Second Great Dwarf War | dungeonsanddragons

Prelude

In the wake of the Great Dwarf War, the victorious nations formed a Dwarven League to prevent further mass-wars from engulfing the continent. But the Dwarven League’s existence was almost entirely symbolic. The Mujikans are rapidly mobilizing forces for another war and Txahal- once against Mujika- is now expanding into an empire with Mujikan support. In the Elven Lands of Si, the Richu Empire has begun a full-scale invasion of the mainland.

In between the continents on Turtle Island, the Fur Dwarf nation of Larrunana has enjoyed relative peace in their isolation from world events. A rapid increase of crime as a result of a massive economic depression has led to a rise in vigilantism as masked heroes have begin fighting crime in major cities. In an attempt to stem the tide of the oncoming war, and to investigate rumors of a demonic puppeteer; five of these masked heroes have sent out a call for all masked vigilantes to meet to establish a union of heroes tasked with saving the world from the oncoming world war.

Throughout the campaign, players will guide their characters on missions assigned by the League alongside one of the main five members- Black Knight (a dwarven merchant's son turned crime fighter), White Knight (a half-elf from the destroyed realm of the half-elf gods raised in Larrunana), Neshir (a human paladin and the most recent half-demon), Rowai (A half-dwarf prince from the Santos Realm), and Princess Keremet (veteran of the First Great Dwarf War and ambassador of her native Inti'ah warrior women).

The timeline begins in 3941 shortly before the Richu raid on a Larrunana island outpost and ends with the use of the Tri-Weapon explosion over the skies of the Richu territory. Along the way, players will not only need to deal with the side-effects of the Second Great Dwarf War, but also attempt to hold together an organization of vigilantes falling apart as rapidly as it was constructed, and at the same time try to prevent the use of the mysterious Tri-Weapon. Players will go on one mission per season (four per year) and may chose which hero(es) they chose to go on mission with. Below is a list of possible missions and with which hero the party will work beside.

Encounter Plots

Autumn 3941

A) The Man Who Laughs

- Main Hero: Black Knight

- Mission Report: The party will need to locate and neutralize a circus clown terrorizing the streets of Nuevo Eborekon.

Winter 3942

A) Alliance

- Main Hero: White Knight

- Mission Report: The party will need to investigate a Richu Elf internment camp in Southwest Larrunana for information on Richu Empire battle strategies for the war.

B) Evacuation Day

- Main Hero: Rowai

- Mission Report: A top Larrunana general has recently been named Allied Commander of the Ocean of Peace Front. The party will have to assist Rowai in evacuating the general besieged by Richu Imperial forces in the Northern Fairy Islands.

Spring 3942

A) Heart of Darkness

- Main Hero: Neshir

- Mission Report: The party will need to investigate a colony in Central Aliaanza'nchi's Black Forest where colonial authorities have lost contact with their new frontier sheriff recently turned vampire.

B) Battle of Middle Island

- Main Hero: Rowai

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist Rowai in a naval battle between Larrunana and Richu naval forces in the Central Ocean of Peace

Summer 3942

A) Commando

- Main Hero: Rowai

- Mission Report: The party will assist Rowai and Labana rangers infiltrate a Jabalina dry dock used by the occupying Mujikan military as a repair center for damaged warships. There, the party encounters a vampire anti-paladin and the Mujikan plans to exterminate the Coastal Half-Elves.

Autumn 3942

A) Battle of the Wyvern Nest

- Main Hero: Princess Keremet

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist Keremet and the Larrunana Marines battling in the Eastern Isles of Wisdom.

Winter 3943

A) Wind Talkers

- Main Hero: Princess Keremt

- Mission Report: The party will need to negotiate with the Nimipu Drow Nation in Western Larrunana in an attempt to get the drow to allow the Larrunana Dawarves to use their spirit language in the Second Great Dwarf War.

B) Avalanche

- Main Hero: White Knight

- Mission Report: The party and White Knight will have to battle a hill giant attacking a small town in Eastern Larrunana.

Spring 3943

A) Cheetah

- Main Hero: Princess Keremet

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist Keremet in investigating a supposed were-jaguar attacking children in a small half-orc village in Northern Hattun.

B) Fancy Suit Riots

- Main Hero: White Knight

- Mission Report: The party will need to work with White Knight to pacify a riot between Larrunana soldiers on leave in a Southwest Larrunana city and the deep gnome immigrants there.

Summer 3943

A) Swamp Thing

- Main Hero: Neshir

- Mission Report: The party will need to work with Neshir in investigating a swamp monster in Southern Larrunana who turns out to be a dwarf transformed into a hideous monster by an evil wizard professor.

Autumn 3943

A) Pumice Stone

- Main Hero: Black Knight

- Mission Report: The Black Knight need's the party's help tracking down the lost Pumice Stone after it went missing shortly before a meeting between the leaders of the Larrunana Dwarves, Labana Dwarves, and Otvud Gnomes. The conference complicates when White Knight arrives to argue with Black Knight.

B) Battle of Storyteller Atoll

- Main Hero: Rowai

- Mission Report: The party will have to assist Rowai and Larrunana Marines storming the beaches of Storyteller Atoll against Richu Imperial Forces.

Winter 3944

A) Ancient Blade

- Main Hero: Princess Keremet

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist Keremet and a small team of rangers infiltrate the Txahal capital and fight the Txahal Emperor and his werewolf bodyguards. Keremet is mortally wounded in the duel against the emperor who wields the Ancient Blade.

B) Land of Giants

- Main Hero: White Knight

- Mission Report: The party will have to assist White Knight in fighting a mountain giant attacking a large town in Southern Hattun. After the mission, the white Knight resigns from the League.

Spring 3944

A) Black and White

- Main Hero: White Maiden

- Mission Report: The party garners the assistance of White Knight's cousin- White Maiden- after the former becomes possessed by a mind flayer and begins terrorizing the West Spessartite capital.

B) Great Escape

- Main Hero: Black Knight

- Mission Report: Black Knight and the party infiltrate a Mujikan held prisoner of war camp and assist the soldiers there in a prison break.

C) Invasion

- Main Hero: Songbird

- Mission Report: The party will drop behind enemy lines with Songbird ahead of the planned invasion of Mujikan held territory in Western Zezen. There, the party and Songbird will work beside Jabalina resistance forces sabotage Mujikan artillery.

Summer 3944

A) Hail Hydra

- Main Hero: Rowai

- Mission Report: The party arrives on an island off the coast of Eastern Larrunana to prevent a hydra from destroying the towns there. In the fight, the other League members arrive to help. After an argument with the League, Black Knight admits someone stole his plans for defeating the League heroes and decided to quit the organization.

Autumn 3944

A) Dead Island

- Main Hero: Emerald Knight

- Mission Report: The party heads to an island in the Southeast Ocean of Peace where local authorities have lost contact with the town there. The party finds the island infested with ghouls and must survive long enough for the island self-defense Night Marchers to arrive.

B) Laughing Gas

- Main Hero: Black Knight

- Mission Report: The Clown is terrorizing Nuevo Eborekon through the use of poisoned water.

C) Bird of Prey

- Main Hero: Songbird

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist songbird in tracking down and arresting a mass murderer in the Jabalina capital.

Winter 3945

A) Hawk Man

- Main Hero: Neshir

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist Neshir in ivestigating an impostor wearing her Hawk Armor in her native Miseer. The impostor is hunting gnolls and were-hyena and the party and Neshir find the impostor to be Neshir's Guardian. After the mission, Neshir resigns from the League.

B) Cold War

- Main Hero: Emerald Knight

- Mission Report: Mujikan forces are counterattacking the allies along the Olatuak-Mujika border. The party will need to assist Emerald Knight and a group of trapped Larrunana Jumpers defend a small town surrounded by the Mujikan Army.

Spring 3945

A) Clayface

- Main Hero: Fleet

- Mission Report: The party will need to assist Fleet- Neshir's replacement- investigate a group of rogue half-elves in Central Zezen who are building a weapon they plan to use against the evil Mujikan anti-paladins. After the mission, the party learns the Mujikan Empire has surrendered to the allies and the war in Zezen is over.

Summer 3945

B) Jaws

- Main Hero: None

- Mission Report: Black Knight sends word to the party the Larrunanans have the Tri-Weapon and that it is headed to the front lines of the war in the Ocean of Peace. The party finds the ship which carried the weapon to the front, but becomes shipwrecked when the boat is sunk by a Richu water drake. They will have to survive at sea against waves of sharks until Black Knight arrives to rescue them. The party learns the Larrunanans have already used the bomb, ending the war, and bringing the Three Demons back to the realm.

Non-Player Characters

Allied Armies

Larrunana

- Heavy Infantry: Iron Helm, Hide Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Spear, Shortsword, Dagger

- Light Infantry: Iron Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Crossbow, Shortsword, Dagger

- Rangers: Iron Helm, Hide Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Crossbow, Shortsword, Dagger

- War Wagons: Oxen; Scorpion; Iron Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Shortsword, Dagger

- War Elephants: Elephant; Ballista; Iron Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Shortsword, Dagger

- Medium Artillery: Onager; Iron Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Shortsword, Dagger

- Light Artillery: Ballista; Iron Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Shortsword, Dagger

- Army Fighter Pilots: Giant Eagle; Leather Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Shoes; Shortsword, Dagger

- Army Bomber Pilots: Roc; Leather Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Shoes; Shortsword, Dagger

- Jumpers: Iron Helm, Hide Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Boots, Gaiters; Shortbow, Shortsword, Dagger

- Naval Pilots: Pegasi; Leather Helm, Leather Armor, Tunic, Cotton Trousers, Leather Shoes; Shortsword, Dagger

- Cruisers: 0 Decks, 1 Scorpion

- Destroyers: 1 Deck, 1 Ballista

- Floating Stables: 1 Deck, 75 Pegasi

Labana (East Spessartites)