The Hollowed Tomb
Silence is a prayer to the hungry dead.
A sprawling subterranean necropolis carved from cold basalt, now overrun by shadows and grave-robbers. The air carries the chill of a winter that never ends.
The air is frigid and smells of wet earth and copper. Every footstep echoes loudly against the basalt walls, and the light from torches is unnaturally dim.
☠ Threat
The Wraith Lord Valerius seeks to reclaim his mortal glory by consuming the souls of intruders. He commands the lesser undead within these walls and can sense any living creature that sheds blood within the tomb.
History
Originally the ancestral burial grounds for the Valerius line, the tomb was desecrated by a necromantic cult seeking an ancient relic three centuries ago. Their failed ritual cursed the site, binding the spirits of the dead to their rotting corpses and sealing the halls in perpetual shadow.
Encounter Table
CRA heavily armored skeleton patrolling the halls with a rusted halberd.
A mass of squeaking, red-eyed rodents that surge from the cracks in the walls.
Rumours & Whispers
The silver bowl in the shrine can heal wounds if filled with pure water.
Some say the treasure vault is actually a living creature that eats the greedy.
The Ghost King cannot enter the light of a blessed candle.
Quest Hooks
Quest giver: Alden the Merchant
A local merchant needs the Valerius signet ring to prove his noble lineage and claim an inheritance.
500 gold pieces
Quest giver: Sister Elara
The local temple needs the main altar in the crypt cleansed of undead influence to stop a plague.
A Scroll of Revivify
Corridor Notes
Walls lined with small niches containing the skulls of servants, their eyes replaced with glass beads.
A persistent cold draft that carries the sound of distant, rhythmic weeping.
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