The Hook: In the land of Silvestris, an obscuring mist cloaked the land and denied all who tried entry and with it a prophetic dream. A Bishop from the Eclessia Summus went to the Pontiff and told him of what he saw, a dark growing force that desired to blot out the sun and moon, ushering the end of humanity. And so, the Eclessia Summus sent group after group towards Silvestris, only to learn that they could not enter the kingdom or they were never to be seen again. Eventually, the party was summoned in order to investigate the land, a group of individuals who once had ties to Silvestris in one way or another. Within the darkened land, an old evil has returned. After having been slain centuries ago by the hero Aurelius, the dark sorcerer Alaric has risen from the dead to seek his revenge. General: Hello and thank you for reading my listing, I have nearly a decade of experience with DM/GMing as well as playing, accumulating in thousands of hours both on here and Discord, mostly D&D 5e and Pathfinder 2e though dipping my toes into various other systems like Fabula Ultima, Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness, etc. A lot of this campaign is going to come from your characters as individuals as it's more Gothic Fantasy than the typical high fantasy adventure. Both related to character hooks and motivations as well as Alaric himself as a character who I wanted to have a lot of depth as an antagonist, or even possibly an ally if the party decides to side with him. Big themes of the campaign are betrayal, revenge, redemption and justice. Rules: - For this, all characters will be human to better suit the setting, though who knows if they'll stay that way as the game is played. - It has been a while since I have DM'd 5e, so there may be times where I limit things (whether by removal or tweaking) throughout the game if it feels too against the vibe of the setting or overpowered. - The starting level is 3 - We will be using the Gritty rest system. (Though Long Rests will be 3 days) - I will allow homebrew only if I get to read it first and agree to it. - When designing your character keep gothic/dark fantasy in mind. And, finally, I would like to thank you all again for taking time to read my listing, I hope you apply and I wish you luck to get in. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me.