or the past, but it turned out they were in the present time that they had been living in. The team used the lizardfolk to trick the pirates and arrest them. They also dealt with an island with an abandoned temple.
2010: The trio had decided the only way to stop the humans from wrongly slaughtering the halfling nation was to assassinate the king and have the prince rise up in power. Meanwhile, Veran the elf from Litta's adopted family arrived and said they had inherited an estate in Evermeet. The sea elf ambassador seemed interested in Litta. Varis' wife was upset with the team. They had helped arrest Zord, but now Zord was pretending to be his "twin brother" Dorz. They continued dealing with court politics.
2011: Keylam, one of the Royal Rapiers, befriended the trio. They worked with Prince Philipe and decided to sacrifice the king on the Malar centaur alter in the woods. The plan worked and they killed the king. Philipe gave a speech to his servants and they celebrated the coronation of him as the new king. He cancelled the war with the halfling nation. The trio were going to go visit the border monasteries and then the halfling nation, but a mysterious island appeared at sea so they investigated it instead. Ryali's son "The Merry-Maker" was on the island and took them to Mystara, where they learned that Litt and Tharivol were the children of Malath and Shalendra Floshin (from 4U). At the end, they visited the magical marketplace.
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