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Lagurno at all times. The job rotates among members of the for the benefit of thralls, and it’s very dim in areas frequented

community, and they consider it a high honor to perform by mind flayers.

the duty well. Those with the ability to see the mind flayers’ architecture
All the duergar in the village of Lagurno are thralls. The discern dripping walls carved in twisting, writhing patterns
population of the village is about 300, including 125 adult reminiscent of tentacles twining around themselves. Moisture
males, 105 adult females, and 70 juveniles. glistens everywhere. Thralls shuffle listlessly here and there,

apparently carrying out errands but with no sense of urgency.
HIDDEN LAGURNO Silence reigns.

Below Upper Lagurno lies the mind flayer sept known as Upper levels of structures are accessible by ramps and stairs,
Hidden Lagurno. Few nonillithids who set foot in the spiraling even though not all illithids need them. Sprinkled about
tunnels descending to Hidden Lagurno leave it again—except the area seemingly at random are stocks built to restrain a
as mind-dominated thralls. humanoid creature by clamping down on its neck FLAYERS CHAPTER 4
Hidden Lagurno is virtually lightless. The mind flayers need and wrists. Observers might realize with some THE MIND

no illumination, and they hate its horror that these are the mind flayer equivalent
presence. The only lighting is of dining tables.
Although a small community
(Lagurno houses only a few
hundred illithids and about
three times that many
thralls, who live in the
upper village), Lagur-
no covers a large
area. Passageways
are broad and
seem to stretch
for needlessly
long distances be- Illus. by D. Knutson
tween areas. Mind
flayers like to have a

lot of personal space.
They enjoy solitude where
they can be alone with only
their thoughts and the el-
der brain’s omnipresence.
The vast hallways provide
them with solitude in their

self-imposed confinement
below ground.
Central Plaza
Illithid communities or-
ganize around a central
plaza. It’s not known if this
has always been
so or if it’s an
outgrowth of
their current
subterranean
existence.
The cen-
tral plaza is
large by subterra-
nean standards,
but despite the
The Central Plaza of Lagurno
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