Adventure Overview and Tracker
Stakes and Overarching Goals
Secure the Eye of Goram
- Keep it safe and hidden.
- Consider deception tactics to mislead Rath Modar.
Investigate Wulgreth and Netherese Lore
- Research Wulgreth’s lair near the Dire Wood.
- Connect his history to Karsus and Zar’thal.
- Determine if his knowledge can be recovered before Rath Modar
Rescue Saltare’s Family / Investigate Anauroch Dig Site
- Confront Red Wizards enslaving people.
- Recover artifacts being unearthed.
Consult Hierophant Pheszelton
- Seek wisdom from an immortal.
- Learn more about the Forgotten Forest fire, the fate of Torji’s people, and the Eye.
Strengthen Alliances
- Check in with Blackstaff, Paladinson, and Trilluach in Waterdeep.
- Ensure allies and entrusted items remain secure.
Advance Trading Company Plans
- Finalize company name.
- Repurpose Thrane’s warehouse into an open market.
- Use profits to support the party and compensate families of fallen soldiers.
Smaller Tasks
- Identify the Drow priestess’s ring (with Oghma clerics).
- Interrogate prisoners (Red Wizards, sorcerer, beholder, demon, Berbalang) for links to Rath Modar and Netherese artifacts.
- Research High Magic and Netheril in Tall Trees and Rheitheillaethor.
- Prepare for Wulgreth’s return by locating or destroying his phylactery.
- Investigate connections between cults (Fey realm statue, Netheril ruins, Dire Wood).
Character Goals and Longterm Plans
Torji Reese ( and Lieutenant Mittens)
Torji's Short‑Term Goals
- Secure Protective and Enhancing Items
- Acquire Rings, Amulets, and something like an Arcane Grimoire to protect himself from mental manipulation strengthen his spellbook bond to better intertwine his soul with it.
- These are meant to reinforce mental and physical self to better safeguard knowledge and resist corruption.
- Investigate Wulgreth & Karsus’s Folly
- Research Wulgreth’s lair near the Dire Wood; connect the history of Karsus and Zar’thal.
- Learn why Wulgreth allied with others and what knowledge he may still guard.
- Recover fragments of Netherese lore before Rath Modar does. Especially the Lost Tome of Zar'thal.
- Meet Hierophant Pheszelton
- Gain wisdom from an immortal who embodies restraint and stewardship.
- Ask about the Forgotten Forest fire, the fate of Torji’s people, and maybe figure out the Eye of Goram.
- Temper Torji’s ambition and give him a model for “immortality without corruption.”
- Rescue Saltare’s Family / Investigate Anauroch Dig Site
- Join the party in confronting Red Wizards enslaving people at Netherese ruins.
- Opportunity to recover artifacts for future library use.
- Work with Allies and Companions on magical artifacts
- Help the party understand some of the magial artifacts (like the Eye of Goram)
- Overcome corrupting influences and regain control of his mind and body.
- Develop the bond with the Lt. Mittens to grow his bond with magic and the nature of life.
Torji’s Long‑Term Goals
- Resolve His Origins
- Discover the truth of the Forgotten Forest fire, his parents, and the maple‑leaf birthmark.
- Identify any ties to defenders of the forest or to ancient gnome magic.
- Create a Demi‑Plane Library and Living Repository of Magic
- As his spellbook grows, begin rituals to anchor it and himself into the Weave.
- Eventually expand into a demi‑plane that serves as a safe vault of magic and knowledge — a backup against future catastrophes like Karsus’s Folly or the Spellplague.
- Preserves spells, artifacts, and lore for generations, ensuring magic survives responsibly.
- Merge with the Weave (Immortality through Knowledge)
- Instead of a lich’s phylactery, Torji’s spellbook and library in the demiplane become his anchor.
- His consciousness tied to the Weave, living nearly forever as a guardian of magical knowledge.
- Found a Sanctuary of Magic
- Establish a living place of magic and knowledge akin to Candlekeep, but with transparency and safety.
- Invite scholars, adventurers, and clerics to contribute knowledge.
- Protect against misuse by enforcing wards and ethical guidelines.
- Safeguard Against Future Magical Catastrophes
- Use his vault to safeguard against repeats of Karsus’s Folly or the Spellplague.
- Collect dangerous artifacts (Eye of Goram, Netherese relics) and store them safely.
