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11. MIDNA'S LAIR fulfill her wishes. Midna has no way to distinguish one
servant from another, meaning that when she utters a
An apprentice of Halaster's claimed this area as her command, all the servants follow that command. She
own work space centuries ago, using her mastery of the can't issue orders to a single servant without the others
unseen servant spell to create multiple invisible helpers.
performing the same task.
Even after her death, her unseen servants persisted, Treasure. Midna's holy symbol of Shar is a smaJI
waiting for her to return. Midna Tauberth, one of the disk carved from obsidian on a silver chain. The holy
Fine Fellows of Daggerford, recently intruded upon this symbol ofWaukeen is a small gold disk stamped with
hall and is using it as a rest area. the god's visage in profile. The holy symbols are worth
25 gpeach.
llA. HALL OF DEGENERATION
The smiling portrait of Halaster is 3 feet wide and 5
The walls of this passage are painted with images of feet tall. It has no magical properties, but is worth 25 gp,
wizards succumbing to madness and being transformed
though it's awkward to transport.
into nothics. One particularly vivid image shows shafts
of eerie green light exploding out of a spellbook and 12. DWARVEN TOOLS
changing a wizard into a gibbering mouther.
These hallways are lined with crumbling stone tables
llB. MASTER OF THE UNSEEN and shelves upon which rest sturdy dwarven anvils,
Flickering torchlight created by continual flame spells whetstones, tongs, hammers, chisels, and other tools.
spills out of this room into the hall. The 15-foot-high ARCH GATE TO LEVEL 5
vaulted chamber contains the following:
Embedded in the wall at the end of the westward hall-
Light. Freestanding iron torch sconces in the four way is an arch gate (see "Gates," page 12). Close in-
corners of the room have continual flame spells cast
spection reveals the image of a dead tree carved into its
upon them. keystone. The rules of this gate are as follows:
Midna. Midna Tauberth (NE female human priest of
Shar) relaxes in one of several overstuffed chairs Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes
in the middle of the room, waited on by nine living the gate to open for 1 minute.
unseen servants (see appendix A). Around her neck, • Characters must be 8th level or higher to pass through
this gate (see "jhesiyra Kestellharp," page 10). The
she wears two holy symbols: one shaped like a gold
coin (the symbol of Waukeen, god of trade), the other a first creature to pass through the gate triggers an el-
black disk outlined in purple (the symbol of Shar, god der rune (see "Elder Runes," page 12).
of darkness and loss). • A creature that passes through the gate appears in
Furnishings. Empty bookshelves and desks line the area 3b on level 5, in the closest unoccupied space
walls. Against the south wall stands a long banquet next to the identical gate located there.
table bearing fresh foodstuffs on copper platters and
copper flagons filled to the brim with wine. A portrait 13. MUTATED APPRENTICES
of a smiling Halaster hangs above the table. Once a dwarven mithral mine, this section of the dun-
geon is home to apprentices whose attempts to unlock
Each day at dawn, the platters and flagons on the
table are mystically replenished with fresh food and the secrets of the Weave transformed them into gibber-
wine, courtesy of Ha laster's magic. The effect produces ing mouthers and nothics.
enough food and wine for twelve people. The magic per- 13A. DUMATHOIN'S ALTAR
sists as long as the table remains in this room and there
is dishware capable of containing the bounty. Gibbering Mouther. A gibbering mouther wanders the
Midna Tauberth. Midna isn't interested in sharing hall to the east, attacking other creatures on sight.
her newfound lair with others. She advises characters to Equipment. Overturned mine carts and discarded min-
leave or face the wrath of her invisible servants. If they ing equipment lay scattered across the floor.
don't leave at once, she orders the servants to beat them Altar. A red stone altar covered with small, dirty hand-
senseless. If the servants seem to be losing the fight, she prints stands in the northern alcove.
calls them off and, in the interest of self-preservation, The altar is a 3-foot-tall, 500-pound tapered block
apologizes for her boorishness and allows the newcom- of dark red stone engraved with Dwarvish prayers to
ers to partake of the food and wine on the table. Dumathoin, the Keeper of Secrets under the Mountain.
If Halleth the revenant (see level 1, area 37) is pres- Greasy goblin handprints cover the altar, which any
ent, he tries to kill Midna and reclaim his holy symbol dwarf would consider a desecration. Any character who
of Waukeen. Midna stole it from Halleth's corpse and takes the time to clean the altar gains the following
shrinks away from his revenant while commanding the magical boon: all secret doors are plainly visible to that
living unseen servants to defend her. If Midna is slain character for the next 24 hours. A character who will-
and the holy symbol of Waukeen is returned to Halleth, fully desecrates the altar and then cleans it doesn't gain
the revenant's thirst for vengeance abates, and both it this boon. (Dwarven gods are not very forgiving.)
and the holy symbol turn to dust. Treasure. Beneath one of the overturned mine carts
Living Unseen Servants. The unseen servants obey are four chunks of mithral ore, each worth 25 gp and
Midna's commands because she reminds them of their weighing 10 pounds.
creator. They follow Midna and can leave the room to

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