The Continent of Drasall is literally breaking apart, rips in reality, are appearing which have been dubbed as “fractures” these are appearing in all four countries within Drasall (this is the name of the country/continent that you are currently in), word has been sent to other continents to see if these events are happening on an even bigger scale. These fractures are allowing creatures of all types to pour into this world, and some are doorways to other planes of existence allowing even further destruction to Drasall. At first, the fractures were small, and few and far between but now they are happening more and more frequently, causing panic and fear amongst the people of the lands.

You have recently been reached out to by a member of a group called the Order of Knowing. Eleith is my mentor.

You have been tasked with following a group of adventurers that have been hired by King Hardwin (he rules Sharn & Gribbi, his brother King Mikael rules over Belia & Mabar) to look into the fractures and find the missing adventurers that he originally hired.

questions

1. Q. why have the adventurers not reported back to King hardwin?
   • The Order provided a sealed letter from the King addressed to the party stating if the party is unable to complete the task at hand that these individuals (not mentioning the order) are to take over. The party refused the faction members and the party argued and fought.
2. What is King hardwin like?
3. Is he worth loyalty? Have they purposefully broken ties?
4. Q. Why is the order getting involved in the King's business?
   • A. The King hired The Order to track down the adventuring party because they had not checked in and he was concerned they either went missing like the 1st party, or they were no longer on task.

You have been tailing the missing adventurers for a few days now, you were told to keep yourself hidden and inconspicuous.

You and your mentors tracked the party to Watford(in Belia) before Summer Festival

the mentors told you to keep your distance from them and to simply observe and gather intel from the party.

1. They are going to Zalfar, a town that is overrun by a fracture
2. Echo is also headed there (the mentors told me this)

You learned the following:

1. The party was harbouring a fugitive named Valbar Springmane, a Gnome who was once a member of The Order, however they stole items and knowledge and left The Order and has been in hiding for a very long time. They refer to him as Merv. This NPC has now been taken by The Order to face trial for his crimes against them.
   1. in other words the party abetted a order fugitive
2. They have a strong alliance with the local Blacksmith Christina (she is a half-Orc who has a thing for Raywa)
3. Einar somehow creates a portal where his dragon companion lives, and he himself can go in and out of this said portal (it is a special pocket dimension) but no one else can.
4. This party has learned a lot about the fractures: they are caused by the summoning and then the imprisonment of a creature known as Riskell The Destroyer, or The Riskell, which is an Avatar of sorts for the long-since imprisoned Mad Destroyer God Tharizdun. The fractures can only be closed properly by a special crystal that Uala has. You already know there is a small group of Order new recruits like yourself who have been paired with another being who looks almost identical to Uala, she also has one of those crystals and is helping to close fractures. The fractures are getting stronger and worse, and are taking a much longer time to close. The other being that looks like Uala is called her Echo, but the party was pretty tight-lipped in public about this situation so you don't know more than that right now.
5. They have recently been joined by two new companions, Opal who is a Tabaxi Druid and is best friends with Christina the Blacksmith, and Demona a Tiefling Monk who appears to be a stranger to them that they have trusted to join their group.

“Merv” has been taken by another Faction within The Order, and is being brought to one of the Order Halls to face a trial for his crimes against The Order of Knowing. You also know that Rav (she was a player who has moved to Williams Lake. ) has left the party to join her brother, who is a member of the Faction that took Merv. (There is an entire backstory to that, but it isn't really important to the storyline unless she comes back to PG and rejoins the campaign). Your mentors have “left” but are still keeping an eye on you by their own means, which you really don't know much about, and they told you to keep following the party and to report back to them using a special journal they have given you. This is a magical item that allows for communication, it twins with another book and whoever has it's twin can read what you write, and can write back to you. These are rare items, and only a handful of them exist. Via this book you are to send reports back to your mentors with information and details, you are not to engage until the time is right aka when you join the campaign in January