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bramblewood adventures
combined forces of Kraghammer, Syngorn, Tal’Dorei,
haunted road
and the Ashari hurled the Rimelord back into the Frost-
For low-level characters: Local folklore speaks of a spec- fell and brought an end to the Icelost Years. The massive
tral young woman sometimes appearing along the road lake left behind by Errevon’s melted citadel is now the
through the forest, sobbing and leading men deeper into largest source of fresh water in central Tal’Dorei.
the Bramblewood to never be seen again. While these Foramere Basin’s shores are peppered with tiny huts and
tales are generally considered childish ghost stories, a fishing communities, many of which trade back-and-forth
mining crew was recently found dead near the fabled spot, with Kymal or Westruun. Fed by the running waters of the
unwounded and with looks of terror stretched across their Tundrun and Byhills Rivers, the waters eventually spill into
lifeless faces. Depending on character level, the spirit may the Owlset Bay via the Foramere Waterway. Some of these
be a specter or a banshee. fishing villages are home to the descendants of the warriors
that warred against the Rimelord’s tyranny, many of them
nature’S anger
dwarves and even elves. The bad blood between Syngorn
For low-level characters: A sacred grove sits in the heart and Kraghammer has no bearing on the relationships of
of the western Bramblewood, tended to by three solitary elves and dwarves in Foramere. Some Syngornian elves
druids who claim to keep the spirits of the forest at peace. and exiled half-elves find refuge here, discontent with their
However, loggers have made claims of the trees them- nation’s prejudice and shortsightedness.
selves uprooting (animated trees) to slaughter them, and
foramere basin adventures
blame the druids for the attacks. The PCs are asked to join
a mob of angry workers to bringing the druids to justice—
a nightmare before winter’S creSt
but the trio urges them to stay away, claiming a corrupting
force has newly made the woods its home. Are they just For mid-level characters: The festival of Winter’s Crest
trying to avoid justice, or is there truly a supernatural evil celebrates the anniversary of the Rimelord’s defeat and
at work in the Bramblewood? the fall of Foramere Citadel. The PCs, far from home
on the holiday, are not only witness to the fishing com-
foramere basin munities who gather on the banks of the basin gather to
celebrate Winter’s Crest, but the grim sight of Foramere’s
waters surging upward from the basin. The water has
This great lake was once the ice fortress of Errevon the begun to freeze into towers of ice—someone or some-
Rimelord, the elemental behemoth that nearly toppled thing is recreating the domain of Errevon the Rimelord
the fledgling realm of Tal’Dorei. It was here that the and will not stop until all of Tal’Dorei is buried in ice.

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