The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

9. The Ice Globe Prison
This vast chamber is shaped somewhat like a beehive,
with a ceiling some 80 feet high. In the shadows far
above you see a globe of ice suspended from the outer
walls by frozen spars. The sphere is hollow. It is hard
to see details from here but you can make out the dim
figure of a man inside.
Beneath the sphere, a huge reptilian creature with
purple skin grunts and heaves its bulk back and forth
across the room. A dozen snakelike heads crane around
to watch the prisoner from all angles. A forked tongue
flickers from one of them, as if to mock his captivity.
If the Player Characters are able to examine the sphere
more closely, the Games Master should read the
following:
Inside, with chains on his wrists and ankles, is a
humanoid figure, his face contorted with agony and
bitter hatred. His eyes are livid red sparks and his skin
is blotched with crimson patches like a rash.
In the centre of the sphere, bound by a binding spell, is
Bastirak’s hated rival, the half-dragon fire-mage Azarak,
brother to himself and Zamelak. The Player Characters
can try to free him, though if they do they may unleash
a far worse evil than Bastirak ever was.
The binding chosen was the chains variant, meaning
that Azarak is surrounded by an antipathy effect
extending 50 feet out. Creatures feel an overpowering
urge to leave this area. They can force themselves to
enter it if they make Will saving throws (DC 20) but
suffer a –4 penalty to Dexterity while in the area due to
the discomfort. Azarak cannot move from the area, nor
can any force break the binding save for an antimagic
field, a mage’s disjunction or the appointed release
condition.
When Bastirak placed the binding, he reasoned that he
might need to release Azarak again at some point in the
future, if only to move him to a new stronghold. He
thus set a release condition: a dagger with a dragon’s
eye set into the hilt can sever the chains. Bastirak owns
just such a dagger (Nightwatch, for which see below),
but the Player Characters can doubtless come up with
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