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Order Quest 1: Against Darkness

This quest introduces the heroes to a new class: The Order of Kellos. They

will be traveling to a defiled church in an attempt to re-sanctify it. Along

their journey, there may be a surprise or two.

Introduction

You return from a morning of prayer to find a messenger eagerly awaiting

you. Without a word he hands you a scroll sealed with the emblem of your

order: The Order of Kellos. It is not without some trepidation that you

break the seal and begin to read the missive: “A Temple of Kellos has

been profaned and their Sacred Flame has been extinguished! Since you

are the leader of the nearest church, three tasks have fallen upon you.

Firstly, determine just what fate has befallen our Church and its Members.

Enclosed you will find the last known blueprints of the church and its

crypts. We hope they will serve you well. Secondly, you must re-sanctify

the Church by re-lighting its Sacred Flame. We trust that you are familiar

with this ritual. Thirdly, The Word of Kellos must be recovered and

returned to safety. Of the three tasks, the last is paramount. You must

proceed with all haste! Fire and Light!” Stunned, you collapse into a

nearby chair. ‘Fire and Light’ indeed.

Quest Goals

As you prepare to enter the defiled Church, you are surprised at just how

dark it is. Even at midday, the shadows seem to linger just a little bit

longer and seem to curl and eddy in the wind like a fog. Your goals echo

in your head: “Determine what has happened to the Church and its

Members. Re-sanctify the Church. Return The Word of Kellos.” If you

can reactivate some of the ancient glyphs of transport, all the better. You

start with 5 conquest tokens. If you ever run out of conquest tokens,

darkness will have triumphed. Good luck.

Since the heroes are recovering treasure from a church, none of the items

forbidden to their class will be present in the chests. Remove them from their

decks. Health and vitality potions are not used in this quest either. Instead the

markers represent holy water and Kellos’s Fire respectively. If a treasure

chest says to give a potion to the heroes, give them the appropriate equipment

card instead, with a marker representing one potion of that type. If your party

is not made up entirely of Order Members, all types of potions may be

purchased from town. Remove 'The Word of Kellos' from the gold treasure

stack.

Conquest tokens will also be awarded for information discovered as to what

has happened at the church and to its Members. One conquest token will be

given to the party for each question answered at the end of the quest.

Area Descriptions

These descriptions should be read as the appropriate areas are revealed by the

heroes.

Church 1

The first thing you notice is the smell. It palpably hits you as you and

makes your eyes tear and your throat burn. As you clear your eyes, they

well again as you take in the damage done. Priceless holy relics are strewn

amid the filth and destruction. Someone seems to be looking for

something. Beastmen prowl about the room and the leathery rustling of

wings can be heard in its corners.

Church 2

What was once the main worship room of the church is now desecrated. A

pile of partially burned pews lay in a heap to the north. A cold wind gusts

through a large pit by the south wall, its origins unknown. But worst of all

is knowing that the Sacred Flame of Kellos once burned here. The hearth

is cold. The defilers turn to face you.

The main goal of this room is to re-light the Sacred Flame. It takes two turns

to complete the ritual. If the hero performing the ritual is interrupted, that is,

wounded, the ritual will fail and must be started again. The overlord may use

the card 'Razorwing Flock' and spawn them from the pit unless the players

state that they are guarding the pit. The razorwings have 4 movement left

after they leave the pit.

If the heroes re-light the flame:

The Sacred Flame erupts with a roar. The lingering darkness is burnt back

and the room is suffused with warmth.

The heroes gain 3 conquest tokens for re-lighting the flame. This room is

now consecrated to Kellos and has all those benefits listed for 'consecrated

ground'. The overlord may not spawn creatures in this room while the flame

is lit.

If the heroes speak “The Flame is the Key” near the Sacred Flame:

A chime sounds and a yellow key appears suspended in the flames before

you. Unafraid, you reach out into the fire and take the key.

Give the heroes the yellow rune key.

If the heroes open the door:

The backside of the door shows numerous claw and tool marks from

where it was attempted to break in. Stairs to the north lead down deeper

into the crypts themselves.

Church 3

This room appears to be the personal one of the head priest. A bookcase

lies overturned in a corner but otherwise it has been spared the defilement

of the other rooms. There is a door, however, where none exists on your

map. A heavy book lays open on a lectern to the north, being perused by a

sorcerer. As you open the door, he turns to two others of his ilk and shouts

a warning.

If the heroes read the book:

“The recent tremors have made the crypts unsafe to enter. I have sealed

the crypt door to halt the spreading abominations, and consigned the key

to the Flame. The Flame is the Key. Our only hope now is that my plea for

aid does not go unheeded. I retreat now to the inner sanctuary to pray for

the others.” The last entry is dated two weeks before your message

arrived.

The book cannot be taken.

Church 4

After passing the two mystically locked doors, you find only a dark,

empty room before you. You step into the room and are surprised by a

voice, deep and liquid, that comes from everywhere and nowhere at once,

“I am Darkness. Know this before you die, we were first. We existed

before Kellos and we will exist when he has diminished. Now die!” The

darkness comes together in the middle of the room revealing details

previously hidden. A fallen priest lies crumpled in the corner, nearby is a

chest.

The dead priest is Priest Caron, the head of this church. Protected by his body

is the Word of Kellos. Heroes receive 2 conquest tokens when the recover the

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