RPG Notes — Forgotten Realms

What Has Been

Campaign: Forgotten Realms

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THE WORLD

It is the year 1367, the month of June. The Silver Marches is slowly recovering from the orc invasion that ravaged its northern regions, which ended with Greneire's defeat. Obould decided to take the clans in hand and withdrew from Felbarr north into the mountains to pursue his old dream of an orc kingdom that could live in harmony with its neighbors.

Myrkul has also returned to the ranks of the living. His awakening ritual was performed in Deerwater, in which Myrkul drained the life force entirely from his last priest, Sayton. After this, Myrkul stepped back into his domain and reclaimed the portfolio that had once belonged to him. Myrkul's return caused great astonishment, and his cult may spread out from Deerwater to elsewhere.

Sayton's assistant Samuel Grimm was freed of his debt to Sayton, and for the first time in his life is ready to do anything. However, he doesn't want to take over Myrkul's cult, and may instead return to doing research work. He agreed with the players to look further into the legendary Tear of Samuel, an instrument dating back to the era of ancient Netheril. Besides the instrument, there are about a dozen other legendary items still waiting to be found.

Silverymoon's Grand Duke, Frederic Tempest, is already an aged ruler. His lifelong plan has been to unite the Silver Marches into one great realm. Besides Silverymoon, the region has other cities, such as the free city of Everlund and Sundabar, the fortress-like seat of the Ikuisen Tulen ritarikunta. The region is also home to the dwarven kingdom of Adbar, and the brand-new dwarven settlement of Felbarr, which returned to the dwarves once the orcs left.

In addition, about a dozen different barbarian tribes live outside the cities and villages.

THE PLAYER CHARACTERS

Rudi

Race/Class: [Human Bard 12/Warlock 1] Player: [Marko A.] Personality: [Young, self-assured, self-important, dreamy] Key relationships: [Lambert's liege] Backstory relevant to Silver Marches: [fill in] Notable moments so far: [fill in] Current conditions / injuries: [Healthy]

Myrbec

Race/Class: [Gnome Druid 13] Player: [Marko S.] Personality: [Gets bored easily, delights in life, enjoying every moment.] Key relationships: [A father, but doesn't know his daughter, has never seen her. His teacher is Giles Lightfoot.] Backstory relevant to Silver Marches: [fill in] Notable moments so far: [fill in] Current conditions / injuries: [Healthy]

Lambert

Race/Class: [Human Fighter 6/Sorcerer 6] Player: [Marko A.] Personality: [Clumsy, near-sighted, a strategist] Key relationships: [Rudi's vassal] Backstory relevant to Silver Marches: [fill in] Notable moments so far: [Knight servant for Rudi from Deck of Many Things] Current conditions / injuries: [Healthy]

Former Party Members

Malekith, Cain, and Nerinoa have full PC-style backstories and appear throughout early Reports/ as active party members, but are not part of the current roster above.

(GM TODO: document when/why Malekith, Cain, and Nerinoa left the party — retired / died / split off? This isn't recorded anywhere yet, flagged during vault consolidation, 2026-07-24, so a future reader doesn't mistake the gap for a data error.)

Samuel Grimm — Sayton's former second-in-command, NPC

See Samuel Grimm for the full profile — merged there in full.

Camryn Hebert - Deerwaterin Paroni NPC

See Camryn Hebert for the full profile — merged there in full.

Cornelius Dragomir - Death Knight NPC

See Cornelius Dragomir for the full profile — merged there in full.

Elara - NPC##

Elara is a paladin of Lathander. She discovered that Sayton was in Deerwater. Sayton was also responsible for the death of Elara's parents. Because of this, Elara was prepared to kill Sayton and sacrifice her own life, but the party managed to stop Elara's actions, and they ended up helping each other. She's from Sundabar, a member of the Ikuisen Tulen ritarikunta.

Miles Bolver - NPC

Deerwater's current captain of the guard. A supporter of Sayton. Now on hot coals since Sayton has died, and the situation in the city is chaotic. Unexpectedly someone has started asking about the baron, and Miles is planning an escape route. Miles knows that if the baron returns, he's finished, since he's directly responsible for the baron being kidnapped in the first place. Miles is a former second-in-command, and also betrayed the previous captain of the guard to get his current position.

SESSION RECAPS

Session 1 — [2026-05-23]

  • The party got a tip that Deerwater's baron is imprisoned in a nearby logging camp
  • The party traveled from Deerwater to the logging camp
  • The guards watching the camp had slept poorly, were tired, and gladly left the camp
  • The party discovered that a Deep Dreamer had taken up residence in the area. It had taken control of the imprisoned loggers and the baron by controlling their dreams
  • The party defeated the Deep Dreamer in a long battle, in which Myrbec briefly dropped to 0 hit points, but thanks to Lambert's quick action didn't die.
  • The situation was left at the point where the party can begin talking with the baron.

Session 2 - [2026-06-20]

  • The group rescued bardon Camryn Hebert from the camp
  • The baron was quickly brought up-to-date on current affairs in his domain, Deerwater
  • Baron decided Deerwater might not be safe yet; he doesn't know who's in charge, who to trust
  • Baron remembered it was a courier named Maren who brought a message from Grand Duke of Silverymoon, Frederick Tempest, to him. The message required his immediate presence in Silverymoon to discuss the orcs.
  • Camryn had no reason to believe the message was not genuine. The seal, protocol and everything was correct.
  • Baron only understood something was wrong when he realized they weren't going in the direction of Silverymoon. After that he remembers nothing.
  • Baron is worried there's something wrong in Silverymoon and the Grand Duke might have a problem.
  • Baron wants to meet his daughter in Rimehill, since she's not heard of Camryn after Camryn was captured. Baron's daughter just recently married Adriel, the son of Rimehill's baron, Rolar Copeland.
  • Camryn remembers Maren was wearing a golden lion in her dress, which is the symbol for the Watchful Order, guild of mages in the North.
  • The group traveled back towards Deerwater, decided to camp outside it and gave buffs for the baron so he has 4 hours time to figure out the situation in Deerwater.

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ESTABLISHED FACTS & LORE

Things the party has discovered, been told, or witnessed that are now fixed:

  • [Myrkul has returned to his domain]
  • [Jergal is an ancient god]
  • [The party has decided to travel to Silverymoon]
  • [Samuel promised to research and find out about the legendary instrument, the Tear of Samuel. The original owner was a different Samuel, from the era of Netheril.]
  • [Elara is traveling to Sundabar (14 days) to find out about Cornelius and his history there, so the party can try to turn him back toward the light.]

NPC RELATIONSHIP TRACKER

How key NPCs currently feel about the party:

  • Samuel Grimm — Doesn't fully trust the party, but they currently share a common view.
  • Elara - Trusts the party, and owes them her life.
  • Cornelius - Doesn't see the party as a threat.

GM NOTES — ONGOING THREADS

Story threads that are live and should inform NPC behaviour and atmosphere:

  • The party doesn't know about the mage guild's Night Watch faction's role in the Silver Marches.
  • Night Watch is a secret group of magic-users whose goal is to seize power in the Silver Marches. They have already succeeded in making magic-user registration mandatory in the Silver Marches. This, in turn, is done so that magic-users can be monitored, and Night Watch can pick the best of them and train them for its own purposes.
  • Rinki is a thieves' guild. Some of Rinki's members have suspected that not all magic-users have entirely clean hands, and they smuggle magic-users out via secret routes.
  • Night Watch has not yet decided to act openly.
  • The baron knows that he was kidnapped by someone wearing the mage guild's emblem. That's why he needs to go to Silverymoon to see the duke.
  • Night Watch secretly monitors the individuals it knows about.