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MAP 2.4: (AMP VENGEANCE

CAMP VENGEANCE ease-ridden and exhausted from their constant battles
against giant jungle carnivores by day and uodead hor-
rors by night.
Through the foliage, you see a crude timber fortifica- The templar in charge is a devout worshiper of Tyr
named Niles Breakbone (LG male Chondathan human
tion-a walled compound with watchtowers and tents
noble), a man who's dedicated to everything the Order
inside it, encircled by a ditch bristling with sharpened
of the Gauntlet represents but poorly suited to com-
stakes. A large gatehouse faces the river, on the shore of
manding a post like Camp Vengeance. Aside from Com-
which are four rowboats tied to a wooden post. mander Breakbone, the standard garrison at the base
Scattered around the fort are piles of charred human consists of fifty-eight people, though the actual number
of effective warriors at any given time is usually lower
corpses and flayed animal carcasses swarming with flies.
due to sickness. Breakbone has two captains under his
command: Ord Firebeard (LG male gold dwarf veteran)
The corpses around the fort (map 2.4) are the remains and Perne Salhana (LG female Tethyrian human vet-
of beasts and undead that attacked the camp. The camp eran). Reporting to them is a fighting force comprised
dwellers took meat off the dead dinosaurs and other of eight veterans and twenty-four auards. This is sup-
beasts to feed themselves, leaving the rest to rot. plemented by a religious corps of six acolytes led by
A handful of warriors of the Order of the Gauntlet Sister Cyas (LG female Chondathan human priest of
escaped the undead onslaught against Camp Righteous Helm). Technically, the religious templars are part of the
by retreating up the River Soshenstar toward the Al- fighting force, but in practice, they spend most of their
dani Basin. Three days later, they ended their retreat time tending the sick and wounded. Finally, the fort
by digging in on this spot. Eventually they got word of is supported by a ragtag troop of Chultan hunters and
their situation back to Port Nyanzaru, and they've since scouts consisting of fifteen tribal warriors led by Lorsa
been reinforced. Their original, small camp has been Bilwatal (CN female Chultan human scout) and Niles
transformed into a fortified base far more capable of Breakbone's longtime friend, WulfRygor (CG male half-
withstanding attack than Camp Righteous ever was. elf scout).
That's not to say the camp is a hale and healthy place.
Unwholesome vapors and clouds of insects descend l. BOATS
Although the camp gets much of its food by hunting, it
on it from the pestilential Aldani Basin lying only a few
depends entirely on rowboats and canoes coming up the
miles to the south. The knights stationed here are dis-
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