The Noble's Cache — Nightfall at Blackmarrow Hall

The party forced entry into the private vaults beneath Blackmarrow Hall after sundown, where a vampire warlock-turned-regent had been siphoning the blood-tithe of the noble households into a nascent blood-elemental. The warlock's guardians — a birthed blood elemental and shambling retainers risen from the hall's servants — fell before the party. In the vaults the nobles kept not only coin but private trinkets, ritual gear, and legal instruments that tied land and titles to names. The cache is a mixture of aristocratic valuables, occult reagents, and a few usable magical pieces the vampire prized for blood rites. Many items are bloodstained or carry arcane scorch marks; a ledger sealed with a signet ring opens a dozen doors in court if properly presented.