GreyHawk Campaign Reboot

The players decide to restart the campaign with new characters. So setting the stage (1 year later in game time):

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Background:

It has been just about a year since the beginning of the end of the uprising or "the Revolution" some call it.

To throw off the shackles of the dwarf slaver clans. It was a catastrophic failure. Many were killed and even more became slaves. The Wild Coast stays under the Iron grip of the dwarf Black Rune Clan and its allies.

The small one bright light (though some may disagree) in this was the Lord Jintassin Tel'nas of the Grey Elven House Tel'nas gathered  nearly all the enslaved and free full-blooded elves and using arcane powers from an unknown type and source, opened arcane gates to the Bright Desert across the Woolly Bay. The elves - all along the Wild Coast and in the former FEY kingdom of Celene passed through, leaving the remaining slaves to take the brunt of the dwarven slavers’ wrath.

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The Party intro:

You all are travelling away from the Wild Coast - lands ruled by the dwarf slaver clans. You are on a small riverboat pulling a barge of needed supplies heading into the Kron Hills through the WelkWood, travelling up the Jewel river away from the former Orcish empire of the Pomarj and now into the empty and wild Elven lands of Celene along the MyFal-Emeral River  - your reasons could be many: refugee, mercenary, former slave escaping the iron grip of the Black Rune dwarf clan, adventurer, or other...

( DM note: travel is along the river (red line & arrows and then yellow line and arrows)

You all have purchased a one way standard passage to a frontier fort away up in the Kron Hills, you hope far away from the Dwarf clan slavers..

 

On the small steam powered craft there are 2 crew, the rag tag group of you, a halfling woman with 2 young human boys, and a old male Dragonborn - rare to ever see these creatures. Elves are highly sought after as slaves, Dragonborn even more so.

It is nearing the end of fall, winter approaches. The forests of the lowlands fall away as you move into the hills. The old Dragonborn - his red scales dull and scarred looks out across the wide river. “Eet weel bee a coooold weentur.” He mutters, lighting a long bone pipe with a snort of fire. One hand rests on the gunnel of the ship the other gently caresses the pommel of a long wide-bladed sword sheathed at his side as he puffs and blows a large smoke ring. 

The halfling woman - a Mrs. Teedleton - huddles for warmth with her 2 young wards - human boys of about age 9 and 7. (Drake & Drayse)

The crew of the riverboat is:

•  Master Senij - owner operator. Older grizzled and weathered human. Has a variety of tattoos on his arms.
• Cheeta - human girl probably about 20. Long red hair in a ponytail. Wielding a crossbow to great effect - her shot brought down a deer and you all ate well on the first night onwards.

You all travel into unfamiliar lands with unfamiliar faces.. so starts the adventure!