With a blessing and a Gift

Rayne, sitting at the local Pub in Sylvancity (original, I know), was almost startled by the excitement coming from Thei'la'del. Where once was a studious cleric now stood someone brimming with passion, and a lust for adventure. The words poured out from the Eladrin scholar, and it's musical singsong notes resonated with Rayne's soul. Aggreeing to accompany Thei'la'del and his companions, Rayne went to say farewell to his family.

His father, long retired war vetran and ranger, was out back, practicing his archery. Rayne approached him, cautiously, confidently. Seeing the resolve in his son, the father granted him leave, and a gift, money for a horse to carry him on his way. After packing to go, and saying goodbye to his mother, Rayne leaves to meet with his companions, outside of the city walls.

There he sees Chromwyn Rageborn, Redscaled Dragonborn Fighter, he sees Thei'la'del, the Eladrin Cleric, and he sees someone new, a Teifling, with a deeply tanned skin, and black horns sweeping up and back, with a little bit of a kink at the end. "Finally, it seems like our last member as arrived," the Tiefling comments, "I'm Storm Bringer, pleasure to meet, you, now lets get out of this blighted woods, and down somewhere warmer." Andez, the Storm Bringer, wore his torn clothes, ravaged and ragged, yet stood in the snows that surround the elven land as if he were in some tropical paradise.

Bewildered, Rayne simply mounts up, seeing the others do the same, except..... suddenly there was someone behind him! Rayne quickly dismounts, and on his steed, was Andez. "Sorry, they won't let me ride on theirs, and I have no mount," the Storm Bringer gives Rayne an impish grin. Sighing with resignation, Rayne mounts up again, and the four companions make their way south, to the ruins of Kelthalon Cathedral.

Summary of the Beginning of the Adventure......

Murder in Storm Garden!
Three members of the Sylvan Guard are brought together to solve a mystery murder in the mid-ocean city of Storm Garden (an elven ruled trade city).

Lord Mathicus was murdered in Elethiel Cathedral of Avandra in the center of the city. The main contact in the city, a friend of Lord Mathicus is Lord Mourgon, who is letting the party stay in his manor, while they investigate the murder.

It's been two weeks before the party gets there, so most evidence has been cleaned up already.

Investigating where the body of Lord Mathicus was found, the blood stains that remained shows that the symbol of the Raven Queen was drawn in his blood on the floor, which indicated that whoever killed Mathicus cared enough about him to want him to make it to his proper afterlife.

Thei'lad'el (the Eladrin Cleric) goes to inspect the body, so that he may be released for his funeral at sea, during this time, Chromwyn Rageborn (the red-scaled Dragonborn fighter), and Rayne Soshanee (the Elven Ranger), head over to Mourgon manor where they discover that Lord Mourgon's brother (Malvein) is staying over for awhile there as well while mourning the death of his friend Mathicus.

They also discover that Mathicus and Malvein were working on a proposal that would add more guards and draw up renovations for the slums (the grotto) of Storm Garden.