Ajax and Rhone make their way to the Dovanite Temple in Berwealde. While there, Ajax works to find a specific Book, while Rhone works to put out the fire engulfing the Temple.
Eressil rushes towards her family home to find that it has been destroyed. Her father and brother dead.
After the party regroups, they are ambushed by a group of powerful foes. At near the same time, another group of friends of the party show up and start to fight. The party is told to run since they have to escape or else all will be lost.
After the party regroups, they are ambushed by a group of powerful foes. At near the same time, another group of friends of the party show up and start to fight. The party is told to run since they have to escape or else all will be lost.
After this, they are tasked with heading to the Dragon's Castle to retrieve the Dragon Font, one of the ancient artifacts of the Dragon King. Each artifact is locked in a warded area, that cannot be accessed by any means, except by those with Artesian Blood. It is believed that each of his artifacts in a phylactery that contains part of his soul and power. Finding them, might help them find a way to destroy the Dragon King.
Background Events:
An experiment was performed on each of them while they were children. This was done, because they each had the latent power of the Artesian people flowing through their veins. If it could be tapped into, maybe they could grow strong enough to defeat the Dragon King, rather than simply hold him at bay. Each of them had a protective barrier around them, that was tied to the land or area in which they were residing. This barrier stopped the lieutenants of the Dragon King from entering the area and breaking the seal that helped to imprison him. Patadorn fell for this very reason, after Zen had left.
- Ajax was left with a caretaker that altered their appearance in order to appear to be his mother. After his caretaker, whom he believed to be his mother, had died early in his life, he found his way to the Mages Guild. Raul the leader of his Caretakers had lost track of the boy until, he was brought to the Mages Guild.
- Ashe is a Half-Fire Genasi, half-human born in the realm of Aujin. Her Father and sister, members of the Burdened, chose to place her in the Gladiator Pits of Ebonrow as a child. Hoping it would give her any Strength she needed should the experiment fail. Her sister Firosa, has shown her self to be far more competent in combat than Ashe.
- Eres while it was believed that Eres was a Wood Elf, it appears as though she was actually half-elf, half-human. The power of the experiment altered her body differently than the others, causing her elven heritage to appear more dominant. Eressil's mother was actually a human. She and her brother had both died during the destruction of Berwealde. Her only living relatives are her Father, and Rhone.
- Rhone new his father was alive and well, but was unaware that his father was a member of the Burdened. It seems that his father provided a broad safety net for Rhone in order to ensure that he would have the stability needed in the future since he knew eccentricities of the other Burdened members.
- Zen is from the Shitari Mountains of Ozos, the mythological home of angels, demons, and devils. Zen is a half-angel, half-human and was given up for adoption so that she can experience the love and joy that is unique to the mortal races.