For all to read, I think I pretty much got everything. Wanted to keep it as short as possible.

[b][center]The Story So Far[/center][/b]

A motely group of adventurers, thieves, assassins and the downright bizarre found themselves on the wrong side of Eblistan’s law. Imprisoned for a series of crimes, though not all of them justified, the group was waiting for their impending doom at the hand of an executioner’s axe. 

In their midst was Mundhir Sadek, formally a prince of Eblistan, who had been taken to the dungeon after being presumed dead by his assassins, so that his body may rot in the dark depths of the world. As it turned out, he miraculously escaped death despite the potency of the Ice Venom used to kill him. 

As Mundhir attempted to talk his way out of the dungeon cell, planning on using his good standing with the people of Eblistan to secure an immediate release, the group launched a bold escape attempt. Slaughtering guards in their droves, the group battled its way through the dungeon; at first Mundhir was revolted by the scale of the massacre, and after seeing one too many of his kinsmen slain by the convicts, he abandoned the group to its fate.

Shortly after doing so, he was set upon by a World Breaker – an elite warrior of the diminished Eblistan military. They answer only to those that possess the Royal Sadek bloodline, yet this one did not heed Mundhir’s command to stand down. The World Breaker then made clear his intent to slay the Prince. After a brief battle, this mighty warrior was slain by the group, and the Prince suddenly realised that his own family had tried to kill him. Though which one of his many brothers had given the order, and whether his father was compliant, is yet to be seen. 

Not sure he could trust his own people, Mundhir then sided with the prisoners, and led them through a secret passageway. They emerged a mile away from Eblistan Citadel’s eastern wall, but found a whole regiment of City Watch waiting for them. A bloody battle ensued, as the prisoners made their last stand against impossible odds, and one by one, they start to succumb to their injuries and exhaustion. 

Sitara, Mundhir’s sworn bodyguard, then appears on the scene with a company of the Prince’s soldiers. Before the attempt on his life, Mundhir had just led a successful campaign against the Elves of Nillanor, liberating the ruins of Baalor from their grasp. This campaign was not sanctioned by his father, who at the time was seeking a lasting peace with Nillanor; therefore the soldiers who served the Prince had pledged their allegiance to him, rather than the Caliph. 

Sitara, after learning of the Prince’s whereabouts, leads the company of mamalukes against the City Watch, using their skill in horse archery to beat off the numerically superior force. The Prince is rescued, but before he has taken away, he demands the prisoners brought with him as payment for their service to getting him (partially) to safety. 

We then fast forwards seven days, and find ourselves in the ruins of Baalor. 

Mundhir has learned that the Ice Venom has done its damage, and although he has made a ‘false recovery’, his organs have been irreparably damaged and in weeks or months – he will die. To make matters worse, two of his brothers, including the Crown Prince Jazeer, are assembling Eblistan’s army for an assault on Baalor. Meanwhile, Prince Thrandel of Nillanor has regrouped his forces following Mundhir’s victory, and is likewise poised to attack the ruins. 

Mundhir approaches the prisoners, gives them their freedom, but asks if they will stay and help him in the upcoming war, and to uncover the man/woman responsible for his murder.