Connects to: 09.24, 15.24, 17.21, 18.28 and 45.09.
Overview
Sir Huw and his nymph lover live here, a spring-fed pool at the foot of a nameless mountain.
But the threat that lurks within the Nameless Mountain may soon put an end to their idyllic life. Uriza the Solemn (15.24) knows of Old Black, the dragon that slumbers in the roots of the mountain. Although Old Black has not stirred in twenty years, during his last rampage, he laid waste to the twin towns of Olgam and Oskill in the west. Old Black’s claws and teeth are obsidian daggers, and his breath is said to corrode flesh, wood and even stone.
There have been troubling signs lately, and the couple suspects something is awry. The pomegranate trees on the mountain’s slopes are withering, and even the nymph’s magic cannot revive them. Foul air drifts from caves near the peak. Huw has been caught hooded, black-scaled kobolds snooping around their pool and orchard. They seem to be fleeing something…
Connections
- Kobolds are the things that dragons have forgotten, which may explain why the ones here are fleeing (45.09).
- Old Black destroyed the twin gnomish and dwarven towns of Olgam and Oskill some twenty years past (09.24).
Hooks
- Why is Old Black stirring? Does he simply not like his new neighbors, or his twenty years of slumber signifigant?
- What remains of Olgam and Oskill, the twin towns to the west?
- What role do the Nameless Mountain kobolds have in this? Are they the dragon’s faithful servants, or do they fear him as much as everyone else?
- What did Uriza the Solemn do during Old Black’s last flight?
