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and hid it in on level 23, but he has agreed to part with
RCTURIADOOM IS DESIGNED FOR FOUR 13TH-LEVEL
characters, and adventurers who defeat the it if the fire giants use their exceptional metal-forging
monsters on this level should gain enough XP abilities to build a giant construct for him. Work is under
to advance halfway to 14th level. The lich Arc- way, with the construct being assembled in area 15.
turia, who dwells on level 23 of Undermoun- For more information on the giant ordning, see the
tain, is one of Ha laster's most accomplished "Giants" entry in the Monster Manual.
apprentices, arguably the most powerful of the
Seven, and a master of transmutation magic. DEATH'S HEAD PHALANX
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Arcturiadoom is her personal retreat ("doom" being an The Death's Head Phalanx is a force of hobgoblins that
archaic term for a lord's domain). Hidden on this level came to Undermountain along with Emberosa and her
is Arcturia's phylactery, and adventurers would be wise fire giants. This force is commanded by a hobgoblin
to find and destroy it before facing the lich in battle warlord named Doomcrown, who is the estranged son
on level 23. of Warlord Azrok (see level 3).
A devout follower of the godslayer Maglubiyet, Doom-
WHAT DWELLS HERE? crown wants fire giants to ascend to the top of the giant
ordning, envisioning their brutal tyranny sweeping
Arcturiadoom has been taken over by fire giants in the
across FaerOn. He expects to play an important role in
service of Halaster. The fire giants are accompanied by
Emberosa's ascension and conquest, and he dreams of
a large force of hobgoblins. Drow have aJso infiltrated
ruling what remains of the High Forest once the elves
this level of the dungeon, though they have no quarrel
with adventurers. and other forest denizens are purged and the trees are
reduced to ashen spines.
FIRE GIANTS Since arriving in Arcturiadoom, however, Doomcrown
has developed strange habits. He spends more and more
Emberosa, a fire giant, has come to Undermountain
time locked away in his quarters, chasing some strange
with six of her kin on a mission to raise fire giants to
new obsession. His followers remain loyal, but they
the top of the giant ordning, dethroning the mighty
worry about the mental state of their warlord.
storm giants.
Emberosa hopes to obtain a lost rune of power cre- HOBGOBLIN PATROLS
ated by the giants more than forty thousand years ago. Hobgoblins of Doomcrown's phalanx have secured
She believes dwarves stole the rune from the giants and most of the halls and chambers in Arcturiadoom. Con-
hid it under Mount Waterdeep. Halaster found the rune sequently, the only wandering monsters of consequence
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