The Abolethic Quorum

The Abolethic Quorum

It remains unknown whether the aboleths of Blackclaw Mountain first entered the mountain eons ago, or whether they came with the great planar vessel when it crashed down to the world. Either way, their influence within the mountain thankfully grew slowly, and their numbers have always been few.

A small band of aboleths calling themselves the Quorum established an empire in Blackclaw Mountain two hundred thousand years ago, when much of its interior was flooded beneath the sea. The aboleths transformed primitive humanoids in the mountain into a slave race of grimlocks, who served their masters in all their dealings above the water, and who conquered much of the mountain.

Entire abolethic cities can still be found deep inside Blackclaw Mountain, decorated in swirling carved stone that commemorates the infinite memories of these highly intelligent beings. When the waters receded a hundred millennia later, the aboleths of the Quorum lost their hold on the mountain. A series of rebellions sent the remaining aboleths deep into hibernation in the depths of their sunken cities and temples.

Few signs of the Quorum still survive in the cavern surrounding Shadowreach, but an occasional column of stone carved in swirling, intricate, and maddening patterns hints at their former glory.

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  RoG- Sunken Temple