The Three Faces of Evil
General Summary
The party delivered the Harvest Box to the temple of Chauntea in Harrowdale and met the rest of the Faction Five, Auric and Khellek. They then followed the notes of the former warden, Filge, to the Dourstone Mine in Kurth, a mining town in the Vast. A secret underground chamber in Kurth hosts a covert cell of the Ebon Triad, a wicked cult dedicated to merging Bane, Myrkul and Bhaal into a supremely powerful overgod who will rule over an era of great strife—the so-called Age of Worms.
The arcane lore of the Ebon Triad speaks of a malign entity named Kyuss who emerged in the desolate Rift Canyon centuries ago. An undead colossus, Kyuss towered over the armies of local warlords, his rotting body festering with undulating green worms. Ancient heroes eventually brought Kyuss low within his cliffside lair in the Wormcrawl Fissue, and the myth of Kyuss faded from all but the most esoteric histories. But the tale forms a major part of the dogma of the Ebon Triad, who seek the advent of the Age of Worms as a precursor to the blasphemous birth of their debased overgod.
The PCs to sneak into Dourstone Mine, across (and under) the single bridge to the mine's camp. The miners themselves, while not necessarily innocents, aren't cultists, and the party is able to intimidate them into allowing them in to the guarded space beneath the mine. Once inside, they encountered and defeated each of the cults that comprise this cell of the Ebon Triad.
In a sealed and locked box in one of the cult leader’s quarters can be found a note ordering the leader to exterminate one Balabar Smenk, a local mining magnate/criminal boss whose agents recently stole something called a “Kyuss worm.” The note suggests that Smenk had formerly been an ally of the cult, but that he could no longer be trusted. The note also details the shipment of massive quantities of explosive blackrock to various locations on the Inner Sea, the most notable of which is Suzail, capital of Cormyr.
Events
Balabar Smenk is revealed to be an alias for the Dalelands merchant known as Hank Selbar.
Quagim starts trade routes to Winterhaven from across the Dales.
Mad Aya’s location discovered in Calaunt.
Quagim accidentally slays Frack, one of the twin Heralds of Titania.
Report Date
29 Dec 2021
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