Synopsis – The Plate Delivered

We'll keep this one short.

After several uneventful days of travel you found yourselves confronted with the option of dealing with the Witch of Wickmire or facing an ambush. Cleverly you avoided confrontation, made it through the potential ambush without incident, and were then saved by the old shepherd, who scared the witch off for some reason.

The old shepherd offers you shelter for the night and explains that it is very dangerous after dark in this place. So you take him up on the offer. The shepherd's home happens to be in some old Dwarven ruins and also so happens that the shepherd is really a dragon, Tar-Um-Lok, who wishes to trade the plate for a computer. You see, he happens to see the plate as being his since he could take it from you by force if necessary. But that won't be necessary, will it? In return for your cooperation he gives you an amulet by which you may call him in the future, safe passage to Aja, and a couple of baubles. Seeing no other attractive options, you once again accept the old shepherd's offer.

Tar teleports you all to Aja (more or less). There are some negotiations after which the Skedic agree to let all of you non-Skedic inside the city provided that you help re-establish communications with the homeworld. This is an operation that goes much better than expected and opens the rift back to the Skedic homeworld. You discover that only 20 years have passed since the cataclysm back there, meaning an astonishing 200:1 time ratio between Palladium and the homeworld. Needless to say, you all jump through the rift and begin exploring the Skedic home.

A beacon leads you to some 1000 survivors huddled inside a bunker. Along with Skedic forces, you escort these survivors back through the rift to Palladium. A group of you also takes forces out to a power station in an attempt to restore power and open up communications with other groups of refugees that may exist. You deftly defeat a group of 200 lasae demons that were guarding the outer perimeter of the station and manage to get to the main entrance. And there you stand, the lift to the lower levels of the power station before you...

Other Notes: Roughly 2 years and 2.5 months have passed back in Palladium. The plate has long since been analyzed by the Skedic—I wonder what they found? For extra credit (and XP points) What is the name of the Witch of Wickmire?