Beorn's Temple, and Beyond

In the ruins of Beorn's temple great battles erupt as our heroes discover the ancient sanctuary that housed secrets belonging to the Initiative. A wizard and his company of grunts has reanimated dwarven miners to delve through the Temple, their purpose unknown. Defeating the wizard, our group discovers a small cache of Beorn's, including a warforged named S.A.M., gifted by the Ancient Piko Fizzlebottom to any of his descendants.

Leaving the ruins, a garrison of Union troops and their giant proto-Warforged mech awaits them, still seeking our heroes for questioning. S.A.M. is able to reroute our heroes into the golem's system so that they may reroute him, and escape in plain sight. Bypassing the defense systems, the party makes their way to the nearest city.

Arriving at a bustling metropolis, we run back into Tiberius (the soldier who has joined your cause) and Oloren, who have managed to relocate the library headquarters. Over the next few weeks, a few skirmishes break out, and various members of the party venture off on their own to fulfill personal errands. Through trips to the underground market, high magic auctions, temples and more a series of mysteries begin to unravel.

A person named Mr. Grayson has been purchasing high powered arcane items from the auction in Richside, most noted by Dura because of a hammer of Thor included in that list. Tracking down the hammer seems to go wrong, and the buyer sends the arcane school's Arcane Armored guard to hunt down our heroes. Unable to persuade them to come out willingly, they begin attacking random citizens in the street. The weapons were being purchased for Barris, whose image is seen giving commands. The arcane armor attack is defeated, but the city is in disarray.

Over the next few weeks the city breaks into arguments about the mysterious group who defeated the menace. Reports from the high councils state that our heroes were in fact responsible for the fighting, and are the same criminals wanted for the wizard Barris' death. A young street boy comes and tells the team that he saw what they did and knows they are on the side of good. He asks for their hope, assuming that heroes can fight monsters. He hears one approaching.

Massive rains have started, and a booming roar is heard overhead. A dragon circles the city in the clouds. Oloren warns the group to flee, and to meet him at the river so that they may draw the beast away from innocent lives. Fighting through waves of city guard (aided by a few mercenaries), the group makes it outside of the city walls. The dragon is dispatched, and Oloren, Tiberius, and S.A.M. appear on the now raging river in a ship, converted from the magic library.

Over the next week various creatures swearing allegiance to the Dragonhood Alliance and Leviathan attack the ship. 2 Kobolds, Flikk and Gilfoyle are captured and questioned. They reveal Leviathan's plan: To awaken their god Tiamat in return for their services. Rosco's personal issues have started to come out and he decides to throw his book emblazoned with the seven tentacled eye over the side of the ship. It returns, seemingly of its own accord. This happens twice. The kobolds claim to have seen Tiberius retrieve the book.

As questioning of Tiberius begins, attackers outside of the ship yell out, looking for the son of Valanor. Battles begin on the flooding river, as the heavy rains have continued. The royal family of Valanor has sent the men to retrieve their kidnapped son Tantilus. In the fighting, Tiberius is mortally wounded, but reveals the traitor on board is S.A.M.

The cleric uses a zone of truth spell to get the answers from the bickering party, to reveal some long awaited answers.

S.A.M. was programmed by the Leviathan to follow, report, and hinder the group in their quests. He has been sabotaging the ship and was a plant the entire time. Before self-destructing after being attacked by a bead of force, S.A.M. reveals Leviathan's true identity....

The vengeful ancient, Piko Fizzlebottom...