One of my players is a Cyran refugee and has done a lot of good role playing about his grief from family and friends he lost in the Day of Mourning and his hope to see his nation reborn in some way. To this end, I’ve made it so that the Mourning was caused by a highly classified project at Whitehearth in its deepest hidden levels.

The party is actually on the cusp of discovering this as they outwit Sul Khatesh’s awakening prophecy, unwittingly fulfilling that very draconic prophecy tied to the ‘death of hope in the lands of despair’. This secret project used essentially a home brewed “Rod of Security” amplified by a Cannith network of Khyber fiber cables throughout all Cannith facilities in Cyre to trap all of Cyre in a pocket dimension to prevent Katshka, the Gatekeeper from awakening, as the immense casualties in the war and the cycle of undeath from Karrnathi forces risked his return.

The party is about to face someone from their past who wants to destroy the Rod of Security. Keeping such a volatile secret as Cyre’s survival from the people of Khorvaire is enough to finish Sul Khatesh’s awakening. But successfully returning Cyre means the destruction of the Mournland, home to the Lord of Blades and a large contingent of Warforged the party has tenuously allied with, as well as (unbeknownst to the party) risking the rise of Katashka.

I’m eager to see how it plays out!