TYPE OF ADVENTURE SITE: DUNGEON

This adventure site is a version of the abandoned mining city of Wailer’s

Hold, which is mentioned in several places in the history of the Forbidden
Lands (Gamemaster’s Guide, pp. 23-28). The interpretation of the material
is the author's own and the adventure site should therefore be considered a
completely unofficial version of Wailer’s Hold.

by JONAS KARLÉN
 DESIGNER
Jonas Karlén

ILLUSTRATIONS
Jonas Karlén
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IDEAS
AND PROOFREADING OF THE SWEDISH VERSION
Magnus Gille, Peter Larsson, Magnus Seter, Jonas Vije

TRANSLATION
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 CONTENTS

BACKGROUND .......................................... 3 CREATURES AND PERSONS ............... 21

Those Who Remained............................................. 21
GETTING HERE ...................................... 5 The Meromannians ................................................ 21

The Abyss Worm....................................................... 5 Sansin ...................................................................... 23

Those Who Remained............................................... 5 The Fallen .............................................................. 24

The King’s Star ......................................................... 5 The Whiners .......................................................... 24

The End of the Rainbow ........................................... 5 The Abyss Worms .................................................. 24

The Teraldians ........................................................ 25

LEGEND .................................................... 5 Tincturus ................................................................27

LOCATIONS ............................................. 6 EVENTS ...................................................27

1. The Ruined City .............................................. 6 The Five Meromannians ........................................27

2. The Watchtower .............................................. 8 Exploration ............................................................ 28

3. The Mine Gate ................................................ 8 Rescue the Whiners................................................ 28

4. The Library ..................................................... 8 The Enda of the Rainbow ...................................... 28

5. The Sinkhole ................................................... 9 Envoys Between Clans ........................................... 28

6. The Tunnels ................................................... 11 A Whispered Warning ............................................ 28

7. The Whiners’ Realm ...................................... 13 Return of the King ..................................................29

8. The Old Mine ............................................... 14 A New Hope ............................................................29

9. The Shaft........................................................ 16 Tincturus Appears ...................................................29

10. The Entrance ............................................... 16 The Battle of Wailer’s Hold ....................................30

11. The Lake ....................................................... 16 Dissolution..............................................................30

12. The Teraldian Realm .................................... 19

13. The Throne Room ........................................ 19

14. The Teraldine Farm .................................... 20

15. The New Mine............................................. 20

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A lone wind tears up dust over the fallen boulders. Otherwise,
the ruined city is deserted at your feet. Next to what were once
the city's gates, there is a stone statue of a proud Meromannian
dwarf with a raised pickaxe. It is huge, like a tower, and from
inside the skull the glow of a blazing fire shines through the eye OVERVIEW
sockets. In its shadow lies a similar statue, crushed to the
Wailer's Hold is an old mining city,
ground. Behind it, a wide avenue leads straight through the which was abandoned by the
ruins to a large black gate into the mountain. The gate is closed Meromannian clan about 300 years
and the two statues, which previously seem to have stood ago. During their absence, their
proudly together, now rather depict something resembling a cousins, the Teralds, have created
completed roll scene between two siblings. Wailer's Hold is their own realm deep in the
deserted, but then suddenly you hear distant, irregular blows underground. In addition, a tribe of
echoing between the fallen buildings. Is the mine awake after whiners has moved in, and the abyss
worms that the Meromannians once
all?
kept for their mining have now
become free. At the same time, the
BACKGROUND Meromannians are on their way to
return to their old high seat and a
When the Meromannian clan was forced to abandon the drakewyrm is attracted by the
mining city of Wailer's Hold in 865 e.s. it was a defeat that seductive glow of the deepest caves.
would characterize their offspring for generations. The city When the adventurers arrive at
and its associated mine were the very heart of the clan's the site, it seems quiet and deserted,
culture and economy. Abandoning it was thus not a but they will soon become aware of
decision that the dwarves took lightly. Barricaded in the the conflicts that are already taking
large mine, the then king, King Ferdar Gloomsight, place in the underground and those
gathered his advisers and representatives from the city's that are approaching. Whose side
they choose to take is up to them, but
more respected families. They disagreed. Despite the fact
they should choose wisely. Having
that the walls of the mountain and the huge mining gate
helped the winning side take the
were thick, they heard their servants, the orcs, being
power over Wailer's Hold can provide
crushed by Zygofer's misgrown in the city ruins outside.
a valuable ally in the Forbidden Lands.
Some wanted to open the gate and fight. Others wanted to It can be good for the
stay in the mine, hoping that the orcs would eventually gamemasters to read through the
drive the enemies into flight. King Ferdar Gloomsight sections on Wailer's Hold
decided, however, that Wailer's Hold was lost and that the (Gamemaster’s Guide, pp. 23-28), the
most honorable thing was to seal the mine and take his clan Meromannians (pp. 58-59), whiners
from there. He led his people out through a passage to (pp. 69-70), abyss worms (pp. 76-77)
another part of the mountains and then made sure to raze and drakewyrms (pp. 90-91).
the tunnel behind him. The clan was then dissolved. Some
families stayed in the mountains east of Wailer's Hold,
while others followed their king north to their cousins the
Belderans. With him, the king had the only key that could continued. It took as long as five days before anyone dared
open Wailer's Hold's mining gate. One day, his offspring to make a sound. Then they crawled out of their hideouts.
would return to reclaim the mine and rebuild the city. As soon as Terald Stonebeak understood that King Ferdar
After the king's escape, the mine lay still, dark and intended to leave and seal the mine, he gathered his mining
deserted. The landslide from King Ferdar's last resort team. He explained that he intended to stay and that they
echoed in the distance. The fighting outside the gate were welcome to accompany him. Terald, who was a
popular foreman, took them all with him and they made a

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sacred promise to remain silent until the king returned or
until they perished. They gathered, in their respective
places, their families and packed what they could bring with
them. Then they gathered again and they cranked
themselves as deep into the rock as the mine reached. There
they extinguished their lanterns and remained hidden
while the rest of their clan left the mine.
300 years have passed since then. Zygofer's troops
slaughtered the orcs in Wailer's Hold, but they never
managed to force the mine gate. The Alderlanders settled
in the ruins above ground, but never noticed Terald's
mining team deep under the mountain. They avoided the
mine gate like a Huge’s curse and settled the parts of the
city that were far from it. Even the rust brothers and the
misgrown stayed away.
Meanwhile, Terald's mining team led a difficult
existence in the mine. Their provisions ran out and they
were forced to survive on mushrooms, roots and the sparse
supply of prey that the caves offered. In addition, the
cohesion of the mining team began to crack. Terald
initially tried to mediate to keep them together, but
eventually felt compelled to go another way.
Terald had become aware that a group of dwarves had
begun to make plans to get to the surface again. For Terald,
this would not only mean a breach of the promise the group
had made, but also a risk of letting the creatures on the
outside into the mine. He felt compelled to act and arrested
the conspirators and their families. As punishment for
their crimes, they were grilled alive over an open fire.
Thereafter, Terald ordered the remaining dwarves, hollow-
eyed and hungry, to feast on Huge’s gift. He proclaimed
himself king Terald Stonebeak of the Teraldian clan and
the mine his realm. He explained that they would dig
deeper into the rock, to the lower layers of the world to find
their new life there. He also secretly had his chief engineer
bring a number of trusted dwarves with her to build a trap
connected to the gate from the mining town. The satisfied
dwarves went down on their knees, partly out of fear but
also out of reverence and confidence.
The Teraldians dug deeper and found minerals and
plant species that they had never encountered before. They
explored their findings and learned to use them for their
survival. They escaped starvation and King Terald's
position became stronger. He was delighted with the finds
and especially a rainbow shimmering stone, as big as a fist,
attracted his attention. He could watch it for hours and felt
that it gave him new life. By this time, he had grown old,
but the stone kept him on his feet. When he finally became
bedridden and the teraldians watched over his death, he
asked to have the stone attached to his forehead. He lost
consciousness during the operation and his subjects
mourned him. A day later, however, he woke up again,
filled with life and strength. Since then, the teraldians call
the rock type teraldine and the search for teraldines has
become the clan's main goal in their excavations. They lay
the stones they find in the underground lake that forms the
center of their realm and Terald's throne room.
Sometime during the years that passed a tribe of
whiners established under Wailer’s Hold. They were
attracted by the mineral-rich soil and could, in the calm
that now prevailed under the mountain, expand their tribe
into a large realm that stretched under virtually the entire
ruined city. In their quest for more teraldines, the
teraldians dug deep and wide beneath the rock. Eventually,
their desire took them beneath the whiners’ realm, which
to a large extent collapsed over the cave the teraldians just
dug out. Both peoples suffered heavy losses in the landslide
and a sinkhole was formed in the ruined city above.
The landslide was the beginning of a major conflict,
which is still going on today. At first it was about exacting
revenge on each other for the victims, but when the
Teraldians, through experiments and ancient legends,
realized the value of the whiners' sweet meat, the rift
between the peoples deepened. The Teraldians began to

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capture the whiners and use the meat as food, medicine and
not least to make the teraldines they found in the rock grow
bigger. The atrocities have filled the whiners with hate,
who are now trying to surpass the teraldians by capturing
them and exposing them to protracted and painful rituals.
At the same time as the ongoing conflict underneath
Wailer's Hold, the Blood Mist has eased over the
Forbidden Lands and Ferdar Gloomsight's heir, Tormund
Halfhand, has promised to return to Wailer's Hold and
once again make it the Meromannian's home. Around his
neck he carries the key that has been inherited since the
mine was left. In addition, the ambitious drakewyrm
Sansin has been glimpsed by the light of the stones and is
convinced that it is the god and the ancestor Tincturus who
are hiding in the caves.
GETTING HERE
Adventurers can reach Wailer's Hold in many ways. It is
not unlikely that they will get there on their own initiative
as the location is marked on the map. The posts below are
intended to lead them into the caves before Tormund
Halfhand arrives at the site, but this is in no way a
prerequisite for being able to use the adventure site.
THE ABYSS WORM
The adventurers are suddenly attacked by a young abyss
worm (Gamemaster’s Guide, pp. 76-77) that bursts from
the ground under their feet, either outside or inside the
ruined city. If the adventurers defeat the worm, they can
hear echoing irregular beats from the tunnel left by the
worm (see 6. The tunnels under Locations).
THOSE WHO REMAINED
The adventurers meet a group of dwarf hunters during
their journey through the mountains east of Wailer's Hold.
The dwarves are initially suspicious, but become, as soon as
they notice that the adventurers pose no threat, hospitable
and invite them to spend the night in their cave village.
There they are offered food and the legend of Wailer's Hold
and the returning king is told to them. They can also hear
about a troublesome drakewyrm in the area (see "The end
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of the rainbow") and the ghostly sounds from the sinkhole
in the ruined city.
THE KING'S STAR
Adventurers can see in the distance something that seems
to be a low star in the night sky. As they approach, however,
they see that the light is coming from the top of a giant
statue. It represents a dwarf and the light, which appears to
be from a fire, comes from its eyes. Beyond the statue, the
adventurers see the ruined city of Wailer's Hold in front of
the foot of the mountain.
THE END OF THE RAINBOW
If the adventurers travel through the mountains east of
Wailer's Hold, they may encounter the drakewyrm Sansin.
She is in a crevice and has just finished a meal, consisting
of a number of mountain goats. The sun or moonlight is
reflected in her scale and plays beautifully on the mountain
walls. Sansin is more interested in talking than in fighting
(she has already eaten). If she is allowed to speak to the
point, she tells the adventurers that she has found the end
of the rainbow, the cradle of her kin’s ancestor and god
Tincturus. However, the sacred place is besieged by dirty
vermin and Sansin asks the adventurers to gather
information for her.
Sansin can show the adventurers a way through the
mountain that ends into the underground lake (see 11. The
lake under Places).
LEGEND
The dwarf clan of the Meromannians' old high seat Wailer's
Hold was notorious for its strong fortifications. The
disappointment was all the greater when the clan was forced to
flee the city and let it fall under Zygofer's control. However, the
misgrown and the rust brothers never managed to get through
the sealed gate that guards the city's rich mine. The gate is said
to be open only by the royal key inherited through the succession
of the Meromannians. Now that the Blood Mist has eased, the
current holder and heir to the Meromannian throne,
Tormund Halfhand, has promised to bring his tormented clan
back to their home to wake up the sleeping mine and rebuild the
city. He thinks he is returning to a desolate place, but
adventurers visiting the ruins talk about sounds from the
underworld, about echoing blows in the caves down there, as if
the mine were haunted by the clan's betrayed ancestors.
 1. THE RUINED CITY
LOCATIONS
A spawn of ruins spreads out in front of the foot of a large
This adventure site uses a structure where the sites are mountain. Around what was once a city lies the remains of a
sometimes randomized as the adventurers explore it. This stone wall, the largest opening of which is lined with two tall
is to reinforce the feeling that the adventurers will soon get statues. One statue has fallen to the ground, but it is still possible
lost in an endless throng of underground places. It is not to see that the two statues are mirror images of each other,
the choice of going right or left in an intersection that dwarfs each with a pickaxe raised in a blow.
determines where they end up, but the luck and how much
time the adventurers spend in the underworld. Instead of
The fallen statue blocks what was once a wide avenue
letting the dice roll decide, the gamemaster can of course
directed towards the large black gate in the mountain that
also choose the outcome to adapt the tempo to the group's
leads into the mine. The avenue is lined with buildings that
preferences.
have either been crushed or weathered. If the adventurers
The locations are described on the basis that the
take a closer look at the ruins, they can see that their
adventurers come to them for the first time. During the
foundations seem to have grown out of the ground itself
game, the places can of course change, and journeys
and not laid on top of it.
between them can go faster with guides who know the
If the adventurers choose to explore the ruined city,
passages of the underworld. A schematic overview of how it
they may come across random encounters following the
is possible to travel between Wailer’s Hold’s different places
table below (one roll per quarter of a day).
can be found on page 7.

RANDOM ENCOUNTERS IN THE RUINED CITY

D6 ENCOUNTER DESCRIPTION
1 Find One of the adventurers finds a FIND, hidden in a coffin or box under the
landslides. Roll on the table for CARRIED VALUABLE FINDS in the
Gamemaster’s Guide (pp. 188-189)
2 Random Roll on the table for random encounters in the Gamemaster’s Guide
encounter (p. 147) and read under "Ruins".
3 Those who D6 dwarf hunters from the mountains have seen that it shines from
remained the old watchtower and want to investigate this further. They are on
their guard but cannot let it pass because it could mean that the king
has returned. See further under "Those who remained" on p. 19.
4 Meromannians D6 Meromannian dwarves from the vanguard are down to explore the
ruins.
5 Ghost A ghost of a fallen orc warrior moves among the fallen buildings. See
further under "The fallen".
6 Abyss worm A hungry young abyss worm hears the adventurers from below the
underground and attacks them. If they manage to SCOUT before, they
hear rumbling under their feet and can run to safety before the abyss
worm reaches the surface.

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 1. THE RUINED CITY

3. THE MINE GATE 4. THE LIBRARY 5. THE SINKHOLE 2. THE WATCH TOWER

10. THE ENTRANCE 7. THE WHINERS’ REALM

6. THE TUNNELS

9. THE SCHAFT
8. THE OLD MINE

11. THE LAKE

12. THE TERALDIAN REALM

15. THE NEW MINE 14. THE TERALDINE FARM 13. THE THRONE ROOM

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 2. THE WATCHTOWER can open the gate is if the king's key is put in its lock. See,
in that case, the event "Return of the king".
A huge statue of a proud dwarf swinging his pickaxe rises over
the ruins. It shines, as if by fluttering fire, from its eyes. On the
4. THE LIBRARY
ground is a similar statue but crushed by the fall right at the feet
of the standing. Although it is a ruin, the dignity of the dilapidated building
cannot be lost. Several meters high arches and remnants of
Tormund Halfhand's vanguard has camped in the richly decorated walls with motifs from the history of the
watchtower and guards its surroundings closely through dwarves in the Forbidden Lands. You have found the remains
the statue's eyes and hidden windows further down. If they of Wailer's Hold's library!
notice that someone is approaching, and it is not an
overwhelming force for the vanguard, they order the The library was once well-stocked and contained basically
intruders to stay while a number of dwarves come down to everything there is to know about the Forbidden Lands,
interrogate them. from the perspective of dwarves. If the adventurers search
To get to the top of the statue, the dwarf's head, where in the masses, the gamemaster can choose from or roll on
the vanguard has its camp, you enter through an opening the table to determine what they find.
in the dwarf's heel. An old oak door hangs on its hinges but
has long been rotten and unusable. From the opening,
narrow stairs go up through the statue to the head. The
room in the head has a diameter of about four meters. A FINDS IN THE LIBRARY
fire is burning in the middle and along the walls are the
D6 FIND
dwarves’ packings.
1 The legend of Queen Agatha's
twin tablets
✥ CREATURES: d6 + 1 Meromannians
2 The legend of the hammer
Vardebane
3. THE MINE GATE
3 The legend about Carskenfoots
The wide avenue leads, via an equally wide staircase, up to a boots
giant black gate in the rock wall. The gate lacks cracks and 4 The legend of Vond
visible hinges and seems to be made of solid stone. Runes are 5 The legend of the Stoneloom
written over its surface. It radiates a hostile superiority that mines
makes you uncomfortable. It looks down on you, as if you were 6 Map pointing out Stonegarden,
ants. Stoneloom mines and Vond

The gate to Wailer's Hold's mine is created of stone from

the lower layers of the underworld. Dwarves, and others
who succeed on a roll for LORE, can read the runic script:

THE MOUNTAIN IS CLOSED

ONLY THE KING MAY OPEN
WAKE UP THE FLAME OF THE MOUNTAIN

The gate is forged in underworldly fires of metals from the

deepest layers. It can only be destroyed by dragon fire. In
addition, it is also loaded with repulsive magic.
Adventurers who linger at the gate are exposed to the spell
terror (Effect Level 1, Player's Handbook, p. 142), once
per round until they go down the stairs. The only thing that

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 5. THE SINKHOLE Climbing up through the sinkhole works in the same
way as down, with the only difference that the table is
Among the collapsed buildings you see a block, where the ground
reversed.
has given way and left a large hole. As you approach, you hear
sounds from the abyss. Irregular blows of axe against stone
echoes from the depths, but there is also something more. Voices,
wailing voices, and occasional distant cries are heard from
below. The hole is dark, but the darkness does not manage to
hide the torment that inhabits the passages of the abyss.

The sinkhole is a vertical shaft that runs down into an

underground lake. It is possible to climb down into it, but
it is difficult and time consuming. The air in the sinkhole
is cold and humid. Here and there water flows along the
rock wall and drips into the depths. The darkness becomes
more and more compact the further down the adventurers
climb and from the bottom they can hear moaning gasps
(see 11. Lake), and sometimes even distant echoing blows
against stone (from the Teraldian mines).
To get down into the sinkhole, adventurers need to roll
for move. Each roll corresponds to an hour of time. If the
roll succeeds, the adventurer climbs down. How far she
goes is determined by a roll on the table on the next page.
The results in the table are cumulative. If the first roll on
the table shows 2, the next one is rolled as D6 + 2.
If the roll to climb fails, the adventurer finds no way
down and must wait to try again the next hour. If a pushed
roll fails, the adventurer falls down the sinkhole. The
damage is affected by where the fall occurs from in the
sinkhole. A falling adventurer lands in the waters of the
underground lake.
Cautious adventurers can, before each roll to climb,
look for a suitable way down. The player needs to bring this
up herself and then roll for survival. For each successful
die, the roll for climbing is modified by +1. It is also
possible for adventurers to help each other during the
climb. However, this doubles the time required. If the
group wants to stick together during the climb, the roll for
mobility is only struck by the one with the lowest level in
the skill.
In combat during the climb, only one-handed weapons
can be used. All types of actions are also modified by -2, as
the combatants must stay on the wall at the same time.
Pressed rolls that fail result in the adventurer losing his
grip on the wall and falling to the bottom of the sinkhole.
By retreating or climbing, an adventurer can get to a ledge
to make both hands free.

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 CLIMBING DOWN THE SINKHOLE

D6 + ENCOUNTER EFFECT
EARLIER
RESULTS
1 Hollows The stone breaks under the foot of an adventurer and falls to the
bottom of the sinkhole. The adventurer manages to regain her grip
and when she examines the wall more closely, she notices that it
consists of a brittle, sparse network of stones, as if it had been
hollowed. A successful roll for SURVIVAL or lore gives the information
that the network is probably hollows (see p. 13), created by whiners.
The next roll to climb is modified by -1 due to the porous stone.
2 Whiners The adventurers notice how the wall of the sinkhole suddenly moves
and out of it wells 5D6 hissing whiners which, clinging to the cave
wall, begin to inspect the adventurers. They invite them to their
queen. If the adventurers do not follow voluntarily, and the whiners
are at least three times as many, they try to take them with them by
force. Otherwise, they keep their distance. If they feel threatened, they
disappear into the hollows again.
3 Tunnel A round dark tunnel opens into the wall. A successful roll for SURVIVAL
or lore gives the information that the tunnel is probably dug by an
abyss worm. If the adventurers choose to crawl into the tunnel, they
reach the Tunnels.
4 Abyss A hungry young abyss worm hears the adventurers climbing through
worm the sinkhole and attacks them. If the adventurers succeed with a roll
for SCOUTING, they hear a rumble in the wall and can get ready for
battle before the abyss worm attacks. Otherwise, the abyss worm
may carry out an attack before the initiative draw. The abyss worm
leaves behind a tunnel that leads into the Tunnels.
5 Mine The adventurers reach a ledge in front of a dug and supported
tunnel passage into the wall. The corridor leads to the old mine, see p. 13.
6+ Bottom The adventurers reach the lake at the bottom of the sinkhole, see p.
15.

10

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 FALL DAMAGE IN THE SINKHOLE

FALL FROM… DAMAGE

The mouth of the Broken. Critical injury (blunt) is rolled with D6 + 60.
sinkhole
Hollows Broken. Critical injury (blunt) is rolled with D16 + 50 (the tens digit is
rolled with D6. 1-3 becomes 0. 4-6 becomes 1. If the dice show 3 and 4,
the result is 4 + 50 = 54).
Whiners Broken. Critical damage (blunt ) is rolled with T26 + 40 (the tens digit is
rolled with D6. 1-2 becomes 0, 3-4 becomes 1 and 5-6 becomes 2. If the
dice show 3 and 4, the result is 14 + 40 = 54).
Tunnel Blunt damage 12D6
Abyss worm Blunt damage 8D6
Mine tunnel Blunt damage 4D6

6. THE TUNNELS

A stench of carcasses and damp soil washes over you from inside
the dark tunnel. The walls are rounded and close around you
like in an intestine. The tunnel is quiet.

The tunnels are dug by the area's abyss worms and connect
the different places of the underground. However, the
tunnels are so many and long that they are difficult to
navigate.
If the adventurers enter the tunnels, a roll is made on
the tunnel table on pages 11-12. Each roll means an hour's
walk, which is an unpleasant experience. It stinks of as and
feces from the abyss worms, and the darkness and silence
sometimes seem so endless that it is difficult to get an idea
of time and space. For every hour the adventurers spend in
the tunnels, they need to endure a horror attack. In the first
hour, the attack is rolled with three dice. If the adventurers
have not reached the end of the tunnel by that time, a new
attack is rolled with four dice, etc.

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 TRAVELLING IN THE TUNNELS

D66 ENCOUNTER EFFEKT

11 The surface The tunnel rises after a while and the adventurers can hear the
wind and life from above ground. The tunnel ends just outside
Wailer's Hold, where a young abyss worm has surprised a prey. The
worm is fully occupied with feasting on the prey nearby.
12-14 Tunnel The adventurers follow the tunnel in winding turns through the
underground, without reaching any end. Make a new roll on the
table.
15-16 The sinkhole The tunnel opens into the sinkhole. Adventurers can choose to
climb down from the ledge "Tunnel" in the table "Climbing down the
sinkhole" or turn back into the tunnels.
21 The abyss The tunnel opens into a larger cave with 1 old abyss worm and D6
worms’ nest young. The cave has been the abyss worm's nest since the time
when they served the meromannians. Walkways from the cave
lead to the Old Mine.
22-23 Abyss worm A hungry young abyss worm hears the adventurers climbing
through the sinkhole and attacks them. If the adventurers succeed
with a roll for SCOUTING, they hear a rumble in the wall and can get
ready for battle before the abyss worm attacks. Otherwise, the
abyss worm may carry out an attack before taking the initiative.
24-25 Hollows A part of the tunnel wall consists of a brittle, sparse network of
stone, as if it had been hollowed. Successful roll for SURVIVAL or
LORE gives the information that the network is probably hollows,
created by whiners. The hollows border the whiner’s realm. See
further info on pages 12-13.
26 The whiners’ With a successful roll for SCOUTING, the adventurers can hear
trap cheerful voices further down the tunnel. It is D6+10 whiners that are
unloading an abyss worm from a trap consisting of sharp poles.
The beast is still moving a little spasmodically. If the adventurers do
not care to scout, or fail their roll, they are discovered. The whiners
want to defend their prey, but if half of them should die, the rest will
flee. If they feel they have an advantage, they try to take the
adventurers to their queen.
31-32 Mine tunnel The adventurers reach a ledge in front of a dug and supported
passage into the wall. The corridor leads to the old mine, see p. 13.
33-36 Drums The adventurers hear rhythmic drumbeats echoing in the tunnels.
The whiners or Teraldians try to lure an abyss worm into a trap.
41 The lost dwarf A sobbing dwarf is curled up in the tunnel. It's Egol Thousandstone,
one of the meromannians who went down the sinkhole. See further
in his description in the section Creatures and people.
42-44 Sansin’s song The adventurers hear a melodic hum from afar. After a while, it
disappears. Sansin moves in the tunnels, but not close enough for it
to be a confrontation.

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 TRAVELLING IN THE TUNNELS, CONTINUED

D66 ENCOUNTER EFFECT

45 Satisfied The adventurers hear a melodic humming approaching, After a
Sansin while they meet Sansin in the tunnel and she is in a talking mood.
See the description of Sansin.
46 Hungry The adventurers hear a melodic hum. It gets closer but ends
Sansin abruptly. Sansin has detected the adventurers and quietly tries to
surprise them with an attack (resistance roll between STEALTH and
SCOUTING). She's hungry! If the adventurers have met Sansin
before, in calmer forms, they can try to calm her down by a
successful roll for MANIPULATE (no resistance is rolled). She then
wriggles away annoyed.
51-53 Lake The tunnel opens into one of the passages that lead to the
underground lake at the bottom of the sinkhole. A ghost is there.
See The lake on page 15.
54-56 Beats The adventurers hear echoing beats of metal against stone.
61-63 Teraldine A stone, as big as half a fist, shines in all the colors of the rainbow in
the tunnel wall. It's a teraldine.
64-65 Teraldians A group of D6+5 teraldians are on their way back to their realm
after a successful hunt for whiners in the tunnels. They have caught
a whiner, who now hangs apathetic and tied to a stick they carry
between them. A successful roll for SCOUTING, lets the adventurers
hear their mumbling voices and steps. Then they also see their
shining eyes. The ages are cautious and do not attack the
adventurers directly. On the other hand, they are very determined
that the adventurers are trespassing in the Teraldian realm, and
demand that they accompany them to their king, (see The
Teraldian realm, p. 16).
66 The Teraldian The tunnel slopes down so much that the adventurers are forced to
realm climb a bit. To get down to the end of the tunnel, they need to
succeed with rolls against MOVE. If the roll fails, the climb takes an
hour. If a pushed roll fails, the adventurer falls and takes 4D6 crush
damage. The tunnel ends right by one of the entrances to the
Teraldian realm.

7. THE WHINERS’ REALM the voices escalates in a mouth further ahead and when you get
there you find yourselves on the footstep to a large cave.
You travel through the mountain along winding and narrow
passages drilled through small cavities. An irregular chatter
The whiners’ realm consists of several smaller living caves
and scream echoes through the passages. Sometimes it's like the
that all revolve around a large cave hall. There lies their
walls, ceiling and ground themselves are made up of small
queen Sulez Ritoch on a divan-like throne, which is just a
crawling creatures, which follow your steps. The sound from
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HOLLOWS
The whiners’ realm is surrounded
by hollows, a brittle, mushroom-like
network of stone that have been
pierced. Only whiners, and smaller
creatures, can get through the
hollows and it therefore functions
as a fortification.
The hollows can be forced with
a blunt weapon (40 points of blunt
damage, alternatively an hour of
work), but this attracts whiners.
They come in groups of 5D6 per
quarter hour to defend their realm.
If the battle goes against them,
they flee into the hollows to fetch
reinforcements. If the adventurers
come through the hollows, they
reach the realm of the whiners. If
the whiners succeed in defeating
the adventurers, they take them to
their queen.
always filled with whiners that serve the queen. In piles,
right at the foot of the throne, lie hundreds of eggs, which
dimly glow a poisonous yellow color. On the piles also sits
a naked dwarf, Tor Twocut, with a rope around his neck.
From the roof hang the corpses of rotten bodies
(teraldians), on which the eyes have been replaced with
precious stones of different colors. The glow from the eggs
is faintly reflected by the gems, which means that the whole
hall bathes in playing bright spots.
The adventurers can get to the whiners’ realm either by
being (voluntarily or by force) taken there by the whiners,
or by forcing the hollows that block all entrances. The
reception they receive of course depends on how they have
treated the whiners in the underground before. Their
number is overwhelming and releasing Tor Twocut should
require a thorough plan. An example of what could work is
to set the eggs on fire, when most of the whiners are asleep,
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and to act in the chaos that arises. If the players have their
own ideas, this should of course be encouraged, but the
gamemaster should let it be difficult and include several
challenges (after all, there are a lot of whiners). Another
way to get Tor from the whiners is to first help them in
their fight against the teraldians (see "The Exemption" on
p. 26).
✥ CREATURES: Sulez Ritoch, hundreds of whiners (of
which D66 are able to fight in the queen's hall, Tor
Twocut
8. THE OLD MINE
The mud and the irregular stones under your feet change into a
floor of hard, flat stone. The construction of the walls also seems
to be more solid in the part of the underworld you are now
entering. Runes are carved in its stones and empty torch holders
can be seen at regular intervals. A faint gust of wind makes
your torches flutter, and further down the aisle you can hear the
distant echo of rushing water. Once upon a time, this was a
mine, but what is it now?
The old mine of the Meromannians lies desolate, a no-
man's land between whiners and teraldians. Both factions
send scouts here at regular intervals, but without
establishing themselves. Sansin and the abyss worms also
come here sometimes, in search of prey.
The old mine revolves around a gigantic hall with 50-
meter-high pillars and arches, and a throng of a network of
rails for mining wagons is sunk into the floor. Given the
regularity of the hall, and the fact that it bathes in the dark,
it is extremely difficult to navigate it. An adventurer who
examines the pillars and also succeeds with a roll against
lore can, however, interpret the engraved runes as a
numbering. By following this numbering to its beginning,
the group reaches the shaft (see below) in one hour.
Unplanned exploration of the hall leads to the adventurers
coming to spaces according to the table on the next page.
One roll means an hour of exploration.
All objects found in the old mine have double value if
they are sold to a Meromannian dwarf. But selling them
can also be sensitive because the items can be considered
stolen goods. The seller needs to succeed in an opposite
manipulate roll against the buyer's insight. If it fails, the
seller is accused of theft and violation of Wailer's Hold's
seal!
 EXPLORING THE OLD MINE

D66 ROOM DESCRIPTION

11-36 Great Hall Infinite rows and columns of giant pillars and vaults shrouded in
darkness. The pillars are numbered with runes, which can lead the
adventurers to the shaft (see The Old Mine, p. 13).
41 Dormitory A larger room with sleeping berths on three levels carved into the
cave wall. In the middle of the room there is an extinguished
fireplace and a hole in the ceiling. The room serves as a campsite,
without the adventurers having to roll for MAKE CAMP.
42 Tool storage A small space with tools of various kinds. Adventurers can pick up
as much as they want from the following items: picks, hammers,
ropes, torches, flint and steel. There are also wagons that hold 20
items.
43 Kitchen and Several adjoining rooms, with doorless openings in between. In
dining room some of the rooms there are long tables and benches and in others
extinguished fireplaces and kettles. Adventurers can pick up as
much as they want from the following items: Cookware, sails, plates,
food knives, spoons and clay jars.
44-46 The shaft See 9. The shaft
51-56 Mine A roughly carved passage, supported by simple bars, leads into a
large cave with scaffolding and simpler elevator devices. Here the
Meromannians mine for precious stones and metal in the rock.
Modify rolls for FINDS by -2.
61-64 Hollows A part of one of the walls is brittle and consists of a sparse network
of stone, as if it had been hollowed. A successful roll for SURVIVAL or
LORE gives the information that the network is probably hollow rock,
created by whiners. The hollows work, for the whiners, as passages
to their realm, but they are too narrow for the adventurers to climb
through. No finds here.
65-66 Passage to See The Teraldian realm, p. 16.
the
Teraldian
realm

FINDS AND ENCOUNTERS IN THE OLD MINE

D6 FIND (WHO SEEKS, FINDS…) ENCOUNTER

1 None None
2 None 3D6 whiners
3 Simple carried find Anna Goldfinch + 2D6 teraldians
4 Simple find in a lair Hungry Sansin
5 Carried valuable find Satisfied Sansin
6 Valuable find in a lair Rezna Axeblood

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 9. THE SHAFT the chains are stretched and the contents of the cauldrons
will be poured and mixed on the floor of the entrance,
A 20-meter wide, circular shaft runs vertically through the
creating an explosion and a sea of fire that fills the hall and,
rock. At its far wall a waterfall rushes, echoing in the shaft. A
with the help of the bellows, squirts out through the gate
large wheel is attached to the cave wall and hangs still next to
opening. This in turn triggers a landslide, where the roof
the water. A rotten wooden bridge runs along the sides of the
of the entrance collapses. The gate remains, but the road
shaft and in the middle rusty but solid chains rattle.
into the mountain will be blocked by the fallen stones.
The trap can only be disarmed from inside the entrance.
The chains and the wheel are an elevator device that the
One of the adventurers can roll for crafting possibly with
dwarves used to transport stone up to the entrance. At the
help from others) to see how long it takes to disarm. If the
entrance to the shaft there are a few levers which are also
roll fails, it takes a day, if it succeeds, it takes a quarter of a
connected to this machinery. Even if the chains are rusty,
day. With two successful dice it takes an hour, and with
the machinery still works. An adventurer can try to
three successful dice a couple of hours. The trap is only
maneuver the levers by rolling against crafting. The wheel
triggered if a pushed roll fails.
then moves to the side, so that the blades end up in the
Adventurers who are in the entrance or within 20
waterfall, and the wheel slowly begins to spin. This causes
meters of the gate on the outside when the trap is triggered
the chains to move and a platform to descend through the
must withstand a fire attack with 10D6 (non-typical
shaft. The platform is made of solid metal, with rails for
damage, armor does not protect). The person who takes
wagons on its floor and similar levers like those at the
damage also starts to burn and takes another 1 point of
entrance on one side. The device is braked manually with
damage per round until she manages to extinguish the fire
the levers, but no new roll is required for further
through a successful roll to mobility (long action).
maneuvers.
If Tormund Halfhand were to trigger the trap by
A small door on one side of the shaft leads to a narrow
opening the gate, he and 50 + D66 meromannians would
spiral staircase that runs next to the shaft. At regular
die from the explosion.
intervals there are openings towards the shaft.
Going upwards through the shaft, takes the adventurers
11. THE LAKE
to the Entrance (see 10 below). Going downwards, takes
them to the bottom, where roughly carved passages lead to Drops echo in the half-water-filled cave you have come down to
the Teraldian realm (see 12 below). and you can see slight ripples where the water surface meets the
cave walls. Naturally created pillars form arched openings out
10. THE ENTRANCE of the cave and deeper into the darkness. From one direction the
distant beats are heard, from another, silent moans.
A large cave hall spreads out at your feet. Several rails for
mining wagons run across the floor, and along the walls there
The underground lake is formed partly by the dwarves'
are openings to other spaces. Here and there are giant bellows,
mining work, partly by the watercourses that run through
all facing the same direction. A pungent scent reaches your noses
the mountain. The depth is between 3 and 10 meters and at
and when you look up you see how the cave's roof is filled with a
the bottom are the remains from the above layers,
throng of cauldrons, chains and devices. The chains are
including parts of buildings, furniture, objects and corpses
attached to a giant gate at the far end of the hall. The bellows
from those who ended up under them in the landslide.
are directed towards the gate.
Here is also the body of the Meromannian dwarf Tuldra
Overshield, who fell during the climb down through the
When the mine was in use, this was the stately entrance,
sinkhole. Her body is much fresher than the other corpses
where stones and metals from the underground were taken
in the lake and her soul has not become a ghost. At the
out to the city, and where exhausted Meromannians on
bottom there is also a water passage that leads to the
their way out of the mine met the rested on their way down.
waterfall at the shining lake of the Teraldian Realm (see 12
Nowadays it contains a lethal trap that is connected to the
below).
gate. The cauldrons in the ceiling contain pieces of metal
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Above the water surface, passages, shaped like arches by the
movements of the water, lead away from the bottom of the
sinkhole. One of the passages is dry, with a beach in front
of the estuary. This passage is dug by the Teralds and leads FINDS IN THE LAKE
to their realm (see 12 below).
D6 FIND (WHO SEEKS, FINDS…)
In the darkness under the arches, ghosts from some of
1 Nothing
the whiners and teralder that were crushed in the landslide
2 Simple carried find
are hiding. They take no notice of each other but like to
3 Valuable find in the lair
interact with living beings who have found their way into
4 Precious find in the lair
the corridors. At first, they inadvertently scare (random
5 A teraldine
monster attack) the person they meet, but after that they
6 Roll twice on the table
like to talk about their tragic fates.

✥ CREATURES: The fallen

✥ TREASURES: see table

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 TERALDIAN TRAPS

All traps can be discovered by an adventurer who is actively looking for traps and succeeds with
a SCOUTING roll. The adventurers can then try to disarm the trap, through successful rolls for
CRAFTING, SLEIGHT OF HAND or other suitable skills, depending on how they proceed.

D6 TRAP DESCRIPTION
1 Pit The floor by the shiny stone is weakly supported and covers a 5-meter-
deep square shaft whose width runs over the entire passage. Anyone
who walks on the floor falls into the shaft and must endure an attack
with three basic dice (crush damage). Then the way up through the
shaft is covered by a grate. If the trap is discovered or has already been
triggered, the adventurers can jump over, with a successful MOBILITY roll.
2 Rolling The stones on the floor and walls are pressure sensitive and activate a
stone mechanism, hidden in the walls, if they are touched. The mechanism
releases a barrier about 20 meters further forward in the passage and a
large globular boulder begins to roll towards the place where the trap
was triggered. To avoid the boulder, adventurers need to run away from
it (which requires a successful MOBILITY roll) until it loses speed on an
uphill slope.
3 Toxic fumes The stones at the teraldine are covered with a steaming poison
(Sleeping, Potency 6) that affects everyone who comes near it. If the
adventurers discover the trap before they pass, they feel that it smells
bad. If they hold their breath or cover their nose and mouth, the Toxicity
of the poison is halved. This trap can not be disarmed.
4 Fire A thin wire is attached over the floor, ceiling, and walls of the corridor. If
someone comes towards the wire, a splinter is pulled out and the
passage is filled with a sea of fire. All persons in the fire are attacked with
seven basic dice (non-typical damage), which continue each round,
until the person has succeeded with a roll for MOBILITY. If the adventurers
discover the thread, they can get past it through a successful MOBILITY
roll.
5 Explosion The stones on the floor and walls are pressure sensitive and trigger an
explosion in the hallway. The person who triggered the trap, and others
in the same zone, must endure an attack with nine basic dice (crush
damage). People further away must endure an attack with six basic dice.
If the trap is discovered, the adventurers can jump over, with a
successful MOBILITY roll.
6 Landslip A thin wire is attached over the floor, ceiling, and walls of the corridor. If
someone comes towards the wire, a sprint is pulled out and the hallway
walls and ceilings collapse. Everyone who is in the same zone as the trap
must endure an attack with ten basic dice (crush damage). If the
adventurers discover the thread, they can get past it through a
successful MOBILITY roll. If the trap is triggered, the passage is destroyed
and impossible to get through.

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 12. THE TERALDIAN REALM
You perceive a panting point of light far ahead in the dark
hallway. It is still, but changes in strength and color, from blue
to green, from green to yellow and on to all the colors you can
think of. As you approach, you see that the source is a luminous
stone that lies in the middle of the corridor, whose walls, roof
and floor have changed from roughly excavated soil and stone to
stably supported boulders. Further into the darkness, irregular
blows of hard materials against each other are heard, but here
by the panting stone it is quiet.
There are a handful of entrances to the Teraldian Realm
and in all of them there are traps to keep especially whiners
at a distance. Over time, these have learned to stay away
from the luminous stones that mark the realm's border, as
they have not been able to figure out the mechanisms that
trigger the traps, or how to avoid them. What kind of trap
there is at the entrance that the adventurers come to, and
how they can get past it, is rolled on the table on the
previous page. If a trap is triggered, a bell echoes in the
hallway, whereupon D6 + 4 Teraldians come rushing
within a few minutes. If the adventurers travel in the
company of the Teraldians, they are led past the traps by
them.
If the adventurers pass the traps, they will enter the
passages and caves that King Terald has proclaimed his
realm. The corridors are properly built of boulders and
stacked stones and lead to the heart of the realm, Terald's
throne room by the shining lake. Adjacent to the corridors,
there are also smaller spaces, such as living quarters,
storage, and dining rooms. In these spaces, they may
encounter Teraldians, but also find finds, according to the
table below.
FINDS AND ENCOUNTERS IN THE TERALDIAN REALM
D6 FIND
1 None
2 Simple carried find
3 A pickaxe
4 A warhammer
5 A hidden teraldine
6 Roll twice on the table
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13. THE THRONE ROOM
The corridor opens into a large cave that bathes in a pleasant
light, varying in all the colors of the rainbow. From one of the
walls, a waterfall runs down into a small lake, from where the
light radiates onto the walls and ceiling. A cliff with a high
throne juts out from the waterfall. On the throne sits a dwarf
and despite the distance to him you can perceive his radiance of
stubbornness and exhaustion. On his forehead sits a large
luminous stone.
King Terald's throne room has a diameter of about 50
meters and a height of about 20 meters. It revolves around
the lake, in which the teralds have collected teraldines,
whose light breaks through the rippling surface. The
throne on the cliff is made of solid metal and adorned with
teraldines and other precious stones. Behind it, the cliff
leads behind the waterfall to Terald's living quarters, where
his bed and a table are located. In an alcove is the king's
treasure of precious stones, in which he sometimes bathes
his hands in distraction. In addition, there is a small
opening to a staircase that leads down to the lakeshore. The
opening is always guarded by two guards and there are two
more up by the throne, as well as two who follow King
Terald wherever he goes.
Below the cliff, on the shores of the lake, the teralds
gather when the king has something to proclaim. It is also
from here that anyone who has something to bring up with
the king, may declare his case.
Drinking the water has the same effects as licking a
teraldine (see next page). From the throne room, passages
lead to the rest of the realm (see 12-15).
ENCOUNTER
None
D6 children
D6 children + D6 unarmed adults
D6 unarmed adults
D6 armed guards
2D6 armed guards
✥ CREATURES: King Terald Stonebeak, Ronja
Snarebinder, Ymer Gemeye, 6 + 5D6 teraldians
✥ TREASURES: Hundreds of precious stones, each worth
6D6 silver.

14. THE TERALDINE FARM TERALDINES

Poor moans and irregular gasps are interspersed with slow
The origin of the Teraldines is
clanging sounds of chains from inside the hole. Pulsating, dim unknown. The Teraldians regard them
points of light break its darkness, a stench of feces and decay meet as the sacred core of the mountain,
your noses. You reach a lattice and inside you see a cell, while for Sansin they contain the spirit
completely clad in metal and with the small prisoners hopelessly of Tincturus. They radiate a pleasant
fastened in heavy collars. The pulsating lights come from their light that slowly changes in the colors
stomachs, which are swollen. of the rainbow and give the viewer
peace. The stones taste salty if you
lick them and fill them with a pleasant
The Teraldians call their prison "The Farm". Here
satiety.
caught whiners are chained in collars. In addition to
If someone stares at a teraldine
captivating their enemies, they also sew in teraldines inside
for a minute, 1 point EMP and 1 point INT
their skin, so that the stones grow larger in the sweet meat,
are recovered. This can be repeated
as the nettle flesh is called. It works. The stones grow by a until the values are fully recovered.
few millimeters in a week, which is extremely painful for During the recovery, however, the
the wearer. At the same time, the stone gives its wearer viewer loses himself in the pleasant
nourishment and infinite life, so the process could light and gets -2 on all rolls for SPEJA.
continue for an eternity, or until the stone becomes too Anyone who licks a teraldine gets
heavy and falls out of the skin. their current need for FOOD covered
The Teraldians are experimenting with where the and can see in the dark without
teraldines grow best. They have learned that it is important modifications during the next 24
hours. The eyes then also begin to
not to injure any vital organs, so that the wearer does not
glow dimly. The stones can be reused
die during the operation. What seems to work best so far is,
for this purpose an infinite number of
nevertheless, to attach the stone just underneath the skin
times.
by the stomach. Most of the whiners in the cell therefore
If a teraldine comes in contact
have bright, swollen stomachs. Some moan in pain. Others with a creature’s bloodstream, the
sit apathetically and stare blankly in front of them. blood and its organs are given infinite
To avoid rescue operations, the Teraldians have power, which means that the wearer
covered the hole entirely in metal, which the whiners do cannot die a natural death.
not manage to pierce with their teeth. Ymer Gemeye carries If a teraldine were to be taken to
keys to the lattice door and collars. the surface, it would attract D6
drakewyrms to the site every day. If
✥ CREATURES: 12 whiners the stone is on the surface on a
humid, sunny day, the rainbow seeks
✥ TREASURES: As many teraldines, sewn inside the
the stone and Tincturus takes shape
whiners' skin.
(see the text about Tincturus and the
event The Rainbow Kingdom)..
15. THE NEW MINE

The passage leads down into the mountain, towards its

underlying layers, in the dense darkness. The blows of pickaxes
echo in the depths and soon a carved cave opens from the passage.

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The Teraldians’ hunt for new teraldines goes downhill and
the Teraldian mining teams dig new passages through the
CREATURES AND
underground. As soon as they find a teraldine, they dig out PERSONS
a cave in search of more.
An adventurer who wants to try her luck in the Below are the creatures and persons that the adventurers

underworld, first of all needs a hoe or ax to hit the stone. may encounter in Wailer's Hold, arranged according to the

The picking is rolled as a melee attack and for each factions to which they belong. The leaders of each faction

successful die, a roll is then struck on the table below. All have goals and agendas described, in support of the

chopped gemstones need to be shown to King Terald and impending power struggle in Kviderhold. The factions and

most teraldines are thrown into the lake to fill the hall with their people are roughly sorted according to the order the

splendor. adventurers may encounter them at the adventure site.

THOSE WHO REMAINED

✥ CREATURES: 3D6-3 teraldians
✥ TREASURES: Pickaxes, hammers, ropes The group of Merommanians who, for several
generations, lingered in the mountains above Wailer's
Hold consist of about ten families. They live in natural
caves, which they refuse to dig deeper in out of respect for
the mountain being closed until the king returns. The
group has remained isolated during and after the blood
mist and is suspicious of strangers. They do not trade, but
live on hunting, goat breeding and lichens. In the
evenings, they all gather around fires and tell stories that
have been inherited from when their ancestors found
riches under the mountain.
Those who remained have the same values as
Meromannians (see p. 55 in Spelledarboken) but have not
suffered from the same self-loathing and alcoholism as
their brothers and sisters.

THE MEROMANNIANS
As soon as Tormund Halfhand, rightful heir to Ferdar
Gloomsight and Wailer's Hold, received information that
the blood mist had eased, he gathered his sisters and
brothers from the Meromannian clan for a retreat. The
clan is shattered by the grief of the many generations, and
it has taken time for Tormund to inspire hope and
convince the people that Wailer’s Hold can become theirs
again. The greatest resistance has been in the inherited
hopelessness, bitterness and heavy abuse of alcohol and
various fungi.
Finally, however, the clan, at least parts of it, are
marching down from the mountains of the Canides north
of Feulenmark, where the Meromannians were allowed to
live during their homelessness. Along the way, they have
ravaged the forests of the orcs and the human villages they
pass, as revenge for the defeat at Wailer's Hold.

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 A vanguard of twelve Meromannians was sent in
advance to reconnoiter the old mining town. It is this
troop that has now camped in one of the watchtowers. Five
of them have gone down the drain, without returning. The
group has split and one of them, Tuldra Overshield, died
when she fell during the climb down. The other four are in
different places in the underworld, as described below.
The Meromannians are loyal to Tormund Halfhand. If
he died, it would trigger further grief over the sprained
clan, which would cause many of them to perish. The one
who could unite them again is Bodil Wildcurl, but that
presupposes partly that she gets help to get up from the
Teraldian realm and partly that she manages to collect the
clan's rubble. In either case, she may need help from the
adventurers.
The Meromannians are further described
Gamemaster’s Guide (p. 55), but below are some key
characters for the adventure site.
EGOL THOUSANDSTONE
When Tuldra fell down the sinkhole, Egol became too
scared to continue climbing. Instead, he entered a dark
tunnel in the wall, hoping to find a way down to the old
mine. He failed at that and now sits terrified and sobbing
in the stinking tunnel, unable to get out of there on his
own.
Egol has a black beard and hair in a ponytail. His eyes
are hollow and blink and dilate alternately. He suffers, even
before he got lost in the tunnels, from paranoia, as a result
of a long-term abuse of fungi.
STR 4, AGI 3, INT 3 (0), EMP 2
SKILLS: Might 1, Melee 2, Marksmanship 1, Crafting 2,
Insight 1, Scouting 2
TALENTS: Poisoner 1
GEAR: Warhammer, Light crossbow, studded leather
armor, empty bag with remains of fungi, D8 WATER,
D8 FOOD
THOR TWOCUT
Thor Twocut climbed down to an entrance to the old mine,
together with his close friend Rezna. They were amazed by
the masterpiece of the great hall and shouted with delight
at being the first to return to Wailer's Hold's mine. The
shouts, however, attracted a flock of whiners to them.
Fighting broke out, as both sides were considered
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intruders, and Thor was disarmed and dragged away to the
realm of the whiners and the violence of Sulez Ritach. Here
he is determined to, in death, or until Tormund halfhand
arrives to save him, diAGIss the whiners as vermin in the
proud halls of the Meromannians. Ritach's response to this
is to humiliate and torture the dwarf, as revenge for the
Teraldian’s treatment of captured whiners. She has not yet
realized that he is coming from the surface, and he has not
yet understood what she has to avenge.
Thor sits naked with a rope around his neck, with
hollow eyes. The other end of the rope is attached to a stone
very close to the queen. He has a bushy red beard and hair
and an old scar over one eye. The whiners have taken the
two broad swords, with which he has become a master to
fight, and placed them in an adjacent cave.
in
STR 5 (1), AGI 2, INT 3, EMP 2 (0)
SKILLA: Might 2, Endurance 2, Melee 3
TALENTS: Ambidextrous 2, Sword fighter 1
GEAR: -
REZNA AXEBLOOD
Rezna was busy defending herself against the onslaught of
whiners when Thor was carried away up a pillar in Wailer's
Hold's great hall. She also soon realized that she did not
know from where she and her friend had entered the mine.
She was lost and began aimlessly looking for the way back.
She still has not done so.
Rezna is hot-tempered, powerful and a fantastic
warrior. From under her helmet, she has her red hair in
two braids, which are braided together into one under her
chin. She is happy to deafen her conscience over fallen
enemies and the world's crap with alcohol. In her anxiety
in the mine, she may try the contents of some old forgotten
bottle.
STR 5, AGI 3, INT 2, EMP 2
SKILLS: Might 1, Endurance 2, Melee 3, Move 1
TALENTS: Axe fighter 1
GEAR: Two-handed axe, studded leather armor,
closed helmet, D8 WATER, D8 FOOD
BODIL WILDCURL
The expedition's informal leader, Bodil Wildcurl, refused
to leave Tuldra at the bottom of the sinkhole. When the
other dwarves turned off into the tunnels and the old mine,
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she herself climbed all the way down. When she dived into
the lake, she was prevented from taking Tuldra's body to
the shore by the ghosts. At first they scared her, but when
she started listening to their stories, she got an idea of the
conflict in the underground. She then made her way
through the dry passage, slipped past the Teraldian traps
and soon stood in King Terald's throne room. She has been
a guest of the Teraldians since then, even though she
begins to suspect that she is not free to leave.
Bodil has fared better than her brothers and sisters from
the bitterness that characterizes the Meromannian clan.
She hopes that Wailer's Hold will heal them and is prepared
to fight for it. Her face is beautiful and determined. Her
eyes change in different colors and her blonde hair falls in
curls down her shoulders. She is used to rejecting flattery
and courtship because it does not interest her.
STR 4, AGI 3, INT 5, EMP 4
SKILLS: Melee 2, Move 1, Marksmanship 1, Manipulate
2, Insight 2
TALENTS: Fearless 2
GEAR: Warhammer, light crossbow, studded leather
armor, D8 WATER, D8 FOOD
TORMUND HALFHAND
The, by dwarf standards, tall och mighty Tormund
Halfhand is self-absorbed and fulfilled by his legacy as the
leader of the Meromannians. He travels in a palanquin
with walls and ceiling, where he mostly smokes relaxing
mushrooms from his pipe. This means that his speech is
slightly slurred and that his movements are slow, but it
does not prevent his mood from heating up in a flash at
something that could be interpreted as a critical
questioning. In those cases, and when he gives his fiery
speeches to the masses, he also becomes extremely sharp.
His temperament has made the Meromannianns careful to
use the right words in his presence. In the end, no one
questions his authority, and the whole clan looks up to him
as a father.
When Tormund moves outside the palanquin, he is
wearing a shiny plate armor and a helmet adorned with a
crown. His brown beard hangs far down over his stomach
and his lower lip always protrudes in a determined look.
The face often ends up in an expression where one eyebrow
is raised, as if he is examining his surroundings. The main
characteristic, however, is that Tormund has only one
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hand, hence the nickname. His left arm ends in a stump,
where he has his pipe attached.
Tormund's goal is to open Wailer's Hold's gate and make
the city the Meromannian’s stronghold again. As soon as
he notices that there are whiners in the mine, he will want
to clean them out and tame the abyss worms to use for
mining, as in the old days. What will happen to the
Teraldians is very much a matter of diplomacy. Tormund
considers himself king over the Meromannians and only
Meromannians will live in Wailer´s Hold. The Teraldians
being in the mine for all this time is a violation of Ferdar
Gloomsight's seal. However, should they bow before
Tormund and recognize him as their king, he welcomes
them back into the clan's community. For those who do
not bow, awaits execution by having their skulls crushed by
his hammer.
STR 5, AGI 2, INT 3, EMP 4
SKILLS: Melee 2, Manipulate 3, Insight 2
TALENTS: Fearless 2, Threatening 2
GEAR: Warhammer, large shield, plate armor, closed
helmet
SANSIN
The drakewyrm Sansin has found what she thinks is the end
of the rainbow and the cradle of the god and ancestor
Tincturus. It was when she got lost in the water-filled
passages of the mountain that she ended up in the waterfall
in the Teraldian throne room and was amazed by the
splendor of the lake. While she was distracted, the
Teraldians managed to gather and then chase her away, but
since then she is determined to make the cave her home.
Being the drakewyrm that first found the end of the
rainbow gives status and Sansin fantasizes about how she
will invite all the drakewyrms of the Forbidden Lands to
form a realm under her rule.
Sansin's goal is thus primarily to chase the Teraldians
out of their realm and move in herself, but she could also
listen to more diplomatic solutions, where they become
her servants. In that case, she needs security guarantees, for
example that she always has Terald close, so that she can
threaten to take his life if the Teraldians become
disobedient. She could also be open to similar solutions
with other factions. The most important thing is that she
has her unthreatened seat by the shining lake. However, if
Tincturus appears (see the event "Tincturus appears"),
Sansin's priorities change, and the stones become what is
important. She can then imagine taking them to another
place where she and her brothers and sisters form their own
realm.
When Sansin is hungry, that's what drives her. She
attacks the first edible prey and calms down only when she
has eaten enough. Then she is more reasonable and speaks
in a tender melodic voice. When she's in a good mood, she
likes to hum a melody as she travels through the
underworld. Like other drakewyrms, she feels a desire for
all that shines, but if she reaches an agreement with the
adventurers, it is an impulse she can suffocate.
Sansin’s stats are the same as for ordinary drakewyrms
and can be found on page 91 in Gamemaster’s Guide.
THE FALLEN
In Wailer's Hold, souls linger to complete a duty or process
their bodily death. On the surface of the mining town,
there are ghosts of orc warriors who were defeated during
the siege of Wailer's Hold. Their duty, to defend the city
until the gate reopens, keeps them in place. The only thing
that can give them peace is if the gate were to be opened.
Until then, they try to scare away curious visitors (who are
not dwarves) but can also tell the story about the battle
against the rust brothers and the misgrown.
In and by the lake down in the sinkhole, haunts the
victims of the landslide. Both whiners and Teraldians have
difficulties dealing with the death they encountered and
cannot have peace until they have the process explained to
them. Until then, they repeat questions like "What
happened?" and “why?" when talking to an adventurer.
Adventurers can get clarity in this by talking to the
Teraldians.
All ghosts in Wailer's Hold have the same values as on
page 95 in Gamemaster’s Guide.
THE WHINERS
According to the whiners, it is unimportant to talk about
when they came to the underground under Wailer's Hold.
They still regard the area as theirs and the Teraldians as
invaders, but above all as horrible creatures that exploit the
whiners' sweet meat. For this they are only worthy of
hatred and death. The whiners, however, have tried to be
careful in their attacks on the Teraldians, as they have
suffered great losses in the intricate traps with which the
passages into the enemy realm have been linked.
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The whiners move in groups outside their own realm
to spy on, and if possible, capture, Teraldians. If they are at
a disadvantage, they are content to spy and follow at a
proper distance. If they encounter creatures they do not
recognize, they try to take them to their queen. They also
hunt abyss worms and feast on their flesh.
Stats and further information about whiners can be
found on pages 69-70 in Gamemaster’s Guide.
SULEZ RITOCH
The whiners’ queen Sulez Ritoch appears as a shapeless
mass, where she lies on her rock in the dark hall. Her dark
hair is striped and hangs down in front of her face. The
voice hisses and sometimes bursts into coughing laughter.
She never gets up, because she can not carry her body, but
spends her time laying new eggs, being entertained and
cared for by her children and forging revenge plans against
the evil Teraldians. In recent days, she also holds Thor
Twocut on a leash. She takes turns treating him like a
prisoner she interrogates about the movements of the
Teraldians and a pet that the whiners are allowed to play
violent games with. Should fighting break out in her cave,
she is not able to participate physically, but she likes to
shout insults at opponents, while her children go on the
attack. Her main strength is being able to manipulate the
minds of other intelligent beings, something Thor Twocut
has all too well experienced.
Sulez Ritoch's goal is to eradicate the Teraldians, with
as cruel means as possible. She is driven by revenge because
the dwarves triggered the landslide, but above all because
they expose her children to horrific atrocities. She is open
to all alliances which means that she gets her revenge, and
the whiners get to stay in their hollows realm.
STR 8, AGI 1, INT 5, EMP 4
SKILLS: Manipulate 3, Insight 2, Performance 3
TALENTS: Sharp tongue 3
GEAR: -
THE ABYSS WORMS
The Meromannians kept abyss worms to create new mine
tunnels, but when the dwarves left Wailer's Hold, the
worms were released. Now their offspring lives free in the
underground, where they hunt, and are hunted by both
whiners and Teraldians.

TO HUNT ABYSS WORMS
Both whiners and teraldians hunt the
litter of abyss worms that live in
Wailer's Hold's underground. Both do
it to reduce the number of creatures,
but the whiners like to feast on the
meat as well.
The abyss worms are best
hunted with so-called drum traps.
They are constructed with strong
sharp poles that are directed
towards a cave wall. Then a brave
soul stands and drums rhythmically
on a drum right by the trap. As abyss
worms are attracted by the pace of
the rolls, one soon bursts out of the
cave wall and gets impaled on the
poles.
The teraldians have developed
an irregularity with their picks to
avoid the abyss worms being
attracted to the mines.
Stats for abyss worms can be found on pages 76-77 in
Gamemaster’s Guide.
THE TERALDIANS
The Teraldians have changed and adapted after all these
years deep in the underground. They are slimmer than
their Meromannianic relatives. Their skin is pale, and the
beards and hair are white. In addition, their eyes light up by
the fact that they feed almost exclusively on the salt of the
teraldines.
The atmosphere in the Teraldian realm is sect-like and
characterized by a subdued calm. The Teraldians are laconic
and when they speak, they speak slowly. This should not be
mistaken as them being slow in thought or inattentive. On
the contrary, the conflict with the whiners has brought the
Teraldians paranoid and all passages into their realm are
carefully set Ronja Luresnare’s traps.
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The Teraldian clan is based on the sacred promise
Terald made with his mining team when they remained in
the mine - that they would stay until the king returned or
until they themselves perished. What Terald now
emphasizes, however, as even more important is to collect
teraldines and fill the lake of the throne room with them.
Anyone who saves a teraldine for himself, instead of
putting it in the lake, is punished. Punishments take place
by the lake and not seldom these are drownings of different
lengths, which is considered purifying because the
punished person may then be met by the teraldine water.
Another crime that is punished is getting too close to the
surface. It is considered sacred that the Teraldians should
work in silence underground, until the king returns. Very
serious crimes, such as betraying the clan and the king, are
punished by death. The criminal is then grilled and eaten
by the clan members, as a reminder of the difficult time the
ancestors experienced before they found the teraldines.
The Teraldians hate the whiners as much as the
whiners hate them. They are considered vermin in the
sacred mountain, and their lives have no value. They
therefore see no problem at all in using them to make the
teraldines grow. On the contrary, they are proud to have
found value in something so useless, almost as if they were
doing the whiners a favor by giving them a purpose. They
also regard this as that they have generously moved on after
the whiners’ great crime of causing the great landslide and
that they now welcome them as servants.
No one among the Teraldians questions King Terald's
position. If he were to die, it would be natural for Ronja
Luresnare to become the new regent, but with efforts of
Bodil Wildcurl, Anna Goldfinch and the adventurers, it
would not be unreasonable for the Teraldians to welcome
the Meromannians and their regent.
TERALDIAN
STR 3, AGI 4, INT 2, EMP 3
SKILLS: Might 1, Endurance 1, Crafting 1, Melee 2,
Scouting 2
TALENTS: -
GEAR: Pickaxe, warhammer, short spear, studded
leather armor
KING TERALD STONEBEAK
The king is tired, and it looks like his head is lowered
between the shoulders of the large teraldine sitting in his
forehead. His eyes, however, shine brightly and in his long
white beard over a white, glittering veil, his revelation is
majestic.
Terald may seem tired, but his mind is sharp. He is
determined to defend his realm and keep himself in power.
He long ago rejected the idea of falling to his knees before
a returning Meromannian king. Wailer's Hold's mine is
now his and it will remain so. He knows that Ferdar
Gloomsight's heir will sooner or later try to open the gate
and therefore, many years ago, gave Ronja Luresnare secret
orders to set a trap that would seal the mountain for good.
The Teraldians who helped build it were quietly executed
and Terald trusts that the secret is safe between him and
Ronja.
Terald's goal is above all to retain power over his realm.
Bodil Wildcurl's arrival worries him, and he secretly
prepares for war against the Meromannians. In this he only
has Ronja as a confidant and they talk a lot about how to
get a story that turns the Teraldians against their relatives.
At the moment, they do everything to make Bodil feel
welcome as a guest with them. He has even hinted that a
marriage between them would benefit them and their clans.
If she were to leave the Teraldian realm, Terald and Ronja
would prevent this by putting a teraldine in her pack and
accusing her of theft.
Terald could imagine an alliance with Sansin in the
fight against the Meromannians, possibly in exchange for
a larger teraldine, but not against his throne room. As long
as he can keep it, and most of the teraldines in the lake, he
can also imagine allying with both whiners and
Meromannians in the struggle for power over the old
mine.
STR 4, AGI 2, INT 5, EMP 6
SKILLS: Manipuate 3, Insight 3
TALENTS: Cannot die a natural death
GEAR: -
RONJA LURESNARE
The king's closest confidant is Ronja Luresnare, who is a
master at constructing ingenious traps. She is the mind
behind the traps that keep the whiners away from the
realm's passages, as well as the gigantic and life-threatening
device at the entrance to the mountain. The latter is a
secret between the king and Ronja, after she poisoned the
helpers she had with her, on the way back to the realm.
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Ronja is stimulated by constructing traps, but also by
the secrets she and Terald share. Even in the small things,
she appreciates conspiring and sowing the seeds of conflicts
between the Teraldians. This also benefits Terald's
position, as he can then periodically go in and show his
power in conflicts within the clan.
Whenever the king sits on his throne, Ronja stands
next to him. She has her white hair cut in a pageboy and
always a slightly superior smile on her lips. She seems
sympathetic to everyone but sees every relationship as a
tool in her conspiracies.
STR 3, AGI 3, INT 5, EMP 4
SKILLS: Crafting 2, Melee 2, Manipulate 3, Insight 3
TALENTS: -
GEAR: Dagger, studded leather armor
YMER GEMEYE
King Terald's other adviser, next to Ronja, is Ymer
Gemeye. As the nickname suggests, he is a master at
finding gems in the underworld. He is responsible for the
Teraldian’s mining and also the teraldine farm, where he
closely follows how the stones grow. Everything that the
Teraldian miners chop out of the rock is first reported to
Ymer, who studies the properties of the metals and gems.
All teraldines are placed in the lake in the throne room,
while other gems are placed in Terald's chamber behind the
waterfall.
Ymer wears small glasses far out on his pointed nose.
The glasses have several lenses, which can be folded down
to adjust sharpness and magnification. The glasses can,
with the right settings, also be used as binoculars. He is bald
on the top but has saved his long thin white hair hanging
far down his back. His beard is thin.
Ymer is aware of Terald and Ronja having secrets for
him, but that does not concern him. As long as he can
continue to study and look for metals and gems in the
mines, he is satisfied. He inspects the teraldine farm
completely without empathy for the whiners. He does not
consider them as living beings, but only cares about the
teraldines. He is greedy for more and if he sees an
opportunity to get more accomplished under another
regent, he may consider relinquishing his loyalty to Terald.
However, he prefers to avoid excessive risks and only
changes sides when he sees that the Teraldians have ended
up in a clear disadvantage.
 The god hardly perceives any conflicts between the tiny
STR 2, AGI 3, INT 5, EMP 2 actors of the Forbidden Lands, and cares very little about
SKILLS: Crafting 3, Lore 2, Insight 3 what he perceives. He shows his love to all drakewyrms,
TALENTS: - who he calls his children, and encourages them to create a
GEAR: Glasses, small chisels and pliers, keys to the realm far away from all other creatures, where they can
teraldine farm bathe in the light of tinctures (the same stones that the
Teraldians call teraldines).
ANNA GOLDFINCH Tincturus cannot be harmed, nor can he harm anyone
Anna Goldfinch is a young Teraldian hunter. Together else. On the other hand, he is very convincing in all his
with other Teraldians, she probes the underground and divinity.
gathers information about the movements of the whiners,
Sansin and the abyss worms. She also inspects Wailer's
Hold's old mine and sometimes dreams of the day when
the Meromannian king will return. Recently, while
exploring the mine on her own, she found the mine's large
entrance and the linked trap. She did not fully understand EVENTS
its function, but enough to realize that it was there to harm
The adventurers' time in Wailer's Hold can be long and
the ones who enter. Since then, she has been thinking
develop into several small adventures that lead to a
deeply about who may have rigged the device. She has not
dissolution, by which the site in all probability has changed
yet dared to mention anything to anyone about her find,
since they arrived. The events below are simple suggestions
partly because she committed a crime when she got so close
for what the gamemaster can present the adventurers with.
to the surface and partly because she suspects that one of
However, the adventure site works best if each game group
the Teraldians, probably Ronja, has rigged the trap.
lets it have its own life according to what happens. The idea
People close to Anna have noticed that something is
is that the adventurers' choices and actions should have a
bothering her lately. She has always been talkative, open
great impact on what happens, at the same time as the
and adventurous, and has thus differed from other
various factions have ongoing conflicts that are there even
Teraldians. Nowadays she is quiet and avoids the looks of
before the adventurers arrive.
others.
Anna has her white hair in a braid on her back and big
THE FIVE MEROMANNIANS
eyes, with a curious look. She is resilient and fast and has
difficulty sitting still. The adventurers meet the Meromannian vanguard that
camp in the watchtower and are told that their friends

STR 3, AGI 5, INT 3, EMP 3 Tuldra Overshield, Egol Thousandstone, Thor Twocut,

SKILLS: Melee 2, Move 2, Marksmanship 2 Rezna Axeblood and Bodil Wildcurl went down the

TALENTS: - sinkhole without returning. The adventurers are asked to

GEAR: Warhammer, light crossbow, studded leather
armor
TINCTURUS
As Sansin suspects, the spirit of Tincturus lives in the
stones that the Teraldians call teraldines. It slumbers in a
pleasant rest in the underground but is awakened by the
light of the rainbow on the surface.
Tincturus appears as a dazzling creation of light in all
the colors of the rainbow. Its shape is vaguely perceived as
that of a drakewyrm, but ten times larger and transparent.
investigate the circumstances of the disappearances and, if
possible, bring the dwarves up to the surface again, before
Tormund Halfhand arrives with his army, which they
estimate at three days. The five dwarves have broken
Wailer's Hold's sacred seal by going down into the mine
and their friends are worried that their punishment will get
worse the longer they are down there.
The five dwarves are scattered in different places in the
underground. Tuldra is dead at the bottom of the lake, Egol
is lost in the tunnels, Thor has been taken by the whiners,
Rezna is lost in the old mine and Bodil is the Teraldian’s
“guest”. The biggest challenges are to get Thor and Bodil

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up to the surface. The whiners demand a retaliation to
release Thor (see "Rescue the Whiners" below), while it is
much more complicated to get the Teraldians to release
Bodil.
EXPLORATION
Whether they have a mission from Sansin (see "The End
of the Rainbow" under Getting Here above), the
Meromannians (see the event "The Five Meromannians"
above) or go down into the underground out of their own
curiosity, they will have to try to navigate in the the dark
deep. In the absence of benchmarks and the sky, they soon
lose their perception of cardinal points and time of day.
Exploring Wailer's Hold is a matter of chance and who
finds you, rather than planned mapping.
RESCUE THE WHINERS
The whiners' hatred of the TeraldIans for their treatment
of the prisoners in the teraldine farm is hopeless and
desperate. With the adventurers' arrival in the
underground, they see an opportunity to get help to rescue
their own. As a reward, Sulez Ritoch can release Thor
Twocut, but other agreements can also be reached. A
prerequisite for the whiners to fulfill their part, however,
is that the adventurers return with at least six whiners. As
additional motivation, about 20 whiners follow the
adventurers' journey through the underground until they
have completed their mission. They can help the
adventurers on the right path and prevent them, by force,
if necessary, from losing direction.
THE END OF THE RAINBOW
The adventurers can be commissioned by Sansin, to gather
information about the light in the throne room, when they
meet her down in the underground (as well as on the
surface). If they report back to her, she can ask them to
fetch a stone for her, so that she can inspect it more closely.
In return, she promises her, and all the drakewyrms,
eternal gratitude. Depending on the adventurers' efforts,
she may consider helping them against their enemies.
Having a drakewyrm on your side can be useful!
ENVOYS BETWEEN CLANS
If the adventurers arrive in the Teraldian realm without
drawn weapons, they will be welcomed as guests. They are
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KING TERALD’S STONE TABLET
GREETINGS HONORED COUSIN
FOR A LONG TIME, THE TERALDIANS HAVE
GUARDED THE MINE OF WAILER’S HOLD. THE
MEROMANNIANS’ RETURN BRINGS US GREAT
HAPPINESS. LET US REACH AN AGREEMENT
TO LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN THE MOUNTAIN.
BEFORE SUCH IS WRITTEN, THE MINE IS
CLOSED AND YOUR SISTER OUR GUEST.
DARE NOT WAKE THE MOUNTAIN’S FLAME.
KING TERALD STONEBEAK
OF THE TERALDIAN CLAN
shown around the realm and are then invited to Terald's
chamber where he and Ronja want to talk undisturbed with
them. At the encounter, they ask the adventurers to act as
envoys between the clans. They want them to hand over a
stone tablet with runes to the Meromannian king, and let
ten guards escort them to the sinkhole to monitor their
travel to the surface. Dwarves, and others who succeed in a
roll for LORE, can read the runic script in the box on this
page. The adventurers are also tasked with gathering
information about the Meromannian’s numbers and
plans.
If the adventurers come to the surface before Tormund
Halfhand opens the gate (see "The King's Return" below),
he responds to Terald's message with anger. He refuses to
negotiate his inherited right to rule over Wailer's Hold and
urges the adventurers to state that only dwarves who kneel
before him are welcome to live in his stronghold and mine.
This, of course, presupposes that they have not been guilty
of deliberately breaking the seal of the mine.
What Terald answers to this and what follows from it is up
to the gamemaster to decide. Both leaders are of a stubborn
nature and in parallel with the messages they both prepare
for armed conflict.
A WHISPERED WARNING
At night, sometime during the adventurers' time in the
Teraldian realm, they are secretly visited by Anna
Goldfinch. She whispers about the device in the entrance
and what she suspects it is. She asks them to either disarm
the trap or warn the king on the surface to open the mine
gate.
RETURN OF THE KING
Tormund Halfhand arrives at Wailer's Hold with pomp
and circumstance, three days (12 quarters of an hour, 72
hours) after the adventurers arrive at the site. His
Meromannian army march in columns and blow in giant
bronze horns to announce his arrival. The alarm attracts
"those who remained" from the mountains and they greet
Tormund by falling to their knees before his feet. He then
goes up the stairs to the mine gate and from there gives an
inspired speech, proclaiming that the Meromannians have
finally found their way home.
What happens next depends on the adventurers. This is
Tormund's big moment, and he does not want to be
distracted by caution and anxiety. The adventurers can
make him listen by succeeding with a difficult (-2)
manipulate roll against Tormund's insight. Preventing
him by force is even more difficult because he has a 400
men strong army behind him.
If Tormund is not stopped, he will solemnly open the
gate with his key. If the trap is not disarmed, it will trigger
a large explosion and giant flames will erupt from the
opening. Of the Meromannians who do not die directly
from this, a large part will be injured and another part will
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throw themselves down the sinkhole out of grief. All who
remain are devastated (their emp are broken). The only
thing that can save the clan is if a new leader, like Bodil
Wildcurl or Tincturus, appears to unite them.
If, on the other hand, the trap is disarmed, Tormund
steps into the large entrance hall and prepares his army for
powerful attacks on the Teraldians in the depths.
A NEW HOPE
Bodil Wildcurl follows developments as best she can from
the Teraldian realm. It becomes more and more clear to
her that she is a hostage rather than a guest and she
therefore asks the adventurers to help her escape. She
knows Tormund's temperament well and suspects that too
many Meromannians will die if he is to take them through
this conflict.
TINCTURUS APPEARS
If a teraldine is taken to the surface, D6 drakewyrms will
arrive at the site every day. If it is a humid and sunny day,
the stone also attracts the end of the rainbow and evokes
the shape of Tincturus. Both drakewyrms and
Meromannians are overwhelmed by this and the revelation
can act as a unifying force between the kins.
To determine if the day is humid and sunny, the
gamemaster can roll as many dice as the number of days the
stone has been on the surface. If the roll succeeds, the
rainbow appears and Tincturus is summoned.
 THE BATTLE OF WAILER’S HOLD
Four factions are gathered in Wailer's Hold, and it is
unlikely that all will be able to come together. The starting
point is that they are all enemies, and the adventurers'
actions play a major role in which alliances are formed. In
addition, the gamemaster can create exciting situations by
letting diplomacy appear in the background, without the
adventurers knowing about it.
To determine how the clashes between the factions
develop, the rules for "Battle at the stronghold" are used
(Player's Handbook, pp. 175-178). The stats of the different
factions are found in the table on the next page, but each
leader chooses how many participate in each clash. The
gamemaster should feel free to modify the stats according
to circumstances that arise.
DISSOLUTION
How Wailer's Hold looks after the factions have settled
with each other is in the hands of the game group. Maybe
the Meromannian clan is shattered, maybe they are united
with the Teraldians by Bodil Wildcurl and Anna Goldfinch
coming together and uniting to drive the whiners out of
the rock. Perhaps the drakewyrms move into the old throne
room of the terrTeraldians, after they, together with the
Meromannians, have driven away the Teraldians. Or they
let themselves be ridden by Sulez Ritoch's whiners and
chase the dwarves away from the mines for good. Perhaps
Tincturus appears and takes the tinctures and their
drakewyrms to another, more peaceful place. Regardless of
who becomes the new ruler of Wailer's Hold, it can be a
valuable ally for the adventurers and a key player in the
Raven’s Purge campaign.

STATS FOR THE BATTLE OF WAILER’S HOLD

FACTION TROOPS LEADER DEFENSE MOD.

The whiners 300 (counted as 1 (Sulez Ritoch) 2 (hollows)
half)
The Teraldians 150 1 (Terald Stonebeak) 2 (traps and narrow
1 (Ronja Luresnare) passages)
The drakewyrms 1 (Sansin, counted as 1 (Tincturus) 0
a monster)
More can arrive if a
teraldine is taken up
to surface
The Meromannians 500 1 (Tormund 0
Halfhand)
1 (Bodil Wildcurl)

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