Chapter 1: Running the Realms

Investigating Humble Hill

The people of Humble Hill are wary of the party. Interacting with locals allows the characters to learn the "curse" coincides with a visit from a traveling halfling alchemist named Algar Gaunt (Small, Neutral Evil Mage Apprentice), who sold several farmers a "miraculous growth" fertilizer. The fertilizer has corrupted the water table and poisoned crops.

Finding Gaunt

Sister Liana tends the townsfolk and charges the characters with finding Gaunt. As the characters search the region, roll on the table below, rerolling duplicates. After each encounter, a character can make a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a successful check, they find a clue that leads them to Gaunt's lab, which is accessed by way of a stairway leading down from an apparently abandoned overgrown shed.

Gaunt's Lab

Use the map and features below for Gaunt's lab:

Bandit Stronghold

Use the Dungeon Hideout map in Dungeon Master's Guide 9—an arch over the roadway once connected these watchtowers. The western stairway on level 1 leads to level 2's secret exit tunnel and the few rooms directly along it; ignore the rest of level 2. Bandits have lived in this hideout for weeks, and characters traveling the road spot campfire smoke from the west tower. The robbers aren't bloodthirsty—if they defeat the characters, they're content to rob them and figure out if anyone is worth ransoming.

Characters who search the area more broadly might discover a hidden entrance to the lair of the robbers. This hole in the hillside, covered with brush, is the secret exit found on level 2 of the map.

Mardon Rueh (Medium Spy) is the bandit leader. He carries keys to the locked areas on level 1. His sister, Wendi Rueh (Medium Priest Acolyte), tries to prevent anyone from dying, even hostages or the characters. The Ruehs were once aristocrats and were ruined by the Eomanes, a rival family the Ruehs accused of devil worship. Mardon intends to use money gained from banditry to hire mercenaries and take revenge. If given the chance, Mardon tells his story to the party and he might even hire the characters to be his agents. For more on the Eomanes, see the "Eomane House" section and the adventure "Blood Night" in chapter 6.

Fallen Archway

Caldwell (Medium Tough) and his pet Mastiff keep watch on the road. A total of three Bandits and one Scout lurk in the ruined guardhouses to either side, but they're bored and Indifferent, talking to each other and occasionally leaving the building to speak with Caldwell or play with the dog. Caldwell is Hostile and demands a toll of 3 GP from each passerby, but he's willing to barter. At any impasse in talks, the robbers insist on more money. If the party doesn't relent, the robbers reluctantly begin combat.

East Tower

Mardon lives in a rough office and bedroom set up in this tower. In the northeastern barrack, three Bandits rest. A room in the southeast corner built around the oiled, polished stump of an ancient oak houses Wendi Rueh, Mardon's sister. She reveres Oghma and has placed a wooden symbol of Oghma atop the stump. Battle sounds bring everyone into the fray. Journals and other documents in these rooms tell the story of the Rueh family and their vendetta with the Eomanes.

West Tower

Three Bandits and one Mastiff relax around a campfire in this tower, which is in much worse condition than the eastern one. They keep a lax watch on the stairway down, which they've covered with wooden boards. The stairway is unstable. Characters who move at no more than half their Speed on a turn use it safely. Otherwise, the stairs crumble and all creatures on the stairs fall 10 feet to level 1, alerting everyone in west level 1 (below).

East Level 1

The eastern section of the hideout houses castoff junk and three locked prison cells with one prisoner, Adon Twyrtho (Medium Warrior Infantry). Adon is eager to escape, but he admits to being treated well while he waited to be ransomed. He points out that the bandits pass through this area when they change shifts.

Central Level 1

To the east of this pillared hall, rubble chokes a stairway. To the west, a similar stair leads to an escape tunnel with a brush-covered entrance on a hillside. A locked southwestern room holds most of the bandits' loot and supplies, including the following:

• 380 CP, 630 SP, 120 GP, and 26 PP
• Six tigereye gems, worth 10 GP each
• Potion of Climbing
• Spell Scroll of See Invisibility

West Level 1

One Tough, one Scout, one Mastiff, and three Bandits rest or socialize in the barrack here. These combatants respond quickly to the sounds of fighting or a shouted alarm from the floor above.

Conclusion

If the party agrees to help Mardon and Wendi get justice on the Eomanes and regain their rightful position in Baldur's Gate, Mardon releases Adon. As long as Adon is freed, Rolf makes good on his promised payment.

Everyone, Inside

War horns blare as raiders rush the priory grounds. Three Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Boss, all riding Wolves, attempt to ride down a dozen panicked Commoners running for the safety of the priory. Monks release messenger pigeons requesting reinforcement, a day's ride away. The raiders, a hundred strong, surround the priory.

The Siege Begins

An Ogre, wielding a battering ram and backed up by three Hobgoblin Warriors, attempts to force the main door. Meanwhile, three Bugbear Warriors hide in the courtyard to ambush anyone who attempts to escape the priory. If the party defeats both groups, the raiders fall back, building a camp. Otherwise, defenders abandon the temple, retreating into the shelter of the sanctuary and living quarters.

Reprieve

The party has a chance to take a Short Rest. The characters might bolster the faith and courage of civilians trapped in the priory, reinforce doors, make barricades, and set improvised traps for invaders. Four Potions of Healing are stored in the vault. The sanctuary is protected by a Hallow spell. It blocks Fiends from entering, and Humanoids in the sanctuary can't gain the Frightened condition. A Priest Acolyte at the priory can heal one creature.

Overnight Assault

Lac's forces make many assaults on the priory. Use the groups below in any order or combination. Each is a low-difficulty encounter; for a high-difficulty encounter, combine two groups:

• Four Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Boss
• Three Hobgoblin Warriors and a Worg
• A Bugbear Warrior and four Wolves
• Two Ogrillon Ogres

Predawn

Just before sunup, Lac sends six Hobgoblin Warriors in to soften up the characters, entering battle after these minions are defeated.

The Sun Rises

A troop of mounted Knights led by a Priest of Lathander arrives at dawn. The characters can sally forth to rout the remaining raiders.

Conclusion

Each character is awarded a gold symbol of Lathander set with a ruby and worth 100 GP. Each character's Renown Score with the Order of the Gauntlet increases by 1.

Raven Run

As characters leave for Idol Island, they are followed by a large flock of ravens, animals sacred to Shar. Eventually, the birds swoop down and initiate combat. They include three Swarms of Ravens and a fourth group infused with shadow magic (Swarm of Stirges).

Gloom Mist

Mist around Idol Island dampens nonmagical lights and cantrips so they create only Dim Light. Five sobbing Shadows ambush the characters as the group nears the shore.

Weeping Goddess

As the party approaches a rough statue fronting an old shrine, sounds of weeping emanate from it. If the group lingers, the crying ceases, and three Kenku and a Cultist Fanatic loyal to Shar, who were making the weeping noises, emerge from the shrine and order the characters to leave or die.

Entryways

This area has two entrances to the sanctum. A hole opens in the shrine's southern wall, leading to a flooded tunnel. The shrine's altar conceals a standard secret door (DC 15 to detect), leading to a dry secret passage.

Flooded Tunnel

Darkness and cloudy water fill this tunnel. Two Lacedon Ghouls have been attracted to the deathly magic here.

Sanctum

Within this sanctuary, which also serves as a barrack, an obsidian pillar glows with violet light. Irric (Medium, Neutral Evil Priest) dwells here along with three Kenku. Irric uses the pillar to draw sorrow from townsfolk to offer to Shar, hoping she'll break the curse on his kenku followers. During battle, stolen grief manifests as a weeping Shadow.

Conclusion

On Irric's defeat, Shar withdraws her power from the pillar, which returns to normal but blackened stone. The shadows and gloomy mist on Idol Island vanish, as do the unnaturally aggressive ravens. Townsfolk return to normal, and Merrygold and Valdi are grateful.

Hollow Path

The path from Julkoun to Laughing Hollow runs 24 miles southeast along the Delimbiyr River. For every 4 hours the party spends traveling, roll on the table below, rerolling duplicates. Fungal growths cover blighted creatures, driving them to fury.

Wood Elves

As the characters enter Laughing Hollow, three blighted wood elves (Medium Spies) ambush them. They come to their senses when Bloodied and surrender. After pointing the group to the blighted grove, they rush to warn their community and seek a cure.

Sacred Grove

Use the map below. Mycelial fibers run through the brush and drape branches. Spores form a light fog. Fungus becomes denser closer to the center, casting the forest in misty gloom.

Myconids here are Chaotic Evil, infected with demonic ichor:

Conclusion

With the sovereign's defeat, the blight ends. A group of wood elves arrives and thanks the characters, helping them recover from the ordeal. Each character's Renown Score with the Emerald Enclave increases by 1.

Work Area

Just inside the quarry lurk five Zombies, two Ghouls, and a Ghast. Once laborers here, they were corrupted by the stone but continue to swing picks and drive shovels in pointless labor. They fight anyone who disturbs them.

Ambush

Sarbrindar, a Wight clad in robes decorated with Orcus's symbol, hides behind a wagon to ambush the party. He's accompanied by two Skeletons of former workers. The skeletons fight from high ground. Sarbrindar singles out one character for mockery and insults, gleefully fighting until destroyed. Brother Trasig's broken body is partially buried behind nearby crates, clutching a Periapt of Health. The cause of the transformations is concealed behind an illusory wall. If the illusion is touched, it vanishes.

Hidden Cavity

Within the hidden cavity, the cult has hidden a relic called the Tenebrous Stone. As the characters enter, each is subjected to a vision of a past failure. Roleplay through each of these scenes, inviting players to describe the failure and what their character did or didn't do in the past. A demonic figure appears in each vision, taunting the character. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw can change the tragic outcome of their vision; a character who fails experiences the tragedy all over again.

When every vision has resolved, the characters return to their senses, and the demonic figure of their visions manifests as a Succubus. The succubus is Vulnerable to all damage from characters who succeeded on the save and changed the outcome of their vision, but characters who failed that save and experienced a tragic outcome again have the Frightened condition instead.

Conclusion

If the succubus is defeated, the Tenebrous Stone loses its power, and the quarry returns to normal over several days.

Site Features

The site, its magic weakened but unbroken, has endured more than a century. Harpers left various clues in each area; a character who takes a Study action and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (History) check recognizes a Harper clue's meaning.

Entryway

Zhents found the tomb, its door hidden in a small cave. Signs of an explosion (caused by a discharged Glyph of Warding spell) mar the cave and the broken doorway, once carved as a graceful tree. Zhentarim corpses lie scattered on the floor. A Wraith drifts out of the tomb and initiates combat.

Nethertide Leavings

Orc equipment and bones form a pile near a bronze floor plate that reads, in Common, "Along Selûne's path they did walk, leaving no stone unturned." This is a Harper clue, and a character who recognizes it knows it refers to "Moonlight Paean," a famous ballad. A character who recites the ballad causes silver light to bathe the chamber, revealing a Shield of Missile Attraction and a Sword of Vengeance lying among the bones. Other treasures and art objects here amount to a CR 4 random treasure hoard. Disturbing these items without first reciting the ballad causes bones to animate and ambush the characters (two Swarms of Crawling Claws and seven Crawling Claws).

Dragon Statue

Two pressure plates trigger this fire-casting statue (see 2 of the Dungeon Master's Guide). A wall carving of a musician playing, notes issuing from his lute while he dances around the statue, is a Harper clue. Characters who recognize it know the tune depicted: "Coggin's Reel." Playing or humming this tune disarms the trap.

Tomb

This stone coffin is locked with the Arcane Lock spell. Its lid reads, in Elvish, "To shine a light on the future." This is a Harper clue. A character who recognizes it knows the response: "Study the past." This phrase is the password for the arcane lock. Within the coffin is Demon Armor that animates and fights; use the stat block for a Cambion. If the proper phrase was spoken, the armor starts the combat Bloodied.

Conclusion

Folavani helps remove curses from cursed characters. Each character's Renown Score with the Harpers increases by 1.

Exploring the Forest

A wooded swamp just west of Doncastle, the Drowned Forest was once 12 miles long and half as wide. It has expanded 2 miles on every side and grown more dangerous. For every 2 hours the party spends exploring the swamp, roll on the table below, rerolling duplicates.

Creatures in encounters 1–4 on the table are loyal to the hags. They might admit to serving them and describe where the coven is located or, alternatively, take captured characters there.

One creature in each group carries a magical talisman made of foul natural materials. A talisman allows its bearer to see through magic protecting the coven's cave.

Coven Bluff

The coven lairs in a rocky cavern from which water perpetually flows, near the swamp's center. Near the cavern, webs cover dead trees. Use the map and features below:

• Outside Guardians. Two Ettercaps and three Giant Spiders keep watch.

Conclusion

With the hags defeated, the waters recede. Gwyer asks for their cauldron, from which he and his circle can make the party a real Decanter of Endless Water.

Entering the Grove

The entrance to the grove is guarded by three Cultist Fanatics and a Specter.

Obelisk of Night

A stone obelisk marked with runes stands in the central clearing of the grove. Mother Gloam has trapped an Empyrean Iota within the obelisk. To free it, the characters must collect three runestones from elsewhere in the grove and place them into recesses on the obelisk's surface. When all three runestones are in their places, the obelisk shatters, the empyrean bursts free, and dawn comes to the village.

If the characters haven't yet fought Mother Gloam, she confronts them when they bring the third runestone to the clearing.

Gathering Runestones

The three runestones—smooth, flat tiles shaped like the central obelisk and each carved with a single rune—are placed on withered stumps at different places along the paths surrounding the central clearing. One is in the southwest corner where the path bends sharply. The second is in the southeast corner, where the path rises along a small hillside and comes to an end. The third is on the east side, where a smaller clearing is lined with vibrant purple fungus.

While the characters explore the paths looking for the runestones, roll on the table below, rerolling duplicates.

Conclusion

If the obelisk is destroyed, Mother Gloam retreats, swearing an eternal vendetta against the characters. The iota selects one character, lands in their hand, and permanently transforms into a sentient Gem of Brightness.

Road Killers

Near Amphail, in the foothills of the Sword Mountain along the Long Road, three Perytons swoop down on the characters. The perytons hint at Malar's involvement in this mystery.

Amphail Arrival

Lord Ilzimmer greets the party and hosts them in his Stone Stallion inn. He tells the party that he doesn't want to choose sides, but the deep-rooted Oglyntyr family blames newcomers the Hemzars, who train dangerous creatures—Strem Hemzar recently slew an owlbear on Hemzar Ranch. But Riven Oglyntyr, who left decades ago to adventure, returned not long ago and could be involved. He needs an outside party to investigate.

Hemzar Ranch

When the party visits Hemzar Ranch, 7 miles west of Amphail, use the 9 in appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide if needed. The Hemzars, all humans, largely cooperate with the investigation and instruct their four servants and ranch hands to do the same.

Strem slew a bloody owlbear a few weeks ago and has been ill ever since. The owlbear was sent by Malar, who cursed Strem to be a werewolf. He convalesces in the manor tower, and he and his family chain him up there at night, keeping the truth of his condition a secret.

The Hemzars assume Strem contracted lycanthropy from the owlbear. A character who takes a Study action and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recalls Malar sends blood-covered beasts out into the world, and he takes umbrage when they're slain. Searching the Hemzar manor turns up an ivory idol of Malar in one of the barns, but the Hemzars don't know where it came from.

Oglyntyr Ranch

Eight miles north of Amphail, Oglyntyr Ranch shows signs of neglect. Use the 9 in appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide if needed. The Oglyntyr basement houses a gory Malar shrine decorated with human heads and an owlbear skull.

The Oglyntyrs, all humans, have a nasty reputation. Riven became a lycanthrope while away on adventure and has brought Malar's worship back to his family, all of whom are now cursed.

The family's four remaining servants are Wererats.

Sacred Hunt

When the party begins investigating the Oglyntyrs, the family pretends to cooperate and blames the Hemzars. But as the party discovers the shrine or otherwise gets close to the truth, the Oglyntyrs decide to kill the party and honor Malar by making them the object of a hunt. The family stalks the characters and harries them in the wilderness.

Use the following encounters, giving the party time to recover between each.

• Dorn alongside Mirin.
• Jhess and two servants. If Bloodied, these lycanthropes flee back to the ranch or surrender.
• Riven, one servant, and one Panther. If Bloodied, the servant flees or surrenders, but Riven makes sure the cowardly servant dies.

Conclusion

Lord Ilzimmer is displeased if the Oglyntyrs come to harm, but if confronted with the evidence, he admits the family was likely responsible. Strem Hemzar's hidden lycanthropy can prompt further adventure. Each character's Renown Score with the Lords' Alliance increases by 1.

Doing Their Homework

Characters might seek to use Candlekeep's resources to learn more about their mission. Anyone wishing to enter the library must provide a work of writing the library doesn't already have. Characters researching in the library learn the gang's name refers to At'ar the Merciless, the Bedine god of the sun. Characters can acquire maps suggesting possible routes to Anauroch. An obscure scouting report describes the leader of the Eyes of At'ar as a mysterious "half-lion" spellcaster named Inixera (Lamia). The report cautions that the gang has eyes everywhere. You can find more information on Candlekeep to flesh out this part of the adventure in the Candlekeep Mysteries adventure anthology.

The Journey. The characters have a long journey ahead of them. One option is to take the Trade Way north to Daggerford, then turn east along the Delimbyr Trail until they reach the Black Road and Anauroch. Alternatively, the party might travel cross-country, skirting the Forest of Wyrms, Marsh of Chelimber, and Lonely Moor. Use the rules for travel and journey stages in 1 of the Dungeon Master's Guide.

Kozah's Whisper

Kozah's Whisper is a caravansary halfway along the Black Road, in the middle of the Great Desert. Use the 9 from appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide. Characters who used magic to travel to Kozah's Whisper might get there before the bandits, but its more likely the gang has already arrived.

The caravansary is managed by a human woman named Enla Massine (Medium, Chaotic Neutral Commoner) who has survived in Anauroch by not getting involved in the business of her guests. She is assisted by her wife, Nari (Medium Assassin), who serves as a bouncer and general laborer. The two are fiercely loyal to each other. Their three adult children (Medium Commoners) work as cooks, grooms, and cleaning staff. Other guests at the caravansary include the following:

• Lorna, a nosy human merchant (Medium Commoner) lingering at Kozah's Rest while her pack animals recover from a difficult journey. Lorna is a source for gossip at the caravansary, and she can sell the party any gear they might need, including a few Spell Scrolls.
• Mikkam, a halfling lieutenant in the Eyes of At'ar (Small, Chaotic Neutral Tough Boss). He leads eight Toughs.
• Nama, a wandering elf mage (Medium Bandit Deceiver) pursuing lost Netherese lore. If Nama learns about the Netherese scriptures, she might offer her services to the party in exchange for the scroll—or simply try to steal it.
• Raheel, a human tracker (Medium Scout). Raheel is looking for work. The party can hire him for 100 GP. He will spy on the Eyes of At'ar or anyone else the party directs him to, but he avoids combat.

The party has time to investigate the caravansary and guests while meeting with Mikkam to set up the exchange. Once convinced the party intends to make the deal, Mikkam sends word to Inixera, leader of the gang, at a bandit camp half a day away in the desert.

The Exchange

Inixera arrives a day after being sent for, with the bulk of the gang in tow. This includes four Bandit Captains and two dozen Bandits, and Gnasher, Inixera's pet Manticore. Sullivan is manacled and gagged, in Gnasher's care. Inixera has the Netherese texts in an elaborate scroll case, hidden in a simple sack.

When Inixera confronts the party, he changes the terms of the deal. He will release Sullivan if the party agrees to read the scroll aloud, right now, in the open yard of the caravansary. Inixera has read the scriptures and knows they summon a Phaerimm Agent. If the characters go through with this bargain, the phaerimm appears and fights them while Inixera looks on, cackling with glee. If they refuse, Inixera intends to feed Sullivan to Gnasher and keep the scrolls for himself.

Finding the House

Bribes of 100 GP spread around informers in the city get the party the location of the safe house and the name Yathla Kresh (Medium, Neutral Evil Bandit Deceiver), an aspiring human crime lord and expert illusionist, who is behind the abduction. Alternatively, a character can get this information by spending an hour interrogating petty criminals and succeeding at a DC 15 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check.

Safe House

Use the map below. Doors begin closed. See "Hallway Fights" below for additional guidance:

Hallway Fights

Any criminal in the house can shout an alarm, so characters are likely to face enemies simultaneously charging out of various rooms. At the same time, Yathla flees up the stairs towards the vault, leading characters following too closely into the trap on the upper floor. A session might involve the party splitting up, some chasing Yathla while others deal with the gang and search for Rendel. Track Initiative for everyone even as they spread out around the house.

Conclusion

If Rendel is rescued, each character's Renown Score with the Zhentarim increases by 1.

Hill Exploration

Each day the characters travel through the Forlorn Hills searching for the fallen Tears, they make DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) checks. Once they have collectively made ten successful checks, they find the fallen Tears (see "At the Crash Site" below). On each day they don't find the Tears, roll on the table below, rerolling duplicates.

At the Crash Site

Use the map below. Three Tear fragments, fire-polished moonstones each the size of a human fist, lie in three different craters. Zorris, a tiefling, and Halawys, a human (both Medium Werebears), received a vision to guard the fragments until worthy folk came to retrieve them. Characters must convince these guardians to relinquish the prize; the guardians are initially Indifferent, but offering them one of the Tear fragments makes them Friendly.

Scene of the Crime

The caravan ambush site is several miles from town, in the forest. Footprints and drag marks suggest the caravan members were taken prisoner and the supplies nabbed. The party can follow this trail to the forest camp.

Forest Ambush

Fey defenders of the forest wait along the way. The group consists of a Goblin Hexer, a Satyr Revelmaster, and three Bugbear Stalkers. They fight while shouting insults at the party for abetting the selfish destruction of the forest. When one is killed, the rest retreat to the forest camp.

Marks of Civilization

Characters traveling through the woods note excessive logging, cruel animal traps, and a dearth of local wildlife, suggesting the fey have a point.

Forest Camp

Use the map below. The camp's inhabitants and main features are listed below:

Fists or Friends

The characters might sneak or force their way into the camp, but negotiation is possible. Spirella is initially Hostile but agrees to return the supplies and free the prisoners in exchange for a binding agreement from locals that the forest will not be hunted or logged until the damage already done has healed. This could take many years.

Wild Magic

The inside of the tower is a wild magic zone. See chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master's Guide for rules on wild magic zones.

Living Menhirs

Outside the inverted tower, menhirs and rubble swirl in the air, combining into a creature that defends the entrance. Use the Air Elemental stat block but change its creature type to Construct. When the creature drops to 0 Hit Points, the last menhir animates (use the Galeb Duhr stat block).

Initiation Well

The tower once had a level for each school of magic. Only four levels remain, listed from the top to the bottom:

Conclusion

Uvdi Sarsk rewards each character with an Uncommon magic item.

Night Stalkers

Two Incubi servants of Beshaba stalk the group. If discovered, they call two hulking elk with sharp, bloody antlers to assist them in battle (use the Giant Boar stat block, but the elk are Fiends instead of Beasts). If the incubi pursue the party to the Passion Pools, they and their elk minions fight the party there.

Passion Pools

These caves in the forested foothills of the Sword Mountains protect geothermic pools laced with salts that color the waters various hues of red. The air is steamy and smells foul. Use the 9 in Dungeon Master's Guide appendix B, treating lava as water and placing areas where priests and visitors live and work.

Love's Warning

The Ghost of Baranys Dwyll, once an aasimar priest of Sune, manifests soon after the party enters the pools, warning the characters of the site's dangers.

Foul Waters

The ritual Reyla and Taydan are performing has befouled the pools. Any creature that enters a pool for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have the Poisoned condition until the end of its next turn; a creature makes this save only once per turn. Those who gaze into the pools see unnerving reflections of themselves and must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or suffer the effects of the Bane spell for 1 minute.

Bad Toad

Moro, Reyla's Quasit familiar, keeps watch within the pools and might be discovered by characters at any time. Moro claims to be an innocent awakened toad in need of protection. If allowed to accompany the party or taken along with them, Moro causes "accidental" trouble until it has an excuse to join a fight against the party. For example, Moro might make noise when the party is trying to be sneaky, or it might profess to know the way through the pools and then lead the party into an ambush. If left behind or attacked, Moro turns Invisible and harasses the group unseen.

Pool Exploration

Each time characters enter a major area, roll on the table below or choose an encounter, rerolling duplicates.

Polluted Pool

Using Abyssal reagents gathered from demons at the site, Reyla and Taydan are performing a vile ritual to corrupt the Passion Pools and dedicate them to Beshaba. They pause to destroy intruders. Three swarms of fiendish cockroaches (Swarms of Larvae) scuttle in the fetid room and protect the two villains. Both Reyla and Taydan are Hostile, but as an Influence action, a character can make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check to try and dissuade Taydan from his evil course, convincing him to turn on Reyla on a successful check. Reyla carries the ruby rose.

Conclusion

When the characters return to the Temple of Beauty with the ruby rose, clerics instruct them to keep it. It now functions as a Ring of Protection when worn. Each character also receives two Perfumes of Bewitching.

Telflamm Is Burning

A character who hits the streets for an hour, questioning key rioters and petty criminals, can make a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a successful check, the character learns the location of the entrance to the Shadowmasters' secret vault, in Telflamm's sewers. Every hour spent on the streets, roll on the table below or choose an encounter, rerolling duplicates.

Sewers

The party must pass through the sewers to reach the vault entrance. As they do, they're ambushed by an Otyugh and three Swarms of Venomous Snakes.

The Vault

Use level 2 of the 9 in appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide, eliminating the east staircase and eastern chambers. Two Tough Bosses and ten Toughs move the accumulated wealth of the city from southern rooms to mine carts in the northern tunnel. When interrupted by the party, they begin combat.

Mine Cart Chase

Shadowmaster Delra Vael (Medium Spy Master) tries to escape down the secret exit in a mine cart loaded with plunder. Characters can pursue in carts of their own, resulting in a chase through labyrinthine caverns, eventually ending at the harbor (see 2 of the Dungeon Master's Guide for rules on running chases). A mine cart can fit one Medium or Small creature. A creature riding in a cart has a Speed of 60 feet.

Bloodrider

The wind dies and sulfurous fog gathers as the fire-blackened Bloodrider sails in. The ghost ship's crew boards the becalmed Wisteria. Use the 9 in Dungeon Master's Guide appendix B. Wisteria's crew (Toughs) flees belowdecks or fights against other monsters while two waves of enemies (see below) fight the characters. Humanoids listed below are instead Undead. When destroyed, the creatures turn to brimstone and ash but eventually return (see "Hell's Cove").

The pirates board in the following waves:

• Once the battle ends, Bloodrider breaks apart and sinks. The party has time to search the large quarters astern, where tattered logs and charts show Bloodrider's port, a tiny cove a day's sail away. If captured, Mazterel can give the same information.

Hell's Cove

When the characters reach the cove, Bloodrider has returned. All Undead listed in waves one and two are back on the ship. They, and Mazterel if he escaped, ambush the party in the haunted village.

The pirates' treasure is hidden behind the waterfall and includes 3,500 GP, a set of amber dice worth 250 GP, a ship in a bottle decorated with gold and gemstones worth 750 GP, Mariner's Armor (Studded Leather Armor) and a Folding Boat.

Within the captain's grotto, the chain-bound, burning heart of Bloodrider's former captain, Salton Vail, floats in the air. A Chain Devil and two Barbed Devils guard the heart. Bloodrider and its crew rise again 1 day after being destroyed unless the heart is doused in Holy Water and the Remove Curse spell is cast on it. An Identify spell cast on the heart reveals this ritual.

Conclusion

With the permanent destruction of the Bloodrider, Shireen sings the group's praises from Baldur's Gate to Athkatla. Henceforth, she will provide a ship and crew for any journey the party wants to make.

Adamantine Rod

To perform the high magic ritual, the characters must find a 3-foot-long adamantine rod made of ore extracted from beneath Mount Hlim. A wicked Fire Giant dwelling inside the mountain has three such rods, each worth 1,000 GP. The characters can sneak into the giant's smithy (use the 9 in appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide). There, they can confront the giant or try to steal a rod.

Place the Rod

The adamantine rod must be stuck in the earth where Mount Hlim will be teleported to. Each character makes a DC 20 Wisdom (Survival) check. It takes the characters 1d6 days to find a suitable new location for the mountain, minus 1 for each character who succeeded on the check (minimum 1 day), during which rumblings and signs of an impending eruption increase.

Conduct the Ritual

At least five participants must congregate in a circle around the adamantine rod and conduct the 8-hour ritual. At the end of the ritual, each participant must expend a level 3+ spell slot or take 22 (4d10) Psychic damage.

Once the ritual is complete, the ground quakes violently as Mount Hlim emerges from the earth at its new location centered on the adamantine rod. Each creature touching the ground within 500 feet of the adamantine rod must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving throw or have the Prone condition. At the end of the ritual, the ritual's participants are on the peak of Mount Hlim.

Survive the Volcano

Once the ritual is finished, a Dao appears beside the characters and initiates combat. This is the spirit of the mountain. When the dao is defeated, it crumbles into dust, leaving behind a Ring of Three Wishes with 1 charge remaining.

Ten minutes after the dao is defeated, Mount Hlim erupts, spewing lava and ash in a 20-mile radius for 2d4 hours. For the duration, each creature within 1 mile of the mountain's peak at the start of its turn takes 70 (20d6) Fire damage.

Obtain the Sickle

An Azer Pyromancer named Caserrium living in the caves beneath Kelvin's Cairn has crafted the burning sickle. He agrees to give it to the characters if they drive out a band of drow cultists lurking beneath the mountain. The drow include twelve Drow of Lolth and two Drow Elite Warriors of Lolth led by a Drow Priestess of Lolth; see chapter 9 for all these stat blocks. Use the 9 from appendix B in the Dungeon Master's Guide for their lair. If the characters defeat or drive off the drow, Caserrium is good to his word and gives the party the sickle.

Luminous Yew

The luminous yew is a massive, magical tree in an ominous copse in the Lonelywood. A greedy, Chaotic Evil Treant guards the tree and fights the party on sight. Once the treant is destroyed, the party can collect the bark using the sickle.

Conducting the Ceremony

Back in Targos, Povari leads the characters in a ceremony around a giant bonfire. The taxing ritual takes 24 hours, at the end of which each character must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level.

Just as Povari is finishing the ceremony, a Remorhaz bursts from the ground. Use the ground floor of the 9 from appendix B in the Dungeon Master's Guide. As long as the party defeats the creature, the ceremony is successful.

1: Entrance

A withered corpse, killed by a blast of necrotic energy from wards on the pillars, lies here. The wards are now spent, and the pillars nonmagical.

2: Hall of the Blessed Dead

The massive statue of a lich fills the center of this room. Four withered bodies are scattered about. The statue is a Haunting Revenant. It killed rival explorers and tries to kill the party as well.

3: Sarcophagi

Each sarcophagus holds a Death Knight Aspirant. If a sarcophagus is opened, the death knight begins combat.

4: Fountain of Dark Knowledge

A fountain of unholy water churns in the room's center. Narbossa, a Marid drained of color and vitality by the necromantic energy of the vault, is bound to the fountain. Narbossa longs to return to the Elemental Plane of Water. It is Indifferent to the characters, and the spell binding the marid to the fountain can be ended with the Dispel Magic spell (DC 14). If the party fails to end the binding, the marid initiates combat. A Necklace of Prayer Beads lies submerged in the fountain.

5: Library

The library holds dozens of rare and ancient books on necromancy, as well as a Tome of Clear Thought. A statue depicting Velsharoon is a Stone Golem that fights if the books are touched.

6: Puzzle Sphere

A sphere of complex, interlocking metal bands with an inky void at its core floats in this room. A character who takes a Study action to inspect the sphere and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check deduces incantations required to make the sphere's bands align, opening a portal to Mungoth, the third layer of Gehenna, where Velsharoon's divine realm is found.

Conclusion

Varelles pays 5,000 GP for the books from the library, doubling his offer if the party brings him the Tome of Clear Thought unused. Each character's Renown Score with the Red Wizards increases by 1.

Travel to the Lair

Cylrotanth's lair lies 135 miles north of Soubar. Each day, use the appropriate encounter below:

Cylrotanth's Lair

Cylrotanth welcomes the group to his lair and asks if they've met his cyclops friends (see above). He becomes Hostile if he learns the group harmed the giants, but he doesn't fight. He's willing to trade for his orb, which is a Crystal Ball worth 40,000 GP.

Cult Ambush

Assuming a fight with the dragon has weakened the group, Dain betrays the party in an attempt to take the orb for himself. He's accompanied by four Tough Bosses, and they ambush the characters outside Cylrotanth's lair. If the characters befriended the dragon, Cylrotanth helps subdue these attackers.

Conclusion

If parting on good terms, Cylrotanth considers the characters new friends. He rewards them for defeating Dain, giving them the Crystal Ball. If they traded him for it, he returns whatever they traded to him. If the party turns the orb over to the Cult of the Dragon, each character's Renown Score with the Cult of the Dragon increases by 1.

Meeting of the Minds

Kestra has arranged a meeting with syndicate leaders at dusk at a tavern called The Rotting Gull.

• Boss Sneed (Medium, Neutral Evil Bandit Crime Lord) is the human leader of the Shaker Gang. He's looking for an anniversary gift for his wife, an Archpriest of Tymora. If the characters can provide a suitable gift, he will help them.
• Finchley (Small, Chaotic Evil Tough Boss) is the halfling leader of the Dancers. He respects fighting ability and challenges one of the characters to non-deadly single combat. If the character wins and doesn't kill Finchley, Finchley and his gang will help them.
• Walenna Eventide (Medium, Chaotic Neutral Pirate Captain) is the wood elf leader of the Stallions. The Sea Stallion is in need of repairs. If the characters promise to make it seaworthy again, she will help them. Repairing the ship requires 5,000 GP. Alternatively, characters can do the work in 100 days, divided by the number of characters working on the repairs.

See "x" in chapter 2 for more information on these individuals and their followers.

Finding the Source

The source of the plague is a filthy warehouse in the harbor district. It takes 3d4 days of searching to find the warehouse. Reduce this by 1d4 for every gang the party recruits; if they recruit all three gangs, they find the warehouse before sunrise. Your players might come up with novel strategies to quickly find the source of the plague.

The Warehouse

Use the map below for the warehouse, which contains Dyan's alchemy lab. Characters searching the lab are exposed to the Shaking Plague (see chapter 2). Four Revenants, victims of Dyan's alchemical testing, wander the warehouse and fight intruders. Within each of the southern labs lurks a Violet Fungus Necrohulk. When either of the necrohulks is disturbed, it begins combat, waking the other, which bursts from the room it's in.

Conclusion

Burning the warehouse to the ground eliminates the source of the plague, and the town slowly recovers. Each gang leader recruited by the party gives the characters an Uncommon magic item as thanks for saving the town.

At the Senate

Senator Arnulf (Medium, Lawful Neutral Noble), explains the Ashen Faithful plan to burn Councilor Marellia alive at sunset. The characters have 4 hours to prepare. Arnulf intends to stage a fake assault on the Banites surrounding the arena, drawing away defenders and creating a window for the characters to infiltrate the arena.

Infiltrate the Arena

The Ashen Faithful control the region around the arena. If the party is caught trying to infiltrate, they face a Guard Captain, three Warrior Veterans, a Priest, and a rooftop Assassin.

Disrupt the Execution

Ashen Faithful are preparing to burn Councilor Marellia and eight other prisoners (Medium Nobles), at the stake. Use the arena map below. A human, Faenzel the Exalted Flame (Medium, Lawful Evil Cultist Hierophant), exhorts followers in the stands from the northern skybox as two Gladiators prepare prisoners in the middle of the arena. Three Bearded Devils also stand guard in the arena. If the party defeats the enemies on the arena floor, Faenzel intervenes, joined by two more Gladiators from beneath the arena.

Arena Dangers

The arena floor has six spiked pits (see chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master's Guide), and the wall is studded with jagged iron spikes that prevent creatures from climbing out. Casks of lamp oil and wooden kindling are staged around the prisoners.

Escape with Councilor Marellia

Should the party flee with Marellia and other prisoners, cultists in another skybox complete a ritual summoning an Ice Devil that chases them through the city.

Conclusion

If the characters successfully rescue Councilor Marellia, she rewards them with jeweled treasures worth a total of 3,000 GP.

The Spider's Path

The drow are using tunnels that lead up under Neverwinter's cemetery. As the party follows this route into the Underdark, they navigate a labyrinth of caverns crisscrossed with thick webs. The priests took pains to train a Roper that hides among the webs. Packs of 2d6 + 1 Phase Spiders are also drawn to motion on the webs. Eventually, the characters reach the Fane of Fecundity; use the map below.

Chapel

This cold, beautiful room is decorated with iconography sacred to Lolth, two intricately carved statues, and luxurious tapestries. Entering the northern part of the room without praying the correct prayer of obeisance causes two Yochlols to burst from the two statues and begin combat.

Vestry

Two Drow Priestesses of Lolth meditate in this room and become Hostile if disturbed. A Cloak of Arachnida hangs in a locked armoire.

Ritual Chamber

Three Driders use this room for magic rituals, occasionally visiting the nursery and spider den.

Trapped Hall

A lurid painting of Lolth in the Demonweb Pits hangs here. Passing by the painting without offering the appropriate prayer to Lolth causes the painting to cast the Disintegrate spell (DC 15) targeting the closest creature. Open jars containing the ashes of prior victims and arranged before the painting hint at the trap.

Nursery

Webs fill this cave, and pulsing, wet egg sacs hanging to the north. Touching the webs alerts two Driders who crawl up from the ritual chamber (below) and investigate.

Birthing Chamber

This domed cavern sports a massive statue of Lolth in her spider form. Arrayed before the statue like the legs of a spider are eight nurturing cages, occupied by Neverwinter citizens kept as food for spiderlings who crawl all over them. Hashtuth, a drow Vampire and priest of Lolth, monitors the victims as the spiders feed. She is assisted by two Helmed Horrors, each adorned with eight glowing ruby eyes. The captives are still alive and can be rescued.

Spider Den

3d6 Giant Spiders lair here. They threaten the characters but flee and hide if attacked.

Flying toward Doom

The flying fortress's trail of carnage is easy to track. As the characters approach, a patrol of four cult Gladiators riding Wyverns intercepts them. One of the gladiators carries a map showing the fortress with a red heart-shaped symbol inside the central hill.

Veil of Storms

The fortress is protected by an arcane storm. When they approach the fortress, characters and mounts make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) Bludgeoning damage and 21 (6d6) Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Fight in the Air

Use the Flying Fortress map below. Four Young Black Dragons protect the fortress by air. The fortress includes the following features:

The Heart

Characters passing through the caves enter a vast, dark cavern housing the magical beating heart of the fortress. The heart (AC 13, HP 5) is protected by a Shadow Dragon named Gloamstalker. If the heart is destroyed, the castle plummets from the sky, crashing in 1 minute.

Conclusion

When the archmage is defeated or the heart destroyed, the surviving cultists flee. The queen gives the characters land and noble titles in a grand ceremony. Each character's Renown Score with the Purple Dragon Knights increases by 1.

Battle Circle

Standing stones encircling the barrow bear pictograms of battle and of Tempus. Within the circle sprawl the corpses of slain warriors. Various survivors, devotees of Tempus, have just discovered the secret entrance to the tomb. All these individuals are Chaotic Neutral and Medium. They include Ysold, a human (Warrior Commander); Hisnix, a dwarf (Berserker Commander); and Elegnos, an elf knight (use the Githyanki Knight stat block, but change the creature type to Humanoid). They are allied and fight interlopers. If not dealt with here, these foes eventually follow the party into the tomb. Ysold has already found the secret door among the stones, and it lies open.

Doors

Complex locks (1 minute to pick) of Superior quality (DC 20) seal all doors in the tomb. Forcing open a door requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check as an action.

Side Entrance

Long ago, tomb raiders carved two holes in the barrow's western side. The raiders' remains can still be seen. They were slain by two Stone Golems that resemble Tempus and guard this entrance.

Trooper Hall

The walls of the chamber surrounded by seven tombs depict assembled troops, each soldier with a unique face. The Glyph of Warding spell has been cast on the south and west entrances to this chamber. A rune is triggered if a creature moves through that entrance. Both glyphs use the Explosive Rune option, one dealing Lightning damage and the other Thunder. After a rune is triggered, seven Helmed Horrors plastered into the walls burst free and ambush intruders.

Clangor Halls

Wall carvings depict the fury of war in the two eastern chambers and stairs down to level 2. When trespassers enter, a war horn sounds, red light illuminates the area, sounds of warfare erupt, and thirteen guardian spirits manifest from burial niches. Four of these spirits have the stat block of a Gladiator, and nine have the stat block of a Berserker, but all are Celestials instead of Humanoids.

When the spirits begin combat, each character must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or enter a battle fury. Characters in a battle fury have Advantage on attack rolls using Strength, but attack rolls against them have Advantage, and the character can't take the Disengage or Dodge actions. At the end of their turn, characters in a battle fury repeat the saving throw, ending the fury on a success. When the last spirit is defeated, any battle fury affecting a character ends.

Pillared Hall

Double doors seal this hall on the east and west. Within, wall carvings portray warriors in celebration. A simple altar to Tempus occupies a long southern niche, while narrower alcoves hold old crates and barrels of military rations long turned to dust. A character who prays to Tempus at the altar can use it to cast Heroes' Feast without spell components. Once used in this way, the altar becomes nonmagical.

Foehammer Hall

Stairs descend to a single hall with two supporting columns. Niches line the walls, which depict Tempus battling various foes. Shelves in the niches hold broken implements of war. When all the characters have entered, a horn sounds, the northern wall cracks, and an avatar of Tempus charges from it. Use the Questing Knight stat block for the avatar, changing creature type to Celestial and any Radiant damage to Fire damage. When the avatar drops to 0 Hit Points, it rises again as a Berserker Commander (change its creature type to Celestial) with all its Hit Points and continues to fight. If defeated again, it is destroyed.

Conclusion

With the avatar's defeat, the crack in the northern wall crumbles, revealing the Foehammer Horn: a bronze Horn of Valhalla.

Collect Night Holly

To perform the cleansing rites, Stormshade needs the consecrated ashes of a branch of night holly. Night holly grows in a thicket in the Fields of the Dead; it resembles mundane holly, but under bright moonlight, its leaves glitter like stars in the night sky. Eight Vampire Spawn roam the thicket and prey on the party.

Unfortunately, on the night the characters arrive at the thicket, the moon is obscured by clouds. The Moonbeam and Fount of Moonlight spells can be used to bring moonlight to the overcast thicket. Otherwise, a character can identify night holly by taking a Study action and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check.

Burn the Holly in Sacred Fire

Once cut, the night holly must be burned in a sacred brazier at a nearby abandoned temple before dawn. The holly takes 1 hour to burn into white ash, but an Adult Black Dragon now lairs in the temple. Use the 9 from appendix B in the Dungeon Master's Guide for the temple; the brazier is on level 3.

Perform the Rites

To complete the cleansing rites, the holly ashes must be sprinkled in a well in Soubar. Use the 9 from appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide.

As soon as the ashes are dispersed, at least three creatures must recite magical words in Druidic around the well for 1 minute; this requires the creatures to maintain Concentration for the duration. Stormshade and four villagers (Commoners) join the characters in reciting the words.

When the ritual begins, six Vrocks emerge from the well and begin combat. As long as at least three participants maintain Concentration for the ritual's full duration, the ritual is a success and the Sewer Plague is stopped.

Commune with the Mythal

A creature can commune with the circle of power as a Magic action. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 16 (3d10) Psychic damage.

Face the Ghouls

When communed with, the circle of power thrums loudly, attracting three Dire Worgs who immediately fight the characters.

Solve the Mythal's Riddle

A creature that communes with the mythal hears the following riddle in a whispered voice:

Offer Magic Items

When four suitable Uncommon or rarer magic items are placed in the circle of power, the circle glows dimly. What items meet the riddle's criteria, exactly, is up to you. For example, these items could work: a Trident of Fish Command, a Decanter of Endless Water, a Bag of Holding, and a suit of Adamantine Armor.

Illuminate the Circle

"Let light shine on the ring" hints that the circle of power must be exposed to sunlight, such as that from the Daylight spell.

Find Cover

Once the riddle has been solved, the thrumming reaches a deafening volume. After 1 minute, a 50-foot-wide, 500-foot-high Cylinder of light erupts from the circle of power. Each creature in the Cylinder makes a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) Radiant damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

The Mythal

The effects of the reawakened mythal are up to you to determine.

High Country Encounters

Every day of travel, roll once on the table below or select an encounter, rerolling duplicates.

Kissethkashaan's Lair

Kissethkashaan (Adult White Dragon) lives atop a tall mountain peak shrouded in perpetual snow. He is attended by four white Half-Dragons and seeks to avoid conflict but defends his lair if necessary.

Cyric Cultists

The cultists move from one monolith to the next, damaging each to release Fiends trapped within. A Cultist Hierophant leads two Fiend Cultists and eight Gnoll Fangs of Yeenoghu. They fight anyone who threatens their mission.

Monoliths

When the party reaches their first monolith, they find it destroyed and four Vrocks dancing amid the rubble. At the second monolith, a cult Mage and her two Assassin bodyguards survey the stone for the cult, but it isn't yet damaged. If the party hasn't encountered the Cyric Cultists previously, they find the cultists at the third monolith performing a ritual around the stone while the gnolls keep guard. The ritual takes 10 minutes to complete. If the cultists aren't interrupted, the monolith shatters and a Goristro bursts forth.

March of Desolation

Characters approaching the Bone Titan see ruined villages, dead forests, and cursed land empty of living creatures.

Climb the Colossus

Use the Bone Titan map below for this and subsequent encounters. The party must find a way into the Bone Titan. The interior is warded against teleportation, but entry points at the hips or arms can be reached by flight or by climbing. Eight Vampire Spawn crawl around the titan's exterior, defending it from intruders. The necromantic magic of the Bone Titan protects the vampires, preventing them from being affected by sunlight.

Hips

Six Flesh Golems guard barrels of combustible necrotic fuel stored in the hips. Each barrel has AC 15, HP 25, and Vulnerability to Fire damage. Destroying all the barrels halts the Bone Titan after 1d10 minutes but doesn't destroy it.

Torso

Six rope-and-pulley systems of muscle, tendon, and bone (each AC 11, HP 27) supply power to the titan. Destroying them leaves the titan unable to walk or lift its arms. The torso is defended by three Death Knight Aspirants.

Arms

The titan's arms boast cannons firing warheads of necrotic energy. Each cannon is operated by five Death Cultists. Characters who have proficiency in the Arcana or Religion skill can detonate a warhead. Detonating one warhead causes a chain reaction with other warheads, obliterating the arm the warhead is housed in; creatures in the arm when the warhead explodes makes a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 12d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Head

Kryzzik steers the Bone Titan from a throne in the head. If the characters stop the titan's progress, he flees.

Conclusion

Once the Bone Titan's march is stopped and Kryzzik abandons it, its necromantic aura fades and nature takes over. Within months, the skeletal frame of the titan becomes home to birds and other animals, and locals plunder it for building stone.

Saffron Slayers

The people of Ormpur know the location of Khran's lair, east across the Shaar in the Dun Hills. But the dragon has countless well-paid eyes and ears in the city, so the party's fame and purpose quickly spread. Elite forces of a gang in Khran's employ—a Bandit Crime Lord, a Spy Master, and two Assassins—ambush the characters and urge them to leave Ormpur for good.

Burning Shaar

More of Khran's allies hear of the party and their quest, pursuing them into the Shaar and then the Dun Hills as the characters approach the lair. The elf Naedrin (Medium Cultist Hierophant) flies in on the back of Aphusso, a Young Red Dragon. Naedrin talks first, using his magic to turn would-be dragonslayers from their path. Failing that, Naedrin calls forth two Fire Elementals and initiates combat. If the battle takes place in the Shaar, an inferno (see chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master's Guide) results.

Ash Lands

Khran greets the party from a hilltop the party must pass. If battle ensues, she leaves as soon as she can, with a parting invitation to join her later for a fine meal.

Khrangyrdis's Lair

Use the 9 in appendix B of the Dungeon Master's Guide. This structure is an old temple to Tiamat, destroyed during the Spellplague. Khran prefers level 3, but she doesn't want her servants slain and fights intruders when she becomes aware of them. Khran's lair is further detailed below:

Conclusion

Tormtars celebrate characters who return Chalsembyr's Heart to the House of the Hand. Priests offer the sword to a character who serves Torm and is willing to search for the lost realm of Chalsembyr, which Torm ruled as a mortal.