Underworld Adventurer

 A Cold Moon eclipse had visited the night skies above Ur-Dun. With it came the powerful potential for change. Several of Orm's adventurers had locked themselves away to uncover some new element of their magical craft. Two among them were Journeyman Crannoc and Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier. In their breaks from their respective work, they would chew over one final adventure for the year with their fellows over at the Burning Witch or among the stacks of the Athenaeum of the Dying Sun. Soon, most of Orm would shut down for the Winter Solstice. The Ormens would partake in ancient ceremony to coax the Sun to not recline in final rest but shine its light upon this world for another year. Meanwhile, members of the Transcendental Congress of the Aureate Precepts would venture off to the Halls of the Brilliant Assembly to present their magical research and obtuse debate about the minutia of the Precepts that bind their order. Two topics of plunder rose to the top of the conversation for th

Kiddo's player Cullen shared this image during the session the Frieze of the Seven Archons was discovered. How could I not let the magnificence of its design override my more Greek-inspired conception of the wonder the party had discovered?   On a previous delve into the Great Cavern below the complex, a party of adventurers based out of the Burning Witch discovered a magnificent work of holy art: The Frieze of the Seven Archons of Law . One of the party members, Bludoon, was able to surmise from his observations from his time cooking for some dwarven construction teams that it would take a skilled construction team under the guidance of a seasoned engineer to pull off the transportation of the Frieze to the surface. Another of the group's number, the bard Fancy, met with his patron the Duke Clavis of Far Anterra  about sponsoring such an expedition upon the parry's return to Orm. It took Duke Clavis a but of time to assemble a crew for such an unusual project. It was dif

This post is the start of a new track on this blog. Previously, Underworld Adventurer has served a functional purpose of management for my Twilight Age campaign. The beginning of December, Sean McCoy tweeted about and then later  wrote on Substack about an idea he is calling #Dungeon23. The concept is simple: create a megadungeon in 2023 by writing a room a day and a level a month. A bunch of folks got inspired to take up the #Dungeon23 project. I am among them. I plan to post here about once a week or so with my progress on the megadungeon with more regular updates over on my instagram. View this profile on Instagram Underworld Adventure (@ underworldadventure ) • Instagram photos and videos That is about the end of my established plans for #Dungeon23. Some folks have pretty develop ideas of what they aim to do for their megadungeon but I am looking at the endeavor as a chance to engage in some creative play. Before the pandemic, I used to spend a lot of time i