Wondrous Item, uncommon It’s said that the pale blue light that burns in this eldritch lantern shines from another dimension or is linked, somehow, to the glow of a ghost consumed by the Outer Goddess Nhimbaloth. The lantern is a favored tool of those who would manipulate the minds of others for sinister reasons. Although the lantern lacks any hood or focusing mechanism, you can use a Bonus…

Few Children of Belcorra cared to delve into Belcorra’s interests beyond her charge to maintain the Farm level. Yet some investigated Belcorra’s fascination with the Outer God Nhimbaloth, also known as the Empty Death. An errant glimpse at Nhimbaloth’s form blasted their essence and identity away, transforming them into soul-shredding undead known as bodaks. Children of Belcorra The Children of…

Few Children of Belcorra cared to delve into Belcorra’s interests beyond her charge to maintain the Farm level. Yet some investigated Belcorra’s fascination with the Outer God Nhimbaloth, also known as the Empty Death. An errant glimpse at Nhimbaloth’s form blasted their essence and identity away, transforming them into soul-shredding undead known as bodaks.

Dread Wisp Although Belcorra trusts the Children—and their new overseer, Vethris—to put things in order on the Farm level, she still keeps tabs on the area. A few will-o’-wisps and dread wisps can communicate with the Empty Vault. They hover over basins filled with brackish swamp water and reeds that thrive despite the darkness, as they draw nourishment from their connection to the swamp fed by…

This strangely shaped chamber is humid and oppressively clammy. The room’s four wings each contain a massive pool of bubbling swamp water. Flickering motes of light and darkness play underneath the surface of the pools. The chamber’s center is partially blocked by a circle of black standing stones, which reach to the ceiling and crackle with eerie energy that shoots up into a shaft in the…

Wondrous Item, legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then…

Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.

Wondrous Item, artifact (requires attunement by a creature in the Empty Vault within Gauntlight's foundation) Gauntlight is much more than a 115-foot lighthouse rising from the heart of an old ruin in Fogfen—its pale stone walls extend far below the ruins, passing through eight dungeon levels and finally terminating at the tenth level far below the surface. Its foundation is centered on an…

Wondrous Item, Uncommon Edge of Dissolution It’s said that the pale blue light that burns in this eldritch lantern shines from another dimension or is linked, somehow, to the glow of a ghost consumed by the Outer Goddess Nhimbaloth. The lantern is a favored tool of those who would manipulate the minds of others for sinister reasons. Although the lantern lacks any hood or focusing mechanism, you…

Weapon, uncommon This pitch-dark piece of ammunition is composed of densely packed shadows. Attacks with it deal Psychic damage on a hit instead of Piercing. The ammunition makes no sound when it’s fired or strikes a surface, leaves no discernible wounds, and vanishes immediately after hitting or missing its target.

Wondrous Item, rare This tome was compiled centuries ago by an anonymous author who sought to collect all parables, myths, stories, and encounters with the Outer Goddess Nhimbaloth. The author’s original intent was to create a work that foes of the Empty Death could use to fight against her influence, but as one reads through the book, it becomes apparent that the exact opposite effect has been…

The Seekers of the Divinity Within are the largest and most widespread tradition associated with The Blood of Vol. The faith isn't as formally structured as the Church of the Silver Flame or even the Sovereign Host. For the most part, Seekers keep to themselves, living in their own villages and small towns or in isolated neighborhoods of larger communities, where they can practice their…

The Seekers of the Divinity Within value community, urging the faithful to stand together. But there are others who follow the principles of The Blood of Vol who prefer to stand alone. The hermits known as Thieves of Life are determined to unlock their divinity within at any cost—not to help others, but solely to further their own quest for power and immortality. Thieves of Life are often master…

Perhaps a few of the vaults’ inhabitants know the true story of Nhimbaloth’s ancient temple—notably Lady’s Whisper and maybe a dread wisp or two—but none will tell the tale. Was it the hub of a cult cast deep into the earth by an ancient enemy, or the headquarters of a Darklands coterie? No matter its original purpose, the initiation trials are the last challenges that the characters must face to…

Obsidian floor. Low ceiling. Gravity trap. The smooth floor of this rectangular chamber is laid with black stone tiles flecked with crystal. The similarly dark walls and the low ceiling give the room an oppressive aura. Any light streaming in from the entrance seems to gutter and fade as if absorbed by the chamber ahead. A whispering voice says, “Before ice, before flame, there was the…

The Order of the Emerald Claw began as an elite military force composed of devoted Seekers. When Regent Moranna turned on The Blood of Vol, the Emerald Claw refused to stand down. Today, members of the order include both Seeker extremists and Karrnathi patriots furious at Kaius III for embracing peace. The ultimate leader of the Emerald Claw is the lich known to most as the Queen of the Dead,…

This three-headed ancient evil carries within it a seed of the Old Gods’ power. Lady Sarevess believes it is the spawn of N’Zoth and a key to opening his nightmare realm of Ny’alotha. Aku’mai is feared by all for its relentless savagery and insatiable hunger—but the wise fear it because all who look on it hear the whispers of the Old Gods.

The Elemental Plane of Air is a vast and whispering void. The breeze tears at clothes and exposed skin. The biting cold cuts to the bone. There’s no light here, and flames are quickly extinguished by the cruel breath of the wind. An old Valikan tale once told that murderers and dishonored warriors were banished to the Whispering Void after death. Here, they’re tormented at Ilhara’s grim pleasure.

A single bed fills one corner of this small room, a chest at its foot. A desk with a chair stands in the southeast corner. The air smells old and stale. This bedroom is empty. Its furnishings are identical to those in area 13, with the exception of thearmoire. Neither Powell nor her followers have reason to enter this room. The party can rest here undisturbed if they keep quiet.

Protective Incense. As a Magic action while holding the censer, you can cause magical smoke to billow from the censer, filling a 30-foot Emanation originating from the censer for 1 hour or until you end it (no action required). The area of the Emanation is Lightly Obscured, and creatures of your choice (including yourself) gain the benefits of the Protection from Evil and Good spell while within…

East. A sharply sloping hallway leads down to the First Giant chamber (Area 3). South. Down a hall to the barrow entrance (Area 1).

Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement) This small wooden talisman is shaped like a large eyeball with an empty void in place of the pupil. While holding the eye, as a Magic action, you can expend 1 of your Hit Dice to drip a small quantity of your own blood into the eye and cast either the Arcane Eye spell or the Divination spell. Once you use the eye once, it can’t be used again until the…

This large room has a spiny, dust-covered floor. On the far western end is a large stone basin filled with swamp plants. A thick layer of dust covers the shattered crystal shards littering the floor, evidence of hundreds of initiates’ extracted souls in years long ago. The broken crystal makes the ground Difficult Terrain. A creature walking across the ground makes Dexterity (Stealth) checks…

Spellvoid wisps feed not on fear but on the ephemeral potentiality of magic, twisting it into a bizarre form of sustenance. They are more likely than other wisps to be intellectual or scholarly, and most know about—and revere—the malevolent patron of wisps, Nhimbaloth. They usually leave non-spellcasters alone and sometimes follow groups without spellcasters in the hope of being led to more…

Void-Infused Elf Who Guides Her Kin The eldest Windrunner sister, Alleria is a light in the darkness for her people—or perhaps she is darkness within the light. The Alliance knows her best as a hero of the Second War, venerated alongside her peers with a towering statue in Stormwind City’s Valley of Heroes. Like them, she was thought to have died in Outland. Alleria and her husband, the human…

Otari can inform the characters about the tasks necessary to reach the lower levels of the Abomination Vaults. Once the characters encounter Otari’s ghost and drive off the wisps that torment him, he relates his tale of woe. He has difficulty remembering much of his life but becomes very emotional if he learns that the other members of the Roseguard survived and named their town after him.…

Serve as a Beacon of the Light The Oath of the Holy unites Paladins who nurture life and use the power of the Light for healing and support. They combine great piety and virtue with martial skill, aspiring to the highest standards of morality, service to others, and self-sacrifice. These paladins share the following tenets:

• Live your life in service to others of goodwill.
• Do all in your power…

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