Editing Meamnar:Forgotten Rose (section)

==Adventure Background==

In the year 1014, Northern Reckoning, a conjurer named Mondar completed work on a tower in the Kingdom of Hylar that could teleport itself to various outer planes at his command.  He used this to bring forth denizens of the lower planes in an assault against the kingdom.  A group of adventurers, led by Erendil the Red Paladin, defeated Mondar during Highsun of that year.  One of the adventurers, a wizard named Karn, disrupted the teleportation ability of the tower, effectively stranding it on the plane of Baator, the Nine Hells.  Before it was teleported away, Erendil also placed a curse on the tower, preventing Mondar or any of his descendants from entering it.

The tower still exists within Baator.  Three days each year, however, beginning on Highsun, the tower returns to its original location.

By 1230 NR, most knowledge of the tower has been lost.  A couple of books penned by Karn were in the possession of Archibald the Sage of Threshold.  Mondar's only living descendant, Seldar, through divination, discovered the existence of the books.  Himself a conjurer as well, Seldar attacked Archibald, killing him and his wife, and stole the books (and anything else of value in the house).  He then set fire to the house and escaped.  Their daughter, Rose, was fortunately in another part of town at the time.  Thanks to a contingency spell of Archibald's, Forgotten Rose, all evidence of her existence was erased.  Once Seldar returned to his underground lair and began studying Archibald's writings, he discovered the spell and dispatched an assassin to find and murder Rose.

Seldar intends to find a way to recover the tower and gain control of its teleportation abilities.

Meanwhile, Rose found herself homeless on the streets of [[Meamnar:Threshold|Threshold]], and soon connected with a halfling rogue named Eleanor.  Eleanor began teaching her the tricks of her trade.  Rose has also discovered, fairly recently, a talent for arcane magic that she is only just beginning to understand.

The adventure begins in Threshold, with the assassin, Vartek, having arranged a meeting with Eleanor, waiting in the shadows of a derelict building for the two rogues to spring his trap.