Orlin the chain of the people Orlin is a +3 keen spiked chain. It is intelligent [Int 15, Wis 12, Cha 11, AL LG] and grants its wielder the following powers: Mobility feat, +10 to Sense Motive checks, see invisibility [at will], stoneskin [1/day, 10th level], bull's strength [1/day, 10th level], haste [10 rounds per day], and it has extra powers vs. evil and undead [+2 to AC and +2d4 holy damage against evil or undead].

D'Laren Haldoran is the son of a poor family of servants from a small province in Rhys. His father died when he was five and he was raised by his mother. When he was 14, D'Laren joined a mercenary company so he could support his mother. The company, known as the Silent Shield, specialized in protection and was predominately employed by the McKutcheon family, a local merchant family. While in training, D'Laren was befriended by Caleb McKutcheon, the slightly deranged third son of the McKutcheons.

Caleb hired D'Laren as his personal bodyguard and arranged for his wages to be paid directly to D'Laren's mother. D'Laren followed Caleb to the city of Rhys where they met Morgoth, a strange warrior of questionable bloodline, and Scar, an ugly dwarf with a heinous scar. Caleb befriended this pair of misfits and they all decided to sign on as sailors aboard the Seawolf, a merchant vessel.

On their first voyage aboard the Seawolf, the ship sailed into a magical storm and emerged near a desolate island, about a thousand miles off course. This island had ship-sized passages that led into dark caverns. D'Laren and his companions left the ship to explore the caverns and look for supplies so the Seawolf would be able to return to known waters. Inside of the caverns, the companions found an old abandoned ship that they were able to cannibalize the old ship for parts to repair the Seawolf. The companions traveled towards the surface of the island, fighting the creatures that lived in the caverns.

When they reached the surface the group came across a cemetery and were chased by undead to a mausoleum that the undead wouldn't approach. D'Laren was the only person in the group that was able to enter the mausoleum. Since his companions were safe from the undead, D'Laren decided to enter the mausoleum since there was obviously something hedging out the undead as well as the rest of his companions. D'Laren found a set of stairs descending into the darkness below the mausoleum. In the room cut into the stone below the mausoleum, D'Laren met a paladin who had been holed up in this room to protect a powerful magical item, the Talisman of Graz'zt. D'Laren took an oath to protect the talisman from evil and the old paladin gave it to him and promptly died. The companions escaped from their sanctuary and the Seawolf was able to leave the island.

After making it back to the mainland, Morgoth met a dwarf named Bartram Granitecutter. Bartram was something of a broker in magical items. Morgoth would meet with Bartram, and Bartram would give him information on the whereabouts of a magical item and the companions would retrieve it. During this time, D'Laren and his companions retrieved several magic items and successfully defended the talisman from some formidable foes.

Bartram then made a mistake, he asked Morgoth to retrieve an item from a ship that would be sailing along a set course. Morgoth accepted the job, and the group boarded the Seawolf to intercept the ship carrying the item. When the ship was within range, D'Laren used the talisman to polymorph into a bird and scout the enemy ship. When he approached the ship, he realized that there was a problem; the ship was carrying priests of the god Arthom. D'Laren refused to attack priests of Arthom, so he flew back to the Seawolf and told the captain to call off the attack or he would sink his ship. The captain refused so D'Laren dove into the water and used the passwall power from the talisman to open a large hole in the side of the Seawolf's hull. When the group escaped from the sinking ship they gathered and Morgoth told the rest of the group that Bartram was a vampire, which is why Morgoth was the only one that had met with him.

The companions decided to destroy Bartram and traveled to Lyon to enlist some help from the church of Arthom. With two clerics in tow, the party assaulted Bartram's home. After a tough battle, the party had defeated the vampire and his lackeys. Found within the home was a deck of many things, D'Laren drew the comet, euryale, knight, throne, and flames.

The party found information about the whereabouts of a powerful necromancer that had been behind most of the attempts on D'Laren's life. The party followed the information and attacked the necromancer, destroying him forever. After destroying the necromancer, D'Laren retired to the keep that he gained by drawing the throne card from the deck of many things. Caleb returned to his family home, and Morgoth took up residence in Bartram's old home.