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Princes of the Apocalypse
DM Campaign Vault — Dessarin Valley

A working game-master reference for running Princes of the Apocalypse in the Dessarin Valley. This wiki combines official source material (the module and D&D Beyond) with a living layer for our table — session notes, player-character dossiers, prep, and homebrew that has diverged from the printed adventure.

Two layers live here. Canon — the book as written (chapters, published NPCs, intended plot order). This Campaign — what has actually happened at our table (reconstructed notes, off-book choices, homebrew). Homebrew and table-specific material is tagged [HOMEBREW] or [DM-INSERTED] so it never gets confused with canon.

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Quick navigation

Section	What's inside
Campaign Overview	How this wiki is organized, conventions, and workflow (prep → play → reconcile).
Player Characters	Dossiers for the three PCs — hooks, stats, session developments.
Sessions	One page per session: prep plans and table recaps (source of truth for updates).
NPC Index	Every named NPC the party can meet, plus cultist/monster stat references.
Locations Index	Towns, Haunted Keeps, temples, nodes, and side-trek sites.
Factions	Harpers, Enclave, Zhentarim, Lords' Alliance, Order of the Gauntlet, and minor groups.
Cults	The four Elemental Evil cults — prophets, tactics, symbols, surface outposts.
Items	Magic items, elemental weapons, relics, and the loot ledger by location.
Maps	DM and player versions of battle and location maps.
Module Chapters	Raw chapter text from the adventure (reference).

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Current campaign state

Last synced from vault — update when sessions advance.

Field	Status
Party level	4 (three players)
Where they are	Re-railing onto the main plot after an off-book early arc. Session 06 prep is complete.
Immediate hook	The Reaver Ambush — party ended at the ambush site, pre-loot. Next: Missing Delegation → Rivergard Keep.
Key divergence	[HOMEBREW] The party cleared Feathergale Spire early. Ewan McFeathernuttz survived, rebuilt the spire, and leads the Reckoning of Red Larch threat.

The party

Character	Player	Class	Alignment	Notes
Genericus Maximus	Caleb	Fighter 4 (Champion)	LE	Noble; owes Ewan a "guaranteed" favor; Zhentarim angle.
Kiara	Ryun	Sorcerer 4 (Wild Magic)	CG	Sage; Abyssal Legacy; grudge vs. Genericus.
Togar	Carter	Druid 4 (Land — Mountain)	NG	Sage/Astronomer; Aberrant Dragonmark; Enclave tie-in.

Session progress

#	Title	Status
01	Arrival in Red Larch	Reconstructed recap
02	The Hunting Cabin	Reconstructed recap [HOMEBREW]
03	Toward Feathergale Spire	Reconstructed recap
04	Storming Feathergale Spire (Off-Book)	Reconstructed recap — canon impact
05	The Reaver Ambush	Reconstructed recap — START HERE
06	Back on Track	Prep complete (plan, run-sheet, encounters, cast)

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Active hooks (prep)

Mine these when planning the next session:

• Genericus — Ewan McFeathernuttz weaponizes the Feathergale promise; Davron Maerl (Zhentarim) trade angle.
• Kiara — slow-burning grudge against Genericus; Wild Magic + Abyssal Legacy vs. cult chaos.
• Togar — nonlethal / animal friendship instincts; astronomer-scholar bond; Emerald Enclave contact via Haeleeya Hanadroum.

See also: Session 06 - Back on Track for the full re-rail plan toward the Missing Delegation and Rivergard Keep.

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How to use this wiki

1. Prep a session on its plan page (copy structure from Session Template when available).
2. Run the game, then capture what happened in that session's notes page.
3. Reconcile — each recap ends with a Canon Updates to Apply checklist. Work through it: update NPC, location, faction, item, and PC pages, then tick items off.

Conventions

• Named NPC pages: one character per page (e.g. Kaylessa Irkell).
• Cross-link liberally — the value is navigation between people, places, and plot threads.
• Tag homebrew clearly: [HOMEBREW], [DM-INSERTED].

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Module reference

Quick links to published adventure structure (canon layer):

Chapter	Focus
Chapter 1	Introduction, factions, adventure hooks
Chapter 2	Red Larch and the Dessarin Valley
Chapter 3	The Missing Delegation, Haunted Keeps
Chapter 4	Temples of Tyar-Besil
Chapter 5	The Fane of the Eye
Chapter 6	The Elemental Nodes
Chapter 7	Side treks
Appendix	Genasi, new spells, adaptation notes

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