The Legacy of Dalganaf: Part 1

Dear Champions of Vildanel,

I hope this writing finds you well, as you have gone to a place where my network's delivery capabilities are somewhat limited.  Please note that the article herein is at present time not for public release.  After speaking with both Ghisale and Morris I have come to understand the importance of your work's clandestine nature, and therefor for the time being these works shall serve only as a private chronicle of your accomplishments until such a time as it is appropriate for disclosure.

Khelek

In recent days speculation had begun to mount that our saviors from the gnolls had departed the region eastbound as quickly as they had arrived.  However, it is now known through reports from The Wandering Wyvern in Iriaebor that the adventurers have instead departed north toward the lost dwarven city of Dalganaf along with a guide by the name of Nettles who descends from that same city.  Scant few details of Dalganaf are known to the public - largely due to the secretive nature of the city's descendants - though it is known that Dalganaf was abandoned and sealed shut nearly two-hundred years ago.  It is also known that Dalganaf was not a major dwarven power and did not purvey conventional dwarven mining facilities.  Instead, Dalganaf's chief export of record was magical armaments furnished by its elaborate foundry. This facility allegedly hosted an ancient apparatus known as a "green-flame forge" or "spellforge".

Our heroes likely proceeded northbound toward the arc of the Southern Sunset Mountains where Dalganaf was known to have resided.  Along the way it is believed that they slew another small band of orcs and then slid cautiously through orc territory in the foothills where they may have caused some alarm and were forced to progress hastily.  At this time there is no evidence to suggest they were caught or otherwise harmed by the orcs.  Editorial suspicion suggest that Nettles is well versed of paths into Dalganaf that would be otherwise difficult to traverse, such as waste or water-ways.

In full honesty, our reporting network is not well-suited for subterranean activity, so efforts are being made to widen our capabilities and continue to provide this essential service of chronicling what could well be an adventure of paramount importance for the region.

Kelehk of the Quill

Leaffall 14, 1491

Venture Eastward

Today comes news from Iriaebor, City of a Thousand Spires, the Heartland's Gateway to the East.  Reports confirm that the Champions of Vildanel were involved in thwarting an assault by marauding orcs against a wagon transporting young nobleman Grenville Lesterac, Baron of Lesterac.  Lesterac is a small, private municipality in the Heartlands and is Vildanel's nearest neighbor.  At this time it is not believed that Lesterac was assaulted during the gnoll attack despite its proximity and relative value as a target.  The young baron was escorted by his servant Venaire and two armed guards that seemed ill-equipped to stand against a full band of orcs.

Although the timely intervention of the heroes was fortuitous, it is also believed to be coincidental: our information reports that the heroes were not sent to aid the baron, but rather to take on a new mission in the vicinity of Iriaebor, and at the time of this writing it is believed that the heroes are currently residing there seeking a contact of unknown origin.

With information about the nature of this new mission being sparse, this has lead our organization to speculate: we believe that the heroes were sent to Iriaebor at the behest of Ghisale to recover items pertinent to her important work on the plateau.

Concerning the plateau, we have received word that the first band of returning refugees - a well-furnished contingent of a dozen young men and women - have arrived back at the village bounds to begin their work of cleaning up and organizing the reconstruction effort.  In a statement to one of our correspondents, young Seb Morove offered the following statement upon looking at on his ruined homeland for the first time in near a month: "Never have I seen a place that looks so familiar, and yet so new."

Kelehk of the Quill

Leaffall 10, 1491

Wealthy Investor Seeking Opportunities to Rebuild Vildanel!

Amidst all the positive news emerging in the wake of Vildanel's fall, regional investor "The Sellance Company" has issued an offer of moderate loans - up to 800 gold worth of materials and labor - to individuals seeking to construct businesses in the Vildanel village center.  Furthermore, these loans will be offered without collateral for any refugees of the gnoll attacks who return to Vildanel to rebuild.  Sellance will be offering revenue-based repayment options, implying that they will be heavily incentivized to promote the success of these businesses.

A representative of Sellance by the name of Morris offered the following statement: "Sellance has always prided itself on using capital growth to heal and elevate communities, and the largest untapped source of capital in The Heartlands at this time is from adventuring.  Fortunately, we are now witnessing the leading edge of a new wave of adventurers in The Heartlands, and victimized municipalities such as Vildanel stand to benefit greatly from this surge."

Morris indicated that Sellance played a pivotal role in locating the source of the poisoned groundwater at Vildanel.  He also suggested that the gnolls likely employed a demonic entity for this nefarious task, or that such a demon might be feeding off of an unknown magic power source in the plateau's aquifer.  This entity has allegedly been dispatched by our local heroes.

In related news, reports indicate that mysterious stones - perhaps tied to this unknown magic - continue to be discovered in the region, and that Ghisale and Rin likely continue their archaeological work though the whereabouts of their worksite are still unknown.

Kelehk of the Quill

Leaffall 7, 1491