The derro are about half a day east from the entrance. We put out a blue torch to let them know we have a delivery for them to make. Gravvik needs alchemical gear and some ingredients from the surface for his experiments, and he’s willing to have his derro do anything to keep his supply chain open. They’re from a nearby derro village/town named Krba. I think I’ve managed to place it correctly on the map based on conversations with them.
These derro are devious little suckers. Gravvik is working on this drug, cytellish based on a blue fungus. It’s so euphoric that anyone exposed more than a few times will follow any command just to get high again. Unfortunately, too much cytellish kills a person, but the corpse rises as a zombie. Damned derro made the old captain of the guard from Virdin, Ashferth, his favorite pet.
Gravvik’s working on an inhaled version. Imagine sneaking up to Virdin a few nights in a row, spraying all the homes. They wouldn’t even know what was happening. After a few nights, just make them all come down into the mines. Gravvik can have half of them, we’ll take the other half. We’ll convert those who are useful, then sacrifice the rest.
Better yet, make contact with the Vaasans and sneak into the Gate. Empty out the Gate, or at least the night guards, then let the remnants of Zhengyi’s armies come pouring through. It would be a glorious sacrifice to the King in Yellow, an entire city turned into a bloodbath. Just have to figure out how to make contact, and Gravvik needs to finish his work.
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