The Fearful Creature
The party get to go to the lair of a creature the Shadar-Kai are using to store general equipment. They get the chance to destroy it and strike back at the enemy.
Plot points/Scenes
The party are called up by the council. Reolus has found out about a lair of Shadar-Kai in an old cave & mining site in the Alps. In the region there are old tales of a creature that used to terrorise the region, but hasn't been seen in years. Told that it was a huge insect that attacked primarily at night feeding on livestock and other creatures. The spies & scouts of the local Frankish forces has pointed out that the region is quite cold and dark attired humanoids were seen using fire to melt blocks of ice. The party is requested to search the place to find out what's going on.
The party can follow a trail to the northern part of the Alps between Eschbach and Salzburg. There they will find a a wide enough plateau and can start looking round the southern part. There they may fall through cracks in the frozen top of it. If caught off-guard (50% chance), they may fall 30 feet 1d6 taking 3 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10 feet, into a crevice. A rope and a DC 12 Athletics skill can get them out.
Eventually they find it, and is a frozen mining village. A well-worn path runs east-west and seems to be used by locals who use it for staying overnight whether by farmers, shepherds, traders and others. The cave is about 25+ yards deep and looks as if the ice & snow has penetrated into it. Bags of assassination gear is present in sacks, barrels, and other storage. There is a small chest by itself sitting up on top of some of these. Inside is 3 vials of green seethrough liquid. No magic is present.
Also near the back of the space is a fire set up being used to melt a huge block of ice. It appears that something has recently been dethawed and now sitting empty. The ground looks as if it was burrowed into.
Within a few minutes the Ankheg will appear attacking the party.
After that, the party is likely to run into a band of Shadar-Kai who attacks. They seem to have waited until the Ankheg has been killed. They were hoping the Ankheg would have killed the party.
When they are finished they find 50gold 1d100 , along with 5 Black Pearls (500 gold each) and 1.5lb of Adamantine.
Taking these back, they are offered a further 250 gold from the council, and they will pay for any items they want to sell. If the green liquid vials are offered, these are took away never seen to be seen again.
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