The grey folk

Grey folk have been living in the valley long before we arrived and there was peace for a while then the orc tribes decided for no reason we have figured out that the valley belonged to them, there have been many skirmishes with them and they recruited the Kobolds and remaining giants to their cause.

Many in the valley would love to see them completely eradicated but the council will not go down that path as we believe that all living things should find a way to live peacefully together.

Something of late has stirred the Skel and it appears they are working with the grey folk, to what ends we do not yet know...

The shield

The order of the Shield started early in the creation of the Guardians when Lord Pantere betrayed his own men and his Royal guard slew him during the early stages of the plain’s war. Commander Galdren was the head of the Royal guard and he and his men withdrew to a guardian tower in the plains of Hredra.

He offered his alliance to, and swore to protect the Weavers with a life oath, and so the Order of the Shield was born.

We are the Shield, we are the strong arm and we are the keepers of peace...

The Redhand

The Redhand were former soldiers and Weavers of the coalition army during the plain’s war. When it was over, a large group split from the main host to become mercenaries and called themselves the Redhand and started wearing red armor.

After the Rift creatures were hunted down they were all but out of work and eventually turned to banditry and slaving. They are spread across Zuun and are hunted down almost everywhere they are found.

Some larger groups have formed small city states in the wild regions of the land and have yet to be dealt with...

Thunder Eye Keep

Thunder Eye Keep as it was once called, sits atop Thunder peak, it is one of many in the valley that we have researched and used to our advantage many times.

We believe that they were built by the ancestors of the Thunder Giants and were far superior in intellect and craftsmanship than the brutes of today.

The guardians claimed it for one of their towers long ago but the last Guardian to reside there left in favor of Wardens Pass in these peaceful times.

Rumor has it that the Thunder Giants have reclaimed it, or something worse, you are here to find out what is going on and reclaim the Guardian Tower...

Weavers

We are the Weavers, you may also know us as mages, warlocks, witches and the like, it matters not, we are Weavers.

We weave the essence, the life energies of every living thing in the land. We can form this essence into weaves that protect or harm, give life or take it.

We can create and destroy, there is no evil in the weaving only the Weaver. This is what became of the RiftWeavers who sought to control others through use of the rifts and became mad with power.

We sought allies in hunting them down and found many of like mind, so the Guardians came to be. One RiftWeaver in particular, Jael, glimpsed what hid in the Rift and turned from his brothers to become our first council member and leader. When the rift started spewing it’s creatures into our lands others joined him...

Guardians

We come from all races and nations. We answer to no one. Our word is law. Our death is our promise to you. We are your shield, we are the guardians.

We formed during the Plain’s war, at first to hunt down those we named RiftWeavers. Those with the power to tear the fabric of space asunder. We are the Shield, the Shadow and the Weavers.

One from each order makes the council and is the final arbiter in all guardian matters. When the creatures from the rift started coming through we where the first to do battle with them and we are the ones that rallied the forces of the land to push them back, at terrible cost.

Since then, we have provided protection to all in the land and we are a power unto ourselves. But these are peaceful times, or so we think...

The Rift

Many years ago, before the formation of the Guardians, there was a group of Weavers who explored their art a little to deeply, the result, Rifts, tears in time and space to other lands.

When they learned how to control them they became very powerful indeed, travel from one location to another could happen instantaneously, but not without risk as a few would find out, this particular ability still exists today but has been fashioned into a new weave that is safer for the traveler.

The powers that be at the time vied to control those that controlled the Rift and the plain’s war began, this lasted for 12 years and only ended because we where forced to unite.

As we used the rifts to travel, to our utter ruin we found out that other creatures did to...

Venta valley

This valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides. Green and lush with diverse plant and animal life. The valley had seen strife during the plain’s war but the Guardian tower, Overwatch Keep, has stood empty in these peaceful times.

We are on the outskirts of the continent of Zuun and usually far from strife and war. The council sends a new Guardian every 10 years to watch over us and report any trouble they may find.

You are that new Guardian...

The Warlock

The boy, who would be hero, was, for all intents and purposes, a little blonde haired, blue eyed devil, so his mother would say, before she was killed by a rockslide. He was constantly under foot and had to be pulled out of Cravens Tower more than once. His father even caught him as far as the the Guardians old tower, Overwatch Keep. Yes, he was a handful but he was bright, quick to learn and jovial of nature. His father assumed he would work with him at the blacksmith shop, but on the day of Sundering, his sixteenth year when he would have to choose his life path, a Guardian came passing through town that very day.

Know one knows where he was headed or why he stopped at Wardens Pass but it is well known that a Guardian can sense power in another, and that is when there was a knock at the door.......