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CHAPTER 3: DWELLERS OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY

MU LIES IN A BASIN HJDDEN IN THE DEPTHS APPROACHING THE CITY
of the rainforest, surrounded on all sides
by sheer cliffs. The city is notoriously Two main routes lead into Omu. To the northeast, a river
hard to find. Those who try must contend snakes down from the foothills of the Peaks of Flame
with miles of trackless jungle inhabited and flushes into the city through a canyon (see area 17).
The second access point is a staircase to the southwest
by natural predators, cannibals, and the
(see area 1).
remnants of Ras Nsi's undead army.
Even skilled guides have difficulty threading their
way through. ENTERING T HE C ITY
To enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods, adventurers must When the characters see Omu for the first time, read:
tread cautiously, contend with the dwellers of the ruined
city, and learn all they can about the nine trickster gods
The jungle parts to reveal a dead city enclosed by sheer
of Omu and their ancient rivalries.
cliffs. Ruined buildings and stone boulevards rise like
0MU ghosts from the floor of the misty basin. Colorful birds
glide overhead.
To the untrained eye, Omu appears abandoned, yet its
raised streets and splintered plazas are far from unin- A waterfall pours into the basin, creating a swollen
habited. Tf the characters reach a point where they can river that floods much of the city before draining into a
see the city in its entirety, either by flying above it or by deep rift filled with molten lava. A ruined palace lies a
looking down on it from a cliff's edge, give the players a few hundred feet from the edge of the steaming abyss.
copy of handout 12 in appendix E.

CHAPTER 3 I DWELLERS OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY