Myth Journals

The battle for Madrigal lasted four days without pause. Shiver fell on the first night in a spectacular dream duel with Rabican, one of the Nine. No one expected this. We have never before challenged one of The Fallen and won.

But the truth behind the victory is stranger than any of the rumors. Apparently The Nine found the severed head of one of Balor’s enemies from the old days, buried out in the desert under several tons of sand and rock, and managed to start talking to the thing. Balor is the power behind The Fallen Lords, and we figure his enemy is our friend.

They say that The Head had an old score to settle with Shiver, and told Rabican that her one weakness was vanity, and showed him how to exploit it.

The Head appears to know something about everything, and now it has us looking for an artifact called the Total Codex. Its been located in the ruined city of Covenant, but the first group sent to retrieve it has not returned.

In a few minutes Rabican himself is going to send a few of us through a World Knot to Covenant, to bring back the Codex.

1. Madrigal: One of the Free Cities of the North. ↩
2. Shiver: One of the Fallen Lords. ↩
3. The Nine: Nine powerful wizards who oppose the Fallen Lords. Alric is chief among them, and Murgen, Rabican, Maeldun, Cu Roi, and four others act as his generals. ↩
4. Fallen Lords: Six powerful wizards who were suborned by Balor. Among them: Shiver, The Deceiver, The Watcher, and Soulblighter. ↩
5. Balor: Leader of the Fallen Lords. ↩
6. Total Codex: A magical book of immense power, in which is written the fate of every creature that will ever be born. ↩
7. Covenant: Once a major city of The Province, Covenant was sacked and destroyed fifteen years ago by the Dark. ↩
8. World Knot: Ancient relics which allow near-instant movement from place to place. ↩

«Apparently The Nine found the severed head of one of Balor’s enemies from the old days...»

«... an artifact called the Total Codex.»