The was sun setting as the adventurers arrived in Nimthor. Something terrible happened there, signs of a powerful magic battle marked the buildings and surrounding trees. As far as the they could tell no villagers remained and the only one stone building stood to provide any shelter, it was a temple to Silvanus. After a thorough search of the temple they found a mysterious portal, at which point they were confronted by Netheral, who simply walked right out of the stone wall. Netheral was beaten and bloody, no apparent threat to the party. He was a very dark man, darker than anyone they had ever met, for he was from the City of Shade in Anaurach. He was on a quest to find a specific scroll when his band was waylaid by a beholder. Netheral barely escaped with his life by shadow striding and taking refuge in this temple. After some discussion the group agreed to allow Netheral to join them as it seemed both there quests could be linked to The Gulthias. With that resolved they decided to pass through the portal into a remote druidic grove, populated with many oak blights, a larger variation of the twig blight. On the other end of the grove a solitary building stood with another Gulthias Tree growing out of the middle of it. Inside the building they found many various druidic scripts relating to The Gulthias, including the scroll Netheral was seeking. They learned that eating a midsummer fruit seed would remove supplicancy and eating a midwinter seed would cause a Gulthias tree to grow from within you. Also, they learned The Gulthias is an ancient sect of Aldarith elves charged with guarding the location of the Aldarith Tree to ensure that Moander, a wicked deity imprisoned by the Aldarith elves ages ago, could never rise again and bring his corruption into Faerun. As soon as they touched the scroll a huge tree guardian awoke to stop them. A dangerous battle ensued with the guardian grappling the party. Fortunately Netheral's potent fire spells were able to quickly take down the guardian. Upon exiting the temple they found the source of this village's destruction, the beholder that attacked Netheral. The group fled from it all through the night into the next morning, arriving back in Whitehorn exhausted, but with info about The Gulthias.
Netheral Coitus - Human Shade Warmage; came from the City of Shade on a quest to recover a scroll that contains information on finding the location of the Aldarith Spear, an ancient weapon crafted for battling divine powers.