Merxo's Revenge

DM: Ethan

PCs: Ashira, Adran, Ramsey, Valkeior

Questline: Dane Quests

Merxo's revenge, also referred to as "Enter Dane", was the first of many Dane quests and the first quest run by Ethan.

Story: The party is in a tavern in Ravenscroft when a man approaches them and offers a large sum of money to complete a task for them. The Party is skeptical, but they oblige. the man leads them to the ruined underground dwarven city of Dunest Mir. the party enters and fight numerous monsters through the ruins. eventually they are lead to a room with 10 zombies and the man reveals himself to be a warlock named Dane Shawson. the party fights the zombies and the room floods, allowing them to proceed to a high ledge. the party continues and fights clone versions of themselves (And Dundy). eventually they reach an inner lair where an elf named Merxo plans to drain their life force. the party fights Merxo and though Ashira is mortally wounded, they fight him off. the party proceeds and finds a dying dragon. he thanks them for their efforts and grants Valkeior whats left of his strength. the party exits the ruins and heads back to Ravenscroft.

Notes: though a sequel quest was planned involving Meteor City and an Orc invasion, Ethan instead opted to run the Agranol quest, which continued the questline in a different way.

Dane was never supposed to be the main villain, he was supposed to die before the party reached Merxo but It slipped Ethan's mind.