2025-03-12 – Wed City of Arches

Sidequest Six

Andrew Armageddon – Felt the touch of a corrupted divine entity. Vrys wants to go back but there's a reason they were cast out.
Kendal Olamaer KO – War might grow once again should the key get out.
Lana – The alchemy of the hags is strong.
Ozara – The third brazier is close. Knights of the Black Flame walked here.
Zillian – Has AA now been touched by the divine?
Lloris – There is a lot of death and corruption in the Shattered Keep. Deep curses.

Strong Start

Andrew Armageddon returns in his small-clothes, with glowing white eyes and no eye brows. Vrys brought him back and sent him onward with "your job is not finished. I want to go home."

Facing the firetouched flesh golem.

Scenes

Firetouched Flesh Golem
Big explosion somewhere else in the vault
Crawling the vault
Facing the Children of Ibraxus
Facing Grayon the Dracolich

Secrets and Clues

Irthrain of Choul seeks the coming of Ibraxus, demon prince of Choul. He thinks the Nameless King was weak and lost. He wants the world to be an augment of Choul.
Irthrain seeks no position of power for himself. He lost everything and feels like everything should return to the swamps of Choul.
Irthrain thinks Skrathe is a fool but a powerful one. He's glad he's returned to the City of Brass.
The spirits of the Knights of Black Flame live within Ozara.
The Knights feared destroying such a powerful artifact as the key but also feared it getting in the wrong hands.
The one who lights the third brazier gains a vision of the open doorway to the vault of the key.
The frame of the archway has a map to its location. Only the one who saw it can decode the secret of the entrance.
Roselyn Zeshe and the mages of Kartan desperately want the key.
The hags had no idea what the blackfire brazier was.
Two stone golems guard the doorway to the Key of Arches. They haven't moved in three centuries and stop anyone not wielding one of the items of power.

Notable NPCs

Irthrain of Choul (Cultist Hierophant 85)

Monsters

LEB: 4 characters = 20; 5 characters = 25; 6 characters = 30
Cultist Hierophant 85 (CR10)
one or two Aberrant cultist 86 (CR 8)
three or four cultist fanatics 85 (CR 2)

Treasure

13414 GP, 1034 PP
4 × 1000 GP garnet gemstones
14 × +2 arrows
Potion of Giant Strength (Storm)
Dwarven ruined skull that casts Message
Helm of Brilliance
Staff of fire