Update! While Dhalekar and Xerordir, and Jobias and Olive, are just having met eachother, there's still lots of room for more faces to appear in this storyline! They do not have to be initially involved in the current scenes, as there are, or can be, lots of things happening that can connect to the overall plot.
Some example regional hooks:
Rats in Uthlyn! The menacing antagonist has strange, mindless minions running around, hiding in plain sight, all throughout Uthlyn. Some small, some large, most undead, some rigged to explode in bizarre supersonics! Signs of necromancy, or whatever the hell you can call what Dhalekar does, could be quite alarming for those involved with protecting Uthlyn, from the guard, to the church, to the Mordecai. For you scholarly types, most of the metallic implements are riddled with strange runes that hint to an origin of a time before Connlaoth! Ooo! Mystery!
Missing Farmers! Necromancy has a pretty specific main ingredient, and as such, our dastardly villain frequently sends his freakish, Frankenstein-like ogre, Smiles, to send out and snatch unsuspecting farmers from the rural areas to bring them back for the lich's twisted designs, only to return them as zombies to claim more! Where are they coming from, and how long will the people stand for this?! Gasp! Revenge!
The Queen of the Tower! Dhalekar is a wretched fool struck with wild illusions of grandeur! He plans on taking over Uthlyn, ruling from it's tower through command over the dead, and to complete the picture, he wishes to share his dream with an immortal bride, whether she's willing or not! Perhaps a lovely girl from one of Uthlyn's famous brothels who was, or will be, snatched by minions of the lich to be immortalized as undead? Perhaps a black hearted sorceress, sick of Connlaoth's rusting iron fist held over mage-kind plays along the madness of the Necromancer? Sigh! Romance!
Dey Took Our Jerbs! Uthlyn's Vermin Exterminator Guild is starting to get an alarming influx of complaints about the supposed layabouts not doing their job! Is this a plot by terrorist mages attempting to undermine the efforts of the standing of the good non-magical man? Is there a new rival guild releasing vermin in attempt to come into the spotlight by saving the people from the disaster they secretly created? Can the Guild profit from apparent disaster?! Oi vey! Intrigue!
As for personal hooks, I cannot speak for the characters that are not mine (though I encourage you to express yours if you so desire!), but as for mine;
Dhalekar, though only now starting to make "his big move", has been awake for some time now, and perhaps he has either created, enslaved, or somehow convinced, others to join his cause. He is an ancient thing, from a time forgotten, but there are those who have existed for longer than even the lich could date back!
Jobias, much to his humility, was exiled from Connlaoth's capital, and the Order of Mordecai. For speaking against the Church, he by all rights should of been executed for his actions, but someone unknown to him had the influence to spare him of such a fate! Whoever it was, Jobias owes his life to them. A member of the Mordecai? A high standing member of the church who knew of the corruption Jobias spoke against? Who knows?! YOU do, of course!
And what of the enigmatic
Urtok Pigeonstomper, who has yet to appear in this adventure? What designs does his sharkiest of muns have in store for him?! Hmm? HMM?!?
Share your thoughts! Your plots! Your progeny of personae! THE TRUE ADVENTURE HAS YET TO BEGIN!
