Time of Unparalleled Darkness - Fraternity of Shadows

of Dracov’s ‘problems’ with conquest and is instead tormented by his father’s ghost.
Gondegal’s reign will instead be a time of peace and growth even as Dracov’s ghost
becomes the impotent darklord that watches the land’s prosperity.. Gondegal’s newfound
hope for the land will sadly be put to effect in ‘Ezra’s service.’
Episode 4: The Fourth Seal
The Fourth Seal Azalin doesn’t actually have to do anything to bring about. He
has dozens of plans for houses of light and darkness to ‘fulfill’ the prophecy but instead
the Dark Powers take the matter out of his hands..
Doctor Rudolf Van Ritchen, looking not a day over twenty, emerges from Bleak
House and starts slaying monsters on his way back to Mordent. The Doctor has gained
the instinctive method of ‘sensing’ monsters and also regenerates any wound he suffers
(only a righteous man can harm the Doctor now). He fairly quickly develops a cult of
personality around him even as the Doctor is no less the kind and generous person that he
was before.
Once in Mordent, the Weathermay Sisters are disbelieving of his resurrection
even as he vows to go to Gryphon Hill in order to cleanse it of evil. It is a mission that is
suicide and one that he will not succeed in without the PC’s help (though Godfrey cannot
kill the Doctor, he can certainly hold him in painful bondage). The Doctor desires their
aid in slaying the Darklord in order to convince the people that they no longer have to
fear the Dark. Van Ritchen, not previously a religious man, believes that Ezra has chosen
him to perform a great duty that will end the hold of evil on the Demiplane. He also
senses the PCs have some great part to play in it.
The PCs, by simply walking away, have the power to stop the Prophecy here and
now but most likely won’t. If they need any extra incentive, Sir Godfrey has decided to
take a lesson from the surrounding chaos and make himself directly the leader of
Mordent. He sends his ghosts out to kidnap the first born child of every family in
Mordent in order to ‘feed’ the house with their gruesome deaths..
Sir Godfrey can only be destroyed by slaying (or exorcising) the ghosts of his
wife and child.. Once done, Sir Godfrey ceases to be tormented and the House itself
becomes the Darklord. If the Pcs can slay both Godfrey and destroy the house then Van
Ritchen will have fulfilled his duty. They will return as conquering heroes and the
Church of Ezra will nominate them as saints destined to fill the prophecy of their holy
canon (that they have a considerably more optimistic view of).
Mordent, like many other domains, will become unstable because of this and exist
even without a Darklord. Weird events will start occurring though such as rains of frogs
and other apocalyptical omens.
It is during this time that Isolde appears in Nevuchar springs as a manifestation of
the goddess Ezra and suddenly makes that religion the most powerful in Darkon.
Thousands start flocking to the worship of the ‘manifested’ Ezra.. Azalin holds back the
Gentleman Caller from interfering in her gathering an army in order to make things
‘smoother’ down the line.
Episode 5: The Fifth Seal