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Inquisition in Draknaar

Inquisition in Draknaar
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Investigation, courtroom intrigue, survival trials, and conspiracy

Inquisition in Draknaar

Lvl 6–74–6 characters3 or more sessions, approximately 12–18 hours depending on courtroom roleplay and exploration depth.· Medium, escalating to hard during the arena and final tribunal. The adventure is intended for a level 6–7 party and rewards investigation, persuasion, teamwork, and controlled risk.

“Heresy and honor collide beneath a blood moon, while a false judgment opens the way to a living shard of the Nova’s Heart.”

— Hook · Investigation, courtroom intrigue, survival trials, and conspiracy

Investigation, courtroom intrigue, survival trials, and conspiracy
D&D 5E
Medium, escalating to hard during the arena and final tribunal. The adventure is intended for a level 6–7 party and rewards investigation, persuasion, teamwork, and controlled risk.
Lvl 6–7
4–6 characters
3 or more sessions, approximately 12–18 hours depending on courtroom roleplay and exploration depth.
4 NPCs
3 encounters
The Opening

“As the crimson eclipse stains Khar Vesh in blood-red light, Dragon Oath paladins surround you and accuse you of desecrating the sacred law of Draknaar. Dragged before the Crimson Tribunal, you are told that your execution will begin at dawn unless you can prove your innocence before the city itself. Somewhere beneath the cathedral, High Prosecutor Naxilar is preparing a ritual that may claim another shard of the Nova’s Heart.”

— Hook · Investigation, courtroom intrigue, survival trials, and conspiracy

Set the Scene

The gates of Khar Vesh close behind the heroes with a sound like a tomb sealing. Crimson light spills from the eclipse above, glazing the towers, armor, and cobbles in the color of fresh blood. Dragon Oath paladins advance through the gathered crowd, their drakes breathing hot iron-scented vapor, while a herald reads the charges in a voice that trembles beneath the city’s roar. Before the party can answer, a chain of burning legal sigils coils around the nearest wrists, and the procession begins toward the Crimson Tribunal.

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Questgiver

Thraxis Silverwing

Thraxis approaches the party after the initial arrest through a narrow service corridor beneath the tribunal. He cannot openly release them without triggering a schism among the paladins, so he offers a hidden key, a list of witnesses, and a promise to challenge the prosecution if they can produce proof.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d6 · table
  1. 01
    The crimson eclipse only appears when a dragon’s oath is about to be broken.
  2. 02
    A merchant caravan disappeared beneath the cathedral, but the Tribunal recorded its cargo as ashes.
  3. 03
    The Cinder Courts possess a vault that predates the Dragon Overlord.
  4. 04
    Naxilar has sentenced people for crimes committed after their deaths.
  5. 05
    A silver-scaled paladin has been smuggling children out of disputed borderlands.
  6. 06
    The black bells beneath Khar Vesh ring whenever a Nova shard wakes.
Stakes

If the party fails, Naxilar gains the fifth Nova shard, the heroes are branded heretics, and Draknaar’s Tribunal becomes a powerful tool for Azkhar’s wider campaign. If they succeed, they secure the shard, gain a potential ally within the Dragon Oath, and expose a conspiracy that could destabilize the theocracy during an already dangerous leyline crisis.

Ticking Clock·The crimson eclipse ends at dawn. The party has one night to gather testimony, endure the trials, recover proof, and force a lawful hearing before Naxilar completes the shard ritual.

Background Lore

Khar Vesh was built around a draconic leyline junction where the Dragon Oath first bound mortal rulers to divine law. Beneath the city, older tunnels descend toward a sealed vault that once housed a fragment of the Nova’s Heart. During a rare crimson eclipse, the city’s wards weaken, the shard awakens, and every oath spoken beneath the blood-red sky carries unusual force. High Prosecutor Naxilar has arranged a false heresy charge to place the heroes inside the Crimson Tribunal, where he can use their trial, their public condemnation, and the eclipse’s leyline surge to open the vault.

What the World Knows

The heroes arrive in Khar Vesh during a rare crimson eclipse and are arrested by Dragon Oath paladins for allegedly desecrating the sacred law of Draknaar. The Crimson Tribunal offers them a narrow path to survival: gather testimony, endure ritualized trials, and present their defense before dawn. High Prosecutor Naxilar appears determined to secure a conviction, while paladin Thraxis Silverwing suspects that the case has been engineered.

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