Third - Fourth Level History DM's Perspective

Third to Fourth Level Campaign History DM's Perspective

The events for this level took place out of game as individual side quests, and for the sake of avoiding oversharing information that should be up to individual players to share, I'll only briefly review the plot points that I'm aware have been universally given to the party.

During the course of 3-4th most players either aware or unawaredly were made to pick up a 'mod-soul' weapon, one thought by observation of players shared history with mod-weapons, to be augmentations or even reflections of one's will or desires as the weapon has no form of it's own until given one by the wielder.

These Mod-weapons are discovered to be a tool of the Cercators who use them in their ritual battles with their leader the Blue Dragon or in the training of potential vessels to fight Crusio.

The Cercators are learned to have their hands in every level of government and commerce, but apparently this level of control is not absolute. For one reason or another they do not risk revealing themselves to the general populace other than in false rumors that give their agent power. The group awaits the embodiement of their god to arise in a suitable vessel before they will risk outright war.

Much of this information is gained from Lissera who left a journal with a party member as an appology before she left for having lied or betrayed the people of the village. She reveals she is the daughter of the Cercator leader, and is betraying her father and family for the sake of her love for Crusio and his only friends (the party).

It is later revealed that in the process of Lissera trying to save Sharina from her father, she is captured and set in with Sharina as extra assurance that the party and Crusio stay in line with the Cercators plans. (fight the gatekeepers, and become strong enough individually to defeat Crusio and become a worthy vessel for their god)

Another party member discovers that there may be more pulling the strings or acting on the world than can ordinarily be seen (soulreapers and hollows), and perhaps their is a larger picture that they are missing out on, but nevertheless must remedy the problems at hand before attempting to figure out these broadscoping issues.

End Short Summary of 3-4th, if players have more individual character happenings to share with the party as though it were in game conversation feel free to do so in comments or an attachment.