Tower of Ascension

Tower of Ascension

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Campaign Overview

  • Genre/Theme: High Fantasy Corsair Campaign
  • Setting: Corsair Seas

Main Plot Hook

An Adventuring Party is assembled on behest of the guild in Freeport; which after being passed over several times is sent on a sea voyage deep into the pirate-infested Corsair Seas.

Map

Cities

  • Location Name: Freeport
    • Description: Independent Major City on the Mainland; Unaffiliated with any Corsair Sea organization
    • Key Features: Bards College, Trade Port, Inland Roads to other areas in the world
  • Location Name: Port Oro
    • Description: Small Harbor City on an undeveloped and only partially explored Island; Independent City
    • Key Features: Harbor City, Smuggling Operations
  • Location Name: Orc Island
    • Description: Large Jungle Island with Multiple Orc Factions; Unaffiliated with any Corsair Sea organization
    • Key Features: Large Church to Vauchy and Massive Colosseum
  • Location Name: Corsair's Landing
    • Description: Large Pirate City; Primary of the Privateer “Government”. Home of the Chartist Fleet and Coin Lords
    • Key Features: Triple Harbor, Military Docks, Mineral Mines
  • Location Name: Moonshadow
    • Description: Tabaxi Jungle City. Member of the Chartist Fleet Free Cities. Home of several Mercenary Companies
    • Key Features: Dinosaur Training Operations, Freeblade Companies
  • Location Name: Taru
    • Description: Coastal Settlement that is half above water and half below. Member of the Chartist Fleet Free Cities
    • Key Features: Partially Underwater City (Merfolk), Large Fishing and Agricultural Operations
  • Location Name: Rockspire Landing
    • Description: Large Goliath Settlement, Member of the Chartist Fleet Free Cities. Major Shipyard
    • Key Features: Shipyard, Timber Processing
  • Location Name: Chaskalla Bay
    • Description: Main Gith Settlement ruled by Military, Largely Closed City to outsiders
    • Key Features: Shipyard, Home of Blackwake Fleet

Key Factions

Faction Name: The Chartist Captains and Coin Lords

  • Description: Extremely Loose collection of Privateer Ships and Authorities who rule over the Free Cities
  • Leader/Notable Members: Coin Lords, Pirate Captains, Settlement Leaders

Faction Name: Blades of the Void

  • Description: Gith Organization that oversees the Blackwake Armada and Gith Settlements in the Corsair Seas.
  • Leader/Notable Members: Supreme Commander, Kith'rak Captains

Faction Name: The Ashborn

  • Description: Extreme Druidic order dedicated to pushing back on all forms of civilization
  • Leader/Notable Members: The High Druid

Key NPCs

  • Lady Zhao Shi — Coin Lord of Corsair's Landing, Admiral of the Chainbreaker Fleet, and the most visible Chartist commander of the Blackwake War.
  • Echo-of-Ash — Coin Lord of Moonshadow, spymaster, former dancer, and Zhao's closest council ally.
  • Borun Stonefist — Coin Lord of Rockspire Landing, veteran shipwright-lord, and commander of the ironclad Tideforger.
  • Tillo Rootpenny — Coin Lord of Trade, gnomish negotiator, agricultural magnate, and debt-trap specialist.
  • Prince Pellun — Coin Lord of Taru, merfolk prince, Druid of the Stars, and the first oracle to foresee Torgo's ascension as a path to peace.
  • Black Alice — Necromantic captain whose undead forces helped turn the Battle of Taru.
  • Supreme Commander Ka'Reth Vonn — Githyanki commander of Chaskalla Bay and one of the most important surviving military figures of the postwar south.

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