The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

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that his office is not the same thing as his personality.
There are many fine craftsmen in Crom Calamar but the
finest of all is Bomber Haggon, a dwarf. The dwarves of
Svarth have been the friends and allies of the Jehannese
for as long as anyone can remember.
Jehannum is the most powerful and stable nation in all
of Eastern Ashfar. If it were not for Jehannum holding
everything together, the other nations would be at each
other’s throats.
Rumours: The information below can be gleaned with a
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10–14: The iron masks that the dukes wear have
magical powers. The drow used to hold land right
here in Jehannum but were driven off. The upper city,
Crom Crythni, is much older than the lower part. The
tomb district has many underground chambers, which
are called the Halls of Groaning and are forbidden to
all. One is allowed to enter the graveyards but may not
descend below, as it insults the ancestors. If anyone
asks one to fight, it is bad manners to refuse. A touring
show recently came through town: the Amazing Brexel
and his Shadow Puppets. It was fantastic entertainment
and it is a shame the Player Characters missed it.
15–20: The drow who used to live here were not only
driven away, they were massacred by the hundreds.
They were the descendents of non-combatants left
fatherless by the last war. Humans used to collect drow
scalps and claim bounties for them. Bomber Haggon is
more than just a merchant; he effectively runs the lower
city, since he owns so much of it. Fortunately, he counts
himself an ally of the Iron Dukes.
There is a mighty sepulchre deep within the Halls of
Groaning that holds the bodies of a hundred Jehannese
knights, who discovered a prophecy that the settlement
of Crom Calamar would be burned down within their
lifetimes unless the blood of its bravest warriors became
part of its walls forever. They fell on their own swords
and mixed their blood with the mortar that now binds
the stones of Burgenstoch together. Legends say that
when the city has need of them, a truly brave warrior
will be given the power to wake them from the sleep of
death and call them to defend the city once again.
21–25: The real reason the humans turned on the drow
was because the elves of Xoth Sarandi offered them
huge piles of treasure to go back on their word. Nobody
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