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The stairs connect the servants' closet (area N4f) with
the cellar (area N4s). Lady Wachter uses this staircase
l The furnishing in this room are bereft of imagination: l
to reach her secret cult lair (area N4t).

four simple beds with equally austere wooden chests.

Lady Wachter's four servants (N male and female com­
moners) sleep here at night. They include a cook named
Dhavit, two maids named Madalena and Amalthia, and
a valet named Haliq. The servants know Lady Wachter's
secrets, but they would sooner die than betray her.
N4r. PARLOR
Lady Wachter greets her guests here, under the watchful
eyes of her dead husband.

FIONA WACHTER
ANO MAJESTO Here three elegant couches surround an oval table made
of black glass. All are set in front of a blazing hearth,
above which hangs the portrait of a smirking nobleman
N4c. KITCHEN sporting a broken nose and a tangle of hair graying at the
The house cook (see area N4h) rushes about this temples. Several smaller portraits hang on the north wall.
spotless kitchen most of the day, preparing meals or
cleaning up after himself. A washbasin stands in the
northeast corner. A slender door in the west wall leads The portrait above the mantel depicts Lord Nikolai
to a small pantry. Wachter, Fiona's late husband (of whom his sons are
the spitting image). The other portraits depict Lady
N4D. STORAGE ROOM Wachter, her sons, her daughter, and various deceased
This room holds crates of old clothing, as well as three family members.
barrels of drinking water, two empty wine barrels, and The parlor shares the fireplace with the den (area
one full wine barrel. The wine barrels are emblazoned N4k). Ernst Larnak lurks in the den and eavesdrops on
with the winery name, the Wizard of Wines, and the any conversation that Lady Wachter has with the charac­
wine's name, Red Dragon Crush. ters, so that he can advise her after they depart.
N4E. BACK VESTIBULE N4J. DINING ROOM
The back door is locked and similar to the front door
(area N4a) in every respect. The vestibule has plain An ornate dining table stretches the length of this room,
l Servants' coats and aprons hang from hooks in this l a crystal chandelier hanging above it imperiously. The
wooden doors leading to areas N4d, N4f, and N4h.
N4F. SERVANTS' CLOSET
silverware is tarnished, the dishes chipped, yet all are
still quite elegant. Eight chairs, their backs adorned with

room, and boots are neatly lined up against the walL sculpted elk horns, surround the table. Arched windows
made of a latticework of iron and glass look out onto the
small, fog-swept estate.
Anyone who searches the closet and makes a successful
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DC 10 Wisdom (Perception). check ffnds a secref door in If the characters aim to oppose the· burgomaster, Lady
the south wall. The door can be.pulled op�n to reveal a Wachter offers them a warm meal in the dining room as
Iron torch sconces cling to the wall of a stone staircase l N4K. DEN
stone staircase (area N4g) _. that·lea"iisto_t.lJ.e ceilar. a token of her support and.-allegiance.
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N4G. SECRET STAIRCASE
that cuts its way through the heart of the old house. Wood paneling, embroidered rugs, colorful furnishings,
and a blazing fire make this chamber stifling. Mounted
above the mantel is an elk's head. Across from the
hearth, tall, slender windows look out over dead gardens.
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