The Enduring War

The Enduring War is a five-chapter campaign with the Morthagi as the main enemies, with the story of 1000 years ago woven into the present narrative.

Warning: this page contains spoilers!

Note: the names and genders of the characters in this campaign are randomized. The pronouns used below reflect the gender of the characters in the campaign from which the images were taken.

Chapter 1

The campaign begins with a mysterious Morthagi approaching the party and saying, "Run." Before they can follow, they find themselves in combat with a Spectik and Sommelier. Afterwards, the heroes realize they can't simply go back to being commoners and farmers: they feel called to hunt down Morthagi, and they begin by finding a certain Forge.

1000 Years Ago A man stands in a workshop filled with Morthagi parts. He has received a letter: "I am confident the premise is sound. We can endure." He angrily leaves the workshop, turning out the light, and says, "You can't be serious."

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Spoiler The forge is surrounded by Morthagi and the party can either stick together and push in or surround the Morthagi. The party doesn't need to defeat all enemies to transition to the next part of the fight, they can open the door of the forge to trigger the next event. Inside, they find an aging blacksmith trying to hold off a Morthagi while the mysterious Morthagi from the beginning of the chapter lays fallen next to her. The player gains control of the blacksmith for the remainder of the battle.

Afterwards, the blacksmith admits that the Deepist tattoos on her face were because she was interested in the Deepist's claims about life extension. She volunteers to keep the mysterious Morthagi and study it.

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Chapter 2

One of the heroes meets with the blacksmith during the interval, though they can never really puzzle through how the mysterious Morthagi worked. Eventually, the blacksmith calls the entire party back to her forge to warn them of a wave of Morthagi that are sweeping the countryside. She points them towards where they seem to have all originated from. She says she's been working on a weapon and will meet them there.

1000 Years Ago The woman from 1000 years ago meets up with the man and reasserts her desire to go through with her plan for immortality, and the man repeats how unnatural it is.

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Spoiler After the party leaves the blacksmith, a different mysterious Morthagi approaches her and says that she has the body of its friend. She responds by saying she has many questions for it.

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Chapter 3

The blacksmith is being approached by one of the Enduring and their conversation will have long lasting consequences. The heroes start receiving the messages that surrounding regions are overrun with Morthagi, so once again their services are needed in clearing the land of these mechanical abominations.

1000 Years Ago The woman from 1000 years ago is determined to prove the man that death can be cheated. The man is more and more angry about her ideas, and thinks that it's better to die than become a machine.

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Spoiler After the last Morthagi encampment was cleared, a sudden burst of green light emerged behind the faraway mountains right into the open sky. Eventually the heroes figured out that the light came from the blacksmith’s forge, but when they arrived to investigate, a heavy Morthagi assault is up on them again. Successfully disposing of each and every machine, heroes try to search for the blacksmith but to no avail. So, the only option they have now, is head back to a town and have a nice rest.

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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