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--- dnd:campaigns:waterdeep:npcs [2025/03/07 22:17] – [Golorr] ken
+++ dnd:campaigns:waterdeep:npcs [2025/04/12 12:17] (current) – [Asmodeus] ken
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 ====Chultans====
+==Perne Salhana==
+Perne Salhana is a Paladin Veteran, one of the right hand men of Commander Breakbone of the Order of the Gauntlet, who led the party to the lost temple of [[Tamoachan]] (mistaking it as Omu).
+He is only in Chult to attempt to rid the world of the Death Curse.
+[[https://char-gen.com/npcs/2650a922-cc6c-4da0-b639-d7ab9be32a58|Salhana's Stats]]
+  *58 HP
+  *Long Sword, +5, d8+3 (2 attack)
+  *Divine Smite (+2d8), Lay on Hands (pool 25 HP), Shield of Faith (+2AC), Aura of Protection (+1 Saves self+10')
 ===Guides===
 ==Qawasha==
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 ==Hew Hackinstone==
-He will make the team take “a quick detour” to redeem his family's mine.
+He will make the team take “a quick detour” to redeem his family's mine [[Hrakhamar]]
+==Withers==
+Withers works for [[#Acerak]], and is detailed on page 145 of Tomb of Annihilation, in the section titled "Withers' Office." This is where you'll find his description and role within the tomb.
+[[https://5e.tools/bestiary/withers-toa.html|Withers Stats]]
+He's a level 9 spellcasting wight, and requires silver weapon attacks.
+[[#Eemmaat]] has been bringing abducted dwarves to Withers for conversion into Tomb Dwarves. In their eerie surroundings, the faint scraping of tomb dwarves working in the background can be heard in the darkness.
+"Do you not see the brilliance of it all? Acererak, my Eternal Architect, has granted me a purpose beyond the fleeting dust of mortal existence. I was once like you — limited, ephemeral, clinging to a life that the sands of time would inevitably sweep away. But Acererak offered me liberation, enlightenment! In his service, I have become a steward of eternity, a part of something vast and unending.
+This position of mine - it is not mere servitude — no, it is transcendence. Acerak has seen what others cannot fathom. Where you might see cruelty in this tomb, I see artistry, ingenuity, and the inevitability of power. Acererak reshapes the fabric of existence itself, and I am but one piece in his magnificent tapestry.
+Would you throw that away? Would you squander such a gift, given the chance? Fools!, you rage against the tide, blind to the glory of the ocean it feeds."
 ====Sword Coast Nobility====
 ===Laeral Silverhand===
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 ===Urstul Floxin===
 Urstul Floxin is the Zhentarim regional director. His headquarters are in the villa of the Gralhund family. He is spearheading a search for the Stone of Golorr.
+===Tvinza Gerast===
+Tvinza Gerast is the Zhentarim Regional director of chultan operations, but has been relegated to trying to keep the division afloat by any means necessary including getting his hands dirty in the failing mining operations in southern Chult.
+He is in over his head and desperate for any way to turn things around. He has taken up correspondence with Urstal Floxin for advice, but is in danger wearing out his welcome.
+Tvinza is beginning to think that the Dwarves have ripped him off. He is paying them a lease for mining rights but the ore seams here seem to have been run dry. In reality, the Dwarves just want to take advantage of the Zhentarime supply chain to easily acquire cheeses and grains for brewing and baking. This allows them to vastly cut back on the need for other trade forays above ground.
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 ===Hama===
-[[Malmac]] seeks Hama Pashar, one of Nadaar’s Party who was recently known to have been in Waterdeep.
+[[Malmac]] seeks Hama Pashar, a female human paladin, of Nadaar’s Party who was recently known to have been in Waterdeep.
-Hama Pashar has come to search for Nadaar because she beleives he has entered undermountain. (He left her a clue, knowing her honor would demand she track him, but he built in delays into the clues to give himself a headstart)
+Hama Pashar has come to search for Nadaar because she believes he has entered undermountain. (He left her a clue, knowing her honor would demand she track him, but he built in delays into the clues to give himself a headstart)
 ===Nadaar===
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 [[https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Stone_of_Golorr]]
-Golorr is an Aboleth prince (son of Queen Oothoon ) that has been transformed into a small smooth stone.
+==Backstory==
+Golorr is an Aboleth prince - the son of Queen Oothoon. Long ago (Aboleths do not keep track of time), he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a powerful wizard sensing his telepathic powers, transformed him into a device for controlling memories. The form of the device is a small smooth stone with three eyes. The ritual involved several enchantment components, including "confusion", which prevents Golorr from thinking clearly and a form of "compulsion" that keeps him aware of a specific "injected fact".
-Nobody knows the location of the stone - it has recently been the subject of a string of thefts. (Dagult hired [[#Dalakhar]] to steal it from [[#Xanathar]], and it is likely somewhere under Waterdeep, in the Dungeon of the Mad Mage)
+Golorr's fate was unknown, but his family has searched for him, and does so to this day.
-By meditating on The "Stone of Golorr", subconscious joins with the aboleth's memory in a similar way as the [[https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Spells:Legend%20Lore/#h-Legend%20Lore|Legend Lore]] spell. (limit 3x/day)
+The stone changed hands and was used for various nefarious and sometimes illogical purposes which did not help Golorr's mental stability. The personality flaws and foibles of each user were Golorr's only outside contact aside from his own troubled mind, and thus over time he began to regard them as valued parts of his psyche. Each consecutive user who contacted Golorr became slightly more effected by his clouded and chaotic psychic trauma. Golorr subconsciously longs to escape his enchantment, so users also become overcome with a need to escape from some unknown subconscious state.
-However, when skin contact is broken, this knowledge fades like a dream and all knowledge of the stone or Golorr himself is wiped from the character's memory. The character can describe the dream-like information to his companions while still holding the stone, immediately after the meditation.
+==Recent events==
+A few years ago, [[#Dagult Neverember]] used the stone to hide the location of a massive hoard of gold embezzled from the economy of Waterdeep.
-Trapped inside the stone, Golorr wishes to return to his Aboleth form, but only the Aboleth Queen can free him.
+The stone has recently been the subject of a string of thefts. Xanathar managed to get it at one point, but Dagult hired [[#Dalakhar]] to steal it back from [[#Xanathar]]. Dalakhar then failed to report back to Dagult and has not been seen since.
+Nobody knows the exact location of the stone. It is most likely somewhere in or under Waterdeep - [[https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/42791/roleplaying-games/dragon-heist-remix-part-5-clues-and-timelines]] or possibly, in the Dungeon of the Mad Mage.
+==Effects and Usage==
+By meditating on The "Stone of Golorr", the user's subconscious joins with the aboleth's memory in a similar way as the [[https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Spells:Legend%20Lore/#h-Legend%20Lore|Legend Lore]] spell. This allows a user to "inject" or "read" a specific fact.
+However, when skin contact is broken, this knowledge fades like a dream and all knowledge of the stone or Golorr himself is taken with it - wiped from the character's memory. The character can describe the dream-like information to his companions only while still holding the stone, immediately after the meditation.
+Trapped inside the stone, Golorr wishes to return to his Aboleth form and to his family.
 The other Aboleth's seek to rescue Golorr from his curse. Because of his obsession with freedom, the dream state will almost always contain partial information to this end, but also to the recent string of thefts and passing along to many holders. If the stone holder rejects Golorr's pleas, he may attempt to seize control (possess) the holder, or cause them psychic damage.
-Golorr can also be freed from the stone if the stone is destroyed via an antipathy/sympathy spell cast with the appropriate parameters. However, if Golorr were freed in this way, it would likely go berserk and attack any nearby creatures.
+Currently, Golorr holds the knowledge of the location of the Vault of Dragons containing a treasure embezzled by [[#Dagult Neverember]] when he was Open Lord of Waterdeep. Characters can only find this out by focused meditation on this particular subject, essentially "asking the right question". (Currently, the party has no inkling of this plot line). However, Golorr will vaguely refer to his recent string of thefts.
-Currently, Golorr holds the knowledge of the location of the Vault of Dragons containing a treasure embezzled by [[#Dagult Neverember]] when he was Open Lord of Waterdeep. Characters can only find this out by focussed meditation on this particular subject, essentially "asking the right question". (Currently, the party has no inkling of this plot line). However, Golorr will vaguely refer to his recent string of thefts.
+==Freeing Golorr==
+Golorr can possibly be freed from the stone using an Antipathy spell cast at level 8 or higher, which subconsciously overrides other conditioning. However, if Golorr were freed in this way, it would likely go berserk and attack any nearby creatures.
+Golorr wishes to avenge his capture, but he does not know how he came to be imprisoned in the stone. He remembers only that the perpetrators were dwarves. This has been the only thought he has managed to leak out to his brother Eemmaat from across space. Slowly, Eemmaat came to a gradual realization that dwarves are behind his brother's dissappearance. He mercilesly seeks to interrogate all of dwarf-kind.
 ===Eemmaat===
 Eemmaat is an
-[[https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aboleth|Aboleth]] who was sent by queen Oothoon to track down [[#Golorr]]
+[[https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Aboleth|Aboleth]], brother of [[#Golorr]] and son of queen Oothoon. He is in chult, trying to track down [[#Golorr]]
 The party briefly ran into them en route to Chult and will meet again in
  in ToA "Tomb of the Nine Gods" level 5 (Gears of Hate) on p174 (ToA refers to him as G'lyh'rul) as he is searching through subterranean waterways in his quest for [[#Golorr]]
+Eemmaat is responsible for the abduction of dwarves from [[Hrakhamar]]. He takes them to [[#Withers]] in the Tomb of Annihilation. Withers is a former Omuan priest who serves the lich Acererak. Withers performs a ritual that transforms the remains of dead dwarves into these undead Tomb Dwarves (wights with axes), who then maintain and expand the tomb and reset the traps within the tomb.
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 ====Gods====
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 ===Asmodeus===
-[[Ender]] & Calcifer have some sort of deal with Asmodeus. Calcifer was sent by Asmodeus to corrupt Ender, but the plan backfired, though Asmodeus may not know this. In any case, Calcifer will automatically return to the material plane if he dies, as he is not supposed to be resting in hell, but out working.
-Asmodeus and [[#Istus]] are the parents of [[#Atropal]]
+Asmodeus and [[#Istus]] are the parents of [[#Atropal]], who they left for dead.
+Nobody is supposed to know this, but rumors abound in hell.
+A demon named [[#Zalekoth]] has been sent to Chult to corroborate the rumor.
+[[Ender]] & Calcifer have some sort of preexisting deal with Asmodeus. Calcifer was sent by Asmodeus to corrupt Ender, but the plan backfired and is doing more good than harm. This information has not yet trickled up the chain to Asmodeus, and has immense blackmail potential. In any case, Calcifer will automatically return to the material plane if he dies, as he is not supposed to be resting in hell, but out working.
 Asmodeus is connected to the Waterdeep Dragon Heist by way of
 Ammalia and Victoro [[#Cassalanter]] who, facing imminent bankruptcy, struck a deal with him. Asmodeus will take possession of the Cassalanter twins upon their upcoming twelfth bithday (unless their parents can bribe him with uncountable wealth (which they currently do not have (which is why they seek the stone of [[#Golorr]])))
+Apparently [[Baldur's Gate]] has a portal to hell?
+===Zalekoth===
+The party runs into Zalekoth near the top of Tamoachan. He has come from hell to investigate the rumours about Atropal.
 ===Istus===
 Istus is a goddess of fortune and fate, served by [[Ak]] and perhaps a very few other scattered clerics, but her fame failed to blossom and has faded into obscurity.