Chapter 4 :FaneoftheNightSerpent....................................................................................................................................................
ndertheruinedpalaceofOmuliesa
yuan-titemplededicatedtoan
apocalypticgodknownasDendarthe
NightSerpent.Thetemplewasoriginally
partofthepalace,buttheyuan-tihave
expandedandmodifiedittosuittheir
needsovertheyears.WhenRasNsi
stealsoneofOmu’spuzzlecubes(see
chapter 3 ),thecharactersmustdelve
intothetempletorecoverit.Characters
capturedbyyuan-tialsoenduphere.
SchemesoftheYuan-ti....................................................................................................................................................................
Beforerunningthischapter,reviewtheinformationon
yuan-tiintheMonsterManual.Additionalinformation
appearsinVolo’sGuidetoMonsters.
RasNsi......................................................................................................................................................................................
RasNsileadstheyuan-tiofOmuonadivinemissionto
usherforthDendartheNightSerpentandtriggertheendof
theworld(seeappendixDformoreinformationonRasNsi
andhisevilplans).Hisversionoftheapocalypseisnot
imminent,sinceRasNsiisdistractedwithfearsofhisown
mortality.Hehasfallenvictimtothedeathcurseandis
growingweakerbytheday,andneitherhenorhisyuan-ti
priestshavebeenabletoascertainthecauseorfinda
remedy.AsRasNsi’spowerwanes,hisrivalsarepreparing
todisposeofhimandcontinuetheirholymission.
Acererakpromisedtohelptheyuan-tiiftheywould
guardtheTomboftheNineGods.RasNsidoesn’tknowthat
Acererakisplayinghimforafool.Ifthecharactersconvince
RasNsithatAcererakisacommonenemy,heisofamind
nottostandintheirway,providedthattheyvowtodestroy
theSoulmonger.Aboveallelse,RasNsivalueshisownlife.Fenthaza...................................................................................................................................................................................
Thecruelyuan-timalisonFenthazaissecondinpower
onlytoRasNsiandservesasthetemple’shighpriest.Asone
ofDendar’s“nightmarespeakers,”sheinterpretsthedream
visionsoftheserpentgodandpleasesherwithtortureand
sacrifice.
FenthazahaslongresentedRasNsiforhangingontothe
threadsofhishumanity.NowhervisionsportendruinatRas
Nsi’shands,andsheactivelyplotsagainsthim.Herdreams
haverevealedatreasurecalledtheBlackOpalCrown,
hiddendeepwithintheTomboftheNineGods.She’s
convincedthatthecrownisthekeytounleashingDendar
theNightSerpent.FenthazawantstomurderRasNsiand
obtainthecrownfromthetomb.Thepriestispatientand
cunning,andshewon’ttakeactionagainstRasNsiunlessthe
oddsarestackedinherfavor.Captivecharacterssoon
becomecat’s-pawsinFenthaza’scoup.TEMPLEROSTERANDREINFORCEMENTS
Iftheyuan-tidetectintrudersinsidethetemplewhoaren’t
prisoners,theytrytoringtheloudgonginarea 9 .TheTemple