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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 The Lost City of Diabolist 40 Duskvakke 17 Messengers 40 Getting Started 2 The City of Duskvakke 17 Dwarf King 40 City Wall 17 Messengers 40 As Written 2 Marketplace 17 Elf Queen 41 As a Starting Point 2 The Palace 19 Messengers 41 As Inspiration 2 Interlude: Random Homunculi 21 Emperor 41 Chapters in Shards of the Broken Sky 2 Messengers 41 PC Ties to Redfield Valley 3 The Forest of the Dream Princess 22 Great Gold Wyrm 41 References to Other Books 3 Messengers 41 Into the Forest 22 High Druid 41 Chapter 1: The Forest of Dreams 23 Messengers 41 Redfield Valley 4 The Stream of Consciousness 23 Lich King 41 The Lake 23 The Village of Appleton 4 Messengers 41 The Dreaming Stones 24 Orc Lord 41 The Lucky Grape Tavern 6 The Repository 25 Messengers 41 Tavern Staff 6 The Repository’s Valley 25 Priestess 42 Tavern Patrons 6 Into the Repository 25 Messengers 42 The Village of Adventurer-Tier Battles 26 Prince of Shadows 42 Crownhill 7 Fight in the Deep Shaft 26 Messengers 42 The Quacking Goblin Tavern 7 The Interior 27 The Three 42 Tavern Staff 8 Dubious Treasures 27 Messengers 42 Tavern Patrons 8 The Lower Levels: Villager Stats 9 Champion-Tier Terror 29 Chapter 4: Vakefort 9 Epic-Tier: The Vault 31 The Icon-Related NPCs 9 The Corpse of Kroon 31 Merry Hosard, Half-orc Vakefort Kroon’s Body 31 Glitterfall 43 Commander 10 Limbs 31 The Post-Fall Environment 43 Lients Recharche, High Elf Bard 10 Torso 33 Glitter in the Air 43 Irkma, Half-Orc Bounty Hunter 11 Head 34 Falling Masonry 43 Gwyddion, Half-Elf Actor and Spy 11 If Vantage Has Fallen 35 Small Craters, Twisted Ruins, Rezlorkis, Dragonic Wizard 13 and Rubble 43 Bykki Gritsour, Burly Dwarf and Chapter 3: Glitterfall Adversary Groups 43 Possible Thief 13 Demons of the Prism 44 Elder Beck Rashman, The Fall of Dragonic Agents of the Three 44 Human Cleric 14 Vantage 36 Druids & Beasts? 44 Goblin Kidnappers 14 It’s the End of the World as Orcs of the Orc Lord 44 Goblin Camp 14 We Know It 36 Undead 44 Pre-shocks 36 Wizards & Spellcasters 44 Chapter 2: Vantage Appears 36 Random Glitterfall Wanderers 44 Adventures in Vantage Falls 36 Adventuring in the Glitterfall 44 After the Fall 37 Random Glitterfall Events 45 the Vakevale 16 Immediate Hazards 38 Major Warded Areas 52 Past Icons’ Hidden Uncommon Hazards 38 Redfield Rising 52 Secrets 16 Rescue Operations 38 Old Tusk 52 The LostSample City of Duskvakke 16 Iconic Angles 40 Stampede file 52 The Forest of the Dream Princess 16 Icon Messengers 40 The Orcwell 52 The Repository 16 Archmage 40 The Great Prism 52 The Corpse of Kroon 16 Messengers 40 The Forest of the Dream Princess 52 Crusader 40 The Repository 52 Messengers 40 The Corpse of Kroon 52 iii Shards of the Broken Sky

Chapter 5: Chapter 6: The Heralds 98 Orc Cavalry 98 Shattered Thunder & The Great Beasts 98 Secrets 53 Redfield Rising 101 st Lightning 80 Adventures for 1 and The Secret of Redfield Valley 101 2nd Level Characters 53 Adventures for 3rd and 4th Level Characters 80 Adventuring in Redfield 101 The Shattered Spine 53 The Orcwell 107 The Lost Tomb 53 The Lightning Spires 80 The Orcwell and the Icons 107 Tension Table Rules 53 The Great Beasts 80 The Orcwell and the Orc Lord 107 The Shattered Spine 53 Redfield Rising 80 The Orcwell 80 The Orcwell and the Elf Queen 107 Entrances to the Shattered Spine 54 The Lightning Spires 81 The Orcwell and the Dwarf King 107 Adventuring in the Shattered Spine 54 The Orcwell and The Three 107 Magical Defenders of the Interior Overview 81 The Obelisks 107 Shattered Spine 56 Entrances to the Lightning Spires 81 The White Obelisk 108 Shattered Spine Constructs 57 Adventuring in the Lightning Druidic White Dragon Spells 109 Shattered Spine Areas 60 Spires 82 The Green Obelisk 110 A: The Circular Doorway 61 Magical Defenders of the The Blue Obelisk 111 B: The Seed of Fire 61 Lightning Spires 84 The Black Obelisk 112 C: The Lens of the Avatar 61 Lightning Spires Constructs 86 The Red Obelisk 113 D: The Pillared Hall 62 The Red Hand Tower 87 E: The Flooded Library 62 A: The Crystal Shards 87 Interlude: F: The Potter’s Wheel 62 B: The Hammer 88 The Sky Roads 113 G: The Unmade Bed 63 C: The Hall of Elegance 88 The Pylons 113 H: The Vault 63 D: The Hall of the Orb 89 The Platforms 113 I: The Inkwell 64 E: The Room of Mirrors 89 The Periphery 114 J: The Chapel 64 The Tower of the Elements 90 Spinning Blades 114 K: The Star Chamber 65 F: The Burning Room 90 Ever-Slick Paint 114 L: The Lower Stair 65 G: The Sphere of Water 90 Blast Wards 114 M: The Music Room 65 H: The Map Room 90 Force Spheres 114 N: The Higher Stair 66 I: The Room of Ravens 91 What’s on the Road? 115 O: The Open Room 66 J: The Room of Starry Doors 91 P: The Museum 66 The Tower of the Mind 91 Chapter 7: Q: The Armory 66 K: The Room of Secrets 91 Lost & Found 116 R: The Master’s Chamber 67 L: The Prismatic Brain 92 th th M: The Room of Lenses 93 Adventures for 5 and 6 S: The Shaft 67 Level Characters 116 T: The Observatory 67 N: The Room of Writing 93 U: The High Dome 68 O: The Panopticon 93 The Great Prism 116 V: The Barracks 68 The Golden Tower 94 Over the Rainbow 116 W: The Mess Hall 69 P: The Room of Wisdom 94 Rainbow Delivery: Demons 117 X: The Stables 69 Q: The Room of Excellence 95 Crystal-Smashers 117 Y: The Rookery 69 R: The Room of Higher Thought 95 Recapture 117 Z: The Underside 69 S: The Room of Transformations 95 Double-Cross 117 The Lost Tomb 70 T: The Room of Revelations 95 Old Tusk & Magaheim 118 The Tower of Power 96 Old Tusk and the Icons 118 The Outer Tomb 70 U: The Hall of Contradictions 96 Old Tusk and the Dwarf King 119 A: The Narrow Passage 72 V: The Room of the Silver Circle 96 Old Tusk and the Diabolist 119 B: The Chieftain’s Tomb 72 W: The Room of Cogs and Crystals 96 Old Tusk and the Crusader 119 C: The Pit 72 X: The Puzzle Room 97 Old Tusk: Geography 119 D: The Hall of Statues 72 Y: The Room of Lightning Fists 97 The Approach 119 E: The Throne Room 74 The Missing Tower 97 The Lava Tubes 119 F: The Treasure Room 74 Z: The Room of Lightning 97 The Inner Tomb 75 The Great Beasts 98 The Mines 119 Fool’sSample Gold 75 The Calderafile 120 G: The Treasure Pool 75 Great Beasts Plots 98 Old Tusk: Plot Points 120 H: The Dark Corridor 75 Sound of Thunder 98 The Night Has a Single Eye 120 I: The Money Pit 77 Jurassic Rescue 98 The Damned Don’t Cry 120 J: The Crushing Tomb 77 The Cave-In 98 Volcanic Legion 120 K: The Hall of Flame 79 Dino Attack 98 The Siege 120 iv Table of Contents

Magaheim: City of Gold and Fire 120 Rynth 138 Tomb of the Serpent The Upper City 120 Adventuring in Rynth 133 Archons 162 The Burrows 120 Entrances to Rynth 139 Adventuring in the Tomb of the Undertown 121 The Upper Levels 139 Serpent Archons 162 The Iron Watchers 121 The Shattered Zone 139 Entrances to the Tomb of the Serpent Life in Magaheim 121 The Slime Pools 139 Archons 163 Brief History 121 The Upper Shrine 139 Areas of the Tomb of the Serpent The Five Kinden 122 The Labyrinth of Rynth 139 Archons 164 Governance & the Seven Guilds 122 The Temple of the Archmage 141 A: The Sacrificial Altar 164 Food and Drink 122 The Arena 142 B: The Inner Temple 164 Economy 122 The Hall of Prophecy 143 C: The Winding Stairs 165 Adventures In Magaheim 122 The Sacred Temple 144 D: The Bone Pit 166 The Outsiders 122 Oozefolk Warrior Battles 145 E: The Soldier Egg 167 The Thin Dwarf 122 F: The Ophidian Slaves 169 Demons with Dirty Faces 123 Chapter 8: G: The Temple of Dragons 170 King of the Underworld 123 H: The Throne Room 171 The Great Escape 123 Past and The Dwarven Falchion 123 Future 147 Chapter 9: Kiss, Kiss; Chop, Chop 123 Adventures for 6th and Crowning Of all the Gin Joints 7th Level Characters 147 in all the Worlds. . . 123 The Grand Spike 147 Spell 173 Magaheim Monsters 124 The Tomb of the Serpent Archons 147 An adventure for Epic The Winding Gyre 125 The Grand Spike 147 Level Characters 173 Adventuring in the Winding Gyre 127 Adventuring in the Grand Spike 147 The Tomb of the First Magical Defenders of the Grand Spike Constructs 151 Emperor 173 Winding Gyre 128 Elemental Defenders of the Iconic Angles 173 Winding Gyre Areas 130 Grand Spike 153 Your Penultimate Adventure? 173 A: The Spinning Cube 130 Entrances to the Grand Spike 156 Adventuring in the Tomb 174 B: The Corpse Room 130 Areas of the Grand Spike 156 The Maze of Death 174 C: Stairway to Heaven 131 Z: The Ziggurat 156 A: The Entrance 174 D: The Rubble Field 132 A: Alembic 157 B: The Hall of Mirrors 175 E: The Floating Pool 132 B: Biltong 157 C: The Infinity Pool 175 F: The Broken Statues 132 C: Canticle 157 D: The Crusher 175 G: The Grand Hall 132 D: Dirge 157 E: The Great Door 176 H: The Great Corridor 133 E: Elegy 157 The Tomb 176 I: The Throne Room 133 F: Formic 157 Elite Oozefolk Squads 176 J: The Colored Tiles 134 G: Gossamer 158 Areas in the Tomb 179 K: The Battlements 134 H: Halcyon 158 F: The Corridor of Air 180 L: The Lectory 134 I: Inosculate 158 G: The Glass Hall 180 M: The Mordant Miasma 134 J: Jorum 158 H: The Tomb of Wolves 181 N: The Narthex of Dirges 134 K: Ken 158 I: The Tomb of Dragons 181 O: The Bridge of Omens 135 L: Lacuna 158 J: The Tomb of Stallions 181 P: The Pontiff’s Scales 135 M: Madrigal 159 The Secret Throne 182 Q: The Alchemical Quarrel 135 N: Navicular 159 K: The Radiant Pool 183 R: The Riparian Chamber 135 O: Ordinal 159 L: The Hall of Doom 183 S: The Skewbald Circle 135 P: Panacea 159 M: The Illusionary Hallway 183 T: The Trigon Void 136 Q: Quoin 160 N: The Hall of Destruction 183 U: The Unhallowed Sanctum 136 R: Rictus 160 O: The Starry Stair 184 V: The Viridescent Glass 136 S: Sepulture 160 P: The Final Throne 184 W: The Chuul’s Remembrance 136 T: Terret 160 Questions for Your Campaign 184 X: The Xylographic Secret 137 U: Umbral 161 Y: The Yearn 137 V: Volition 161 Z: TheSample Zenith 137 file W: Weight 161 X: Xeno 161 Y: Yield 161

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