Blarakkerihaugr

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Blarakkerihaugr is an ancient ruin in the Weald's Wake and the Bristlebacks.

It is suspected that it was once located somewhere within the Heroic Domains of Ysgard.

## Description

The entranceway to Blarakkerihaugr was discovered on accident by an adventuring party searching for Somnellow Bush, having been directed by the druid Zoog to sleep within eyesight of "the angel statue at the cliff's edge". During the night, the party was attacked by werewolves and packs of wolves alike, during which Odovir struck down a fleeing direwolf with a *Thunderous Smite*, inadvertently providing the answer to the riddle discovered and briefly pondered by Timbermitt at the angel statue's base. In doing so, the cliff face shifted, revealing a stone gateway descending into dark catacombs beneath.

It was quickly noted a number of similar architectural designs to those tunnels beneath Black Scar Redoubt to the northeast, as well as a number of other fanciful stone workings. Motes of unstable unfettered magic dotted throughout the catacombs had seemingly attracted parasitic aberrations that feasted on the untapped founts, the structure ultimately serving as a tomb for the legendary Ysgardian warrior Andvett.

## Notable Features

### Entry Atrium

Adjoining directly to the the main entry atrium, eight plinths were mounted within alcoves, the stone of the standing statues seeming to thrum faintly, a trace heartbeat-like rhythm detectable within the chest of each.

#### Left Alcove - Statues

*"Atop a plinth of damp stone stands proud a martial figure, wielding a pair of shortswords raised high. Clothed in studded armour and a long robe, their flesh, worn and eroded in the stone medium from which it has been carved, is etched with countless runes and glyphs, spreading from wrist to shoulder, across their chest, and across the neck and face of a sleek, elven-like face though with a broad, flat-ended nose."*

*"Broken rubble collects atop and around the base of this plinth, as if broken by a mighty force."*

*"Carved feet webbed and clawed spill from the edges of this plinth, supporting a broad figure clad in thick and jagged plate, the organic form of such armour captured fancifully even in stone. Distinguished by an extra pair of arms, they wield in their hands a staff wreathed in foliage, a trident curled into cruel points, a bundle of rope and a crown, the latter of most nears placement atop a tapered piscine visage."*

*"Shattered and broken, this statue is predominantly dust."*

#### Left Alcove - Mural

*"From amongst a range of mountainous peaks, a screaming gale tears and gnaws at the summits of the two highest, sundering the stone. From the broken peaks spills clouds of ash, from the other a mighty deluge of rain. Before them a gaunt figure wreathed in dark flesh and rusted chains stands hands raised, their face featureless save a broad grin thrown into a cackling laugh."*

#### Right Alcove - Statues

*"Scowling through sunken eyes, this cloaked dragonborn wields a talon-like scythe in one hand, while the curled fingers of their free hand are twisted, devoid of scale or claw. Pouches and pockets adorn their belt, bracers and pauldrons their arms, and a large gemstone carved into the stone in place of their right eye."*

*"As if having toppled from their plinth, this statue is cracked and broken beyond recognition or comprehension, little more than a pile of rubble."*

*"Axe raised high, this statue stands in a state of disrepair, missing one arm that lies shattered and broken at its feet. Furs engulf the humanoid’s form, belt and bracers adorned heavily with trinkets, beard and hair tied into intricate plaits and fixed in place with twine and brass ringlets."*

*"Wings outstretched, upon this plinth stands a goat-legged humanoid, curled horns decorated with glyphs jutting proud of a tapered helm. Rings hang from the lobes of pointed ears, a singular pauldron and twinned bandoliers criss-crossed across an exposed and chiselled chest, both by nature of its stone composition and the physique depicted."*

#### Right Alcove - Mural

*"A bleak landscape devoid of feature, save a singular vast pool hissing, bubbling and steaming, crowned by a pair of clouds circling overhead, thick and contemptuous. Before them, a gaunt figure wreathed in dark flesh and rusted chains stands hand raised, their face featureless save a grinning smile twice too wide."*

### Battlefield Statue Room

*"Some fifty by thirty feet, this unilluminated room is strewn with rubble, statues akin to those found in the entry alcoves at one side, begging, praying or otherwise grovelling humanoids upon the other. Pockets of deeper shadow seem to trail from the combative statues, winding up the eastern wall to trail from the jagged nails crowning the fingers of a gaunt hand carved into the ceiling."*

### Pillar Room

*"The remaining support struts of this thirty foot by thirty foot room are cracked and broken, while two have already collapsed. A small table has been pressed against a wall, two of its legs shattered, scattered amongst broken glass and shredded foliage. A heavily-blooded bedroll lies slumped against the other side of the room. Each step at the periphery of the room causes a small amount of dust to drift from the bowing ceiling overhead, itself heavily damaged."*

Ódóvir Jotunsson, under the effects of a Potion of Growth, ultimately caused the ceiling of this room to collapse. Within, the belongings of a Goliath, Vaukein *Stoneshatter* Latho - included amongst them a carved statuette in the likeness of Andvett and a pouch of powdered Somnellow Bush was discovered. It was in this room that the Phaechrars were first encountered by the party, inhabiting the body of Vaukein.

### Coffin Room

*"Four large stone coffins rest undisturbed in this chamber, two to your left, two to your right. A mountainous scene carved into deep valleys, snow-framed fjords and arches of floating stone decorates the edges of each."*

On further inspection, the following names, written in Celestial using Ysgardian script were discovered:

* Haki Sigewulfsson
* Astrid Hamdottir
* Farthegn Gardarsson
* Fastvi Hordottir

### Fountain Room - Centre

*"A sprawling battle of four fronts splits the wall into quarters. Top left, figures wreathed in divine flame, faces and wings ablaze in radiance, watched over by seven bright stars, nine smaller but no less bright. Top right monsters of earth and ice, storm and fire tearing the ground into great fissures with their motion, guided by a monolith suspended in place by strands of rusted iron. Bottom right horned legions advance in vast orderly factions, infernal banners raised high at the command of nine pillars of flame, one amongst them crimson red, another pale white. They are contrasted by those on the bottom left, great mounds of animate flesh, brandishing weapons of bone, blood and bile, tossed into the fray by a gaunt hand shackled and bound."*

### Fountain Room - Left

*"A cracked circle serves as the centrepiece of this relief, surrounded by etched constellations shaped to form a candle, crab, eye, crossbow, sphere, hand and quill. Around this twenty further circles of various sizes orbit, seven amongst them bound and tethered to the central cracked disc with trailing strands, casting shadow. The light of the constellations attempts to dispel the strands, prompting rust and decay, and yet they remain steadfast. Instead, the light casts the tethered spheres far, beyond the orbit of those unfettered, casting each into the oblivion beyond."*

### Fountain Room - Right

*"A group of formless figures, features shrouded in fog and mist and haze, stride between village and city, their shadows growing impossibly long, weighed in place as to trail far beyond despite their passage. One of the figures is struck down, and yet their shadow persists. A guard, unhindered by the burden laid upon the group rushes to aid their fallen, but the shadow without a body consumes their shadow, taking its place."*

### Broken Bridge

*"Through watering eyes, brought on from the heat of the cavern, you emerge upon the edge of a broken bridge, stone sundered and cast some eighty feet below into a molten river of burbling stone, cavern walls caked in ash, the scent of heat and sulphur heavy in the air. Cages, rusted, hang from the walls, disparate scraps of more heat resistant rubble collected at the base of each."*

### Door to Andvett's Tomb

*"A weeping angel, wings outstretched, adorns the door. Clouds rumble overhead, and the soil and stone tremors with each of their steps, wreathed in heavy shadow. Wedged into the stone, an greataxe of shimmering argent-blue bisects the celestial figure from shoulder to hip."*

Through the combined efforts of Dorian Ukko and Ódóvir Jotunsson, the greataxe was removed, causing the door to open. Immediately after releasing the greataxe, it crumbled to dust, carried skyward upon the embers and heat haze of the molten river beneath the bridge.

### Andvett's Tomb

*"A stone fountain frames the upper dias, devoid of moisture, flanked by a pair of statues depicting humanoid figures, bowed and weeping, their feathered wings wrapped tight to their side. Two sets of stairs, bannistered with strands of cold iron, descend twenty feet to a largely featureless lower level. All that lingers is an ornate stone sarcophagus, bound tight with three sets of rusted chains, laden heavy with long iron spikes pointed inwards."*

## The Verse of Andvett

Scattered throughout the tomb, starting at the base of the stairs leading into the entry atrium and ending within Andvett's Tomb, the following lines of text were etched in Celestial, although written in an Ysgardian script, seemingly detailing the life of Andvett.

*Herein rests one resolve, against wind and flame clash,*

*Though defeat came from time, with morn rise and axe slash.*

*In war of Dawn’s begin, called to guard soil and stone,*

*With ally, against foe, for glory, not hope of throne.*

*At breaking of bright shield, when sardony fell from high,*

*Angels and winged serpents, en masse to block out sky.*

*Baator and Chaos Mad, remain, dominion seek,*

*And unto nature turn, to stop Elder’s harm wreak.*

*But while tethers still haunt, turmoil ever does stalk,*

*\*\*\**

*In chain and betrayal, on Domain Heroic,*

*A soul bound, set to rest, divine slumber stoic.*

*\*\*\* = line lost due to damage to bridge upon which it was inscribed*