Halaster's Heirs
Centuries ago, Halaster Blackcloak and his seven apprentices established Halaster's Hold and began exploring the dwarven delvings beneath the plateau. Of the Seven, one is known to be dead and two are known to still live - Trobriand the Metal Mage and Muiral the Misshapen. In addition, in the years since Halaster claimed the Underhalls for his own, the Mad Mage has taken on additional apprentices, some of whom still stalk the depths of Undermountain.
In the Year of the Gauntlet (1369 DR), the events of Halaster's Higharvestide upset the delicate status quo in the Underhalls of the Mad Mage. Among the tumultuous events of that day, Trobriand was attacked by his abandoned experiments and driven from his lair in a deep sublevel of Undermountain, and Muiral was expelled into the streets of Waterdeep by means of a malfunctioning portal. Trobriand convinced, Muiral to return to the first level of Undermountain, where the madness-inducing magic of Undermountain was at its weakest. There the two ex-apprentices forged an alliance, agreeing to work together to carve out a new domain largely beyond the reach of the Undermountain's maddening taint, but sufficiently within Halaster's Halls to allow them to continue to pursue their interests.
As word spread of a hidden arcanists' academy located in the first level of Undermountain near the shaft to the Yawning Portal, dozens of dark arcanists flocked to their service, drawn from across the North and the length of the Sword Coast.
Base of Operations: Level 1 of Undermountain, in the vicinity of the Yawning Portal.
Halaster's Heirs (Minor Arcane): AL CE, NE, LE; 15,000 gp resource limit; Membership 40; Isolated (humans 36, shield dwarf 2, other 2 Dues 25 gp per mouth (250 gp to join).
Authority Figures: Muiral the Misshapen; Trobriand the Metal Mage.
Important Characters.- Errya Eltorchul (CE female Tethyrian human rogue 2/wizard 3, viperlike daughter of Lord Thesp Eltorchul Nandel Greenward (CE female Illuskan human wizard 13/archmage 2 Tehss Maerklos (LE female Illuskan human wizard 9, heiress to the noble House Maerklos).
Associated Classes: Adept, sorcerer, wizard.
Associated Skills: Concentration, Craft (alchemy), Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (dungeoneering), Spellcraft, Use Magic Device.
Requirements: You must craft at least one magic item for the guild per month; the item crafted must be worth at least 100 gp.
Favored in Guild Fringe Benefit: You can learn rare or unique spells created by Halaster or his apprentices (such as Halaster's blacksphere, Halaster's fetch variants, Halaster's image swap, Halaster's light step, Halaster's shaking hand, Halaster's teleport cage, Trobriand's baleful teleport, Trobriand's crystalbrittle, Trobriand's glassee) any time you have the opportunity to learn new spells, but you may not learn more than one such spell per level gained. The guild subsidizes your monetary expenses when creating constructs, reducing the raw materials cost by 10%.
Muiral and Trobriand are the undisputed masters of the academy.
Muiral the Misshapen: Muiral (CE male tauric human/Large monstrous scorpion barbarian 3/wizard 14/archmage 2) was once a bodyguard for Halaster Blackcloak. He abandoned his warrior ways to study the Art under the tutelage of the great wizard. Muiral was the first of the Seven to follow the Mad Mage into Undermountain, passing the "tests" of Halaster's guardian monsters. Muiral established his lair amid the ruins of Kyorlamshin and began studying "superior" physical forms.
After he had spent decades experimenting on drow, spiders, and vermin, Muiral's research led to his catastrophic transformation into a half-human, half-scorpion abomination.
In the centuries since his transformation, Muiral the Misshapen has wandered the deep ways of Undermountain, stalking and killing all who cross his path. His rage at his own stupidity for taking this powerful but hideous form - coupled with the degenerative effects of Undermountain that also afflict Halaster - has led him into extended bouts of madness.
Only recently has Muiral regained a degree of lucidity. He now seeks to continue his research, in hopes of achieving a new and better form. Once again, he has taken apprentices under his tutelage, but he views them more as experimental fodder than as wards for whom he is responsible.
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