The Sunken Temple
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, when most of Blackclaw Mountain was submerged beneath the sea, the aboleths of the The Abolethic Quorum ruled here. Their seat of power was a submerged temple carved into the rock by their grimlock thralls, who worshiped the aboleths as gods. After a hundred thousand years of abolethic control, the waters receded and the aboleths slumbered.
Over centuries, the aboleth’s psychic power was absorbed by its most loyal servant, a chuul who served it for thousands of years. The chuul has long used this psychic connection to lure creatures to its lair— some to serve it and some to feed it. The abolethic temple lay buried deep in the mountain for a hundred millennia, until a recent quake opened up new tunnels connecting the temple to Deepdelver’s Enclave—and to a new source of food for the ancient aberration.
The huge central cavern of the abolethic temple has 100-foot-high ceilings hanging with stalactites. All areas of the temple are filled with dim light shed by green-and-blue phosphorescent algae. Pools of liquid likewise illuminate the area with swirling blue-green dim light.
Over centuries, the aboleth’s psychic power was absorbed by its most loyal servant, a chuul who served it for thousands of years. The chuul has long used this psychic connection to lure creatures to its lair— some to serve it and some to feed it. The abolethic temple lay buried deep in the mountain for a hundred millennia, until a recent quake opened up new tunnels connecting the temple to Deepdelver’s Enclave—and to a new source of food for the ancient aberration.
The huge central cavern of the abolethic temple has 100-foot-high ceilings hanging with stalactites. All areas of the temple are filled with dim light shed by green-and-blue phosphorescent algae. Pools of liquid likewise illuminate the area with swirling blue-green dim light.
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