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• Vor Rukoth
  Taru Maaj

  Taru Maaj is an ancient library and repository of knowledge in Vor Rukoth

  Built adjacent to the Ruby Court, Taru Maaj was the library of Vor Rukoth. It was overseen by a figure known as the Luminary. On the Day of Devils, the Luminary transported the library and all within it to a timeless demiplane to preserve its knowledge. The library remains trapped there, for were it to return to the world, the cen­turies it has remained out
  oftime would pass in a matter of seconds, destroying it and its inhabitants. A foundation
  remains where the library once stood, but Taru Maaj is still accessible to those who know where to look.

  The Canteen

  The general store in Coyote's Refuge.

  This general store is owned by the Coyote, but he rarely takes a hand in its operation. The halfling is more interested in who is coming to the store and what they are buying. The store is managed by a female tiefling named Inferna. A fastidious shopkeeper, Inferna takes inventory regularly and keeps detailed records of anyone who enters or leaves the shop, whether or not they buy something.
  The Canteen is a large, cavernous structure without windows, and on hot days, it becomes an oven inside. Most of the perishable goods are kept in chambers below ground, safe from the heat and from intruders.

  The Dancing Lizard

  This is the only tavern in Coyote's Refuge

  This is the only tavern in Coyote's Refuge, owned by the dwarf Terris Halfjaw. It is named after his mildly famous pet iguana who is known to drink the ale and dance on the bar after Terris shocks him with a small magical implement.
  
  Terris runs the establishment with the permission of the Coyote, who occasionally deigns to descend from his tower and share a drink with guests in the Refuge. Like the Watchtower, the Dancing Lizard is built ofstone taken from Vor Rukoth's walls. The tavern's drinking hall sits aboveground, where it grows hot from the beating sun and the masses of people that crowd it during the day. The bedchambers are built underground, allowing them to stay cooler. The Dancing Lizard has only eight of these, and they are almost always occupied. Rarely does a tenant check out, leading some to murder for the chance to secure a coveted room.
• Point of Interest
  Fiveleague House

  Fiveleague House is more properly known as the Fiveleague Inn. It’s a strongly built innhouse surrounded by a wooden palisade. Fiveleague House caters to travelers and merchants coming or going from Hammerfast, a day’s journey (five leagues) farther e

  Gardmore

  The Gardbury Downs take their name from this striking ruin, a large monastery and town that has lain in ruins for almost one hundred fifty years.

  The abbey was dedicated to Bahamut and served as the base of a militant order of paladins who won great fame fighting in Nerath’s distant crusades. The paladins brought a dark artifact back from a far crusade for safekeeping, and evil forces gathered to assault the abbey and take it back. The Lords of Gardmore have recently reclaimed the ruin and have resettled the town as an outpost of civilization and welcome home for outcasts and wanderers.

  Kalton Manor

  Back in the days when Nerath was settling the Nentir Vale, minor lords in search of land to call their own established manors and holds throughout the area. Kalton Manor was one of these.

  A small keep raised by Lord Arrol Kalton about two hundred years ago. Lord Arrol intended to settle the lower vale of the White river, but it was not to be—monsters from the Witchlight Fens drove off the tenants Arrol had brought with him. At the end, Arrol and a handful of his servants and family lived alone in a half-finished keep slowly falling into ruin until they disappeared as well. Stories tell of hidden treasure—the old Kalton fortune—hidden in secret chambers beneath the ruined keep.

  Keep on the Shadowfell

  Long ago, soldiers from Nerath built a strong fortress over the Shadowfell rift to protect it. The old keep lies in ruins now, and is rumored to be haunted.

  Kobold Hall

  Like Kalton Manor, the wreck now known locally as Kobold Hall was the estate of a minor lord who came to Nentir Vale to establish his own demesnes.

  Ruined during the Bloodspear War, the old castle has been abandoned for almost a century. Kobold tribes from the Cloak Wood are rumored to lurk in its depths.

  Raven Roost

  This small keep stands at the southern end of the Old Hills. Once it was the seat of a small manor, but it fell into ruin long ago.

  Ruins of Fastormel

  Once a prosperous town on the shores of Lake Nen, Fastormel was destroyed by the Bloodspear orcs and has never been resettled. The town was ruled by a Lord Mage (the most powerful wizard in town claimed the ruler’s scepter), and the Mistborn Tower of th

  Temple of Yellow Skulls

  The ruins of an evil shrine stand in the middle of these desolate hills. Legend tells that a rakshasa prince summoned demons to this place and bound them to his service by imprisoning their vital essences in gold-plated human skulls. None of these have ye

  The Iron Keep

  The Iron keep was the temporary name of Baron Stockmers keep during the control of Nazin Redthorn.

  The Stonemarch

  A rugged land of stony hills and deep gorges cut by white-rushing rivers, the Stonemarch is home to tribes of dangerous humanoids and giants. Orcs, ogres, giants, and trolls haunt the farther reaches of these barren lands. Fortunately for the residents of

  The Sword Barrow

  This large burial mound stands near the middle of the Gray Downs, a desolate region.

  The old human hill-clans who lived in the Vale raised the barrow centuries before civilized folk settled in Fallcrest. The hill-folk are long gone, but their grim barrows remain. The Sword Barrow gained its name because scores of rusted blades of ancient design are buried around its edges, blades pointing inward; a visitor can turn up several in a few minutes of looking around.

  The Wiggery (wiggery)

  The Wiggery is a wig shop in Nesmalen. The kindly proprietor's name is Snoop.

  The wiggery was struggling for business for years once a local wizard designed a ritual for curing baldness. That is until the heroes started a Rave at a local tavern where wigs were required. Ever after that, the town began having weekly wig raves and business has been booming.

  Thunderspire

  This striking peak is the largest of the Old Hills.
• Sigil
  Sigil

  Sigil, the City of Doors

  The City of Doors, named for the many portals that provide the only methods of travel into and out of the city, features impossible topography in an impossible location. The city exists on the inside of a gigantic, hollow ring that has no outer side. It stands apart from the rest of existence. It connects to the Astral Sea and the Elemental Chaos, to the Feywild and the Shadowfell and the natural world, and to a multitude of places beyond imagining, but it isn't a part of any of these. Sigil is. For most, that simple fact explains everything.
  
  All the streets and buildings fill the curved interior of the hollow ring. If you look up, and if your view isn't obscured by the persistent rain or fog or smoke from countless chimneys, you can see the buildings across the open hollow overhead. This is a place where the horizon curves up instead of away, where the sky above is always filled with the gray arc of the other side of Sigil 's ring. In fact, the horizon in front of you and behind you curves up, so that you are always at the bottom of the ring. Line of sight rarely exceeds more than a few hundred feet due to the concentration of buildings, so the effect isn't prevalent or as disturbing as it could be.
  
• Miscellaneous
  The Krick

  The Krick is a sickness derived from insinuated poison created from cinorcha weed.

  The krick is a biological sickness brought on by the bodies rejection of toxins found in the cirorcha weed. While the weed won't result in sickness from eating it (other than a sour stomach), when the weed is boiled in vinegar and one other mysterious substance and then pressed, the resultant liquid is quite toxic. When coated on a blade or arrow, this toxin can enter the bloodstream on a successful attack. Once infected, the victim will have trouble sleeping, tossing and turning with night sweats. This precludes the ability to get a full extended rest. After a couple of days with the krick, it will move to an advanced stage, attacking the immune system, where the victim will no longer heal normally. Once the advanced stage is begun, sufferers will only regain half the surge value when surging. With a successful endurence save, the victim will get the normal amount of healing but will consume two surges instead of one.
• Organizations
  ARKHOSIA'S LAST

  A group of Dragonborn who seek to stamp out the existence of Vor Rukoth.

  This group is composed of thirty three elite dragonborn warriors and spellcasters who continue to wage war against Bael Turath. Its goal is to destroy all trace of the damned empire. The members of Arkhosia's Last are all talented in some art, usually arcane, martial, or divine. They operate in cells ofthree individuals and consider themselves above working with mercenaries. They use a variety ofbeasts to help comb the vast lands of the former empire, searching for relics and records to destroy.

  Hammerfast Trade Guilds

  The Trade Guild, Craft Guild and Lore Guild are the controlling interests in Hammerfast.

  Hammerfast was cut from the rock of a deep vale in the Dawnforge Mountains, Hammerfast is the largest and wealthiest town in the region. The Trade Road runs through the citadel gates and continues eastward beyond the Dawnforge Mountains. Hammerfast is governed by a council of masters, each the leaders of one of the town’s powerful guilds. The current High Master is the leader of the trade guild, a dwarf named Marsinda Goldspinner.

  Iron Circle

  The Iron Circle is a shadowy organization that goes much deeper than the thugs Nazin Redthorn controlled in Harkenwold.

  Previous: The Iron Circle is a group of mercenaries sent by an unknown source to take control of Harkenwold and eventually the entire Nentir Vail. Can you stop them?

  The Copper Piece Gang

  The Copper Piece Gang is a group of youths in Lower Fallcrest that trade in information. Started by the industrious Argore.

  It is not run by the Knacke but he does oversee its operations and helps steer it to be more profitable and self sustaining. Under his guidance, The Copperpiece Gang has spread it's influence and informational gathering capabilities east into Hammerfast, north to Winterhaven, south to Therund, and recently as far as Sarthel and Vor Rukoth. The Knacke frequently travels to these locations to elevate talented youths and to recruit for young men to join his new fledgling guild.

  White Lantern Consortium

  This association ofmerchants, traders, and explorers is one ofthe most powerful forces in the region. The consortium's reach extends far beyond Vor Rukoth, though its attention has been most focused there in recent years.

  The White Lantern Consortium has no unifying goal or vision other than the acquisition of profit. Factions within the group-noble families, merchants, and wealthy adventurers-might become members for their own reasons.
  
  The consortium's symbol, a lantern with rays of light shining from it, is emblazoned throughout Coyote's Refuge. With the exception of items from Turak-tol, almost all the goods sold and traded in Coyote's Refuge are brought in by the White Lantern Consortium from other areas, such are Sarthel to the south and The Dragondown Coast to the East.
  
  Anyone attempting to assert mercantile power in or around Vor Rukoth is likely to receive a visit from members of the group. Membership is by invitation only, and it usually requires a handsome sum of money, a beneficial trade negotiation, or a great deed on the organization's behalf. Membership has its benefits, including discounts on goods and access to privileged information about Vor Rukoth and other adventure sites.
• Towns
  Albridge

  A strategically important township in Harkenwold, Albridge sits at one of two crossing of the White River.

  Fallcrest

  A small town built from the ruins of a larger city, Fallcrest is the crossroads of the Nentir Vale.

  Fallcrest stands amid the Moon Hills at the falls of the Nentir River. Here travelers and traders using the old King’s Road that runs north and south, the dwarven Trade Road from the east, and the river all meet. The surrounding ridges shelter several small valleys where farmers and woodsfolk live; few are more than six or seven miles from the town. In general the people outside Fallcrest’s walls earn their living by farming or keeping livestock, and the people inside the walls are artisans, laborers, or merchants. People with no other prospects can make a hard living as porters, carrying cargo from the Lower Quays to the Upper Quays (or vice versa).
  
  Fallcrest imports finished goods from the larger cities downriver and ironwork from the dwarf town of Hammerfast, and exports timber, leather, fruit, and grain. It also trades with the nearby town of Winterhaven.
  
  The surrounding hills hold several marble quarries that once produced a good deal of stone, but the area has little demand for ornamental stone these days, and only a few stonecutters still practice their trade.
  
  Population: 1,350; another 900 or so live in the countryside within a few miles of the town. The people of Fallcrest are mostly humans, halflings, and dwarves. No dragonborn or eladrin are permanent residents, but travelers of all races pass through on occasion.
  
  Government: The human noble Faren Markelhay is the Lord Warden (hereditary lord) of the town. He is in charge of the town’s justice, defense, and laws. The Lord Warden appoints a town council to look after routine commerce and public projects.
  
  Defense: The Fallcrest Guard numbers sixty warriors (see the accompanying statistics block), who also serve as constables. Moonstone Keep is their barracks. The Lord Warden can call up 350 militia at need.
  
  Inns: Nentir Inn; Silver Unicorn. The Silver Unicorn is pricier and offers better service; the Nentir Inn sees a more interesting clientele.
  
  Taverns: Blue Moon Alehouse; Lucky Gnome Taphouse; Nentir Inn taproom.
  
  Supplies: Halfmoon Trading House; Sandercot Provisioners.
  
  Temples: Temple of Erathis; Moonsong Temple (Sehanine); House of the Sun (Pelor).

  Hammerfast

  Hammerfast is the center of trade, manufacture and learning of the eastern Nentir Vale.

  Hammerfast is former dwarven outpost and now serves as home to local trade, merchants and lore guilds. It has a long and rich history between defending dwarves and attacking orcs. Due to a deal struck between Moradin and Grummsh, both races are allowed to walk freely in her streets. None willing to break the pact and draw the ire of the opposing god. Not only that, but the dead are known to walk the streets of hammerfast as well. Long ago in its history, hammerfast was a necropolis for the dwarves. Many ghosts of the dead of a great battle between dwarf and orc still wander lost in this world.

  Harken

  Harken is the capital city of Harkenwold and the home of Baron Stockmer.

  Harken is currently the homebase of The Iron Circles Harkenwold detachment.

  Marl

  Marl is a small steading in the western area of Harken, it was used as an example by Nazin and was burned to the ground.

  The citizens of Marl were impatient in their desire to rise up. Nazin took this opportunity to nip it in the bud and destroyed the entire village. Some survivors fled into the wilderness while most of them took refuge in Tor's Hold.

  Nenlast

  This tiny human village lies at the east end of Lake Nen. The folk here make a meager living by trading smoked fish to the dwarves of Hammerfast. They also deal with the Tigerclaw barbarians of the Winterbole Forest. When the wild folk choose to trade, th

  Nesmalen

  A fortresslike haven harboring scores of ships, this small city is the capital of the Emerald Blade Barony.

  Nesmalen is ruled by the lord mayor appointed by the baron. The city and its surrounding lands are the historical demesne of the House Merind, but the baron, as the reining noble of the realm delegates the oversight of the local affairs to various officials. The current lord mayor is an old, officious male halfling named Tarren Thistler.

  New Hammerfast

  New Hammerfast isn't rising up out of the ashes of Hammerfast, it's delving deep beneathe them.

  Tor's Hold

  The westernmost township in Harkenwold, formerly lead by Bran Torsson, now under management by Sir Gerrol, defender of Harkenwold.

  Winterhaven

  Hard under the Cairngorms at the west end of the Nentir Vale lies the remote town of Winterhaven. Like Fallcrest, Winterhaven is a small town surrounded by a few miles of farmland and pastures. It was recently saved from monstrous invasion by the Lords of
• Places of Interest
  Barony of Therund (Therund)

  The Barony of Therund is the nearest significant holding south the Nentir Vale.

  The barony of Therund is mostly a woodland realm consisting of fertile cleared land and riverland to the west and forest to the east. Nestled within the forest is Brightstone Keep, the center of the Barony of Therund, so named for its walls of white marble veined with gold that shine when the sun strikes them. It is old, of dwarven construction, dating back before the time of Nerath.
  
  While Therund is more civilized and better protected than the northern border regions of The Nentir Vale, it is by no means completely pacified nor safe throughout. Travelers stick to the roads and move by day, leaving the wilderness and the deep forest nights to bandits and monsters that wander into the area.

  Dal Nystier

  Dal Nystier is a place of deep magic and the former focal point of ancient Eladrin ritualists.

  Dal Nystier is a place of great power and great danger. Not only is it the former home of a powerful group of Eladrin Sorcerers, but it's a gateway to the deeps. The Underdark, a place of great riches and greater terror. Entrances are rare and mysterious. Few who enter seldom return, and those who do are often twisted and changed. To go there may lead to madness, yet some degree of madness is surely required to venture there to begin with.

  Harken Forest

  This large woodland stretches from the Nentir River to the mountains and extends for miles to the south.

  It separates the Nentir Vale from the more populous coastal towns of the south. A strong goblin keep called Daggerburg lies somewhere in the southwest reaches, not too far from Kalton Manor; the goblins sometimes raid the river-traffic moving along the Nentir, or send small parties of marauders to Harkenwold’s borders. An elf tribe known as the Woodsinger Clan roams the eastern portions of the forest. They occasionally trade with the humans of Harkenwold and keep an eye on travelers along the old King’s road. They have a long-standing feud with the Daggerburg goblins, and the goblins keep to the western parts of the forest to avoid swift and deadly elven arrows. However, the goblins are growing more numerous and have become bolder in recent months.

  Harkenwold

  Half a dozen small villages lie along the upper vales of the White River. Together, they make up the Barony of Harkenwold.

  Harkenwold—a tiny realm whose total population is not much greater than Fallcrest’s. The people of Harkenwold are farmers, woodcutters, and woodworkers; little trade comes up or down the old King’s Road. The ruler of Harkenwold is Baron Stockmer, an elderly man who was known for his strong sword arm in his youth. He is a just and compassionate ruler.

  Merindaelion

  Marindaelion: Barony of the Emerald Blade

  At the eastern end of the great Altaran Peninsula lies an expanse of dense green forests and sparkling white sands, Merindaelion, the realm of the Emerald Blade. A small domain in comparison to the neighboring Kingdom of Tithinia or the Duchy of Solandir, Merindaelion is home to a unique people. Elves and humans have blended and mingled in these beautiful lands more than anywhere else in the world, giving rise to a bold handsome, and independent people known the world over as great adventurers and seafarers....and pirates.

  The Nentir Vale

  The Nentir Vale is a largely lawless border region situated in the northern reaches of what was once the Nerathi Empire.

  The Nentir Vale
  
  The Nentir Vale has become a largely lawless border region. Where any law does hold sway, it follows the traditional feudal compact where the local lord is the law and is the only law, unless he specifically deputizes a vassal to pass judgement on their behalf. In the days of the Nerath Empire, the landholdings of each noble were directly adjacent to those of the next noble and there was no "unclaimed" land. However, there was so much loss of life and chaos during the Fall of Nerath that it is no longer clear who owned or owns what. To further confuse the issue, bandits and monsters have moved into the ruins and wreckage left behind, staking their own claims and raiding to steal what they can.
  
  Abandoned farmsteads, ruined manors, and broken keeps litter the countryside. Bandits, wild animals, and monsters roam freely throughout the Vale, threatening anyone who fares more than few miles away from one of the surviving settlements. Travel along the roads or river is usually safe but every now and then, travellers come to bad ends between towns. The town of Fallcrest has become known as the crossroads of the Nentir Vale. Fallcrest was once a thriving northern trading post for the empire of Nerath though since the collapse has deteriorated and now seems to accommodate any adventurers and merchants of the Vale as little trade seems to flow from the Nentir River.
  
  Warriors and Mages, Barbarians and Kings have all fought each other to claim the northern frontier for themselves while vast arrays of wild animals, magical beasts and demonic hordes have risen to destroy them. There is much adventure to be found amongst the Nentir Vale's ancient ruins, dense forests and towering mountains and it has seen many empires rise and fall with all of them leaving their mark upon the land. The only concern many of the Vale folk have in present times is when the next empire will come to seize their land

  ToadWallow Caverns

  ToadWallow Caverns were the home to Bullywugs until the heroes eradicated them.

  The Toadwallow, as it is often called, rarely stays vacant for long. Small monsters and monstrous wild things tend to find their way there from time to time, necessitating the occasional trip to clear them out.

  White River

  This is the river the crosses Harkenwold.
• Tor's Hold
  Tor Hammerfist

  Tor Hammerfist is the founder of Tor's hold.
• Feywild
  Garden of Graves (Garden)

  The Garden of Graves.

  A holy site to those Eladrin of a faction of the Gloaming Court, this is the burial ground of dozens if not hundreds of Eladrin of the Quiet Hall. Something is wrong, though – it doesn’t feel holy at all any more – it feels… tainted somehow. Pulsing with a sour putrescence that turns the soul as much as the stomach.