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Black-Rock Shafts
The echoes of pickaxes still ring through the claustrophobic dark.
A decommissioned cobalt mine consisting of cramped, timber-propped tunnels and damp excavation chambers. The air is stale and heavy with the scent of wet stone and ancient decay.
The smell of damp earth and metallic cobalt fills the nose. Periodic tremors cause dust to fall from the ceiling, and the only light comes from rare, flickering patches of phosphorescent lichen.
☠ Threat
Vorgath the Forsaken, an undead mine overseer, stalks the lower depths. He has been warped by the earth cult's magic into a hulking ghast-like entity that commands the local vermin and the spirits of his dead crew. His presence causes the very walls to weep a black, oily substance that slickens the floors and poisons the water.
History
Originally a prosperous source of rare minerals for the nearby duchy, the Black-Rock Shafts were abandoned thirty years ago. Miners broke through a thin wall into a forgotten burial site of a primordial earth cult, unleashing a necrotic miasma. Most workers fled, but those trapped below were transformed into restless shadows of their former selves.
Encounter Table
CRSegmented horrors that crawl along the walls, attracted by heat.
A liquid-like predator that looks identical to wet stone or puddles of oil.
Rumours & Whispers
Old Man Jenkins says the pickaxes still swing themselves at midnight in the Black-Rock Shafts.
A local merchant is offering a reward for the signet ring of the lost mine overseer.
Travelers claim they saw a pale, weeping ghost wandering near the mine entrance last moon.
Quest Hooks
Quest giver: Bailin the Merchant
The grandson of the mine's former owner wants his family signet ring back to claim his inheritance.
100 gold and a map to a hidden stash in the nearby hills.
Quest giver: Father Thomas
The tremors from the mine are getting worse, threatening a nearby village. The town's priest believes an ancient evil must be put to rest.
A silver-plated mace and three Potions of Healing.
Corridor Notes
A patch of sticky, bioluminescent fungus that emits a faint blue glow.
An abandoned mining drill rusted into the side of the wall.
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