CHAPTER 11 : GRAVENHOLLOW
The library of Graven hollow is a bastion of peace and
order in an Underdark gone mad. Carved out long ago
from the bones of the world and protected by ancient
and potent magic. the library possesses a kind of
awan·ness. It blocks and misdirects those unworthy of
reaching its gates. even as it facilitates finding the way
for those who need it.
The adventurers need to find the library in their quest
to learn what has happened in the Underdark. Before
obtaining the answers they seek. however. they must
come to understand Graven hollow and its keepers-
three stone giants who reside within the library. These
librarians arc tasked with recording and maintaining
the lore of their own kind, as weU as aU the echoes of
the past. present, and future haunting the library's halls.
Graven hollow is a place where visitors will most
certainly lind answers.llowever, those answers might
not be the ones the characters wanted- or might even
be things they never wanted to know.
-·GOING TO GRAVENHOLLO W
The objective of the adventurers' return to the
Underdark is to find Graven hollow. Anciem legends
state that every e\·ent that has ever occurred in the
Underdark is recorded on the countless tablets and
cylinders in Graven hollow's halls. As such. it might
be the key to discovering the cause of the demon
lords' arrival.
The stone library lies west of the Wormwrithings.
360 miles from Mantoi-Derith and 120 miles from
Gauntlgrym. Only one tunnel leads to the library. and
the magic surrounding Graven hollow can change where
the tunnel's entrance appears among the surrounding
passageways, even as that magic allows visitors to
locate its entrance. Fortunately for the cha racters,
the library's awareness-in tu nc with all events in the
Underdark-knows that they a re coming. As such. the
ring obtained from the Zhentarim in Mantoi-Der ith
(see chapter 9) allows them to find the secret s ite. The
journey from Mantoi-Dcrith to Graven hollow takes 60
days. If the characters teleport hack to Gaunllgrym and
start there, the trip takes 20 days. See chapters 2 and 10
for information on traveling in the Underdark.