With the help of their new giant friends, the adventurers have been busy hunting down and eradicating the minions of Lord Maul. The decimation of his Maul Corp legion has enraged the evil master, and so he has reached out to his ally, Death, and together they have hatched a most evil plan to destroy all the heroes of this dimension and secure them for the legions of Death. Now Death walks the prairies, the woods, the fields, even the waters of Dragonwood.
The adventurers have an advantage though. Death has entered this dimension by taking possession of his great24-grandson, Ace, who is one of their own number and one who they know how to free from the grip of Death. Without a body to possess, Death will be sucked back into his own realm. To free Ace, the heroes must find his half-brother, Spade. Eleven heroes gather at the Field of Destiny to discuss their current problem: Spade has gone missing.
Without warning, three adventurers succumbed instantly to a Heat Curse. Their limbs were rendered boneless, so their fellow heroes left them flopping in the shade of an inhabited tree with the promise of the tree spirit to watch over them and nurse them back to health by regrowing their bones from the tree’s roots.
Having settled their fallen companions, one of the heroes revealed that they had heard tales of Spade being seen near Decision Point, and so armed with a map of the realm, the remaining eight adventurers set off to find Spade, with Death close on their heels.
When the adventurers reached Decision Point, they found no sign of Spade, but a wandering wizard was there. This wandering wizard offered to scry for Spade’s current location. While the heroes were negotiating terms with the wandering wizard, Death fell upon them! Though Death was fearsome and armed with his Spear of Souls, the heroes were heroic and skilled in battle. Also, one of the heroes had wisely stocked up on holy water bullets, and thus Death was swiftly defeated. Death faded into the ground back towards Hades.
The heroes returned their attention to the wandering wizard who pulled out his scrying bowl and gazed within it. The wizard told the heroes that Spade would soon be at the World Tree.
Death, however, had quickly recouped his strength and he rose again before the adventurers could continue on their journey. The combined efforts of the eight heroes with the talents of the wandering wizard soon drove Death back to his knees. While he was recovering, the adventurers took their chance and fled toward the World Tree in hopes of soon finding Spade.
Death soon followed. But at the World Tree, the wandering wizard created an illusionary wall obscuring both it and the adventurers from Death, and so Death walked on by.
Soon Death realized that the adventurers were no longer in front of him, so he turned back and soon spotted the adventurers dashing through the illusionary wall and running back towards Decision Point. He followed swiftly intending to bring all eight to his side, but he soon found out those adventurers were just an illusion for they all walked into the water and then disappeared.
Meanwhile, the real adventurers had failed to find Spade at the World Tree, and the wandering wizard had looked again into his scrying bowl to reveal that Spade was now on his way to visit Valhalla. Unfortunately, while at the World Tree, yet another hero was felled by a heat curse. This hero was tucked under the tree with the promise of the Guardian to keep him safe until his bones regrew. The heroes then stepped out from behind the illusionary wall and began their travels to the rainbow bridge to ask passage to Valhalla.
Meanwhile Death, deeply angered to have been so fooled, rushed back towards the World Tree where he began to trace the scent of their souls on their journey to Valhalla. Valhalla is a realm where Death may enter at any time, but there was no need for once again, the heroes found that Spade had moved on and was heading toward Kattyswampus. Death fell upon the heroes as they were exiting via the Rainbow Bridge. Finding himself outnumbered and facing some of the bravest heroes there were, Death was swiftly defeated again.
The heroes then foolishly took too long to gather their spent ammo and their thoughts and so Death rose again and fell upon them as the approached Kattyswampus. Before the heroes could take action to defend themselves, Death was dragged into Kattyswampus by one of the killer Kattails. Death was not amused. However, he was pleased to see that two of the adventurers had also been dragged under by the Kattails for he knew that he would rise again but their souls would soon be joining his army.
When Death arose, he was surprised to be greeted by a lost soul asking for safe passage to the underworld. This was a delightful turn of events, so Death personally escorted him there.
Meanwhile, following the scrying advice of the wandering wizard, the remaining five adventurers managed to reach the Elven Hideaway. There, much to everyone surprise, the wandering wizard revealed that he was Spade and that their journey had been a test of their worth to help him on his quest to save his half-brother Ace and all of Dragonwood from Death. Also, he needed stuff.
Spade asked the heroes to help him find five magical artifacts so that he could perform the ritual necessary to cast Death from the realm.
The adventurers quickly agreed, and Spade now used the scrying bowl for real to reveal the location of the Ever-Flowing Mug. The adventurers then rushed to the Portal, where they searched for and found the needed artifact. Death was nowhere to be seen. He was too busy giving a tour of his own realm.
Spade looked again into the scrying bowl, and the adventurers set off for Vagabond Nest to find the Heart of the Crystal Giant. At Werewolf Way, Death fell upon them again for he had finished his grand tour of Hades. Fortunately, close at Death’s heels was yet another brave adventurer, and so the six heroes swiftly defeated Death. The adventurers left him disabled and rushed to Vagabond nest, but Death recovered quickly and soon caught up with them. However, Death was feeling a bit woozy by this point, and he was defeated so quickly he wasn’t even sure how it happened.
The adventurers collected the magic artifact, Spade quickly scryed where the next could be found, and then as he touched the Heart of the Crystal Giant, he released its curse upon them all. Now they moved as if swimming through honey. Fortunately, Death was also hit with this curse. The chase was now continued at a walk, a very slow walk.
Slowly, the adventures reached the Invisible Mill, slowly Death followed, slowly they searched for and found the Dagger of Destiny. Slowly, they pulled it from the ground.
Death walked on by. The adventures walked after him.
When they finally reached the Everchanging Artifact, the adventurers paused to retrieve the Shard of the Sun and then walked slowly to the Field of Destiny where Death was found resting.
Spade procured the last artifact needed for his ritual, a Soul of a Fallen Warrior. Spade used the soul to resurrect the warrior, as the Crystal Giant’s curse lifted. The adventures then defeated Death for a final time. Their newest member was skilled at casting water spells, so a weakened Death was quickly disabled. While Death was down, Spade cast his spell, and Death was banished from the realm.