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CHAPTER 5 I DEAD IN THAY

teousness colored by fatalism. Her belief is that death
Syranna is lawful neutral. She has a sense of righ-
own magical experiments.
sault the Doomvault.
Szass Tam repurposed the Phylactery Vault for his
ment count. She doesn't rest while the characters as-
bers in his Phylactery Vault.
could end at any time. She means to make every mo-
, Beneath the Doomvault, the demilich Kazit Gui slum-
Syranna is a rebellion leader who knows that her life
in the order in which they should be revealed:
Pieces of lore about the Phylactery Vault are presented
"What say you?"
PHYLACTERY VAULT
can make that happen.
to Szass Tam's power.
Tam's power is broken. The Phylactery Vault is where you
ies should destroy them, dealing an incalculable blow
lord. I offer you the chance to help me see to it that Szass
, Disrupting the flow of soul energy into the phylacter-
"I offer you an opportunity to take the fight to the lich
tery Vault beneath the Doomvault.
can be broken ... with your aid.
ies of his underlings, which are stored in the Phylac-
Tam's elite liches are held. There, the lich lord's power
channeling the souls of the Chosen into the phylacter-
Szass Tam is making sure that his plan will work by
lies a hidden storehouse where the phylacteries of Szass
into his phylactery through the Temples of Extraction.
laboratory and containment structure, beneath which
ambitious. He intends to feed the souls of the Chosen
deep beneath the Thaymount. The Doomvault is a secret
, Szass Tam's latest plan to become a god is his most
to the Doomvault-the heart of the lich lord's domain
the glyph keys attuned to that sector.
"This is a magic gatehouse, from which I can send you
traction. Only Szass Tam's most trusted servants have
Only black gates allow access to the Temples of Ex-
worship him.
of what happens there.
are left to run their course, none will be left alive here to
profane magical experiments. Few know the specifics
other than his quest to become a god. If his mad plans
search facilities where Szass Tam's followers conduct
death scours Thay while the lich lord ignores all concerns
, The Temples of Extraction aren't temples at all but re-
Once, Thay was a land of learning and power. Now,
sented in the order in which they should be revealed:
"Many Red Wizards chafe under the rule of Szass Tam.
Pieces of lore about the Temples of Extraction are pre-
TEMPLES OF EXTRACTION
can sense and communicate. She goes on as follows.
, In the Predator Pools, vats hold power over life.
Syranna is present only as an image through which she
against the naga.
, In the Predator Pools, the hag seeks allies in her plot
heal or harm.
here. Welcome to Thay."
, In the Ooze Grottos, the power of the white pillar can
"I am Syranna," she says. "It was I who brought you
to restore life.
suddenly appears and speaks.
, In the Masters' Domain, necromancy can be reshaped
sider your situation, the image of a female Red Wizard
pose Szass Tam.
circles etched into the floor. Before you have time to con·
used for the torture and execution of those who op-
You arrive in a shadowy hall with glowing teleportation
, In the Masters' Domain, the Temples of Despair are
the glowing green archways.
, In the Golem Laboratories, no Red Wizard will enter
To start the adventure, read:
tures that drink from them.
geon's gatehouse by teleportation.
In the Forests of Slaughter, magic pools can heal crea-
gateway. In any case, the characters arrive in the dun-
seek to steal glyph keys.
roes from somewhere in the world near another magic
In the Forests of Slaughter, the most cunning hunters
captive in the Doomvault. Maybe Syranna snatches he-
intruders away from a powerful shrine.
some of those who assaulted the Bloodgate are alive but
, In the Far Realm Cysts, the creatures of chaos keep
call for help, alerting forces on the Sword Coast that
have somehow escaped the magic there.
why they come is up to you. Perhaps the Thayan rebels
has no easy exit, but fiends that can climb are said to
Bloodgate Nexus or a similar magic portal. How and
• In the Abyssal Prisons, the maze of undoing (area 15)
The characters arrive in the Doomvault through the
creatures are noted to have lore to offer.
I NTO THE DOOMVAULT
is encouraged to provide appropriate details wherever
tails, especially about their neighboring zones; the DM
can be forced to connect to the Phylactery Vault.
tures inside a sector are likely to know more specific de-
rupted, the black gates in the Temples of Extraction
those without firsthand experience of a sector. Crea-
If enough black gates across the Doomvault are dis-
Some pieces of lore are threats and rumors known to
teries there to keep his lackeys in check.
SECTORS
tected by powerful magic. Szass Tam holds the phylac-
Szass Tam's service rest in the Phylactery Vault, pro-
be conveyed.
The phylacteries of the highest-ranking liches in
specific and useful, but the basics of the lore should