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=== Aggah-Shan's Journals === | === Aggah-Shan's Journals === | ||
In the final room of the White House catacombs is Aggah-Shan's main living quarters. It is filled with research, concealed as the ledgers of the White House. (This is an elaborate head fake. The idea is that using the ledgers explains why there is tight security around them, but doesn't call attention to their true contents.) Centuries of ledgers are held in a shelf in the final room. In one of them is a bookmark made of lead covered in runes. When placed in one of the books, the pages "turn inside out" and reveal Aggah-Shan's | In the final room of the White House catacombs is Aggah-Shan's main living quarters. It is filled with research, concealed as the ledgers of the White House. (This is an elaborate head fake. The idea is that using the ledgers explains why there is tight security around them, but doesn't call attention to their true contents.) Centuries of ledgers are held in a shelf in the final room. In one of them is a bookmark made of lead covered in runes. When placed in one of the books, the pages "turn inside out" and reveal [[Aggah-Shan's journals]]. It is long reading, but contains the following: | ||
* He knows that Praemal is a prison. Originally a good wizard, he sought ways to break the prison open. His obsession drove him to more and more extreme acts, turning him evil and, ultimately led to his seeking of lichhood. It wasn't until becoming a lich that he learned ''why'' Praemal is a prison. | * He knows that Praemal is a prison. Originally a good wizard, he sought ways to break the prison open. His obsession drove him to more and more extreme acts, turning him evil and, ultimately led to his seeking of lichhood. It wasn't until becoming a lich that he learned ''why'' Praemal is a prison. | ||
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While Aggah-Shan was none too pleased to see the Pact's intrusion into Goth Gulgamel, the lich has come to an understanding with the Pact presence. They have provided the lich an occasional minon to probe the Ageless Titan for information. Meanwhile, the pact is cheering on the [[Malady]] for removing so many humanoids, but otherwise giving the lich a wide birth. | While Aggah-Shan was none too pleased to see the Pact's intrusion into Goth Gulgamel, the lich has come to an understanding with the Pact presence. They have provided the lich an occasional minon to probe the Ageless Titan for information. Meanwhile, the pact is cheering on the [[Malady]] for removing so many humanoids, but otherwise giving the lich a wide birth. | ||
=== The Cult of Ochremeshk === | |||
=== | The cultists being employed by the pact have their own agenda outside the pact. Dedicated to Ochremeshk (see ''Ptolus'', pg. 623), they seek to free him from his prison, then present him with a Goth Gulgamel already prepared for his use. So far, they have converted an alter room within the fortress to the demon prince, but have no real leads on how to free him. | ||
=== Motivations === | |||
Summing up the above, here are the movers and shakers in and about Goth Gulgamel: | |||
* Aggah-Shan, lich (CR 16): Wants the ''entropy sphere'', so needs to get past the titan. Also exploring the Utterdark. | |||
* Quiral, savant gug cleric (CR 16): Secure Goth Gulgamel and protect the exploration of the Utterdark. Support Iariono's interests. What he really wants, though, is to free Ochremeshk, and is preparing Goth Gulgamel to be the demon's seat of power. | |||
* Zavayss, noble salamander (CR 12): Supervise exploration of the Utterdark. Support Dronnmos's interests. Though intended to act as a check on Quiral, he also worships Ochremeshk, and is helping Quiral prepare the site for him. | |||
* Vendarlik, mind flayer (CR 8): Wants to gain entrance to the Banewarrens to get the ''black grail''. Secondarily, he is ambitious, having already claimed most of the beholder's clout for himself and trying to keep Iariono from falling. | |||
* Dronnmos, advanced neothelid (CR 18): Not present, but looking to exploit Goth Gulgamel and his control of the mural leading to it for all he can. As a Pactlord, ultimately wants to destroy all humanoids. Would like to see Iariono eliminated. | |||
* Iariono, advanced scylla (CR 18): Not present, but looking to use Goth Gulgamel to restore her prestige within the Pact. As a Pactlord, ultimately wants to destroy all humanoids. Would like to see Dronnmos eliminated. | |||
* Ochremeshk, demon prince (CR 20): Unaware any of this is happening. | |||
== Dark Reliquary (15-18) == | == Dark Reliquary (15-18) == | ||