Research in Neverwinter by Amarille | World Anvil
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Research in Neverwinter

by Amarille Trisquinal

Amarille and Helaena make their way to the Denir wing of the Temple of Ohgma. After some searching about they eventually find themselves in a section of religious treatises. They find themselves following mentions of the Cult of the Dragon whose leadership has claimed prophetic knowledge that Dracoliches will eventually rise to rule the world as gods. There’s a book on Merkul that mentions a schism in the cult that happened following the death of Merkul in 1350. Merkul had been a powerful ally to dracoliches, but with his death many of the cults surrounding individual dracolichs collapsed. Another book mentions that the Cult of the Dragon then changed their focus. The “Wearers of Purple” as the cult leadership is called began to work to bring Tiamat back into the world. When Merkul was reborn in 1450 the leadership of the cult faced a schism. Part of the cult continued to worship Tiamat and still today work to bring her back. Others went back to the cults of the dracoliches as supported by Merkul and the power he gives to many priests in the cults.
 
Information on phylacteries is thin. They are known to frequently be small and sometimes take the form of a gem. They are always well hidden. Helaena is able to share what she know of the methods of tracing and trapping a dracolich’s soul after it is killed but before it reaches it’s phylactery. She speaks in general terms about a circle of 7 who can trap a dracolich’s soul in an alternate reality so that it cannot be reborn into a new body.
 
By the end they have sore eyes and empty bellies and head back to the inn for dinner.

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