Crow Peak

**Crow Peak** is a castle located in the mountains half a day's hike outside of Mudwall. It was cursed until its cleansing following the events of campaign one.

## History

### Creation

[I believe its creation was ordered by Graz'zt during the Blood War, intended to be a base of operations for his armies. Goon was a major part of the work or in charge. Saresh was involved, coming in to stop them? A vault was created in its basement, hiding behind the demon doors an experimental airship combining sky elf technology and demonic technology. Also something happened that made it cursed, but that might have just been the whole "made by demons" thing.]

### Campaign One

The party had several reasons to head up to Crow Peak, Belxari and Sah looking for one of the Icons of Sin, while Felicia was looking for a cure for the mysterious illness that had befallen the emperor of Auguste. While traveling through the castle, they cleared it of many of the monsters which inhabited it, including many fungal spores, at least one ghost, but they also definitely decided to avoid the very haunted basement for the most part because Yikes. They did find the things they sought, obtaining Gluttony (claiming to be Wrath) and what they hoped was a cure. Sah almost got killed by a rug. After the campaign, Darius moved into Crow Peak, hoping to further the cleansing of the grounds, but he disappeared down a very suspicious set of stairs, never to be seen or heard from again. Later, Saresh and Goon would move in full time.

### Campaign Two

The party of campaign two visited Crow Peak in search of Goon, a reported smith of great skill who might be able to help repair Teer and his roots. It was ultimately Saresh who did the bulk of this work, taking a sample of the plant and hastening its growth to repair Teer, though Goon would later repair his chest compartment after it was destroyed by Nox. Saresh recognized the medallion on the halberd, though would not reveal any further information about it beyond it being incredibly old and no longer in use. After rescuing a variety of experimental animals from one of Acererak's lairs, the party left the creatures with Saresh and Goon, hoping that the pair would be able to find proper homes for them.

## Notable NPCs

### Goon

Goon is a demon who has been banished from hell. He previously worked for the demon prince Graz'zt, and was eventually betrayed after finishing his tasks for him. He stayed in Mudwall, working within a magically protected dome as the town's general smithy. He has a magic hammer and anvil which allows him to quickly and magically repair objects. He is the one who showed the party in campaign one how to use the demon doors, as well as granting them access to the airship in Crow Peak. He would travel with them on that airship, acting as engineer and observing how the airship's core handled. After campaign one, he moved into Crow Peak full time, leaving occasionally to work on finding a way to stabilize the core of the demon airship.

### Saresh

Saresh is formerly a member of the Choir, having effectively expelled himself. He is good friends with Goon. I don't remember any more of his backstory I'm sorry. He was largely responsible for aiding in the cleansing of Crow Peak. He and Goon work together to find a way to stabilize the core of the demon airship.