Connects to: 29.07.03, 30.15.01, the City of Shuttered Windows and Blind Midshotgatepool.
Amidst sparse woodlands, a mysterious dungeon can be found, apparently built by the people of the Imperium Undying. It is believed to have been some sort of underground wizardly workshop due to the magical aura that permeates the place. Several adventuring parties have explored it over the years and have generally reported it to be a terrible place, full of monsters and with hardly any treasure to be found.
Around seven years ago, the poet Trimueil passed by this way and convinced his companions to help him delve into the dungeon. Unfortunately the expedition was a miserable failure, with several casualties and the rest of the party only escaping by leaping into a trap that teleported them naked to the entrance while spiriting away their items to some other place in the dungeon.
Among the items lost was the only manuscript of Trimueil’s epic poem, the Song of Ban and Ulena, being a retelling of the founding of Blind Midshotgatepool, beginning with the arrival of the five founders on the shores of the Keening Sea and ending with the companions’ tragic death. Trimueil subsequently felt unable to conjure up the creative energies to re-write the entire manuscript, and as a result the work is considered lost. However, scholars in the Shuttered City would pay an exorbitant price for the poem to be recovered.
Connections
- The Song of Ban and Ulena is a play also written by Trimueil which predates the epic poem of the same name. The performance of Trimueil’s masterpiece was abandoned after a disasterous casting.
Hooks:
- What was the Imperium Undying doing in this area of the world? Was it related to the Prince of Men?
- Why did Trimueil want to go into the dungeon?
- Have any other items been stolen by the teleportation trap?
- How did the founders of the five villages meet their tragic end?
