Looking for Help with Research

Thanks to Talaniel and Ebony I have added some additional notes to what we're looking at. It seems there is some sort of ancient underground city directly under Travance. Despite being some sort of ancient Kormyrian ruins, the things found there seem to be strangely advanced. We could use some help with looking into some of this as well. Thank you to everyone who has already offered assistance! If I have not reached out to you yet, please send me a missive.

Khala Stormbringer

How much has been mapped?


~Nalick DeMarche

Might have to check with Atticus if any of it has been mapped. Between the golems that people fought down there and this supposed giant worm monster, I'm not sure it's the safest place to go exploring on one's own. Although we still need to go find Dr. Toynbee down there. Hopefully they are still alive. I know some Travancians went back down with Atticus this past feast, but I have not heard what transpired with them. If anyone was down there recently and can share their story it would be greatly appreciated.

Khala Stormbringer

I was among the group that went with Atticus on Saturday night. Atticus arrived, claiming he needed help to rescue one of his colleagues who was trapped in the tunnels. Our group made it's way to the city, and with relative ease made our way to a building in which the individual was located. To our surprise, he was locked behind a cage reinforced with some form of arcane energy. He had clearly been in there for days at the least, and was almost incoherent with fear. The area next to the cage was strewn with traps, which had to be disarmed before we could begin to open the cage. As we attempted to free him, however, he became hysterical, shouting and pleading not to open the cage, or the "big red" would come. He was barely able to form complete sentences, and seemed very near to insanity. As we continued to open the locks the entire building began to shake. With barely seconds to spare we managed to open the cage, free the individual, and escape before the building collapsed into rubble behind us. I summoned a group of bats to attempt to determine with echolocation what might have caused the quaking, but the only images I got were of something immense sliding it's way under the building.

We eventually brought Atticus's colleague, who's name unfortunately escapes me at the moment, back to the Dragon's Claw Inn. He was severely malnourished and dehydrated, but was otherwise unharmed. I believe both he and Atticus are currently boarded at Darkwood's main campus. Should more information be required, Atticus will probably be willing to talk. I council caution in bringing it up to the other, however. His nerves will need a long time to recover, if indeed they ever do.

Ancient... underground... tunnels... cultists who travel exclusively through them... big red...

Don't suppose there's a connection to the Ceno...?


~Nalick

Where are you getting cultists from Nalick? Also this is an ancient city from what I've heard, not just underground tunnels. This is something old.

Khala Stormbringer