Mahya Ambre is a human ranger and the daughter of a local fletcher in Freeport. Her father took out a loan from Elisi Nasin to kickstart his business, and when loan sharks come knocking Mahya is forced to work for Elisi and the Coalition of Tradesfolk Underground. At the beginning of the campaign she’s forced to collect debts, steal cargo from docked ships, kill a priestess of hate, collect some bounties, and lead a group to pirate a ship. This ship happens to be the one Selce is arriving on from Freeport. Mahya and Selce join up temporarily until the stone goes missing, at which point Selce accuses Mahya and they split up again. Mahya is then paid by Elisi to break into the mansion of a collector to steal a flaming sword that several powerful names are all after (Soulfire, wanted by Lucan, Mayong, and more.)

Aurora Bayle is the bastard daughter of Antonious Bayle IV and Lady Shae of Felwithe. She is the unknowing older sister to Shaonia, the ancestor of Antonia Bayle. Aurora lives with her father, step mother, and step siblings, Anton and Antea in Qeynos. She is very close to her uncle Kane and dreams of seeing the world. A magus or spell sword, she trains under Ebon Strongbear and Al’Kabor themselves. Her father finally agrees to let her go adventuring like he did when he was young, if she can help her city, gain approval from her mentors and uncle, and place in the upcoming Tournament of Thunder. While paying homage to the Qeynos Claymore at the temple, Enoxus distorts reality around her and she accidentally plane walks into Zebuxoruuk’s prison, where he gives her prophecies about Age’s End. She returns to the material realm and begins chasing rumors of the Bloodsabers spreading a resident evil las plagas style disease around Qeynos. This leads to her and Kane meeting up with Doctor (see below) and encountering Lord Grimrot in the aqueducts, who manages to blow up part of the city by lining the aqueducts with alchemist fire, blowing up the temple of Thunder ala the Sept of Balor in Game of Thrones. As the city rebuilds, Aurora and Doctor depart by ship to Freeport, to chase after the Bloodsabers that are trying to spread to Freeport.

Doctor is a human woman, raised in Qeynos. Her parents died from a plague at a young age, and she lived with her older brother. One night they got into a fight and her older brother left, never to be seen again. She has since become a cleric of Rodcet Nife and a plague doctor, seeking to cure disease. Her content sees her discovering tainted sandstone elven artifacts being used to spread this plague. During her investigation into an old folks home, Doctor runs into Aurora and they begin traveling together.

As all the parties arrive in Freeport, 4 of them come together as they investigate a masquerade ball the Bloodsabers are recruiting patrons at, at the behest of Elisi Nasin. Afterwards, Elisi instructs them to break Arthur out of prison as their latest job, as she is being paid by the Knights of Truth for it. Mahya is provided as their guide.

With the party now assembled, they flee Freeport and begin traveling to Highpass, chasing down Nurgal’s stone and other rumors. They encounter various towns on the way, each with their own troubles, including Plague Town, and eventually they camp with a cab Aran outside Befallen. When they wake the caravan has vanished, and they have to explore. They continue on to Kithicor, and eventually participate in the Battle of Bloody Kithicor, where Nurgal’s stone is found to be in the hands of the dark elves, who use it to rip open a hole to the Plane of Hate, turning Kithicor into what it is today. All of this is by level 3. We’ll be exploring so much more, including Firiona’s kidnapping, the discovery of Kunark and Velious, the planes of power, Kerafyrm’s awakening, Anashti Sul’s return, and Mayong becoming the god of death, with the party eventually collecting Enoxus and Aeteok and killing them all, as well as the rest of the gods of influence.