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The Sky-Stone Sickness
Known Party
The full roster of the first sky-stone expedition is not yet confirmed. These are the characters currently tied to that earlier trip by the surviving sources.
The fallen sky-stone northeast of Þýdal was first a promise. In the days after the Stonehome warning, while the horde was still rebuilding damaged war machines at Stonehome, Þýdal sent a party north to investigate the recent meteor. The village needed anything that might strengthen its defense, and old stories said metal from fallen stars could become extraordinary weapons.
The journey was dangerous, but the party returned before the horde reached Þýdal. They brought back enough star-metal for the village smiths to work in haste, and from that metal came Thordak's warhammer and Starspike. One of the new weapons showed magical properties, which helped send the village toward The Amber Tower and the rescue of Fróð Erikson.
At this point in the story, the sky-stone mattered because it armed Þýdal. The later disease investigation and goblin study belong to Return to the Sickened Sky-Stone, after Þýdal's refugees had reached Niðaróss. The first expedition ended with star-metal in the hands of desperate smiths and a village still racing to prepare for the night the horde would come.