Karameikos - Vaults of Pandius

Mirror of the Eternal NightLevel ONE, the DEBRISThis level, partially in the open, is composedof the upper remains of the ogre’s city (seebelow) and has been inhabited by banditsand Traladaran freedom fighters in pastcenturies, and recently used only as a shelterby little bands of ogres and hill giants. Thesefolks may or may not be hostile depending onPCs actions, but they know something onlyabout the first two levels. They do knowhowever, that the dungeon goes deeper anddeeper. This level doesn’t contain muchexcept for the weapons and possessions ofthe ogres and the giants.The secret of this level: In a forgotten andclosed room there is still the tomb of aTraladaran knight who died in 900 ACfighting the Thyatians, with his magical armorand sword.After the Darkers take control, many ogresand hill giants live here (at least more than20), well paid by the Darkers to keepintruders away. These folks are organized andfinely equipped so trying to avoid them ratherthan fight them all would be much wiser.Level TWO, the OGRE KINGKulfan, an ogre king, established his thronehall on this level five centuries ago. No oneremembers how his once powerful kingdomcame to an end; the ogres say it was a humanattack, but it could have been a war betweenogres and giants, or the wrath of a dragon.This level is indeed partially burned andmuch of what was once contained within wasdestroyed or pillaged long ago. The walls andthe rooms were built by giants and ogres withsurprisingly good craftsmanship, and theremay still be undiscovered rooms or tombsthat contains the treasures of the ogreskingdom. This level is empty except forsome random dungeon critters such asoozes, giant insects, and worms.The secret: Kulfan occupied the ruins in thename of Nyx but was destroyed by powerfulclerics of Ixion, that were soon destroyedthemselves by an ancient evil sent byThanatos. Nothing is left of their bones anditems, but the worn out diary of the maincleric of Ixion is still hidden in a crack of thethrone room.After the Darkers take control, some femaleogres and female giants with children, wivesof the ones above, live here and are slowlycleaning and rebuilding the place. They willobviously be hostile if intruders have killedtheir husbands and either way they willimmediately try to warn the Darkers in thelevels below.Level THREE,GNOLLS WERE HEREThis level was a powerful gnoll city duringthe time of their invasion of Traladara andthe following centuries (900 - 600 BC). Themany treasures gnolls amassed in centuriesof war and pillaging have been taken longago by ogres and giants and now only somestone statues resembling gnolls remain.This level is inhabited by several dangerousghosts.The secret: This level was really a Hutaakancity before the gnolls arrived, hence thestatues. The ghosts are Hutaakan priests andgnoll shamans that The Last One belowawakened as guardians. There is still a sublevelwith the ghost of a powerful Hutaakanpriest guarding his still intact tomb andwilling to help any group aligned with Ixion,the Traldar immortals, or Pflarr.150THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1