From the introduction: A close friend is due great honors, but he is missing. His wife begs for help, but something is wrong with her as well. Which is stronger for you, friendship or truth? Part 5 in the "Holidays for Heroes" series. Best for characters that have completed one episode in the series or DAB037: Contagion. Otherwise the character must have at least one Nobility point. Characters using non-detection items will not be contacted, and thus may not participate. A Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor adventure for heroes levels 11 to 13. Ascendance: A revered and holy time. Ascendance is a three day religious ceremony for most of the North’s religions. High priests are announced, common folk flock to temples, and powerful items of holy might are created. By edicts of the king and temples, no work is performed on these holy days under penalty of imprisonment and a heavy monetary fine. Priests, paladins, and druids observe Ascendance by passing out alms and tending to the starving and sick.