Rotting Blade

Thorp, Population: 40

According to the Book:

This settlement, hidden between the Shadowcrags and the Lake of Fire, houses a small community of kobolds, humans, and orcs pulled from the Eldeen Reaches and the Shadow Marches. The community has one purpose—to serve the will of the night hag Vraria (female night hag). The night hag has set herself up as queen of Rotting Blade, using her powers and the abilities of the lesser fiends who serve her to keep the population docile and in line. When her temper or appetites get the better of her and one or more of her subjects is used up, the night hag or her fi endish servants go in search of new blood to add to the population. Tales told in the western regions about Vraria coming in the night to take bad little boys and girls are not far from the truth.
Visitors to Rotting Blade see only a small, poor thorp on the surface, for the night hag remains hidden and her subjects are forbidden to talk about her when “guests” come to call. Once Vraria gets a sense of the capabilities of a visitor, she plans an appropriate greeting. If travelers appear to be too powerful (and a few adventuring parties have passed this way over the years), Vraria stays hidden and orders her subjects to send them on their way at the earliest opportunity.

Type

Village