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Alcoves along the north wall have secret doors set into determined to find him once he is released. Tazirahc
the backs of them. These doors pull open easily from rewards his liberators by sharing one Undermountain
this side, revealing areas 17a through 17e beyond. secret with them; draw a card from the Secrets Deck
(see appendix C) to determine what Tazirahc knows.
18B. FIGHT CLUB
TREASURE
Drow. In the middle of the room, a female drow elite
warrior named Drinrith Auvryndar (Vlonwelv's Kereth, Gelgos, andjevan each carry an obsidian scarab
niece) is providing melee combat training to fourteen engraved with the insignia of House Auvryndar (25
smaller, weaker male drow, each one with 6 hit points gp). Kereth also carries a zurkhwood wand (his arcane
remaining. focus) and a leather-bound spellbook containing all the
Fresco and Spiders. The eastern wall bears a cracked spells he has prepared.
fresco of a drow city in the Underdark. Clinging to this
wall are four giant spiders that serve as Drinrith's 20. SERVANTS' QUARTERS
bodyguards. This large room once housed servants. It now contains
Wreckage. Wrecked furniture lies piled in the south- the web-shrouded wreckage of several beds and dress-
east corner. Rubble chokes a great fireplace in the ers. A fireplace on the east wall is choked with rubble.
north wall.
TREASURE
Thirteen of the male drow are standing in a circle
If the characters search the rubble-filled fireplace, they
around Drinrith and the fourteenth male drow, who
find a half-burned wooden scroll tube containing a spell
are engaged in a duel. When Drinrith draws blood or
scroll of hold person.
knocks the male to the ground, she either replaces him
with a new challenger or orders two other males to fight
21. GIANT SPIDER HATCHERY
one another while she barks criticism. ------
If the characters aJlow Xarann A'Daragon to distract Webs. Thick webs fill the corners, shroud the ceiling,
the room's occupants, he challenges Drinrith to a one- and smother the rotted remains of old furnishings.
on-one fight. Drinrith accepts the challenge, prompting Spiders and Eggs. Four giant spiders guard a large
the males to shout cheers and jibes during the pro- cluster of twenty giant spider eggs in the northeast
tracted battle and granting the characters advantage on corner. Half of the eggs are empty sacs left behind by
Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to surprise the drow spiders that have already hatched. (If left alone, the
and the giant spiders while the contest rages. remaining eggs here will hatch in a few days.)
Treasure. Drinrith wears an obsidian scarab en-
22. TROGLODYTE TuRF
graved with the insignia of House Auvryndar (25 gp)
and a platinum-inlaid helm of black metal molded in the Drow avoid these areas because they smell terrible.
likeness of a spider with carnelians for eyes (750 gp).
22A. SHAFT
19. I NTERROGATION ROOM This 60-foot-high, 20-foot-wide stone shaft is nestled
Characters who listen at the double door hear tortured between two secret doors, one of which pulls open to
screams coming from beyond. Once used as a kitchen, reveal a stinking, filthy troglodyte den (area 22b). The
other door opens into a hallway. Characters who fall for
this 20-foot-high room has been mostly cleaned out.
Halaster's trap in area 16 end up here.
Interrogation. A male drow mage named Kereth
Ichorzza and a summoned quasit are interrogating a 22B. TROGLODYTE DEN
male drow named Tazirahc Oussar, who is bound to Troglodytes use this filthy room as a den. The room is
an iron chair with spider silk. unoccupied when the characters first arrive.
Observers. Observing the interrogation are two male
Refuse. The floor is strewn with gnawed bones,
drow elite warriors named Gelgos Argonrae and
smashed furniture, and other refuse.
Jevan Kron'tayne.
Gorzil's Throne. Against the west wall is a throne made
When not serving as the consort of Drinrith Auvryn- of garbage with treasure heaped around it.
dar (see area 18b), Kereth is tasked with interrogating
Treasure. Gorzil's hoard includes 500 cp, 350 sp, 60
drow accused of being House Freth spies. The quasit
gp, a healer's kit, four torches, a rotted quiver containing
has already used its Scare action option on Tazirahc,
seven silvered arrows, and a potion of healing in a crys-
and Kereth is preparing to zap the prisoner with a ray of
tal vial with a spider-shaped stopper.
frost cantrip, hoping he'll divulge the identities of other
House Freth spies in their midst. 23. DISTANT Musrc
The drow attack characters who interfere in the inter-
rogation. Once Kereth and his cronies are dealt with, This 30-foot-wide hallway has a 45-foot-high arched
characters can cut through Tazirahc's bonds and release ceiling carved with spiders and webs. Band music can
him if they so desire. If Xarann A'Daragon (see area be heard coming from a large chamber to the west (see
17d) is with the party, he questions Tazirahc to make area 25). The east end of the hall has collapsed, and a
sure he didn't divulge any compromising information. secret door in the north wall pushes open to reveal a
If the characters haven't met Xarann yet, Tazirahc is hallway that leads to areas 21 and 18b.

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