This is the situation in which our campaign begins: In the ruined city of Nimrod on the shore of Lake Tangir, Angelic evangelists have managed to convince the chieftain Marduk that obedience to the laws of heaven is not only beneficial but required. From a deserted monastery on an island in the lake, the evangelists direct the chieftains every move and have turned the once free people of the Nimrodin into a zealous force of armed worshippers of the Angels. Yet, not all Nimrodin wanted to accept their new masters and the radical change of their way of living that was brought upon them by the evangelists. The chieftain's daughter Kyrila had always suffered from her father's disappointment about having no male heir to his line so when he turned to the worship of Angels, it was only the final spark that set her wrath afire.
Together with a small group of like-minded warriors, the princess fled Nimrod and set up a hidden camp in the wooded hills that rise between the shore and the towering mountains known as the Storm Pillars. From their they planned raids against Nimrod and sought ways to get rid of the intruders that were, unfortunately, equipped much better and were accompanied by a powerful sorcerer. Although no match for those powerful enemies, the princess's men soon established a reputation as an annoying thorn in the side of chieftain Marduk and his Angel-sent "advisors". After a few weeks, someone called them the "Woodland Rebellion" and the name stuck.
A week ago, Nimrodin warriors managed to smoke out a rebel outpost in a deserted part of the ruined city. While most of the rebel warriors have been killed in the fight, four of them were taken captive and locked into a great cage on a podium on Nimrod's former market place. Princess Kyrila has managed to sneak into Nimrod with the help of a mysterious stranger and has just arrived at the small workshop of Baldur, the safehouse of the Rebellion in Nimrod. The owner, Baldur, is an inventor and tinkerer who makes a humble living from making and repairing crude tools for the Nimrodin. Aside from this, he bears the Angels a grudge as he deems them responsible for the loss of a wealth of knowledge and technology. So, not only he doesn't particularly like the evangelists, Baldur is also the only one in town who might be able to pick the pre-cataclysmic pin tumbler lock on the cage…
