Appolled

This shattered ruin was once the castle of the paladin Shreckend and his followers and retainers. It only fell in Flocktime of the current year, after months of siege by an orcish army—the remnants of which still roam the area. Fiends and mages finally destroyed the place, slaying everyone they could find and looting the treasures of the fine chapels of Pelor and Heironeous within the place. Below the rubble, however, the dungeons of Appolled were not fully explored by the teeming orcs. Here a group of 30 low-level fighters and men-at-arms still survives, aided by a magical cornucopia which can create food and water three times a day. They have but one spellcaster with them, a 6th-level mage, and they are too afraid to try their luck even emerging to the surface to check what is happening. Many of them could give excellent first-hand accounts of the flying chariots used by fiendish assailants (see details for Bloodcrystal below), and the group also managed to hide the spellbooks of the castle's premier mage, Arastenn. Thus, any group rescuing them would gain both magic and information, and the area is not routinely patrolled by fiends, mages or priests.