Brazen Wolfe Tabletop

Sunset over Dawnshade

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Title: Sunset over Dawnshade

Adventure Hook: The quiet village of Dawnshade has been recently become engulfed by fear as villagers report sightings of monstrous creatures emerging from the nearby Crystal Cavern. The cavern, once a source of wonder due to its beautiful, shimmering crystals, has become a place of fear. No villager or miner is willing to go into the Cavern and as the local lord is concerned about the villages livelihood.

The lord seeks brave adventurers to investigate and eliminate this threat to the village and its people.

Notable NPC: Ronan Ironbeard – A stout and strong dwarf with a temper problem. Once a former miner no the only man who is willing to brave the mines with the monsters being reported. Only he knows the Crystal Cavern like the back of his hand and is willing to show the party. Ronan is quick to judge but loyal to those who prove their worth. His knowledge of the caverns and mining experience make him an invaluable ally. Despite his tough exterior, he has a soft spot for the village and its people who accepted him when his clan did not.

Location: The Crystal Cavern – A magnificent underground cavern system connected by twisting tunnels that formed a labyrinth under ground. The cavernous spaces are filled with sparkling crystals that cast an eerie glow and refract light which reacts to magic in the air. The cavern’s beauty is marred by some of the cruder pathways of which some are half built. These treacherous half constructed pathways are not the only thing that is dangerous within the cavern as there is a lurking presence of something sinister that all that enter can feel.

Hidden Plot Twist: The party don’t find any trace of anything evil or monster within the caverns. They do however find a source of monstrous greed – the lord of Dawnshade. He has found a buyer for the crystals and needs the villagers to believe that the caverns are no longer safe. He organised for Ronan and the party to be in the mines and to be murdered in order to make it look more dangerous that what it is.

The party finds evidence of mining the crystals out which Ronan helps identify as recent before they find themselves face to face with the miners and the hired thugs of the Lord. One of the Lords house guards is with them and he reveals the plan before the combat starts.

Social Encounter: The party are able to house guard to betray his employer as he is only in it for the money the lord is paying him. The bag of gold is not worth his life, and if the party can convince him as such he declares before agreeing to reveal the lords plot in exchange for his life and their protection from the lords men.

Combat Encounter: The adventurers can fight the thugs and the house guard at which point the house guard would beg forgiveness before he is defeated. There are two thugs for every party member and while some of them work well together many evidently don’t know how to fight as a team.

Antagonist: The Lord of the Village has been overcome with greed and wants to sell the crystals to a merchant company. The village believe they are tied into the ancestors reason to settle nearby and almost treats the cavern as a religious place. The village council lets the Lord get away with what he wants as his guard have protected the townsfolk a few times when attacked by bandits or raiders.