Saviors of Pompeii

Saviors of Pompeii was a campaign that began in the summer of 2020, my first campaign on Discord/Roll20 using people from the Internet. It takes place in the province of Roma, the heart of the Roman Empire and home of the capitol city of Rome in the year 464 AP.

Our tale begins in Pompeii, at the Festival of Fire, a celebration of the events that saved the city from certain volcanic destruction 400 years prior. Our heroes, Tyra, a half elf Artificer, Rhodias, a half elf Bard, "Cloe" a human Cleric, and Prosophus, an aasimar Sorcerer, ran into each other during the festivities. Near the end of the day, the townsfolk gathered in the central square where the city put on a play depicting the events that saved Pompeii all those years ago. The star of the show was High Priestess Corianna, playing herself 400 years prior.

During this play, a mysterious robed figure unleashed a mighty and unknown spell upon Corianna, taking the form of a ghostly fiery bolt. One of her fellow troupe members shielded her from the brunt of the spell, causing massive burns to his upper body, as the mysterious figure fled the scene. Though our heroes gave chase, the hooded man managed to escape. Upon returning to the scene of the attack, the party saw that the troupe member that had saved Corianna’s life had been completely petrified, his body turned into a plaster cast of what it had formerly been.

Days later, after seeking out herbs that Corianna thought might revive the man who saved him, Corianna informed the party that the condition was permanent. There was nothing more anyone could do. What was more, the unknown fire spell seemed to have a larger area of effect than previously thought. Corianna had miscarried, her unborn child just as plaster as the man who gave his life for his city's leader. In her anguish, Corianna asked the party to find whoever did this, bring them to justice, find out why they did what they did, and make sure it would never happen again.

Gathering information from witnesses led our heroes South to the nearby port town of Naples, where the unknown assailant had boarded a one man craft and set sail for shores unknown. Thier trail gone cold, the group decided to check in town for anyone who may have seen the figure in question. At the local inn and bar, they ran into Tordis, a young artifcer apprentice from Tyra's home village of Javraig in northern Nordsted.

[unfinished]