# [[The Saucy Individuals Campaign]] ## [[The Search for Doran Iceblood]] ### [[27 Eleasis 1489]], [[Northern Valendare Range]] After each receiving a strange [[Branded|Brand]], falling unconscious, and receiving strange visions urging us forwards towards our various destinies, we awoke to find [[Rilan Forgeflame|Doran Iceblood]], or rather [[Rilan Forgeflame]], missing and the [[Ettin]] who were hosting us previously slaughtered. We followed Rilan's trail to a [[Rilan's Cave|Nearby Cave]] where we discovered him in battle with various [[Specter|Specters]] and [[Banshee|Banshees]], led by his own [[Rilan Forgeflame's Armor|Armor]], which appeared to be haunted by the ghost of [[Caled Farplain]], Rilan's [[Squire]] who had accompanied him on his mission and died in the line of duty. Rilan urged us to help him defeat the undead, but as we joined him, realized that things were not as they seemed, that it was his own guilt, and his powerful [[Oath]], that were causing these events. As we fought off the undead, we attempted to reassure Rilan, and I offered to help carry the burdens that were crushing his spirit. In the end, the spirits were subdued, and Rilan found some emotional catharsis, despite his failures. I sat with my old friend as he wept for his Squire and the weight of the world on his shoulders. From there, we took a [[Short Rest]] and I prepared [[Hardship]], a traditional soup in the culture of [[Respite]] with spicy and bitter flavors that wards off the cold. Now, we prepare to set out again, with the threat of the [[White Dragon]] [[Eaphosoan]], the disappearance of the [[Dwarven Civilization in the Valendare Range]], and Rilan's objectives in these mountains unresolved...