The secret of Anu-Akma’s Book of the Hungering Dead
Secret and Clues
A few mausoleums sit amidst the headstones and obelisks of the Citizen’s Graves, the oldest of which belongs to the Elia family. The well-worn Elia family crest, a sand lark in flight with a package in its talons, stands in bas-relief above the doorway to this large structure.
A great many generations ago, the Elia family, a prominent merchant family in the Free City of Siwal,
had a catacomb built to inter their family line.
Some generations later, two members of the Elia family, the brothers Masudi and Makani, were desperate to trap a powerful being they had encountered and were unable to defeat.
More recently, a group of human tomb robbers, eager for a daring tale to tell and some coin in their pockets, attempted a foray into the catacombs beneath the Grand Necropolis of Siwal.
The quartet successfully made it some distance into the underground complex, but they inadvertently awoke the powerful entity trapped there.
Gahib Temuuri has the secret of making Darakhuls in the book Anu-Akma’s Book of the Hungering Dead.
Gahib has already used these rituals to transform Parlina and Kaya.
Gahib seeks powerful heroes to transform into more darakhuls under his service. He needs commanders for the army he hopes to unleash on Siwel.
Gahib knows the idiots that run the Ghoul Imperium.
Lord Narosain, the Last King, now there was a king of the imperium. Assassinated by Emperor Tonderil unfortunately.
1089cp, 7992sp, 2277gp, 63pp (3654gp); Bloodstone (opaque dark gray with red flecks, 50gp), Bloodstone (opaque dark gray with red flecks, 50gp), Carnelian (opaque orange, 50gp), Chalcedony (opaque white, 50gp), Chalcedony (opaque white, 50gp), Quartz (transparent yellow, 50gp) 300gp; Driftglobe (uncommon wondrous item)
Ring of Warmth (uncommon). While wearing this ring, you have resistance to cold damage. In addition, you and everything you wear and carry are unharmed by temperatures as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit.
+2 Scimitar of Maddening Whispers (DC 15)
Maddening Whispers
2nd-level enchantment | DMAG
Range: 30 feet
Casting Time: 1 action
Duration: 1 minute
Components: V, S
You whisper a string of Void Speech toward a target within range that can hear you. The target must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or be incapacitated. While incapacitated by this spell, the target’s speed is 0, and it can’t benefit from increases to its speed. To maintain the effect for the duration, you must use your action on subsequent turns to continue whispering; otherwise, the spell ends. The spell also ends if the target takes damage.
