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Twiggy at 03:07, 29 December 2025

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	==In the Depths==		==In the Depths==
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px;"><quote by="Grandmaster Sakari Nightscale, Rod and Shield. 386YE Summer Solstice">A Greater Plaguewulf ~~Terrorizes~~ Lorenzo's Deep Pockets: Poisoning the mine, raising wights, killing Imperial Citizens. The Shuttered Lantern has called for support to deal with this threat to Hahnmark, Temeschwar, Miaren and Upwold. I call the Rod and Shield to Arms! We march to Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. Find the Braying Lord and End this Threat!</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px;"><quote by="Grandmaster Sakari Nightscale, Rod and Shield. 386YE Summer Solstice">A Greater Plaguewulf Terrorises Lorenzo's Deep Pockets: Poisoning the mine, raising wights, killing Imperial Citizens. The Shuttered Lantern has called for support to deal with this threat to Hahnmark, Temeschwar, Miaren and Upwold. I call the Rod and Shield to Arms! We march to Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. Find the Braying Lord and End this Threat!</quote></div>
	* '''Members of the Rod and Shield have explored Lorenzo's Deep Pockets and uncovered the terrible extent of the corruption there'''		* '''Members of the Rod and Shield have explored Lorenzo's Deep Pockets and uncovered the terrible extent of the corruption there'''
	* '''The Braying Lord is a Greater Plaguewulf, a terrible servant of the sovereign known as the Howling Queen'''		* '''The Braying Lord is a Greater Plaguewulf, a terrible servant of the sovereign known as the Howling Queen'''

Dre at 09:30, 21 March 2025

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	* [[Plaguewulf]]		* [[Plaguewulf]]
	* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat		* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat
	* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring ~~Solstice~~ wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power		* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring Equinox wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power
	* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole		* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole
	* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer Solstice wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord		* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer Solstice wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord

Hailmur: /* In the Depths */

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In the Depths

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	This revelation propels the expedition into a push downward, to try to roust the beast before more fall to its sickening miasma. Warcasters and war-witches ready themselves alongside knights from Dawn and heroes from Wintermark. It starts with the momentum that comes when thousands of soldiers and powerful magicians are forced to wait whilst sick. When unleashed they force themselves downwards like an unstoppable wave, devastating the groups of husks they come across. As the expedition reaches the largest cavern yet, the fate of the lost miners and guards - long since thought dead - is finally revealed. Huddled in the centre of the vast cave are scores of malnourished and desperate people. The force quickly establishes guards at the dozen entrances to the cavern and the leaders and healers reach out to help the sick and lost. But not all of the guards and miners were lost, some of them had struck some hard bargain with the Braying Lord and now they strike. Hidden weapons, often daggers but sometimes just sharpened splinters of rock, are embedded quickly in stomachs and throats. Those they manage to take down quickly bolster their own numbers - all of them are eventually subdued but the fighting is rough with more than a hundred lost in those frantic minutes.		This revelation propels the expedition into a push downward, to try to roust the beast before more fall to its sickening miasma. Warcasters and war-witches ready themselves alongside knights from Dawn and heroes from Wintermark. It starts with the momentum that comes when thousands of soldiers and powerful magicians are forced to wait whilst sick. When unleashed they force themselves downwards like an unstoppable wave, devastating the groups of husks they come across. As the expedition reaches the largest cavern yet, the fate of the lost miners and guards - long since thought dead - is finally revealed. Huddled in the centre of the vast cave are scores of malnourished and desperate people. The force quickly establishes guards at the dozen entrances to the cavern and the leaders and healers reach out to help the sick and lost. But not all of the guards and miners were lost, some of them had struck some hard bargain with the Braying Lord and now they strike. Hidden weapons, often daggers but sometimes just sharpened splinters of rock, are embedded quickly in stomachs and throats. Those they manage to take down quickly bolster their own numbers - all of them are eventually subdued but the fighting is rough with more than a hundred lost in those frantic minutes.
	{{SOP\|by=~~Vasilimir Radovanovich Esskiviz~~, Varushkan Assembly\|statement=We are familiar with the beast that builds its nest in Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. We know it. We know its kind. With vigilance we ask citizens of Varushka to lend our steel and our wisdom to the Rod and Shield, to help fight the malice of this greater plaguewulf\|when=Summer Solstice 386YE\|vote=Greater Majority (216-0)}}		{{SOP\|by=Vasilmir Radovanovna Esskivic, Varushkan Assembly\|statement=We are familiar with the beast that builds its nest in Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. We know it. We know its kind. With vigilance we ask citizens of Varushka to lend our steel and our wisdom to the Rod and Shield, to help fight the malice of this greater plaguewulf\|when=Summer Solstice 386YE\|vote=Greater Majority (216-0)}}
	Some of the people rescued are able to tell more about the situation; about how some of those taken have fallen to worshipping the Braying Lord, about the mercenary company - the Crimson Band - that has accepted the bargain offered by the Braying Lord. This information - though it came at a heavy cost - is incredibly vital and allows a plan to form. The company and the band of followers are elsewhere - encamped in Hahnmark and Miaren respectively. A flurry of [[Call Winged Messenger\|letters]] are sent to the prognosticators in Anvil and, with knowledge of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate, a plan ~~beings~~ to form. The lair of the plaguewulf itself is far deeper than the expedition has managed so far with thousands of husks between them and the Braying Lord. But a couple of the battlemages are part of the Fellowship of the Black Goose, the warden fellowship who watch over Isember and were inspired to action by the statement of '''~~Vasilimir Radovanovich Esskiviz~~''' in the Varushkan Assembly, and they have sent a letter of their own to those who have remained behind in Karsk.		Some of the people rescued are able to tell more about the situation; about how some of those taken have fallen to worshipping the Braying Lord, about the mercenary company - the Crimson Band - that has accepted the bargain offered by the Braying Lord. This information - though it came at a heavy cost - is incredibly vital and allows a plan to form. The company and the band of followers are elsewhere - encamped in Hahnmark and Miaren respectively. A flurry of [[Call Winged Messenger\|letters]] are sent to the prognosticators in Anvil and, with knowledge of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate, a plan begins to form. The lair of the plaguewulf itself is far deeper than the expedition has managed so far with thousands of husks between them and the Braying Lord. But a couple of the battlemages are part of the Fellowship of the Black Goose, the warden fellowship who watch over Isember and were inspired to action by the statement of '''Vasilmir Radovanovna Esskivic''' in the Varushkan Assembly, and they have sent a letter of their own to those who have remained behind in Karsk.

	The mercenaries and the cultists will need to be defeated first. One of the Varushkan battlemages who spoke to the rescued miners reports that they will have taken a similar role as the Boyar of Isember; as a conduit for the decay of the elder plaguewulf. Once they have been killed then the Braying Lord can be drawn out and killed.		The mercenaries and the cultists will need to be defeated first. One of the Varushkan battlemages who spoke to the rescued miners reports that they will have taken a similar role as the Boyar of Isember; as a conduit for the decay of the elder plaguewulf. Once they have been killed then the Braying Lord can be drawn out and killed.

Matt: /* Conjunctions */

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Conjunctions

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	* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''		* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
	* '''The ''Grandmaster of the Rod and Shield'' is responsible for killing the followers of the plaguewulf'''		* '''The ''Grandmaster of the Rod and Shield'' is responsible for killing the followers of the plaguewulf'''
			{{NoInnocentsPresent}}
	The followers of the Braying Lord are a threat that spreads beyond the sinkhole itself. Miners, guards, and adventurers who were taken by the plaguewulf and chose to worship it in return for being allowed to live. They will spread the foul nature of the Braying Lord elsewhere, even if the creature itself is destroyed. They seek to disappear into the great mass of Imperial citizenry, to bide their time before emerging again as a new threat. It is entirely possible that if enough of them escape they will inflict a festering wound on the Empire, potentially laying the seeds for a threat like that posed by the bandits of [[Delerium#Isember\|Isember]]. They left the sinkhole before the Rod and Shield moved in; going south into [[Miaren#Goldglades\|Goldglades]], but where they might go from there is impossible to resist - if they reach the [[Lorenzo%27s_Legacy#Blood_Red_Roads\|Blood Red Roads]] they could end up almost anywhere, ready to spread the unholy taint of the plaguewulfs or their terrible mistress, the [[Varushkan_Monster#Sovereigns\|sovereign]] known as the ''Howling Queen''.		The followers of the Braying Lord are a threat that spreads beyond the sinkhole itself. Miners, guards, and adventurers who were taken by the plaguewulf and chose to worship it in return for being allowed to live. They will spread the foul nature of the Braying Lord elsewhere, even if the creature itself is destroyed. They seek to disappear into the great mass of Imperial citizenry, to bide their time before emerging again as a new threat. It is entirely possible that if enough of them escape they will inflict a festering wound on the Empire, potentially laying the seeds for a threat like that posed by the bandits of [[Delerium#Isember\|Isember]]. They left the sinkhole before the Rod and Shield moved in; going south into [[Miaren#Goldglades\|Goldglades]], but where they might go from there is impossible to resist - if they reach the [[Lorenzo%27s_Legacy#Blood_Red_Roads\|Blood Red Roads]] they could end up almost anywhere, ready to spread the unholy taint of the plaguewulfs or their terrible mistress, the [[Varushkan_Monster#Sovereigns\|sovereign]] known as the ''Howling Queen''.

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	* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''		* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
	* '''The ''Imperial Huntsmarshall'' is responsible for slaying the Crimson Band'''		* '''The ''Imperial Huntsmarshall'' is responsible for slaying the Crimson Band'''
			{{NoInnocentsPresent}}
	The Crimson Band are a company of dangerously skilled mercenaries. They have made made camp in [[Hahnmark#Wood Heath\|Wood Heath]] and are clearly planning to expand the Braying Lord's influence. If they are left free they will head further north and east, and disappear into the wilds of Hahnmark. In their path is the village of Stormshall, and once word of their presence reaches them, they send word to '''Maggie Potts''', the [[Imperial Huntsmarshall]], asking them to deal with these servants of a foul monstrous beast. Given the mercenaries are almost certainly infused with aberrant power by their master, it seems only appropriate that they be responsible for the task.		The Crimson Band are a company of dangerously skilled mercenaries. They have made made camp in [[Hahnmark#Wood Heath\|Wood Heath]] and are clearly planning to expand the Braying Lord's influence. If they are left free they will head further north and east, and disappear into the wilds of Hahnmark. In their path is the village of Stormshall, and once word of their presence reaches them, they send word to '''Maggie Potts''', the [[Imperial Huntsmarshall]], asking them to deal with these servants of a foul monstrous beast. Given the mercenaries are almost certainly infused with aberrant power by their master, it seems only appropriate that they be responsible for the task.

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	* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''		* '''This skirmish is a [[Accessibility#Combat_Highly_Likely\|combat highly likely]] encounter'''
	* '''The ''Delver of the Depths'' is responsible for defeating the Braying Lord'''		* '''The ''Delver of the Depths'' is responsible for defeating the Braying Lord'''
			{{NoInnocentsPresent}}
	Then there is the elder plaguewulf itself, the Braying Lord. This creature has nested within the sinkhole since it fled the ruins of Isember, and the awful sickness hanging over the great quarry is its doing. The ''Fellowship of the Black Goose'', the [[warden]] fellowship who are the self appointed [[Delirium#Illusion_and_Doubt\|guardians of Isember]], have sent a treasure - the skull of ''Alexi Iskandrova Isembrioch'' - to the current [[Delver of the Depths]].		Then there is the elder plaguewulf itself, the Braying Lord. This creature has nested within the sinkhole since it fled the ruins of Isember, and the awful sickness hanging over the great quarry is its doing. The ''Fellowship of the Black Goose'', the [[warden]] fellowship who are the self appointed [[Delirium#Illusion_and_Doubt\|guardians of Isember]], have sent a treasure - the skull of ''Alexi Iskandrova Isembrioch'' - to the current [[Delver of the Depths]].

TomH: /* In the Depths */

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In the Depths

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	==In the Depths==		==In the Depths==
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px;"><quote by="Grandmaster Sakari Nightscale, Rod and Shield. 386YE Summer Solstice">A Greater Plaguewulf Terrorizes Lorenzo's Deep Pockets: Poisoning the mine, raising wights, killing Imperial Citizens. The Shuttered Lantern has called for support to deal with this threat to Hahnmark, Temeschwar, Miaren and Upwold. I call the Rod and Shield to Arms! We march to Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. Find the Braying Lord and End this Threat!</quote></div>		<div style="float:right; width: 500px;"><quote by="Grandmaster Sakari Nightscale, Rod and Shield. 386YE Summer Solstice">A Greater Plaguewulf Terrorizes Lorenzo's Deep Pockets: Poisoning the mine, raising wights, killing Imperial Citizens. The Shuttered Lantern has called for support to deal with this threat to Hahnmark, Temeschwar, Miaren and Upwold. I call the Rod and Shield to Arms! We march to Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. Find the Braying Lord and End this Threat!</quote></div>
	* '''Members of the Rod and Shield ~~gave~~ explored Lorenzo's Deep Pockets and uncovered the terrible extent of the corruption there'''		* '''Members of the Rod and Shield have explored Lorenzo's Deep Pockets and uncovered the terrible extent of the corruption there'''
	* '''The Braying Lord is a Greater Plaguewulf, a terrible servant of the sovereign known as the Howling Queen'''		* '''The Braying Lord is a Greater Plaguewulf, a terrible servant of the sovereign known as the Howling Queen'''
	* '''The creature is dug in and shows every sign of becoming even more powerful with potentially disastrous ramifications for the north-west Empire'''		* '''The creature is dug in and shows every sign of becoming even more powerful with potentially disastrous ramifications for the north-west Empire'''

Novemberalice at 12:25, 11 September 2024

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	But her expression, hidden from her companion by the shadow of her hood, was nowhere near as confident as her words.</ic>		But her expression, hidden from her companion by the shadow of her hood, was nowhere near as confident as her words.</ic>
	<div style="float:left; width: 500px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Caves.jpg\|caption=The depths beneath the north-western Empire attract bold adventurers looking to make a name for themselves like a magnet attracts tiny, breakable iron filings.\|align=left\|width=500}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 500px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Caves.jpg\|caption=The depths beneath the north-western Empire attract bold adventurers looking to make a name for themselves like a magnet attracts tiny, breakable iron filings.\|align=left\|width=500}}</div>{{audio\|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbf9EWhxTxA}}
	{{PDFLink\|align=right\|link=File:How to be dead.pdf\|caption=Click for pdf version}}		{{PDFLink\|align=right\|link=File:How to be dead.pdf\|caption=Click for pdf version}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==

Hailmur at 19:21, 10 September 2024

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	But her expression, hidden from her companion by the shadow of her hood, was nowhere near as confident as her words.</ic>		But her expression, hidden from her companion by the shadow of her hood, was nowhere near as confident as her words.</ic>
	<div style="float:left; width: 500px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Caves.jpg\|caption=The depths beneath the north-western Empire attract bold adventurers looking to make a name for themselves like a magnet attracts tiny, breakable iron filings.\|align=left\|width=500}}</div>		<div style="float:left; width: 500px; clear: right;">{{CaptionedImage\|file=Caves.jpg\|caption=The depths beneath the north-western Empire attract bold adventurers looking to make a name for themselves like a magnet attracts tiny, breakable iron filings.\|align=left\|width=500}}</div>
			{{PDFLink\|align=right\|link=File:How to be dead.pdf\|caption=Click for pdf version}}
	==Overview==		==Overview==
	<div style="float:right; width: 500px;"><quote by="Grandmaster Sakari Nightscale, Rod and Shield. 386YE Summer Solstice">A Greater Plaguewulf Terrorizes Lorenzo's Deep Pockets: Poisoning the mine, raising wights, killing Imperial Citizens. The Shuttered Lantern has called for support to deal with this threat to Hahnmark, Temeschwar, Miaren and Upwold. I call the Rod and Shield to Arms! We march to Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. Find the Braying Lord and End this Threat!</quote></div>
	Last season the grandmaster of the Shuttered Lantern received a report from members of their order on the nature of the threat within [[Delver_of_the_Depths#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Lorenzo's Deep Pockets]]. Though the full report has not been made available to all citizens of the Empire - as befits the [[Shuttered_Lantern#The_Manifesto\|manifesto]] of the order - other members of the Conclave were informed, leading to the grandmaster of the Rod and Shield taking action. The grandmaster directed the Rod and Shield to march to the sinkhole and deal with the threat posed by the ''Braying Lord'', an [[Plaguewulf#Elder_Plaguewulfs\|elder plaguewulf]].		Last season the grandmaster of the Shuttered Lantern received a report from members of their order on the nature of the threat within [[Delver_of_the_Depths#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Lorenzo's Deep Pockets]]. Though the full report has not been made available to all citizens of the Empire - as befits the [[Shuttered_Lantern#The_Manifesto\|manifesto]] of the order - other members of the Conclave were informed, leading to the grandmaster of the Rod and Shield taking action. The grandmaster directed the Rod and Shield to march to the sinkhole and deal with the threat posed by the ''Braying Lord'', an [[Plaguewulf#Elder_Plaguewulfs\|elder plaguewulf]].

	==In the Depths==		==In the Depths==
			<div style="float:right; width: 500px;"><quote by="Grandmaster Sakari Nightscale, Rod and Shield. 386YE Summer Solstice">A Greater Plaguewulf Terrorizes Lorenzo's Deep Pockets: Poisoning the mine, raising wights, killing Imperial Citizens. The Shuttered Lantern has called for support to deal with this threat to Hahnmark, Temeschwar, Miaren and Upwold. I call the Rod and Shield to Arms! We march to Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. Find the Braying Lord and End this Threat!</quote></div>
	* '''Members of the Rod and Shield gave explored Lorenzo's Deep Pockets and uncovered the terrible extent of the corruption there'''		* '''Members of the Rod and Shield gave explored Lorenzo's Deep Pockets and uncovered the terrible extent of the corruption there'''
	* '''The Braying Lord is a Greater Plaguewulf, a terrible servant of the sovereign known as the Howling Queen'''		* '''The Braying Lord is a Greater Plaguewulf, a terrible servant of the sovereign known as the Howling Queen'''

Dre at 18:21, 10 September 2024

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	* [[Plaguewulf]]		* [[Plaguewulf]]
	* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat		* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat
	* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring ~~Solctice~~ wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power		* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring Solstice wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power
	* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole		* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole
	* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer ~~Solstie~~ wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord		* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer Solstice wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord

Hailmur: /* Under the Dust */

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Under the Dust

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	<tr><td>Navarr</td><td>Veradin</td></tr>		<tr><td>Navarr</td><td>Veradin</td></tr>
	<tr><td>Navarr</td><td>Alwin</td></tr>		<tr><td>Navarr</td><td>Alwin</td></tr>
			<tr><td>Navarr</td><td>Rhyffyllann Kraken's Crawl</td></tr>
	<tr><td>The League</td><td>Diendre de Tassato</td></tr>		<tr><td>The League</td><td>Diendre de Tassato</td></tr>
	<tr><td>The League</td><td>Enriko Pescatore</td></tr>		<tr><td>The League</td><td>Enriko Pescatore</td></tr>

Hailmur: /* In the Depths */

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In the Depths

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	This revelation propels the expedition into a push downward, to try to roust the beast before more fall to its sickening miasma. Warcasters and war-witches ready themselves alongside knights from Dawn and heroes from Wintermark. It starts with the momentum that comes when thousands of soldiers and powerful magicians are forced to wait whilst sick. When unleashed they force themselves downwards like an unstoppable wave, devastating the groups of husks they come across. As the expedition reaches the largest cavern yet, the fate of the lost miners and guards - long since thought dead - is finally revealed. Huddled in the centre of the vast cave are scores of malnourished and desperate people. The force quickly establishes guards at the dozen entrances to the cavern and the leaders and healers reach out to help the sick and lost. But not all of the guards and miners were lost, some of them had struck some hard bargain with the Braying Lord and now they strike. Hidden weapons, often daggers but sometimes just sharpened splinters of rock, are embedded quickly in stomachs and throats. Those they manage to take down quickly bolster their own numbers - all of them are eventually subdued but the fighting is rough with more than a hundred lost in those frantic minutes.		This revelation propels the expedition into a push downward, to try to roust the beast before more fall to its sickening miasma. Warcasters and war-witches ready themselves alongside knights from Dawn and heroes from Wintermark. It starts with the momentum that comes when thousands of soldiers and powerful magicians are forced to wait whilst sick. When unleashed they force themselves downwards like an unstoppable wave, devastating the groups of husks they come across. As the expedition reaches the largest cavern yet, the fate of the lost miners and guards - long since thought dead - is finally revealed. Huddled in the centre of the vast cave are scores of malnourished and desperate people. The force quickly establishes guards at the dozen entrances to the cavern and the leaders and healers reach out to help the sick and lost. But not all of the guards and miners were lost, some of them had struck some hard bargain with the Braying Lord and now they strike. Hidden weapons, often daggers but sometimes just sharpened splinters of rock, are embedded quickly in stomachs and throats. Those they manage to take down quickly bolster their own numbers - all of them are eventually subdued but the fighting is rough with more than a hundred lost in those frantic minutes.
			{{SOP\|by=Vasilimir Radovanovich Esskiviz, Varushkan Assembly\|statement=We are familiar with the beast that builds its nest in Lorenzo's Deep Pockets. We know it. We know its kind. With vigilance we ask citizens of Varushka to lend our steel and our wisdom to the Rod and Shield, to help fight the malice of this greater plaguewulf\|when=Summer Solstice 386YE\|vote=Greater Majority (216-0)}}
	Some of the people rescued are able to tell more about the situation; about how some of those taken have fallen to worshipping the Braying Lord, about the mercenary company - the Crimson Band - that has accepted the bargain offered by the Braying Lord. This information - though it came at a heavy cost - is incredibly vital and allows a plan to form. The company and the band of followers are elsewhere - encamped in Hahnmark and Miaren respectively. A flurry of [[Call Winged Messenger\|letters]] are sent to the prognosticators in Anvil and, with knowledge of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate, a plan beings to form. The lair of the plaguewulf itself is far deeper than the expedition has managed so far with thousands of husks between them and the Braying Lord. But a couple of the battlemages are part of the Fellowship of the Black Goose, the warden fellowship who watch over Isember, and they have sent a letter of their own to those who have remained behind in Karsk.		Some of the people rescued are able to tell more about the situation; about how some of those taken have fallen to worshipping the Braying Lord, about the mercenary company - the Crimson Band - that has accepted the bargain offered by the Braying Lord. This information - though it came at a heavy cost - is incredibly vital and allows a plan to form. The company and the band of followers are elsewhere - encamped in Hahnmark and Miaren respectively. A flurry of [[Call Winged Messenger\|letters]] are sent to the prognosticators in Anvil and, with knowledge of conjunctions of the Sentinel Gate, a plan beings to form. The lair of the plaguewulf itself is far deeper than the expedition has managed so far with thousands of husks between them and the Braying Lord. But a couple of the battlemages are part of the Fellowship of the Black Goose, the warden fellowship who watch over Isember and were inspired to action by the statement of '''Vasilimir Radovanovich Esskiviz''' in the Varushkan Assembly, and they have sent a letter of their own to those who have remained behind in Karsk.

	The mercenaries and the cultists will need to be defeated first. One of the Varushkan battlemages who spoke to the rescued miners reports that they will have taken a similar role as the Boyar of Isember; as a conduit for the decay of the elder plaguewulf. Once they have been killed then the Braying Lord can be drawn out and killed.		The mercenaries and the cultists will need to be defeated first. One of the Varushkan battlemages who spoke to the rescued miners reports that they will have taken a similar role as the Boyar of Isember; as a conduit for the decay of the elder plaguewulf. Once they have been killed then the Braying Lord can be drawn out and killed.

	It is risky, and elder plaguewulfs are notoriously difficult to kill. But this is the best chance anyone has had in the last century to kill one.		It is risky, and elder plaguewulfs are notoriously difficult to kill. But this is the best chance anyone has had in the last century to kill one.

	==Conjunctions==		==Conjunctions==
	* '''Three opportunities exist to try and stem the flow of corruption from the sinkhole'''		* '''Three opportunities exist to try and stem the flow of corruption from the sinkhole'''

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	* [[Plaguewulf]]		* [[Plaguewulf]]
	* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat		* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat
	* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring ~~Solstice~~ wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power		* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring Equinox wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power
	* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole		* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole
	* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer Solstice wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord		* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer Solstice wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord

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	* [[Plaguewulf]]		* [[Plaguewulf]]
	* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat		* [[Pitter_patter#Lorenzo's_Deep_Pockets\|Pitter patter]] - 386YE Autumn Equinox wind of fortune addressing the growing threat
	* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring ~~Solctice~~ wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power		* [[They_bit_the_cats#Dweller_in_the_Depths\|They bit the cats]] - 386YE Spring Solstice wind of fortune detailing the signs of the Braying Lord's rise to power
	* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole		* [[Battle_cries#Ravens_(Conjunction)\|Battle cries]] - 385YE Summer Solstice wind of fortune with the first hint that something was wrong in the sinkhole
	* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer ~~Solstie~~ wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord		* [[Delirium#Canker\|Delerium]] - 384YE Summer Solstice wind of war describing the fall of Isember and the rousing of the Braying Lord