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TROBRIAN D'S ARMY
UNDERGROUND FOREST SCAVENGER Trobriand was one of
The River of the Depths con- The Sea of Swords has borne Halaster's most promising
nects the fourth and fifth lev- its share of pirate ships, none and demented apprentices.
els of Undermountain, skirt- stranger than the Scavenger. Fascinated by machines, he
ing the edges of vast caverns This vessel could travel below carved out a level of the Mad
filled with trees, shrubs, birds, the waves and through the air. Mage's dungeon for himself
other animals, and sunlight. No one has seen it in years. and set to work building an
An entire forest, as real as any Perhaps it sank or was lost in
army of constructs there. It is
found on the surface, waits to the starry maelstrom of the said that Trobriand controls
be explored, but an archdruid night sky, but divination spells his creations with a metal
protects it. And explorers suggest it found its way into ring, and that he crafted sim-
traveling downriver have seen Undermountain. Others have ilar rings of lesser power for
a huge green dragon as well, searched for it below Water- his apprentices, to protect
perched on a tower near a deep, but no one has found it them in the event that his con-
bridge that spans the river. and lived to tell the tale.
structs went insane.
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NESTER'S FAT E
D ARK ELF M ENAGE
D EATH TYRANT Halaster brought seven Recent conflicts in Menzober-
The Mad Mage has trans- apprentices with him to Un- ranzan have left weakened
formed an entire level of Un- dermountain. One of them, drow houses fearing for their
dermountain into a proving Nester, became a lich using future. Drow are coming to
ground for adventurers who spells and methods of his Undermountain in droves to
seek to reach the deepest own devising. But his process carve out sanctuaries for one
layers of the dungeon and the was flawed, and over time house or another. Halaster
treasures hidden within. At Nester's phylactery and body can't be happy to see them re-
the end of this underground disintegrated until only his turn in force, but who knows?
obstacle course waits the floating skull and skeletal Maybe the Mad Mage orches-
greatest challenge of all: arms remained. Driven mad trated the upheaval to bring
Netherskull the Death Tyrant, by his failure to achieve true the dark elves scurrying back
an undead beholder that hates lichdom, Nester continues to for reasons beyond the com-
wizards above all. haunt Undermountain in this prehension of the sane.
weakened form.
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GITH WHO'S COMING T O
EMERALD BLADE
DINNER? SPIRE AN D SNAI L
Waterdeep was erected atop
Githyanki have invaded Un- Deep within Undermountain
the bones of a dwarven king-
dermountain. Perhaps they is a vast cavern containing a
dom built on the dust of a seek to destroy a mind flayer giant stalagmite that has been
much older elven kingdom. It hollowed out to serve as a
colony hidden in the depths of
is said that a relic of the elves wizard's tower, perhaps even
the dungeon, or perhaps they
still waits to be found in Un-
are planning to attack and a refuge for the Mad Mage
dermountain: a magic sword
plunder Waterdeep. There's himself. The tower is guarded
so sharp that its edge can slice one other possibility: the by stone constructs. No one
through stone. Many adventur- githyanki might be building knows what dwells inside.
ers have vanished during their a creche- a stronghold away Not far from this tower lurks
hunt for the weapon, which, it a most peculiar creature:
from the timeless Astral Plane
is said, the elves blessed with where they can raise their a giant snail with a shell of
the heart of a warrior and the young and train them in the pure gold.
soul of a poet. art of war.
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