Host Tower of the Arcane - Revision history

Wvaske: Canonical date for the tower's destruction: 1376 DR

2026-08-18T21:35:30Z

Canonical date for the tower's destruction: 1376 DR

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	=== Overview ===		=== Overview ===
	The Host Tower had been ruined for ~~nearly~~ a century after a dragon attack destroyed it (the event that gave [[Luskan]]'s Dragon Beach its name). In the aftermath a power-mad wizard seized the ruin and raised undead there; only recently did the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] return, drive out the undead, and rebuild the tower to reclaim it. Its interior is hung with tapestries depicting magical discoveries rather than battles.		The Host Tower had been ruined for over a century after a dragon attack destroyed it in 1376 DR (the event that gave [[Luskan]]'s Dragon Beach its name). In the aftermath a power-mad wizard seized the ruin and raised undead there; only recently did the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] return, drive out the undead, and rebuild the tower to reclaim it. Its interior is hung with tapestries depicting magical discoveries rather than battles.

	When the party returned in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]], the reconstruction looked '''suspiciously advanced for two weeks' work''' — fueled, it turned out, by the corrupting drive of the 2,400 blood-red coins hoarded in the vault. During the corruption the compromised [[Zelene]] had unknowingly '''recalled all 42 of the Brotherhood's regional mages to the tower''' — the coins gathering guards for their hoard.		When the party returned in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]], the reconstruction looked '''suspiciously advanced for two weeks' work''' — fueled, it turned out, by the corrupting drive of the 2,400 blood-red coins hoarded in the vault. During the corruption the compromised [[Zelene]] had unknowingly '''recalled all 42 of the Brotherhood's regional mages to the tower''' — the coins gathering guards for their hoard.

Wvaske: Fix elapsed time: the curse was broken about two weeks after the party's first visit, not months

2026-08-18T21:19:02Z

Fix elapsed time: the curse was broken about two weeks after the party's first visit, not months

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	== Host Tower of the Arcane ==		== Host Tower of the Arcane ==
	The '''Host Tower of the Arcane''' is the seat of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] in [[Luskan]], a roughly 300-foot tower of dark stone rising from an island in the River Mirar. Recently rebuilt, it is where [[Deez Nuts]] gathered the intelligence that launched their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]] — and where, ~~months~~ later, the blood-red coin curse on Luskan was finally broken.		The '''Host Tower of the Arcane''' is the seat of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] in [[Luskan]], a roughly 300-foot tower of dark stone rising from an island in the River Mirar. Recently rebuilt, it is where [[Deez Nuts]] gathered the intelligence that launched their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]] — and where, weeks later, the blood-red coin curse on Luskan was finally broken.

	=== Overview ===		=== Overview ===

Wvaske: Session 51 ingest: coin-fueled reconstruction, 42 mages recalled, vault described (20x40, teleport-in only, ritual door), curse broken in the vault

2026-07-04T15:49:14Z

Session 51 ingest: coin-fueled reconstruction, 42 mages recalled, vault described (20x40, teleport-in only, ritual door), curse broken in the vault

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	== Host Tower of the Arcane ==		== Host Tower of the Arcane ==
	The '''Host Tower of the Arcane''' is the seat of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] in [[Luskan]], a roughly 300-foot tower of dark stone rising from an island in the River Mirar. Recently rebuilt, it is where [[Deez Nuts]] gathered the intelligence that launched their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]].		The '''Host Tower of the Arcane''' is the seat of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] in [[Luskan]], a roughly 300-foot tower of dark stone rising from an island in the River Mirar. Recently rebuilt, it is where [[Deez Nuts]] gathered the intelligence that launched their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]] — and where, months later, the blood-red coin curse on Luskan was finally broken.

	=== Overview ===		=== Overview ===
	The Host Tower had been ruined for nearly a century after a dragon attack destroyed it (the event that gave [[Luskan]]'s Dragon Beach its name). In the aftermath a power-mad wizard seized the ruin and raised undead there; only recently did the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] return, drive out the undead, and rebuild the tower to reclaim it. Its interior is hung with tapestries depicting magical discoveries rather than battles.		The Host Tower had been ruined for nearly a century after a dragon attack destroyed it (the event that gave [[Luskan]]'s Dragon Beach its name). In the aftermath a power-mad wizard seized the ruin and raised undead there; only recently did the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] return, drive out the undead, and rebuild the tower to reclaim it. Its interior is hung with tapestries depicting magical discoveries rather than battles.

			When the party returned in [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]], the reconstruction looked '''suspiciously advanced for two weeks' work''' — fueled, it turned out, by the corrupting drive of the 2,400 blood-red coins hoarded in the vault. During the corruption the compromised [[Zelene]] had unknowingly '''recalled all 42 of the Brotherhood's regional mages to the tower''' — the coins gathering guards for their hoard.

			=== The Vault ===
			Described and breached in Session 51:
			* A '''20-by-40-foot room''' shelved deep with the Brotherhood's treasures — '''staffs, rods, wands, armor, potions, and stacks of spellbooks'''.
			* '''Teleportation IN is possible''' via a shared imprint of the interior; the vault '''blocks all outbound teleportation'''.
			* The door is a '''roughly one-minute ritual''' that (as of S51) only [[Zelene]] can perform — the sole exit.
			* '''Sending stones work through the vault walls.'''
			It was here that [[Karma]]'s Flaming Sphere melted the final '''2,400 red coins''' (Shade, Baelgrum, and Karma having teleported in via Zelene's imprint), releasing the largest psychic pulse of the crisis and '''breaking the coin-curse city-wide, instantly'''.

	=== Role in Campaign ===		=== Role in Campaign ===
	In the first sitting of [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice\|Session 47]] (2026-02-01), the party crossed to the Host Tower and met the mage [[Zelene]], who detailed [[Maccath the Crimson]]'s disappearance into the [[Sea of Moving Ice]] and the Brotherhood's two lost search parties. The Brotherhood sold the party cold-weather magic "at cost" and arranged a buy-back for their return.		In the first sitting of [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice\|Session 47]] (2026-02-01), the party crossed to the Host Tower and met the mage [[Zelene]], who detailed [[Maccath the Crimson]]'s disappearance into the [[Sea of Moving Ice]] and the Brotherhood's two lost search parties. The Brotherhood sold the party cold-weather magic "at cost" and arranged a buy-back for their return.

			In [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]] the tower was both patient and cure: the seat of the corrupted Brotherhood, the storehouse of the largest red-coin hoard, and finally the site of the melt that freed the city. In the aftermath the Brotherhood pledged genuine support — '''mages dispatched to Waterdeep''' for the [[Council of Waterdeep]] — and [[Maccath the Crimson]] remained a few days to write up her dragon and [[Draakhorn]] research before traveling south.

	=== Notable NPCs ===		=== Notable NPCs ===
	* [[Zelene]] – Brotherhood mage who briefed the party		* [[Zelene]] – Brotherhood mage who briefed the party; corrupted → cured → committed ally
	* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – Brotherhood researcher lost in the north		* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – Brotherhood researcher lost in the north, since recovered; writing up her research here

	=== Appearances ===		=== Appearances ===
	* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]] (first sitting, 2026-02-01)		* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]] (first sitting, 2026-02-01)
			* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] — the vault breach and the breaking of the red-coin curse

	[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Luskan]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]		[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Luskan]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]

Wvaske: Session 47 backfill: create Host Tower of the Arcane (Luskan Arcane Brotherhood seat visited in the S47 first sitting; was missing)

2026-06-18T00:50:37Z

Session 47 backfill: create Host Tower of the Arcane (Luskan Arcane Brotherhood seat visited in the S47 first sitting; was missing)

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== Host Tower of the Arcane ==
The '''Host Tower of the Arcane''' is the seat of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] in [[Luskan]], a roughly 300-foot tower of dark stone rising from an island in the River Mirar. Recently rebuilt, it is where [[Deez Nuts]] gathered the intelligence that launched their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]].

=== Overview ===
The Host Tower had been ruined for nearly a century after a dragon attack destroyed it (the event that gave [[Luskan]]'s Dragon Beach its name). In the aftermath a power-mad wizard seized the ruin and raised undead there; only recently did the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] return, drive out the undead, and rebuild the tower to reclaim it. Its interior is hung with tapestries depicting magical discoveries rather than battles.

=== Role in Campaign ===
In the first sitting of [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice|Session 47]] (2026-02-01), the party crossed to the Host Tower and met the mage [[Zelene]], who detailed [[Maccath the Crimson]]'s disappearance into the [[Sea of Moving Ice]] and the Brotherhood's two lost search parties. The Brotherhood sold the party cold-weather magic "at cost" and arranged a buy-back for their return.

=== Notable NPCs ===
* [[Zelene]] – Brotherhood mage who briefed the party
* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – Brotherhood researcher lost in the north

=== Appearances ===
* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]] (first sitting, 2026-02-01)

[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Luskan]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]