The Fifth Crusade
For over a century, the demon-haunted wasteland of the Worldwound has bled into the world of mortals. As the magical Wardstones that hold back the tide begin to flicker and fail, a new generation of crusaders must take up the sword. But this war requires more than steel; it requires the power of Myths.
Paladin / Wizard
Monk / Paladin
Inquisitor / Rogue
Paladin / Oracle
Intelligence Report: Fifth Crusade Geographic Survey
The Shield of Mendev. Current location of the Wardstone.
The epicenter of the rift. Entry forbidden to all mortal souls.
Stretching from the Lake of Mists and Veils to the Sarkoris Scar, Mendev stands as the final bulwark against the Abyss.
A vital supply vein now choked by the filth of the Worldwound.
"The geography changes as the rift exhales. Do not trust the old maps. The land itself is a lie."
The Worldwound
Session IX — Sword of Valor
Queen Galfrey rode at the head of her army into broken Kenabres and named the four of them Knights of the Fifth Crusade. Then she gave them the mission: retake Drezen, a dwarven-built citadel lost since the First Crusade, and recover the Sword of Valor — Iomedae's own banner. Two hundred soldiers and a company of old friends marched north along the Selen. They took Vilareth Ford from a hundred tieflings in one clean charge, freed prisoners marked for sacrifice, and crushed a larger demon army at Keeper's Canyon — two hundred tieflings, a hundred dretches, and an incubus commander who fell to a single strike. The road to Drezen is open. Book Two has begun.
Fallen Guardian
Silver Dragon · Protector of Kenabres
“They marched north from the city she had died to protect. Her name was not spoken on the road, but her absence walked with them — the space above the walls where a silver shape should have circled, the sky that no longer had a guardian in it.”
Arcane Vanguard
Paladin / Wizard
Stood before the Queen and nodded last, the strategist weighing futures even as the others spoke. Turned his fire inside out again at Vilareth Ford and Keeper’s Canyon — cold-forged fireballs that dropped tieflings where they stood. Slid through space to flank what others could not reach. When Irabeth reported how few were lost, he stopped, looked at her, and smiled — the rarest thing he owns.
The Voice That Answers
Monk / Paladin
Spoke first when the Queen asked if they would take Drezen. Recruited the company — talked Irabeth into command, gave Horgus a purpose, asked the Queen for help with Aravashnial’s eye. At Keeper’s Canyon he crossed seventy feet in a breath and put an incubus down with a single strike. Gave the paladins words to loot with conscience. The still water rose; the thunder spoke.
Shadow of Judgment
Inquisitor / Rogue
Scouted ahead of the column all the way north — reading the floor, counting the enemy, sending back the small certainties that kept an army alive. His demon-slaying arrow opened the incubus at Keeper’s Canyon. His signal arrow drew every tiefling eye the wrong direction a half-second before the cavalry hit. The knife’s path, ahead of the body, every time.
The Wall That Walks
Paladin / Oracle
Looked at the horse, looked at the horse again, and climbed into the wagon. Planted himself at the center of every fight — shield forward, life-bond open, drinking his brothers’ wounds into his own body. Drew strength from the stone beneath him and brought the hammer down. Healed the company in waves. Nine lost out of two hundred, and he carried the count.
Current Status
Book Two begun · The Sword of Valor awaits
Four knights, two hundred soldiers, and a company of friends march north along the edge of the Worldwound. Vilareth Ford and Keeper's Canyon are behind them — the road ahead leads to Drezen, the dwarven citadel that fell in the First Crusade, where Iomedae's own banner hangs as a demon's trophy. Aponavicius has taken the bulk of her army south. The iron is hot. Two dwarves carry a name in their teeth — Staunton Vhane — and the road runs straight to him.
Retrieving field report...
A visual record of the Worldwound and the souls caught in its wake
End of Record
