Under the influence of one of the Blight plants, Damalanthas slays Jimmy MacCaret with the Life Blade.

2705:2:21-30
The Simipian Merchants’ Guild enters into an agreement with the RMA to distribute "life crystals" (more accurately known as "mind crystals").

It is discovered that magic items are being transported from an unknown desert location to the southern city of Sunhaven.

Roshilda of the halflings invokes the ritual of Metroffen on Joranth, giving the halfling only one month to find the Sceptre of Mundiree and forcing him to consider forswearing his faith in Cha-im.

An aarakocran community in the Pirsian mountains is rescued from the blight and resettled at the University of Craft and Thought.

In Pirs, Burr uncovers some sort of plot by Wanwier. It involves a place referred to as "Nyarex". Burr is almost killed by Wanwier’s hit men, but is daringly rescued by Damalanthas and Tekuna. Wanwier is also holding Commander Tolmaq hostage somewhere in Pirs.

Gerund the Portly (advisor to Fengar the Grey) is assassinated in Rotan. Shortly before his death, he had leaked details of negotiations between Urgari and the dark elves to King Anwell.

The lizardman army invades Waterloaf.

A mind crystal is found in Belimirar’s possession. Souriin orders all University residents to avoid all contact with the crystals. Belimirar later exhibits strange abilities as the result of his contact with the crystal.

A cryptic letter from the Hood leads to the unearthing of an illithid body in a shallow grave a few leagues north of Rotan.

The dark elves wipe out four small villages located south of the Ivrean mountain range.

The wood elf Owen arrives in Rotan, carrying a statuette from Camanthalar. He tells tales of a great "shimmering" in the deep forest to the south.

The missing Manticorum blade surfaces in Simipia. At the end of the month, the Lords travel to Simipia to try to recover the blade. They frantically follows clues to the whereabouts of the blade, but at the last minute it is snatched from their grasp by a group of illithids.

2705:3:1-10
The Lords meet the King’s Fool for the first time.

Camanthalar is killed during an experimental attempt to remove the blight in the northern forests of Miris.

Famine sweeps across the island of Tilloniti. Most of the remaining residents travel south to Feroll.

Euvgeni commands troops from Outreach to begin marching on the desert-city of Béray.

Athalar pays Souriin a surprise visit. He and Areena have been visiting the Empire and it seems that something bad has happened to Areena.

Sepyt leave Rotan, on an unknown private quest. He is joined by several other prominent religious figures.

Damalanthas, Tekuna, Joranth and Owen successfully hunt and slay a behir – a dragon-like creature that has been terrorising the local population north east of Rotan. They also discover what appears to be an entrance to the dark elf lands beneath the earth.

A new treaty is negotiated between Rotan and Miris, normalising their relationship and ensuring co-operation in fighting the blight.

2705:3:11-20
The Lords of Rotan travel to Pirs and unravel a complex plot involving two rival hives of beholders and Wanwier. They free Tolmaq and discover that Wanwier has been ensorcelled by some sort of magical necklace. During the chaos and fierce fighting that takes place with the beholders, many of the buildings in Pirs are destroyed or damaged.

Urged on by Joranth’s increasingly strange behaviour (he keeps having seizures), the Lords travel to Waterloaf, capital of the halfling/gnome nation. It is under the command of the lizardmen, but the bulk of the lizard army itself is now moving northwards towards Béray. Strange creatures have been seen in the city recently, caused by Gnurr’s aborted attempt to open a magical gate in the local graveyard.

The Lords negotiate with Sslisua, a lizardman priestess. She agrees to take them safely to the army, provided they rid Waterloaf of "the dark". Investigating the graveyard in Waterloaf, the Lords are almost overcome by a powerful apparition. As the last moment, Joranth finds the cause of the open portal (a pendant) and throws into the open portal, closing it permanently.

Damalanthas takes one last look into the closing portal and sees something which drives him insane. Once he recovers, he is unable to recall what he saw.

In the same graveyard, Damalanthas finds what appears to be his mother’s grave.

2705:3:21-30
In Rotan, Burr is arrested for attempting to murder Wanwier.

When the Lords reach Béray, they meet with ZzerisS (the highdreamer of the lizardmen) and Marques de Merrin (diplomatic envoy of Queen Allys). The three parties agree not to act until the Lords have followed the lizard prince to Je-Lorak – the Ruined City.

In the Ruined City, the Lords encounter a very strange race of trolls patrolling the city. The trolls are able to use some sort of magical items and communicate with each other. While they explore the city, a strange raven leads the Lords to the Throbbing Harp – a gift to the people of Je-Lorak from Wiobra, god of Death.

An immense battle ensues between the trolls and the heroes. Joranth is mortally wounded and the Lords fight hard to draw the trolls away from his body. They retreat to the temple in the middle of the city.

The avatar of Mundiree, goddess of the halflings, brings Prince Fen-Reshk’s body to the temple. She explains that far to the north, the trolls have finally overcome and enslaved the ogre race. Within a year, the trolls will arrive on this continent and a Great War will ensue. The only hope for the survival of the people of these lands is to stand united against the trollish forces. Cha-im wants Joranth to slay the Lizard Prince, so that a fierce and bloody war will begin immediately. Mundiree warns that this course of events will lead to the extinction of the lizardmen and eventually, many of the other races.

Joranth chooses to spare the Lizard Prince’s life and is struck down by vengeful Cha-im. Earthquakes wrack the Ruined City and the trolls attack the Lords. Once more, the Lords fight for their lives as they attempt to drive off the trolls. During the battle, Euvgeni slays the lizard priestess Ssislua and the lords take the Lizard Prince captive.

In the aftermath of the battle, Damalanthas extracts a promise from Mundiree that wherever halflings are welcome, crops will be bountiful.

Souriin and Euvgeni teleport back to Waterloaf with Joranth’s body. They initiate a mass migration of halflings north towards Rotan with Joranth’s body on a bier at the head of the massive procession. This is part of the drive to resettle halflings throughout the northern lands.

Thoylin reports that scouts to New Ivrea claim that the blight there has suddenly vanished.

Owen, Damalanthas, Perrin and Prince Fen-Reshk meet the lizardmen army travelling in the opposite direction. They learn that ZzerisS has declared a holy war on Outreach in retaliation of the slaying of Sslisua, who had been chosen to be the next High Dreamer. After some terse discussions with Prince Fen-Reshk and ZzerisS, they part ways with the lizardmen and continue towards Béray.

Euvgeni and Souriin travel to Outreach to prepare the Council there for the lizardmen invasion.

2705:4:1-10
During a formal meeting with Queen Allys in Béray, Souriin, Euvgeni and Damalanthas discover that the Tel have been slaves of the illithids for many generations. The illithid use the Tel people as breeding stock. Queen Allys also alludes to the mining of a "deep rock" which may be the source of the mind crystals.

The Lords begin preparing for a "Council of War" – a meeting of leaders from across the lands to discuss the coming troll invasion. The Lords begin contacting these leaders and persuading them to attend.

After Fengar defies representatives of King Kanharn of Urgari in favour of supporting Rotan, relations between Urgari and Rotan deteriorate. King Anwell expels the Urgarian delegation from Rotan City. In retaliation, Urgari expels all Rotan traders and cuts off diplomatic contact with Rotan.

Owen finds a group of refugees from the villages south of the Ivrean mountains. They claim to have been released by the dark elves. They also reveal that the dark elves claim to have removed the blight at New Ivrea "as a token".

The Outreach forces involved in Operation Hydra slow the lizardmen down through a series of skirmish attacks.

Owen leads a group of warriors into the Blight at the Goblin caves. They suffer heavy casualties, but Owen is able to establish that the entire blight area has some level of sentience. The Blight seems to be deadly because the strange trees, shrubs and creatures co-operate with each other to deal with intruders.

Damalanthas meets personally with King Anwell and resigns his Lordship of Rotan and all of his official duties. The King is extremely upset.

2705:4:11-20
Souriin visits the Eastern Isle and meets the baku, a strange race of elephant-like psionic creatures. He learns of a conspiracy between the baku, the Empire and the illithids to "subvert" the humans living on the mainland. He also discovers that when the Lords of Rotan last visited the island, the baku placed some sort of mental block on them, providing them with exceptional resistance to psionic attacks and possibly also changing their memories of the past.

Owen visits "The Mark" – the site of Camanthalar’s attempt to remove the Blight. He is not able to determine much from his visit, but does find a few shards of what was probably the massive Blight Crystal at the centre of the infected area.

Dagaronzie, a huge green dragon, attacks some of the Outreach forces. Later, the dragon attacks Outreach City directly. After failing to handle the wily dragon directly, the Lords decide to explore other alternatives. Souriin transports the Green and Brass Dragon Paintings from Rotan to Outreach. He activates the Brass Painting and speaks to Polish – a brass dragon living to the far south west. Polish gives him some information about the other dragons, but is really too far away to be very useful.

Damalanthas returns to Rotan to collect some more of the dragon paintings but finds Beloni waiting for him. She agrees to return with the bard to Outreach to confront the green dragon, but will only leave at dawn.

During an attempt to negotiate a truce with the lizardmen, Dagaronzie attacks. Damalanthas is felled, but the attack acts a catalyst to seal the truce. Beloni – who seems to be have driven almost mad by the sight of the green dragon – pursues Dagaronzie. Beloni drives Dagaronzie away, but is serious wounded herself.

Later, Beloni summons the Wizard of the Moon and the Wizard of the Red Orb and declares that the Wizard’s Circle is broken. Souriin later receives an ominous message from the Moon Wizard: "your half-brother has passed the tests. Contact me when you feel ready."

Destiny, a ki-rin, gives Owen a message to take to Damalanthas. Destiny claims that Camanthalar is still alive.

Tekuna, who has been visiting the sea elf community beneath the ocean, is washed up on the Pirsian coast. Her memories of her time with them are somewhat distorted. She remembers some sort of attack by creatures referred to by the sea elves as "The Enemy". During the attack she remembers some sort of bright light, and then nothing more before waking on the beach.

2705:4:21-30
Owen and Tekuna find a passage underneath the main hall at New Ivrea. They deduce that it is another entrance to underground lands of the dark elves.

Royalty and leaders from across the lands arrive in New Ivrea for the Council of War. Many of the attendees are found to have mind crystals. They are rooted out and removed from the Council.

After Rue Niam has a vision of her father (Sepyt) in grave danger, Souriin risks a solo rescue attempt and manages to save Sepyt, the High Seer of Silfey and Sirrian Jandell from the creature known as "Grock". The priests have been attempting to harness the creatiure’s power to help the druid maintain a shield against the trolls.

Illithid attacks on the Manticorum blades leave Destrith permanently injured. A large group of them is repelled from New Ivrea.

After receiving a tip-off from Prince Elryk that he is hiding a mind crystal, Damus and Tekuna confront Lurik Mien – Rotan’s High Priest of Artafor. He refuses to submit to them and they attack him. Lurik plays dead and manages to force a three-way confrontation with the Lords, himself and King Anwell. A bitter argument ensues, but Lurik is eventually sent back to Rotan. Damus, Tekuna and Euvgeni are each ordered to pay a fine to the Temple of Artafor for assaulting the Priest.

2705:5:1-10
The participants at the Council of War spend ten days negotiating a basic treaty outlining future co-operation.

After Helen Du Rant senses a plea from the thri-kreen Li’kik’r, Damalanthas, Owen and Euvgeni travel to Dragondale and discover The Hood hiding there. He seems to be almost completely mad and seems to have been using Li’kik’r as a mental shield, possibly hurting the strange insect-creature permanently.

The Fool arrives in Dragondale and reveals himself to be Nesgasp.

2705:5:21
Damus, Owen and Euvgeni attempt to track down Camanthalar. They explore the lair of a group of cyclopskin somewhere in Pirs and unlock the secrets of a strange orb. Inside the innermost layer or the orb are two objects: a planar summoning scroll and a tuning fork. Damalanthas uses the scroll to summon Camanthalar. The elven wizard is able to given the heroes some valuable information about the blight before fading completely.

2705:5:22
The dwarves of Urgari launch an attack on the dark elves, deep beneath the surface of the land.

Owen, Damalanthas and Euvgeni risk their lives in an attempt to reconfigure the Soul-crystal. They use the tuning fork left by Camanthalar to target a teleport spell on the Soul-crystal. They arrive in a deep underground cavern and find a huge crystal sitting in a pool of strange-smelling brine. After a frantic battle with the illithid forces, Owen is able to use his own crystals to deactivate the Soul-crystal.