Highden

Summary

Highden was a major battlefront on day 36, suffering crystal sickness, military retreat after the fall of the town, false obsidian-raven messages, and attacks by tribesfolk, giants, and dragons.

Known Details

• Priests treated people with blistering skin and internal-consumption crystal sickness.
• After Highden fell, its armies had retreated to the firewise mountain’s second level by 14:00.
• Captain Briarthorn commanded an elf hundred and planned to use the river as a battle point.
• The command had obsidian ravens whose replies falsely told troops not to support the cause.
• Hartwall joined fully armored, and the party planned a forest ambush and fire to split large giants from the army.
• The battle involved giants, Hartwall, a skeletal dragon with a book from Ruby Eye’s lab, Soot, Icefang, water elementals, and Geldrin’s bargain with the skull-throne woman.

Related Entries

• Icefang
• Lady Elissa Hartwall
• Brutor Ruby Eye
• Elemental Prisons
• Underbelly

Open Questions

• What caused Highden’s crystal sickness, and can time away from the city cure it?
• Who controlled the false obsidian-raven replies?
• Who is the skull-throne woman who took Soot and accepted Garadul?