Damn, that’s a long and confusing title. 

We’ll be gaming again over Christmas and in order to bring all of the information in this campaign together, I’ll be releasing sectioned pieces of relevant information, finally ending in a story arc summary.  I’ll try and keep the summaries in bullet-point form, as well as keep them short and high-level.  As of now, there are 4 story arcs, and within two or three sessions all of them should come together to form one cooperative plot that you guys can all ride out until the end of the campaign.

This post summarizes the 7 magi that are mentioned in the back-story and summoning of the Ancient Evil.  You’ve interacted with some, so a few of these NPCs should be familiar.  Here they are:

THE PALE COMMANDER (Evil, Lich, DEAD) – Attempted to control the Ancient Evil for his own dominance.  He was the last surviving magi and was killed by the group underneath Cherrywood.  When he realized he could not obtain the Commands of the Gods, he brought the Ancient Evil to the Moonshaes where he began spreading it among the populous.

MARZUL (Evil, Lich, DEAD) – An ex-cleric of Cyric who returned back to his faith.  He was killed by Mask after buying the sword (and his phylactery) from the group for a high price.  Unbeknown to him, he was to be executed by the Pale Commander and The Puppet Master after he was done playing his role.

THE PUPPET MASTER (Evil, Lich, DEAD) – Working with the Pale Commander to retrieve the Commands of the Gods.  He assembled a group of lieutenants and assaulted the  Moonshaes, attempting to open the alignment gates.He was killed (twice) by the group, but managed to keep his phylactery hidden.  He was betrayed by the Commander and his phylactery was given freely to the group, who destroyed it.

BERIMAAN (Unknown Alignment, Human, Consumed) -Killed by the Ancient Evil during the battle between Selune and Demagorgon.  His essence, along with two other of the original magi, remain trapped within the creature.  He is helping the group through the Belly of the Beast, in order to find the one thing that will kill it.

UNKNOWNS 1 & 2 (Unknown Alignment, Human, Consumed) – Killed, along with Berimaan, during the original conception of the Beast. It is not known if they have joined the collective mind of the creature, or if they are still independent.

UNKNOWN 3 (Neutral, Human, DEAD) – Killed by the Pale Commander and Puppet Master long ago for not conspiring with their plans of power.