Wastes of Hollowmere: Spoils from the Seven Sigils and Beyond

After a harrowing descent through the Soot Hills, the Broken Fen, and the ruined cathedral over Hollowmere Keep, the party gathers what remains of the foes they felled. The Goblin Warlord's crude banner, a basilisk's preserved eye, and a single chilling phylactery fragment from the Lich sit beside more mundane but valuable finds: trade goods scavenged from a Hydra's lair, a frost-rimed necklace taken from the Troll Matron, and a polished mirror-slab ripped from the Mirror Beast's den. Some items are clearly trophies or parts useful for crafting — teeth, scales, and bone — while others hint at lingering magics: a whispering vellum that hums faint curses, and a rune-etched iron shard warmed by distant necromancy. The party's haul is a mix of practical crafting components, jewels and coin, and a few small wonders suited to a 5th-level group — useful now, and potentially dangerous if misused.