Arcade’s Journal -- Nostradis Ghend Finale, The Defenders are Born.

...behind the red curtain we found Mikal bound onto a scarred, blood-soaked altar. Runnels led to a prepared spell parchment. Praise the gods, he was unharmed. Sadly we were too late to save Maddoc. We found his mutilated body. Tom-Tom is furious, but we believe from the papers we found that his Uncle Baylock is still alive....

...curious plaque with the word "Illdar" inscribed upon it. Saying the word causes the roof section over the altar to appear and disappear....

...on the way back downstairs we encountered another orc. I struck it with my staff, which then Teleported out of my hand. I found the staff later in a corner of the room. Odd behavior. Plainly it dislikes being used as a weapon. We heard the voices of two concerned half-orcs (including one Captain Yarag) calling from below through the speaking-tube. Nolin mimicked Ghend’s voice, and told them to remain below until morning....

...found a book describing Ghend’s organization, the Brotherhood of Night. The cult intends to bring a time called the "Dread Night" by blacking out the sun. Servants of the group are called "Illdar". Ghend was a "Darker", the leader of an Illdar coven. Hints from the book suggested that Illdar take new names when they join the cult. Knowing that Ghend loved anagrams, I puzzled out his new true name, "Dread Night’s Son"....

...freed a human female slave named Ashira who had been sold to Lord Ghend. We will take her and Mikal with us in the morning....

...the dawn revealed that the half-orcs had fled. Speaking Ghend’s true name opened the black portal, and we freed Baylock from an imprisoning suit of welded-shut armor....

...the clerics did their best to cleanse the taint of the tower. We buried the bodies, took an inventory, and prepared to leave. It seemed to me that with this adventure our group had gained real purpose, and I felt that we needed a name. I suggested that "Defenders of Daybreak" would be the most suitable. Much mirth ensued, with Tom-Tom suggesting "Defenders of Coffee Break" and Nolin offering "Defenders of Late Mid-Morning Brunch", but finally all members acquiesced. Our sigil will suggest the rays of the rising sun....

...in Baylock’s prison we found a riddle above a seemingly impenetrable enchanted door:

"I am that which hides all evil, With me as cover, vampires play, I am all the blind envision, In me will all men find their way."