The "Soul Reaver" Campaign.

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Inspired by Soul Reaver, and also a willingness to experiment with parts of the game.

The World has fallen to Despair and Darkness. The Empyrean has swallowed the world, and has long since moved onwards in it's encroachment of the material plane. The movement of the Empyrean is slow however and not all light has been extinguished yet.

Life as dangerous and often hopeless as it is, has moved on. The inhabitants of the world have long ago given up hope of repelling the Empyrean, the survivors of this cosmic holocaust merely strive to survive. Most of the ancient empires have fallen, their cities decayed to ruin and most of the population has been wiped out. Even the Sun has all but been quenched in this world, save for the slivers of that Arcane and Radiant light that still reach the surface.

Food is scarce for the mortal races and is constantly fought over. There is one form of life however which has thrived. That is the form of Unlife. Non sentient undead are created by the Empyrean spontaneously reanimating the dead. Greater Undead and Sentient Undead though are animated by a "natural power". Shadow Magic. Shadow magic is extremely prevalent in the world which has all but lost the full power of the Arcane and Radiant energies.

Perhaps this reason more than almost any other is why the Empryean's encroachment has been slowed to a crawl. The natural balance of magic, has allowed those that are not from the Empyrean to be able to combat the destructive power with a new source of magic.

Arcane and Radiant users, revere and worship the Sun, they feel their power waning slightly as the years pass. However the Shadow users feel no such ill effects...

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The Pcs of the game, are allowed a free Racial Paragon Path, and the Paragon Defenses feat.

The party currently consists of a Drow Avenger, a Shifter Bard and a Dhampyr Swordmage.

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The Pcs each shall be given one Artifact. (Yes we are testing out lots of stuff at once)

The Artifacts are

The Moonsword of Elistree

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The Mask of Kas
From Open Grave.

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The Half vampire, and the Drow sprung the Eladrin out of their execution, and faced the Half Vampire's Second Cousin in battle.

The Half Vampire's Cousin escaped, but the Sidhe were freed by the Pcs.

In the Feywild. The Pcs were ambushed by two Bog Hags, that had disguised themselves as beautiful women and a pack of savage Grimlocks. The Hags sought to kill the Half Vampire abomination, and sought to turn the Drow into a Hag. They failed with the aid of a mysterious ally who saved the Dhampyr and the Drow. That was never seen, but his or her presence was felt upon the field of battle.

The Sidhe allies to the Rebellion's objective is to not only restore the Feywild to some semblance of normal, but to cause the Sun to be able to pierce the depths of the Far Realm, and drive the vampires into destruction. Or at the very least unseat them from their throne.
The Sidhe had long thought to have abandoned the world, have been secretely gathering the remains of their strength to make this attempt. There are several Keys however that the Pcs must recover in order to make this mission capable of being accomplished.

It is a risky plan, but it is one the best option available for stopping the Vampires from completely taking over the Planes and possibly leaving the world....

The Pcs are going to be sent deep into the heart of the Swamp to retrieve a map which was stolen by a very powerful Troll, named Huskane. The Map has the location of the first Key upon it. The Key will then act as a sort of pathfinder, to the next Key's Location.