Moon Stones fly down from the sky to Bebe, Lariel, Glacier, and Astra, individually.
The pulse of their Moon Stones lead them to Starfall Springs. Right in the middle of the Golden Moon Festival, our heroes meet while riding a giant floating ferris wheel.
At the Knights of Reverence booth, the winners meet Kronk, a Captain of the KOR. the winners join the Knights of Reverence allowing them to take jobs from the Job Board
Officiating the Golden Moon Festival was Showzy. While Emissary Engelfort Bloom came from The Capital to represent The Empire.
the winners joined the festival’s competition to try and win the grand prize, a rock that look’s similar to the group’s Moon Stones. The competition had representatives from each of the winners’ hometowns. Strangely, no one could recognize any of them.
Zumpetor from Springvale. Schlorp From BludRock. Kivyn From Richmond. Karin from Elderbarough
The competition measured feats of Strength, Agility, Cunning, Beauty, and Talent and used ancient control magic to keep the Awakened Tree, Giant Centipede, and Goblin obedient. Each contestant was equipped with 2 potions of their choice provided by Jerry “Jingle” Jackson, a traveling Dwarf merchant known to have the most rare and random items.
Strength was determined by measuring the impact of a single attack on the monster of the contestants choosing.
Agility was determined by a race through different terrain.
Cunning was determined by the contestant’s ability to take a ball from a Gargoyle’s hand.
Beauty was determined scores by judges, Kronk, Engelfort, and Showzy judging contestants’ hand picked outfits.
Talent was determined through a stage act chosen by the contestants, judged by Kronk, Engelfort, and Showzy.
While a close competition, it looked like Zumpetor and crew would close a victory. When all of a sudden the hold over the monsters’ minds seemed to break and the Awakened Tree, Giant Centipede, Goblin, and Gargoyle attacked indiscriminately towards the crowd.
the winners stepped up and saved the people of Starfall Springs while Engelfort, Zumpetor, Schlorp, Kivyn, and Karin were nowhere to be found.
Because of their heroism, the festival decided to add points to the winners scores allowing Bebe to come in first place.
Upon receiving their new Moon Stones and touching it to their own, the winners were brought into a monochrome plane of existence where they met Luna. Luna, is a Warrior Champions from a long time ago who appears in the form of a cat. While far from being able to fully recall past events, he tells you he is a from a time where a great danger approached. Warrior Champions were selected as avatars of Gods. Unable to vanquish the threat, the Warrior Champions banished its evil knowing it would one day come back to finish the job. Accepting this, the Warrior Champions sealed away their power, along with Luna so that future generations may stand a chance when the threat returns.
Learning about all this, our heroes from the winners agree to collect Moon Stones and prepare themselves to try and save this world.
After the Golden Moon Festival, the winners take a job from the Knights of Reverence to “Exterminate Kobold Pests at Smallton Farms”
the winners go the Smallton Farms where they meet Ma Smallton and Pa Smallton, a pair of friendly, successful dwarf farmers. They explain about their “kobold problem.” They claim bandit kobolds have been raiding their property. When the winners go to investigate, Lariel lethally injures one of the Kobolds, Leo. A halfling named Wally WIlliams intervenes and explains that they aren’t bandits. Wally Williams takes the winners to the smaller, simpler, but much cozier Half Bold Village. We are introduced to Toothpick, an elder halfling who tells us that The Smalltons hired halflings and kobolds from their village to do the farm labour. Any farms that resisted their hostile takeovers were destroyed by blight or fire.
After going to confront The Smalltons, Ma Smallton’s friendly mask dropped and a bitter angry one appeared. Unhappy with the winners results, she hires The Blinkertons, a group of Eladrin Fey routinely known to assist The Empire in intelligence or enforcement. While at this meeting The Blinkertons attack Toothpick to try and intimidate the Half Bold Village.
After looking throughout Starfall Springs for help and sending messages to anyone the winners could think of to help with the Half Bold Village., including Bebe’s and Glacier’s parents. But came out with very few solutions. However, all the commotion across town made its way up to The Empire. While The Empire may not be exactly good or bad, they are bureaucratic. Setting a precedence of unrest throughout the labor party can be dangerous The Empire as a whole.
Engelfort Bloom arrived with 8 of his own personal guard members and announced that The Empire would be taking special interest in this case and act as arbiter to all parties involed. This meeting will take place in 3 days. During this time the winners train in the village, spy on the opposing side, plot their counter offensive.
One of the younger Kobolds overheard The Blinkertons and The Empire planning to attack the Half Bold Village through the sewers during the arbitration meeting.