Characters

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Chozen - bugbear barbarian. Ex-pirate whose ship sunk and he is the only survivor. BFFs with Jimmy
Dmitri - gnome fighter. Passionate about everything. Quick to make friends and enemies.
Iris - halfling warlock. Luxon born but brainwashed by parents to worship Moon Weaver
Jimmy - sea elf druid. Your friendly neighborhood Nature Runner (Boy Scout).
Trixie - human artificer/wizard. Mercenary working odd jobs

Strong Start

The awful wailing noise gets even louder inside this chamber. A beam of light from above illuminates a statue in the middle of the room. The statue, made of pale marble, is shaped like a man on his knees, arms pinioned behind his back, trussed up in chains that cut into his skin. Hooks line the corners of the figure’s mouth, pulling his lips away from his teeth, and smaller barbs encircle his eyes, holding the eyelids open. All the while, hideous noise comes out of the statue’s open mouth - yet still, its expression is one of ecstasy. A double door made of iron is set into the statue’s chest; these surfaces have no handles.

A triangle, each side forty feet long, is carved into the floor around the statue, surrounding it. At each of the triangle’s points, a stone arm juts up from the floor with its hand outstretched.

Scenes

Betrayer’s Rise
- Also need a pendant that the Orcs in R14 are holding. It is in the shape of the symbol of Torog and must be placed in the center of the doors to finish the magical connection from the triangle.
- May add an encounter from the random encounter tables from the book.

Secret and Clues

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[ ] Alyxian was born in the lands of Wildemount under full Ruidus, which cursed him to endure a life of suffering. He decided to spend his life shielding others from pain, since he was already doomed to suffer.
[ ] He fought in the Calamity and was called the Apotheon because he beseeched the gods for power three times and three times received it - first on the shores of Wildemount, again in the depths of the Betrayer’s Rise, and once more in a temple of Corellon the Arch Heart in a city of elves and orcs in the jungles of Marquet. These divine gifts transformed him from a mortal being into something more. Alyxian says that the city of elves and orcs was destroyed centuries ago. (This is partly true; the city Alyxian speaks of is now the underwater ruin called Cael Morrow)
[ ] Alyxian is imprisoned in an underwater place lit by a crimson glow. He grows angry as he explains that mortals are harvesting the source of the glow and leaving him in darkness, and that this act is torture for him. (This is both true and an indication of the Apotheon’s emotional state; his fury is simmering beneath his sorrowful demeanorl.)

NPCs

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