Recap

AHT's story began with a simple premise: a human magehunter named Caine strode towards a village in the Tame Realm, when there was suddenly an explosion. He rushed to it and met Skie, a hellion maiden who's brother had been kidnapped by a wyvern-riding sorceress.

They journeyed to find and set him free. In a clearing one night they met Ophelia Macintosh, a half-elven cleric who'd fled from the Church of the Sky Goddess. They also encountered Erin, an elven shaman who initially wished to rob them but later decided to join them instead.

Green fire separated them from Ophelia as an angel sent by the Sky Goddess Lady Aione came to retrieve her. When she refused to return to the church, she was forcibly absorbed into the angel's mass. He then informed the party that Aione had ordered him to assist them in their task as compensation.

The travelers sought out cliffs and caves where the wyvern might nest, fighting some monsters in the process. In one cave they met a werecat named Layl, who nearly killed them. Then the angel's body convulsed as it and Ophelia cried out, before they merged into a Starborne, one of the children of Aione. Her name was Jupiter.

A Vampyre named Evelynn Nightrayne came along and asked if she could join their traveling group. Layl nearly came to blows with her because vampyres were responsible for making the werecats what they are through inhumane experiments, but Evelynn attested that it was her father Drakan Nightrayne who was responsible for such actions, and that she sought his death.

Caine, Skie and Evelynn went hunting and returned to find the party had been taken by a band of Caelan, people with wings. They found a straggler named Laylanna who'd been caught up in some vines and she reluctantly agreed to bring them to the mountainous village of Raven's Vale so that they could negotiate the release of their friends with the priests.

When they explained their desire to hunt down the wyvern, the Caelan explained that their best warriors could barely keep it at bay. They released the prisoners, but Laylanna was quietly imprisoned and whipped for assisting foreigners in entering the village. Caine and Skie rescued her, and she would later return to Raven's Vale and overthrow the priesthood.

On the way back they met a second vampyre named Alexandra Sutir, who is secretly a princess of nature or something of the like but wishes that none know. Evelynn was inititally hostile towards her, being largely distrustful of other vampyres. When they went out hunting a second time they met Devan, a human mercenary who says little.

The party slew the mage and wyvern, freeing Malichi. They then encountered the Godslayer, who ensured that the mage's magical items did not remain in the hellion's hands. She vanished.

They went to head through a village but were blocked by a band of starving farmers who demanded pay, Caine paid in armour and Malichi paid in golden blood. Erin shot two of the farmers for thievery and they left before the farmers sought to lay hands on them.

Skie took Caine to scout ahead of the group and they located a ruin, previously a small temple, that suited for a campsite. Devan went there alone when the pair left to tell the others, and robbed from one of the graves. That night they discovered that runs on the walls caused the corpses to rise up if any were buried or defiled. Elven and hellion undead fought them, until Malichi scared them back inside their graves where they refused to move.

The next morning they met a creature named Kyle who was in communication with Lady Aione, and he became good friends with Caine before moving on. The band traveled towards the city until a furred form caught Erin's attention and sent her running off into the woods, ordering the rest to stay there. It was Layl!

While the two talked, Caine, Skie, Devan and Malichi moved off of the road and away from the rest of the party. They were ambushed by Mire Lurkers and might have lost if not for Layl's compassionate savagery and Devan's impressive archery skills.

Meanwhile, in the city...

Jax Oliver was hired by the owner of a townhouse to discover what was making the strange noises in the abandoned house next door over. He fought two creatures called kitura which were responsible for the noise, and discovered some eerie runic markings and drawings on a wall in the basement. He got paid for his work and then rented a room at an inn.

And that is the story of A Hero's Tale, so far!