Character Level: 9-11

Synopsis

Lavinya approaches the party and tells them that Haelyn is missing, and other priests are acting strangely. Investigating the party discover some of the city heirarchy have been possessed, and others replaced by dopelgangers. The party finds the conspirators HQ and frees Durkik. The party learns of an enormous subterranean temple and travels there via portal to seek a book of great power. There they encounter fey raiders sent by Cachlain, and mercenaries sent by Zithiruun. The party and their foes cannot leave until they find the Caretaker and turn off the Temple's defenses. Finally the party returns to the city for a climactic battle with Zithiruun's amassed forces, and finally face off against the general himself.

Locations

• Caer Overlook
• The Divine Knot
• Ministry of War
• Pig and Bucket
• Shrine of Erathis
• Stone Anvil
• Mountainroot Temple

NPCs

• Lavinya: priestess of Erathis
• Haelyn: Keeper of Erathis' shrine
• Ancestor Karros: priest of Moradin's temple in the Divine Knot
• Megan Swiftblade: leader of the Freestriders, acting as a guard for Moradin's temple in the Divine Knot
• Murrik Ironfell: hostile dwarf worker at Moradin's temple in the Divine Knot
• Grovald: new caretaker of Erathis' shrine
• Durkik Forgeheart: High Ancestor of Moradin
• Captain Aerun: dwarf captain of the guard
• General Zithiruun: disgraced Githyank general
• Cachlain: the Stone-Skinned king, a fomorian noble
• Council of Overlook
  • Great Elder Morgoff Stonefirst
  • Elder Cadrick
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Thoughts

Lots of NPCs and revelations of backstory in this module, along with a suitably climactic conclusion to the Heroic tier.

Continuity Notes

• With so many NPCs featuring in this module you'll want to ensure many of them are familiar faces (Haelyn, Lavinya, Megan, Durkik and Aerun should all have made at least one appearance at an earlier stage if possible)
• Also, consider bringing Kalad in. Perhaps he also has some information about the possessed priests. Remind the PCs of him since he will show up again in later installments.
• The module says that Clan Ironfell is backing the reconstruction of the old temple of Moradin; however, the text seems to imply that the PCs had run afoul of this dwarven clan in "Lost Mines of Karak."  This is, of course, wrong, since Bram Ironfell gave them the quest to find the Karak Lode.  They did run afoul of Clan Hammerfist en route to Dunesend, so changing all references from Ironfell to Hammerfist would make a great deal more sense.  Conversely, this may be a good time to show that Clan Ironfell is in some manner suspicious, to foreshadow Bram Ironfell's high level role in the opposition forces in TotSSK.