FC 28

Summary

Dwarves and Elves are not fighting.
 Dwarven children returned to their clan
 Dwarves are pleased - will send re-enforcement's to support Countess Whitewater.
Elves are pleased
 Elven people got the food they needed in time.
 Elves will also send re-enforcements to support Countess Whitewater

Options - thank you gifts from each Elf and Dwarf.
or better - companions to chat with on the return
  Uncle to a child taken and held - he steps in to volunteer when the child is returned.

A chance to shop
  Each PC given some gifts in gold and gems by the grateful Dwarves. say 10% of the 100,000 or just over 1k per PC.  Make it in gold, silver and gems to let them do the math for a while.
  then let the Dwarven merchants earn some back :-)

meanwhile the elves will gift them with healing potions, soft shoes and quality bows and arrows

So they travel back to Whitewater, and come upon a scene of battle, perhaps a siege of the castle?
they arrive in the nick of time, perhaps them selves get trapped until either the white knights of St Thomas arrive?  Or the Dragon?

Mini's combat?
Full battle matt stuff?

what do PC's get to do?
 wade into battle?
 cast healing spells?

Once the battle is resolved, this last large army of the Red Star has been routed, and can be hunted down.
the Undead will collapse, the goblins flee and but the larger Trolls will have to be taken down individually.
The humans driving all this will atempt to flee as well.  Perhaps taking the dragon tower with them.

The Countess is very grateful, and will give another congratulatory dinner in their honor.  Each will be offered knighthood?

Then she needs to send them on another task.  the Red Star has been beaten back, but they can't expect to hold out once the King knows about them.
Send for an obscuring spell?
resist undead magic?
something to understand what drives the Evil High King?

What is the plot for this year?  What do they seek?

- more aid to their defense
- a prophecy about the Red Star King (Evil High King or EHK)
- a perfect disguise to allow an assassin to get to the EHK
- a process to free those drawn in by a dark book
- a relic to protect an army from another army of undead - a Banner
    info in White Book, or Black Book?
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?? what would be in a dungeon that would help?
- more evil
- a worse evil
- a lesser evil (to choose from?)