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the heart with a dagger of frozen blood, says Temmik Lars,

the only eyewitness. All of the Daxio garrison has been

thrown into chaos, and every major officer is blaming each

other for the attack. The PCs must investigate this murder,

and ultimately uncover why the vampire Vrylaska Fellbranch

posed as General Kay Clearsight to kill the Warmaster.

Gatshadow

Drawing a menacing shadow over the Bramblewood

around Westruun, the monolithic mountain of Gatshadow

stands unnaturally tall against the surrounding mountains.

This ominous tower of stone is well known and used as

a visual landmark for caravans and travelers crossing the

Dividing Plains, as well as a mining center for Westruun.

The local folklore of the Dividing Plains tells of the evils

within the mountain, and though they are now told to keep

children from wandering into the forest alone, not all sto-

ries are rooted in fiction.

It was in the Age of Arcanum that Gatshadow was

transformed into a place of evil. Acek Orattim, a priest

of the Betrayer God known as the Chained Oblivion,

made the mountain the seat of his power. The Oblivion’s

unstoppable power corrupted the mountain, stretching the

mountain like putty until it was a jagged needle that tow-

ered over all other mountains, and etching a maddening

labyrinth of twisting passages into the mountain’s heart.

Acek spread the Oblivion’s madness across the

Cliff keep Mountains and the Dividing Plains below,

reliGions: Majority: Allhammer,
Stormlord, Dawnfather, Minority:
Platinum Dragon

iMports: Lumber, spices, fish,
grain, livestock

exports: Precious gems, industrial
metals, gold, silver, platinum,
mithral, cobalt, fine stonework,
jewelry, fungal produce,
weapons, armor