Gauntlight’s dread beam animates the dead in Engleher's Kirkyard, and the heroes must help quell the Undead uprising. Now certain that Watchtower poses a danger to the town, the heroes return to face a cult of Morlocks who revere the site’s one-time ruler, Dretha , as their “Ghost Queen.”
The first underground level of the Undercitadel of Szitrag once served as the quarters for Dretha’s servants. Here, the workers lived and toiled out of sight of those in the Fen Watchtower above. When Dretha was killed, the servants here panicked. Some fled, others hid in their rooms, and still, others became food for the cannibal librarians the next floor down. Today, the servants’ quarters are largely in ruins.
Areas are unlit unless otherwise noted, and the ceiling heights are typically 8 feet in hallways and 10 feet in rooms. The doors are sturdy wood, swollen with moisture and stuck shut. A hero trained in Athletics can open doors on this level with an Interact, as normal; characters who aren’t trained in Athletics must spend 2 Interact actions to open a door.
The largest faction presently active in the Servant’s Quarters is a group of Morlocks who call themselves Children of the Fanged Queen. These morlocks once dwelt deep below this level in caverns adjacent to the Undercitadel. When Dretha wakened, they clambered into the higher levels to prepare the way for her, enduring a devastating clash with the Cult of the Boil Ghouls and later driving out the Mudhunter Mitflits. Dretha always considered morlocks to be pests (and still does, even as a ghost), but the morlocks’ leader, Daarkh Ghust , hopes to change her mind by building her a temple. But, just as Dretha’s eldritch patron Empty Death cares little about how she is honored, the morlocks’ Ghost Queen doesn’t care whether these devout morlocks live or die.
Imoeum Seek Town 4
A community of Morlocks striving to earn the favor of their Fanged Queen
Consumption 4
Max Structure Bonus 1 Influence 1 Hex Government Theocracy
Languages Aklo, Undercommon
Religions Cult of the Fanged Queen
Threats Mudhunter and Festering Boil Raiders, Gupunuul
Settlement Bonus
Nothing yet
Prominent Citizens
Daarkh Ghust Priest of the Fanged Queen
Structures
0/1/4 Lots
Demographics
100% Morlocks
Design
The Inverted Tower’s second level—its highest underground level— harbors several old traps and fiercely independent denizens who hunt on the surface. It also contains a small group of Morlocks pushed up from below. The floor is litter with broken furniture and tools.
Walls Weathered Stone (DC 15 to climb)
Floor Weathered Stone
Temperature cool
Illumination Common Darkness
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