Editing Drake's Company (section)

===The Hunt Begins===
Drake's Company originally came together in [[Calendar#Year 2964|2964]] when bounty hunters [[Drake Roxley]] and [[Bran]] sought allies in [[Drakkengarde]] to hunt down a dangerous [[fire genasi]] [[wizard]] named [[Bastian Thermandar]], who was wanted for murdering high-ranking members of the [[Mercantile Alliance]]. Bran recruited his old friend [[Waedin]] before they set about recruiting for additional help, ultimately hiring [[Qwynn Cupsigh]], [[Láfièlthién]] (Lafiel for short), and [[Ru Bae Ya]] to join their hunt. Following what scant information they had of his whereabouts, they sailed up the [[Belsimar Strait]] to [[Yalnos]] and from there traveled to [[Red Oak Village]].

Though they found no direct evidence of Thermandar's presence, the villagers spoke of strange happenings and odd weather of late. The party began searching the nearby hills, eventually finding a small tunnel into a hillside that ended at an iron door. A ghost appeared and warned them to depart its master's tomb, and so they returned to Red Oak. However, that night Lafiel and Waedin snuck back in, defeated the ghost, and opened the door. Beyond was simply a small room with a stone coffin, and the remains of an ancient diary identifying the occupant as Lord Aldus Byron. When they opened the coffin, the sword that had been interred with Byron animated and flew at them, but Waedin simply caught it out of the air; he then shoved it back into the coffin while Lafiel hurriedly pushed the lid closed once more.

The next day a villager told them of a growing evil at nearby Lance Rock. Rather than finding Bastian Thermandar there, however, they encountered a mad necromancer calling himself the Lord of Lance Rock and babbling about "The Eye" that watched everything. Though they dispatched him and his zombies, Waedin was killed in the battle. Bran, mourning the passing of his friend, flew off to the distant [[Tornoth Peaks]] to bury him close to the sky. While the others waited in Red Oak they became acquainted with a traveling bard named [[Gnarls Blackwood]]. By the time Bran returned, they had recruited him to join them in their hunt. Bran also mentioned a tower he flew over with a large wicker giant erected in front of it.