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CHAPTER 5 I DEAD IN THAY
Doomvault, but hasn't discovered how to access it.
Syranna knows the vault connects to the greater
(see "Pit Battle" in area 2 to aid in narrating the noise).
• Szass Tam controls entry to the Phylactery Vault.
the battle can be heard in every chamber in this zone
how Tami Var uses them.
demons using arena combat. When the demons fight,
• Syranna provides information on dread warriors and
In this zone, a vampire named Issem culls the weakest
by his dread warriors, he is a deadly threat.
FIENDISH ARENA
alized thanks to the power of his phylactery. Protected
the lich was defeated, he might have already remateri-
ing or summoning other demons within the sector.
Tami Var's quarters lie in the Doomvault. Although
dimensional barriers that prevent fiends from teleport-
lacteries within the vault.
ceilings in this sector, a manifestation of strengthened
Vault deep beneath the dungeon. (3) Destroy the phy-
Light. Dim light radiates from the walls, floors, and
the threat to Faerun. (2) Gain access to the Phylactery
on map 5.3.
Wizards' monstrous creations and experiments to end
Locations in the Abyssal Prisons are identified
• The characters have three goals: (1) Destroy the Red
bind them into service.
the party with one glyph key.
mons. Thayans break the will of imprisoned fiends and
the contact stone is situated. Syranna initially provides
sector has been changed into a place for confining de-
also gain glyph key attunements for the zone in which
Originally an area containing summoning traps, this
directly. Through contact stones, the characters can
and how the characters can use them to contact her
ABYSSAL PRISONS
fer attunements. She also describes contact stones
scribes the use of glyph keys, including how to trans-
chose as an entry point. She wishes the party well.
zone, allow access to that zone's gates. Syranna de-
players map 5.2) and a glyph key attuned to the zone you
Magic crystals called glyph keys, when attuned to a
ports in a map of the dungeon for the party (give the
gates by sight.
Once the characters are finished talking, Syranna tele-
gate type's appearance so the characters know the
likely dead or within the Doomvault.
ferent parts of the dungeon. Syranna describes each
Floshin and Kelson Darktreader, prisoner. They are
black gates are teleportation circles that connect dif-
• Thayans have taken two adventurers, Shalendra
preventing physical access between zones. Magical
what's happening until the characters succeed.
fined creatures. Magical white gates block corridors,
that no one outside the dungeon knows of or reacts to
betrayal from within, as well as the escape of con-
who escape from the Doomvault. They'll make sure
security, defending against attack from outside and
munications to the outside and contain any enemies
Each sector is subdivided into protected zones for
• The rebels will use their power to stop magical com-
and control of specific types of monsters.
geon is divided into sectors dedicated to the creation
to conquer first the North, then all of Faerun. The dun-
MAP 5,3: ABYSSAL PRISONS
monstrous armies with which the Red Wizards plan
ratories and menageries dedicated to creating the
• The Doomvault is a vast, active complex of labo-
rebuild and repurpose it.
discovered the Doomvault and saw the opportunity to
his phylactery, Gui became a demilich. Szass Tam
ple sought the Doomvault. Eventually, unable to fuel
• As Thay became more hostile to outsiders, fewer peo-
to fuel Gui's phylactery.
lure explorers to their deaths and harvest their souls
on his research. The purpose of the dungeon was to
man and a lich, Gui fashioned the vast complex based
dungeons on many worlds, planned it. As a living hu-
a Red Wizard who spent his life studying the deadliest
• For centuries, the Doomvault was a legend. Kazit Gui,
characters:
Syranna can relate the following information to the
Doomvault lore that the characters learn.
structure. If given time, however, she can confirm
rance is an intentional part of the dungeon's security
knowledge of the dungeon. She explains that her igno-
overseer of the gatehouse has given her only general
iar with the inside of the Doomvault. Her position a
Unfortunately for the characters, Syranna isn·t famil-
forthright, as well as cynical.
undead servants. With the characters, she i hone_ and
Tam
is better than being raised as another of Sza