Neverwinter Nights : Shadows of Undrentide Neverwinter Nights : Shadows of Undrentide is an expansion pack for " Neverwinter Nights " produced by Floodgate Entertainment and published by ( now ) . It was released in June 2003 . The expansion scenario pack adds a new campaign and new features including five prestige class es : arcane archer , assassin , blackguard , Harper scout , and shadowdancer ; new creatures , feats , and spells , and other nuances such as allowing the player to access and modify their henchman ' s inventory . The version also included scripting options for the . Campaign storyline . Chapter One . The campaign takes place some time after the events of the original campaign . The protagonist is an apprentice of the dwarven wizard Drogan in the small village of Hilltop located in the Silver Marches who is studying along with fellow apprentices Xanos Messarmos , Dorna Trapspringer , and Mischa Waymeet . The campaign begins with a kobold attack on the village and Drogan himself , leaving him poisoned and barely alive . During the attack , certain valuable artifacts are stolen from Drogan ' s laboratory . Soon after the attack , Ayala , an elven Harper arrives and uses her magic to sustain Drogan . She then reveals that she and Drogan are members of the Harper order and that Drogan was assigned by the Harpers to guard four magical artifacts : the mummified hand of a dead lich , the tooth of a dragon , a mask which once belonged to a high priest of the Lord of Shadows , and a statue of a tower that was found in a desert tomb . Being Drogan ' s favorite apprentice , he places the protagonist in charge of recovering the artifacts . As the search progresses , it is discovered that a mage named J ' Nah desires to collect the artifacts on behalf of a mysterious hooded woman whom she serves . She had originally been in alliance with a dragon named Tymofarrar , who led the kobolds , desiring all of the artifacts , she had her gnoll s attack the kobolds after they had left Hilltop in order to try to take all of the artifacts for herself . Upon the collection of all four artifacts , it is discovered that the tower statue , which was believed to be the least powerful of the artifacts , actually contains a crystal of tremendous magical power . Drogan , who has by now recovered from the effects of the poison , requests that the hero visit an archeologist named Garrick who is investigating some Netherese ruins in the Anauroch Desert , believing that he may be able to identify the crystal . Interlude . Upon Drogan ' s request , the protagonist sets out across Anauroch with a halfling caravan on the way to an encampment of Ao worshipers at which Garrick is located . Upon meeting up with Garrick and showing him the crystal , Garrick reveals that it is a mythallar , a crystal containing incredible magical energy akin to those that were used by the mages of the Empire of Netheril to levitate their flying cities . He also mentions that he and a party of fellow archeologists were exploring some ruins to the north located in a certain Valley of the Winds when they were attacked by a mysterious hooded woman who lead a horde of demonic creatures who was trying to open some kind of portal , The protagonist takes this woman to be the master of J ' Nah . After entering these ruins , the protagonist sees this woman travel through a portal which disappears soon after . At this point , Drogan uses magic to teleport to the protagonist ' s side and aids in reactivating the portal . After the portal is reactivated , it is discovered that the woman had placed some kind of trap on it which causes the ruins to begin to collapse when triggered . Drogan uses a magical shield to sustain the weight of the collapsing ruins long enough for the protagonist to enter the portal , but Drogan himself is crushed soon afterwards . After passing through the portal the protagonist emerges back in the desert and pursues the hooded woman to another area of ruins . Upon confronting her , she removes her hood , revealing herself to by a medusa and uses the medusas ' petrifying gaze to turn him / her to stone . While the protagonist is in this state , she takes the mythallar from them and identifies herself as a powerful sorceress by the name of Heurodis , and claims to have sought the mythallar so that she could use its power to raise the ancient Netherese flying city of Undrentide , the ruins of which she is located on , and use it to gain power over Faerûn . Chapter two . The protagonist returns to his / her normal form after Ashtara , an Asabi merchant and slaver who is searching the ruins of Undrentide for treasure , uses a magical potion to restore him / her . He afterwards clamps a magical collar around the hero ' s neck with which he can force him / her to do his bidding by sending electrical charges through the collar . Upon destroying the city ' s guardian golem s who were preventing Ashtara ' s slaves from their search for treasure , Astara frees the hero , allowing him / her to search the ruins for Heurodis , who at this moment is in the process of completing a ritual which will restore Undrentide to the skies . It is discovered that she is atop a certain Tower of the Winds located in the center of the city and has used a magical force field to prevent anyone from entering the tower . By using three magical artifacts , the Wise Wind , the Dark Wind , and the Death Wind , known collectivly as the Three Winds , the force field can be broken , however . Upon the hero collecting these artifacts , opening the force field , and climbing the tower , Heurodis has already succeeded in raising the flying city . The hero ascends to the top of the city , where he finds that Heurodis , who is now a lich , has set up a circle of crystals through which the power of the mythallar flows in order to keep the city in the air . In the ensuing battle , one of the crystals is destroyed just as the mythallar ' s energy is passing through it , causing the energy to escape and the city to plummet . Knowing that as a lich , Heurodis might be able to survive the fall , the hero kills her with his / her own hands , and afterwards uses a magical mirror which was found within Undrentide to escape to a plane of shadows and avoid impending death . Index . Notable characters . Heurodis • Karsus Notable locations . Planes : Material Plane • Plane of Shadow Regions : Luruar • Netheril Settlements : Blumberg • Hilltop • Undrentide Landmarks : Oasis of the Green Palm Geography : Anauroch • High Forest • Nether Mountains • Rauvin Vale • Valley of Winds Ruins : Undrentide Notable creatures . asabi • battle horror • formian • gnoll • golem • kobold • lich • manticore • medusa • minorgan • orc • shield guardian • sphinx • stinger • white dragon • zombie Notable organizations . Bedine tribes • Church of Ao • Church of Lathandar • Red Wizards of Thay Reception . " Shadows of Undrentide " received mainly positive reviews . " GameSpot " referred to it as " not the most memorable RPG with BioWare ' s name on it , but it ' s got plenty of good , new content to satisfy most any " Neverwinter Nights " fan " , and praised it for the quality of its campaign .