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CHAPTER 4: FANE OF THE NIGHT SERPENT

NDER THE RUINED PALACE OF 0MU LIES with fears of his own mortality. He has fallen victim to
a yuan-ti temple dedicated to an apoca- the death curse and is growing weaker by the day, and
lyptic god known as Dendar the Night neither he nor his yuan-ti priests have been able to as-
Serpent. The temple was originally certain the cause or find a remedy. As Ras Nsi's power
part of the palace, but the yuan-ti have wanes, his rivals are preparing to dispose of him and
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,.....,.::---'./ expanded and modified it to suit their continue their holy mission.
needs over the years. When Ras Nsi Acererak promised to help the yuan-ti if they would
steals one of Omu's puzzle cubes (see chapter 3), the guard the Tomb of the Nine Gods. Ras Nsi doesn't know
characters must delve into the temple to recover it. Char- that Acererak is playing him for a fool. If the characters
acters captured by yuan-ti also end up here. convince Ras Nsi that Acererak is a common enemy, he
is of a mind not to stand in their way, provided that they
SCHEMES OF THE YUAN-TI vow to destroy the Soulmonger. Above au else, Ras Nsi
values his own life.
Before running this chapter, review the information on
yuan-ti in the Monster Manual. Additional information FENTHAZA
appears in Vo/o's Guide to Monsters.
The cruel yuan-ti malison Fenthaza is second in power
RAs Nsr only to Ras Nsi and serves as the temple's high priest.
As one of Dendar's "nightmare speakers," she interprets
Ras Nsi leads the yuan-ti of Omu on a divine mission
the dream visions of the serpent god and pleases her
to usher forth Dendar the Night Serpent and trigger
with torture and sacrifice.
the end of the world (see appendix D for more informa-
Fenthaza has long resented Ras Nsi for hanging onto
tion on Ras Nsi and his evil plans). His version of the
the threads of his humanity. Now her visions portend
apocalypse is not imminent, since Ras Nsi is distracted
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