Temple of Dagon
The Temple of Dagon was a secret shrine hidden within the Temple
of Lissala in Bakrakhan, the realm of wrath and part of the empire of Thassilon. Some of Bakrakhan’s clergy were secretly seduced by a coven of olhydrix hags, who gave them bodily
favors and corrupted their souls with whispered promised of
power. When Thassilon was destroyed by the Starstone,
the cult was buried along with the temple. The youngest olhydrix
hag, —not yet an accomplished sorceress— pleaded with
Dagon to be spared. Dagon cursed her with immortality, making
her the divine guardian of his temple, and trapped for all eternity.
Milennea later, the temple was rediscovered when an earthquake in Varisia collapsed a section
of the rock face in the Copperstone Mines, revealing the entrance known as Dagon’s Maw and trapping several miners within. Sensing life, the Bride of
Dagon ( Olhydrix Hag ) enthralled them and set in motions for reviving the cult.
As one of the remaining few of her species, the Bride of Dagon has
infected a number of cultists with her young, turning their bodies
into soulless Dagonspawn Zombies, in the hopes that her young
matures into a young Olhydrix Hag.
Kelnor is the cult leader and is spending increasingly more time
within the Temple of Dagon. If he has not already been defeated,
he will be encountered somewhere within the temple itself.
These ancient doors are made of stone (4in; Hardness 8; 60 hp).
They are ornate and well crafted, depicting a carving of Dagon
locked in a titanic struggle with Ylimancha, a god of coastal waters and fisherfolk. The intricate detail of the carving is a masterful work. These carvings
make the doors worth between 1200gp to 2000gp to a collector or cultist in Magnimar. However, each door weights in excess
of 900lbs each, and requires a skilled stonemason to assist
with removing them (DC25). Most importantly, the doors are
trapped; the original cultists did not want prying eyes to discover
their secrets, so they instilled a trap to catch the unwary. Unless a
hidden catch in the carving is pressed (DC18 Perception), the trap
activates when the doors are pushed open.
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