71 .LairoftheSewnSisters....................................................................................................................................................
Greensmokebillowsoutfromabronzecauldroninthe
middleofthistwenty-foot-highvaultedhall.Barely
visiblethroughthehazearethreerockingchairs,several
workbenchesheapedwithhaberdashery,aspinning
wheel,andarustyironcagecontainingaprisoner.
Galleriesstandtenfeetabovethefloortoeithersideof
theroom.
Thegreensmokemakesthischamberlightlyobscuredand
blocksthecharacters’viewofagreatgreendoortothesouth
(see“SkeletonGate”below).Theironcageanditsprisonerare
describedinthe“Cage”section.
Whenthecharactersareinapositiontogetabetterview
oftheuppergalleries,read:
Fivewoodendoorsaresetintothewallsofthegalleries,
eachcarvedwithageometricsymbol:atriangle,a
square,apentagon,ahexagon,andanoctagon.ThischamberbelongstotheSewnSisters,acovenofthree
nighthagsloyaltoAcererak.Together,thehagsmotherthe
atropalandguardtheSoulmonger.Theyeagerlyawaitthe
atropal’sapotheosis,whenthedownfallofcivilization
promisesanabundanceofsoulstoharvest.TheSewnSisters
spyonintrudersfromtheBorderEthereal.Anycharacterwho
canperceivecreaturesandobjectsontheEtherealPlanesees
thehagsasspectralfigureshuddledinthemiddleoftheroom.
See“TheSewnSisters”sidebarformoreinformation.
HagDolls
Eachhaghascreatedacruelplaything:adollbroughtto
lifethroughtheimplantationofachild’ssoul.Whenthe
adventurersarrive,thesedollsscurryintoview:
Threetinyfigureswaddletowardyouthroughthesmoky
haze:astrawdollwithrustypinsstickingintoitsbody,a
facelesschildmoldedfromclay,andastuffedmonkey
withthelowerbodyofaunicycle.Thestrawdollsays,
“Youneedtorunaway!TheSewnSisterswillbeback
anymomentnow!”EachdollisaTinyconstructwithAC 10 , 1 hitpoint,a
walkingspeedof 10 feet,immunitytopoisondamageandthe
poisonedcondition,andnoattacks.Destroyingadollcauses
thechild’ssoulwithinittobecometrappedintheSoulmonger.
Thestrawdoll,Strawbundle,usuallyspeaksforthegroup.
ClayNo-Facecanspeakonlyifitmoldsamouthontoitsblank
face,andJohothemonkeycoughsonitsstuffingwhenittries
totalk.Givenachance,thedollssharethefollowing
information:
TheSewnSistersarethreenighthags.Thedollsrefuseto
mentionthehagsbyname,lestthehagsheartheirnames
beinguttered.
Thedollsweremadefromthesoulsofchildrenandwant
tobefreeofthecaptors.
Thehagsarenursingsomekindofcreaturethatlurkson
theothersideoftheskeletongate(thegreatgreendoor),
butthedollsdon’tknowwhatthecreatureis.
Tolearnmoreabouttheadventurers,thehagshavebeen
torturingthe“lookie-like”inthecage.