Campaign Introduction The Nerath Campaign & The Nerath Timeline The current year for our Nerath campaign is set during the year 103AE. Inspired By Gary Gygax

Two companions have spent the last two days traveling south from the settlement of Dardun in the Barony of Harkenwold traveling to the village of Desul Torey. They have encountered no trouble so far, but this territory can be dangerous. Bandits and outlaws have been known to lurk along the trail and ambush the unprepared.

As the companions traveled further south, closer to Desul Torey - darkness begins to set in. The night air surges fierce and sweet, carrying the clear musk smell of the woodlands. The soft murmurs of stirring leaves, insects, and small animals of the night fill the landscape. The clear highland sky, full of stars, stretches out before them and seems to go on forever.

From this point along the Trail the region seems peaceful, untouched and beautiful but the two companions know better. Dense forests of tall pines carpet the mountainsides, broken only by the thick aspen woods, the soft current of the river flows steady. The mountains, in the distance, circle the valley floor and form a soft highland bowl.

The travelers have been on the southern Trail for about half a day since they turned to follow the river south. The sun slowly drops behind the mountains, stirring the sounds of the night. With the upcoming winter months soon to arrive, the air has already started to chill. In the distance to the north, thunder can be heard breaking the silence of the night.

Our story, however, takes place along the southern reaches of the White River in a small clearing at the base of a massive stone monument once dedicated to an order of monks, long since forgotten. Here in the southeast reaches of Nentir Vale, located in the heart of what was once the Empire of Nerath, is where out story begins. In a sleepy campsite on the edge of the wild, a small collection of wandering destinies begin to come together.

We begin in the early hours of night during the last days of fall, two companions take rest at a quiet campsite along a nearby trail. A small campfire burns as one companion, a young woman, sits on a fallen log warming her hands while her companion, a rugged dwarf, sits beneath a makeshift tarp whittling away at a small piece of wood . . .