Locations

Arcturia, Halaster's most accomplished apprentice and a mage not to be trifled with lightly, who dwells beyond Shadowdusk Hold. No longer living nor dead, she is second only to the Creator.

### Arcane Chamber (Level 2)

A level consisting on former laboritories and leftover experiements.

A group of gobin has set up home on this level and will trade with the party.

### Crystal Labyrinth (Level 16)

Unknown area of Undermountain. Past Acturiadoom and beyond the Obstacle Course. The red dragon Astyrranthor dwells here (Vault curator).

### Dungeon Level (Level 1)

The first level of Undermountain beneath Modan. The party met and defeated the Undertakers on this level.

### Dweomercore (Level 9)

The level below the Slitherswamp and populated by mages of dubious morality. The cost of traversal is a magic item per person or carrying out a dangerous task.

The is the location of a place called The Vault, a huge treasure trove of magical books and texts.

#### Staff members

* Headmaster claims to be Halaster Blackcloak but is in fact an Arcanoloth masquarading as Halaster.
* Karstiss
* Murial
* Figment

#### Students

* Spite Harrowdale (old man)
* Cephalkos (Mind flayer)
* Nialas Jowd
* Scrianna Shadowdusk (Related to Xerrion Shadowdusk)
* Ellen Tanothal (Drow)
* Yareck (Human) killed by summoned demon
* Turbulence (Tiefling)
* Violence (Tiefling)

### **Lost Level (Level 6)**

A formerly sealed and isolated level of Undermountain holding the tomb of the former Dwarven occupants. It was made accessible due to Umberhulks tunnelling between it and Wyllowwood.

### Mages Guild

Broadly speaking the Guild is arranged according to the schools of magic. All mages dabble in all kinds of magic but all (or almost all) specialise in one school or another and they are said to belong to that school. The Guild is run by The Arcane Council, which consists of the Archmage, and the Chief of each of the schools (Chief Abjuror, Chief Conjuror, Chief Diviner etc)

### Magoth's Castle (Level 7)

A series of caverns inhabited by peaceful giants with a castle magically shrunk to tiny size inhabited by a wizard of dubious morality.

### Maze (Level ?)

A section of Undermountain near or in conflict with the Drow at Murial's Gauntlet. A group referred to as the House Freth reside there and are fighting with the House Auvryndar drow under Vlonwelv command.

Spiderwatch Keep in the center of House Freth power on the level.

### Modan

Modan is the capital of the duchy of Thelland

### Murial's Gauntlet (Level 10)

A group of Drow under Vlonwelv command reside here.

### Obstacle Course (Level ?)

Proceeds the Chrystal Labyrinth (Vault curator)

### Runestone caverns (Level ?)

Ezzat, another of Halaster's apprentices, plots to overthrow the Creator in the Runestone Caverns (Vault Curator).

### Seadeeps (Level 17)

Follows The Crystal Labyrinth (Vault curator)

### Skullport (Level 3)

A trading town/city on the 3rd level of Undermountain. The city covers 3 levels.

#### Lower Level

* Thaglar's Foundry - A blacksmiths run by Duergar
* The Feathered Rat (Pet Store)
* The Guts and Garter (inn)
* The Flagon and Dragon (inn)
* Black Tavern (inn) - Spectators (Mini Beholder) serve drinks
* Thimblewines's Pawnshop (General store) - Run by Crystaline the rock Gnome
* Sword and Sextant (Cartographers) - Run by Oleander and Will
* Ingvar's Incredulous Incantations (Magical Tatoos)
* Dead mans corner - Oliver Stillwater (Hag) sells zombies to act as trap finders?
* The Bin (butchers) - run by Cutie (female Minotaur)
* Scent and Stone (fortune tellers) run by Lara Vu

#### Middle Level

* The Bat's Roost
* The Keel Haul
* Gyudd's Distillery
* The Poisoned Quill (Exit from Undermountain?) - Run by Tas (elderly female ArchMage)
* Twinbeard's Traps
* The Lantern Lighters
* Sargauth's Bounty
* The Guts and Garters (Inn - Level 2)
* Dalagor's Fortress (Level 1)
* Thaglar's Foundry (Blacksmiths - Level 2)

#### Upper Level

* The Overflowing Urn
* Dumathoin's Jest
* Nightshade's Caress (apothecary) - Run by Nightshade (female undead)
* ThanorThal Refuge
* Dalagor's Fortress (Level 2)
* Worms Gullet (inn) - Run by Graz Stonedark

#### Passage ways north of skullport

* **Shadow Pass –** This pass is haunted by shadow like spirits and other creatures of darkness. It doubles back and follows the river out to sea just outside of the harbour of Modan.
* **Beggar’s Rest Pass –** This pass takes its name from the denizens of Skullport that used to make their home there. Following some kind of arcane mishap, the walkways and floor liquified to sludge, trapping the beggars and tramps within and consuming them. Passage is now all but impossible and the passageway is said to be haunted by the spirits of those who died there.
* **Taglath’s Gap –** This pass crosses over a chasm, Taglath’s Gap, which is said to house some ancient evil which attacks anyone who tries to cross. The last person to attempt it claims to have survived and said it leads to an area of twisting tunnels housing a great Drow stronghold.
* **Steamfall Pass –** This pass connects to an area deep within Undermountain known as the Seadeeps. It was previously used by adventuring parties as a short cut for expeditions into the deeper regions of the dungeon. However, the last expedition there barely escaped with their lives and reported some kind of turf war between strange, tentacle faced creatures and even stranger creatures who they said looked like a cross between an elf and a goblin. The pass has since been sealed to prevent the turf war reaching Skullport.
* **Whisperhaunt Pass –** Strange sounds like maddening whispers emanate from this pass which is said to lead to the deep stronghold known as Vanrak’s Doom.

### Slither Swamp (Level 8)

Level 8 of Undermountain inhabited by Bullywugs to the north led by Ku-Keth and some Naga in the south who had killed the former Yuan-Ti inhabitants.

An area of the lost level? which should contain the twin of the stone key obtained from Rizzeryl.

### Shadowdusk Hold (Level 22?)

Shadowdusk Hold is a place rife with dangers. Yes, there is Lynnorax the Dracolich but who knows what other horrors dwell in that house of depravity (Vault curator).

Shadowdusk hold preceeds the Creators Tower

### Star Dock (Level 16?)

A location of Undermountain that is a possible portal to other planes of existance.

### Stromkuldur

A former dwarven stronghold on level 3, mostly in ruin and now a battleground for the goblin kin and drow.

### Undermountain

A vast and dangerous dungeon carved from the rock beneath Modan by the renegade mage Halaster Blackcloak for purposes unknown.

### Troglodyte Warrens (Level 11)

Below Mural's Gauntlet. The trogolodytes have been enslaved by House Rindarr.

### The Vault

A store of hidden lore and magical knowledge located somewhere in the Dweomercore, this is said to be where Halaster stored much of his vast knowledge.

### Twisting Caverns (Level 4)

A level claimed by Kuo-Toa and an aboleth called Illune

### Vanrakdoom (Level ?)

Lord Vanrak and his Steed Umbraxakar dwell in Vanrakdoom along with their undead minions (Vault curator).

### Wyllowwood (Level 5)

Two levels down from Skullport. Can be found by travelling to the Twisted Caverns (one level) and taking the River of Depths to the South East.

Consists of the Northern Forest and the South or Inner Forest.

A long running feud exists between Wyllow and Valdemar.

### Yawning Portal Tavern

A large tavern run by Durnan which stands on an entrance to the Undermountain