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<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:0.5em;">Quick Start</div>
<div style="font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:0.5em;">Quick Start</div>
* '''[[Session Logs Index|Session Logs]]'''
* '''[[Map of Faerûn|Maps]]''' ''(interactive)''
* '''[[Current Objectives|Current Objectives]]'''
* '''[https://hex-crawl.deeznuts.wiki/c/6h7ANf52rU?key=4HALhKg97FdKMGBZ1tILjmf9 Hex-Crawl]''' ''(the live travel map)''
* '''[[The Party|The Party]]'''
* '''[[Session Logs|Session Logs]]'''
* '''[[NPC Index|NPC Index]]'''
* '''[[Timeline]]'''
* '''[[Locations|Locations]]'''
* '''[[Quests|Active Quests]]'''
* '''[[Factions|Factions]]'''
* '''NPCs:''' [[:Category:NPCs|All NPCs]] • [[:Category:Player Characters|The Party]]
* '''[[Items & Relics|Items & Relics]]'''
* '''[[:Category:Locations|Locations]]'''
* '''[[Timeline|Timeline]]'''
* '''[[:Category:Factions|Factions]]'''
* '''[[Faction Retinues]]''' ''(your people)''
* '''[[:Category:Items|Items & Relics]]'''
* '''[[Bestiary]]'''
* '''[[Dragon Harvesting|Crafting & Harvesting]]'''
* '''[[House Rules]]'''
* '''[[Template Index|Template Index]]'''
* '''[[Template Index|Template Index]]'''
* '''[[DM Tools|DM Tools]]'''
* '''[[DM Tools|DM Tools]]''' • [[DM:Home]]
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<div style="font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;">Campaign</div>
* '''Setting:''' Sword Coast, Faerûn (1488 DR)
* '''Setting:''' Sword Coast, Faerûn (1489 DR)
* '''Arc:''' ''Rise of Tiamat''
* '''Arc:''' ''Rise of Tiamat''
* '''Previously:''' ''Lost Mine of Phandelver''
* '''Previously:''' ''Lost Mine of Phandelver''
* '''Home:''' [[Nuts Deep]]
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''A living record of legends, lies, and very expensive mistakes.''
''A living record of legends, lies, and very expensive mistakes.''


This wiki tracks the lore, people, places, and consequences of your adventures across the Sword Coast in '''1488 DR'''.
This wiki tracks the lore, people, places, and consequences of your adventures across the Sword Coast, now in '''1489 DR'''.
If you’re looking for what to do next, start with '''[[Current Objectives]]''' or skim the latest '''[[Session Logs Index]]'''.
Start with the '''[[Quests|Active Quests]]''' or check the latest '''[[Session Logs]]'''.
 
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'''[[Map of Faerûn]]''' — the interactive maps. Click a region to zoom in:
[[Map of the Sword Coast|The Sword Coast]] · [[Map of the North|The North]] · [[Map of the Heartlands|The Heartlands]] · [[Map of Anauroch|Anauroch]] · [[Map of the Lands of Intrigue|The Lands of Intrigue]]
 
The party's living travel map — position, trails, and what you've discovered — is the '''[https://hex-crawl.deeznuts.wiki/c/6h7ANf52rU?key=4HALhKg97FdKMGBZ1tILjmf9 Hex-Crawl app]'''.
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== Current Arc: Rise of Tiamat ==
== Current Arc: Rise of Tiamat ==
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'''What you know:''' A cult devoted to the Dragon Queen gathers power, allies, and treasure—seeking to unmake the balance of the Realms.
'''What you know:''' A cult devoted to the Dragon Queen gathers power, allies, and treasure—seeking to unmake the balance of the Realms. They hold the [[Draakhorn]], a horn that can muster dragons across the North, and are working toward summoning [[Tiamat]] herself.
'''What you need:''' Leads, leverage, and friends in high (and low) places.
'''What you need:''' Leads, leverage, and friends in high (and low) places.
'''What's new:''' You are on [[Varram the White]]'s trail northeast of [[Boareskyr Bridge]] — and the [[Yuan-ti|serpent-folk]] are hunting her too.
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== Active Quests ==


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{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! style="width:33%;" | Your Next Steps
! Quest
! style="width:33%;" | Active Threads
! Status
! style="width:34%;" | Recent Discoveries
! Key NPCs
|-
| [[Investigate the Cult of the Dragon]]
| '''Active''' - The overarching war against the Cult. Their method is now known: a randomized list of soft targets raided to feed a god-sized hoard, layered information control, standing surveillance of the party, and repeated assassination squads <ref name="s52">[[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)|Session 52]].</ref>. At Boareskyr Bridge their agents knew Deez Nuts by name and demanded the party's captured '''Orbs of Dragon's Breath''' back <ref name="s54">[[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)|Session 54]].</ref>
| [[Leosin Erlanthar]], [[Council of Waterdeep]]
|-
| Stop the Summoning of Tiamat / Recover the [[Draakhorn]]
| '''Active''' - The Cult holds the Draakhorn. [[Maccath the Crimson]] plans magic items placed along the Sword Coast to '''suppress its call''' — she may need something representing each chromatic dragon color <ref name="s52" />
| [[Maccath the Crimson]], [[Cult of the Dragon]]
|-
| [[Find Varram the White]]
| '''Active — in pursuit''' - The bridge reached <ref name="s54" />: Varram was there weeks ago — "'''the hero of Boareskyr Bridge'''" for killing [[Yuan-ti]] spies — and her trail runs '''northeast along the [[Winding Water]]''', clawed inhuman tracks and all. The yuan-ti hunt her with her portrait sewn into their flesh
| [[Varram the White]], [[Ulder Ravengard]]
|-
| Restore [[Nuts Deep]]
| '''Active''' - Elturel's craftsmen and supplies are standing up the fort <ref name="s53">[[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)|Session 53]].</ref>; a working teleportation circle waits in the mage tower; every PC's [[Faction Retinues|retinue]] leader is stationed there <ref name="s54" />
| [[Ulder Ravengard]], [[Thavius Kreeg]]
|-
| [[Stop Rezmir and the Black Dragon Lady]]
| '''Active''' - Rezmir fled Castle Naerytar with the Red Wizard [[Rath Modar]]; her soul is owed to the [[Raven Queen]]
| [[Rezmir]], [[Rath Modar]]
|-
| [[Rite of Sundering]]
| '''Active''' - Find [[The Ashtongue]] to mend the infernal rift beneath [[Garmok's Mine]] — the rift that saturated the blood-red coins <ref name="s51">[[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)|Session 51]].</ref>; still open, still seeping
| [[The Ashtongue]], [[Xanphina]]
|-
| [[Report Findings to Council of Waterdeep]]
| '''Ongoing''' - Reported to Marshal [[Ulder Ravengard]] in S52; [[Maccath the Crimson]] and the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] delegation are Waterdeep-bound to brief the Council directly
| [[Council of Waterdeep]], [[Ulder Ravengard]], [[Remalia Haventree]]
|}
 
'''Faction charges''' ([[Quests#Faction Quests|tracker]]): [[Dawnbringer Charge: The Foreseen Artifact]] (Baelgrum, open-ended) • [[Harper Dispatch: A Source at the Bridge]] (Gootcha — source recruited S54; ledger copy open) • [[Zhentarim Instruction: An Asset at the Bridge]] (Shade — '''complete''' S54)
 
=== Recently Completed (Rise of Tiamat) ===
* [[Zhentarim Instruction: An Asset at the Bridge]] — ✅ Complete <ref>[[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)|Session 54]] — [[Bolo]] signed at [[Boareskyr Bridge]].</ref>
* Defend the Elturel caravan — ✅ Complete <ref>[[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)|Session 53]] — the Battle of [[Nuts Deep]].</ref>
* [[Investigate Garmok's Mine]] — ✅ Complete <ref>[[Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep (2025-08-31)|Session 43]]–[[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine|Session 44]] — [[Garmok the Chainbearer|Garmok]] freed, [[Voaraghamanthar]] slain.</ref>
* [[Find Maccath the Crimson]] — ✅ Complete <ref>[[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice|Session 47]]–[[Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)|Session 48]] — freed from [[Oyaviggaton]].</ref>
* Defeat [[Arauthator]] (Old White Death) — ✅ Complete <ref name="s48-50">[[Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)|Session 48]]–[[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]].</ref>
* The blood-red infernal gold — ✅ Resolved <ref>[[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)|Session 51]] — cause: the party's own spending of 6,000 coins from [[Garmok's Mine]] — cure: cumulative 3rd-level magical fire melts them; [[Luskan]] cured city-wide.</ref>
* [[Infiltrate the Masquerade of Whispers]] — ✅ Complete (infiltrated at [[Candlekeep]])
* [[Investigate the Attacks on Halia's Waypoints]] — ✅ Complete (items delivered; attackers — the [[Find Information on the Sighing Masks|Sighing Masks]] — still at large)
 
=== Completed Quests (Lost Mine of Phandelver) ===
* [[Rescue Gundren Rockseeker]] - ✅ Complete
* [[Find Wave Echo Cave]] - ✅ Complete
* [[Defeat the Black Spider]] - ✅ Complete
* [[Clear the Redbrand Menace]] - ✅ Complete
 
'''See all:''' [[Quests|Quest Tracker]] • [[:Category:Quests|All Quests]] • [[:Category:Completed Quests|Completed]] • [[:Category:Active Quests|Active]]
 
== Quest Leads ==
 
'''Quest Leads''' are breadcrumbs, rumors, and mysteries the party has encountered but hasn't fully pursued yet. Unlike active quests, these are hints that could develop into full quests when investigated. ''(Full list on the [[Quests|Quest Tracker]].)''
 
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! Quest Lead
! What's Known
|-
| Why are the [[Yuan-ti]] hunting Varram? ''(new, S54)''
| Serpent-spies at [[Boareskyr Bridge]] were watching for the dwarf, and a dead yuan-ti tracker carried '''her portrait sewn into secret pockets in its own flesh'''. Nobody knows why the Serpent Hills want the Wyrmspeaker.
|-
| Who is the "us" that wants the orbs back? ''(new, S54)''
| The Cult's lead agent at the bridge: "I've heard that maybe you've acquired one or more of those orbs. I would appreciate if you returned them to '''us'''." Somebody is counting the '''Orbs of Dragon's Breath''' — and knows Deez Nuts has them.
|-
| Yuan-ti attacks on the [[Trade Way]] ''(new, S54)''
| Many attacks on travelers between Boareskyr Bridge and Dragonspear Castle; tracking raiders back would cull the clutch.
|-
| The Cult's '''treasure-sense''' ''<ref name="s52" />''
| At the razed homesteads, survivors said that after the houses burned "the cultists went right in through the ashes and pulled out the small amount of gold and jewelry that we had" — as if they could smell it. [[Baelgrum]] flagged it; nobody followed up. ''<ref name="s54" />''
|-
| [[Morrow]] and [[Vex]] escaped ''<ref name="s52" />''
| Two assassins from [[The Turnip Wagon Ambush]] got away — Morrow stabbed himself to trigger a Contingency and dimension-doored out with Vex. They still hold the squad's '''sending stone''' and their halves of the call-and-response key.
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|-
|  
| The Cult is watching Deez Nuts ''<ref name="s52" />''
* [[Current Objectives#Leads|Leads to pursue]]
| Per [[Rook Blackstring]]: "resources everywhere trying to collect as much information as possible on you. Some, their only job is just to listen." '''Multiple hit squads have already been sent''', and the Cult has identified [[Gootcha]]'s soul-taking as its central problem.
* [[Current Objectives#Urgent|Urgent priorities]]
|-
* [[Current Objectives#Rumors|Rumors worth testing]]
| [[Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star]]
|
| Now '''three stanzas''' — the last from Arklem Greeth's vault <ref name="s53" />: "The tide once turned, a debt comes due — the star that turned it, setting too." The [[Harpers]] delivered [[The Grove Burnings]]; and per [[Maccath the Crimson]], the research itself '''can be divined''' — the Cult may know the party is looking.
* [[Plots#Cult of the Dragon|Cult of the Dragon]]
|-
* [[Plots#Allies & Enemies|Allies & Enemies]]
| The Bronze Blades frame-job fallout
* [[Plots#Artifacts|Artifacts in play]]
| [[Shade]] convinced Ship Kurth ''and'' the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] that the innocent [[Bronze Blades]] carry red coins and should be searched "thoroughly" <ref name="s51" />. In S52 the Blades cheerfully announced they are '''riding north into [[Luskan]] this week''' — and nobody warned them.
|
|-
* [[Session Logs Index#Latest|Latest session summary]]
| [[The Goosebear]] — is the honk the [[Draakhorn]]?
* [[Timeline#Recent Events|Recent events]]
| A legendary fear-honking chimera of the north; [[Shade]] suspects the "honk" may actually be the Draakhorn. [[Halvard Greyskein]] renewed his offer <ref name="s51" /> to bankroll an expedition to its hoard, for a cut.
* [[Clues|Clues & Evidence]]
|-
| [[Voaraghamanthar]]'s lost hoard
| The mine treasure was a Cult offering — his true hoard lies elsewhere, and his twin [[Waervaerendor]] may have revived him.
|-
| [[Arauthator's Mate]] (Arveiaturace)
| Arauthator's mate survives in the far north, driven '''insane''' by her tiefling wizard companion's death. At large — a live threat.
|-
| The [[Mattock of the Titan]] mystery
| Its mining magic blazed for one task then went dormant; the [[Svirfneblin]] want to know why.
|-
| The [[A Compact of restoration and continuance|Compact]]'s future debt
| The reforged party owes [[Lady Calera]] / [[Zarchelia]] aid in a coming conflict, on [[Dispater]]'s warrant. S52 confirms Lady Calera is an '''erinyes of the second circle of Hell'''.
|-
| The ice hunters' grudge
| [[Bone Carver]] and the freed ice-hunter clan turned hostile after learning the party killed their missing brethren.
|-
| The [[Eye of Gilbraxis]] — "at least one of them"
| More than one Eye is implied to exist; the one [[Shade]] bears was a wizard before death.
|-
| The [[Find Information on the Sighing Masks|Sighing Masks]] — Cult splinter at large
| The [[Cult of the Dragon]] cell behind the [[Investigate the Attacks on Halia's Waypoints|Halia waypoint attacks]] was never found.
|-
| Two patrons over the party's souls — [[Raven Queen]] vs. [[Dispater]]
| Both the Raven Queen (through [[Gootcha]]'s pact and the [[Soul Token]]s) and the Hells (through [[Dispater]] / [[Zarchelia]] and the [[A Compact of restoration and continuance|Compact]]) hold competing claims on the company.
|-
| The [[Mind Gobbler]] still lives — and is adapting
| The mythic aberration beneath [[Garmok's Mine]] survived the party's retreat and learns from the magic used against it. ''<ref name="s45">[[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler|Session 45]].</ref>''
|-
| [[Ilyra Voss]]'s agenda & the illithid colony
| The drow studied the Underdark aberrations for ~450 years and used the party as test subjects. <ref name="s45-46">[[Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler|Session 45]]–[[Session 46: The Underdark Expedition|Session 46]].</ref>
|-
| ~500 red coins still in the party's bag of holding
| Kept unmelted as evidence and props <ref name="s51" />; still infernally saturated, shielded only while inside the bag.
|-
| The Cult's Tiamat temple & Infernal ritual book ([[Garmok's Mine]])
| An Infernal-dialect ritual book looted from a shrine to [[Tiamat]] in the mine <ref name="s45" />; never followed up.
|-
| Northern allies — [[Verithrax]] & [[Mick]]
| An anti-[[Tiamat]] bronze dragon and a friendly [[Marid]] genie remain in the [[Sea of Moving Ice]], sympathetic and unspent. ''<ref name="s47">[[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice|Session 47]].</ref>''
|-
| The freed lair-peoples ally network
| [[Hrimthur]], [[Ralph]], and [[Marfulb]] are standing favors and potential allies in the north. <ref name="s48-50" />
|-
| House T'sarran's drow vendetta
| The party killed Commander [[Vyran T'sarran]] and a drow priestess beneath [[Garmok's Mine]] <ref name="s46">[[Session 46: The Underdark Expedition|Session 46]].</ref>; their house may seek reprisal.
|-
| The [[Aboleth]] in the Underdark lake
| The party appeased and fled an ancient aboleth <ref name="s46" />; aboleths nurse long memories.
|-
| The [[Derro]]'s surface-trade ambitions / the "Bronze Blades" lie
| Derro traders were told by [[Shade]] that the [[Bronze Blades]] are "dwarves worth trading with" <ref name="s45" /> — a lie that could boomerang.
|-
| [[Shade]]'s mycelial visions
| [[Myconid]] rapport spores gave Shade vivid hallucinations <ref name="s46" />. Possibly meaningful foreshadowing.
|-
| Unexplored relics from Garmok's hoard
| A "strange crown" and a "funerary urn with unknown remains" remain unexamined <ref name="s44">[[Session 44 - Garmok's Mine|Session 44]].</ref>.
|}
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'''See all:''' [[Quests|Quest Tracker]] • [[:Category:Quest Leads|All Quest Leads]]


== The Party ==
== The Party ==
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'''[[Shade]]'''
'''[[Shade]]'''
''Tiefling • College of Lore Bard''
''Tiefling • Wizard (reforged from Bard)''
<span style="color:#555;">Zhentarim</span>
<span style="color:#555;">Zhentarim</span>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">Secrets travel faster when you sing them first.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">Secrets travel faster when you sing them first.</div>
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'''[[Xanphina]]'''
'''[[Xanphina]]'''
''Half-Orc • Path of the Ancestral Guardian''
''Orc • Path of the Ancestral Guardian''
<span style="color:#555;">Order of the Gauntlet</span>
<span style="color:#555;">Order of the Gauntlet</span>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">When the ancestors speak, the living listen.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">When the ancestors speak, the living listen.</div>
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'''[[Gootcha]]'''
'''[[Gootcha]]'''
''Half-Elf • Phantom Rogue''
''Half-Elf • Phantom Rogue''
<span style="color:#555;">Harpers</span>
<span style="color:#555;">Harpers</span>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">The dead keep receipts. Gootcha collects them.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">The dead keep receipts. Gootcha collects them.</div>
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'''[[Keyleth]]'''
'''[[Keyleth]]'''
''Wood Elf • Swarmkeeper Ranger''
''Wood Elf • Swarmkeeper Ranger''
<span style="color:#555;">Emerald Enclave</span>
<span style="color:#555;">Emerald Enclave</span>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">A thousand wings; one purpose.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">A thousand wings; one purpose.</div>
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'''[[Karma]]'''
'''[[Karma]]'''
''Tabaxi • Circle of the Moon Druid''
''Tabaxi • Circle of the Moon Druid''
<span style="color:#555;">Emerald Enclave</span>
<span style="color:#555;">Emerald Enclave</span>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">Curiosity didn’t kill the cat. It made them legendary.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">Curiosity didn't kill the cat. It made them legendary.</div>
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'''[[Alexios]]'''
'''[[Baelgrum]]'''
''Human • Oath of Vengeance Paladin''
''Dwarf • Cult-hunter (joined S50, in [[Alexios]]'s place)''
<span style="color:#555;">Devout of Athena</span>
<span style="color:#555;">Dawnbringers</span>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">Mercy is a gift. Justice is a promise.</div>
<div style="font-size:90%; color:#333;">Dragonfight! I think I like you people already.</div>
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'''Retired/Former Members:''' [[Alexios]] (soul lost in the Hells, S50) • [[Bechamel]] • [[Bruder]] • [[Thurmin (Retired)]] • [[Swarm of Rats]] • [[Cosima]]
'''Your people:''' each of you now commands a standing group of faction personnel — see '''[[Faction Retinues]]'''.


== Factions & Power Players ==
== Factions & Power Players ==
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| [[The Harpers]]
| [[The Harpers]]
| Quiet influence, protecting the Realms through secrets and leverage.
| Quiet influence, protecting the Realms through secrets and leverage.
| [[Gootcha]] is a member. Allies… so long as you don’t get loud.
| [[Gootcha]] is a member. Allies… so long as you don't get loud.
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|-
| [[Order of the Gauntlet]]
| [[Order of the Gauntlet]]
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| Profit, influence, and control of trade—by contract or coercion.
| Profit, influence, and control of trade—by contract or coercion.
| [[Shade]] is a member. Friends with benefits. And receipts.
| [[Shade]] is a member. Friends with benefits. And receipts.
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| [[Dawnbringers]]
| Drive back the undead and carry the dawn into dark places.
| [[Baelgrum]] was sworn in at [[Nuts Deep]] <ref name="s53" />, along with his squire.
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| [[Cult of the Dragon]]
| [[Cult of the Dragon]]
| Power through draconic tyranny; bringing back the Dragon Queen.
| Power through draconic tyranny; bringing back the Dragon Queen.
| Your enemy. Their plans have plans.
| Your enemy. They are watching you, and they keep sending people to kill you.
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| [[Council of Waterdeep]]
| Coordinating the defense of the Sword Coast against Tiamat's return.
| Allies. Marshal [[Ulder Ravengard]] gave you a fort.
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| [[Arcane Brotherhood]]
| Arcane power and knowledge, from the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]].
| In your debt since [[Luskan]] was cured; sending mages to Waterdeep.
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== Places to Know ==
== Places to Know ==
''Every location below is on the [[Map of Faerûn|interactive maps]].''
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! style="width:33%;" | Regions & Cities
! style="width:33%;" | Regions & Cities
! style="width:33%;" | Dungeons & Ruins
! style="width:33%;" | Dungeons & Ruins
! style="width:34%;" | Travel & Maps
! style="width:34%;" | Browse
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* [[Waterdeep]]
* [[Waterdeep]]
* [[Baldur's Gate]]
* [[Baldur's Gate]]
* [[Greenest]]
* [[Elturel]]
* [[Luskan]]
* [[Boareskyr Bridge]]
* [[Sword Coast]]
* [[Sword Coast]]
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* '''[[Nuts Deep]]''' ''(yours)''
* [[Wave Echo Cave]]
* [[Wave Echo Cave]]
* [[Thundertree]]
* [[Thundertree]]
* [[Castle Naerytar]]
* [[Castle Naerytar]]
* [[Dead Moors]]
* [[Dead Moors]]
* [[Cragmaw Castle]]
* [[Cave of Dragon Eggs]]
* [[Carnath Roadhouse]]
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* [[Routes & Roads]]
* [[Map of Faerûn]] ''(interactive)''
* [[Sea Lanes]]
* [[:Category:Locations|All Locations]]
* [[Maps]]
* [[:Category:Lost Mine of Phandelver|LMoP Locations]]
* [[:Category:Rise of Tiamat|RoT Locations]]
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== NPC Index ==
== Notable NPCs ==
* [[NPC Index#Allies|Allies]]
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* [[NPC Index#Enemies|Enemies]]
! Allies
* [[NPC Index#Neutrals|Neutrals]]
! Enemies
* [[NPC Index#Missing|Missing / Unknown]]
! Browse
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* [[Sildar Hallwinter]]
* [[Gundren Rockseeker]]
* [[Leosin Erlanthar]]
* [[Governor Nighthill]]
* [[Ontharr Frume]]
* [[Jamna Gleamsilver]]
* [[Maccath the Crimson]]
* [[Ulder Ravengard]]
* [[Carl]]
* [[Othavir]] & [[Bolo]] ''(the bridge's new friends)''
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* [[Nezznar]] (The Black Spider) - Defeated
* [[Rezmir]] (The Black Dragon Lady)
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Latest revision as of 20:14, 17 September 2026


Quick Start
Campaign
  • Setting: Sword Coast, Faerûn (1489 DR)
  • Arc: Rise of Tiamat
  • Previously: Lost Mine of Phandelver
  • Home: Nuts Deep

Welcome to the Campaign Codex

A living record of legends, lies, and very expensive mistakes.

This wiki tracks the lore, people, places, and consequences of your adventures across the Sword Coast, now in 1489 DR. Start with the Active Quests or check the latest Session Logs.

Map of Faerûn — the interactive maps. Click a region to zoom in: The Sword Coast · The North · The Heartlands · Anauroch · The Lands of Intrigue

The party's living travel map — position, trails, and what you've discovered — is the Hex-Crawl app.

Current Arc: Rise of Tiamat

What you know: A cult devoted to the Dragon Queen gathers power, allies, and treasure—seeking to unmake the balance of the Realms. They hold the Draakhorn, a horn that can muster dragons across the North, and are working toward summoning Tiamat herself. What you need: Leads, leverage, and friends in high (and low) places. What's new: You are on Varram the White's trail northeast of Boareskyr Bridge — and the serpent-folk are hunting her too.

Active Quests

Quest Status Key NPCs
Investigate the Cult of the Dragon Active - The overarching war against the Cult. Their method is now known: a randomized list of soft targets raided to feed a god-sized hoard, layered information control, standing surveillance of the party, and repeated assassination squads [1]. At Boareskyr Bridge their agents knew Deez Nuts by name and demanded the party's captured Orbs of Dragon's Breath back [2] Leosin Erlanthar, Council of Waterdeep
Stop the Summoning of Tiamat / Recover the Draakhorn Active - The Cult holds the Draakhorn. Maccath the Crimson plans magic items placed along the Sword Coast to suppress its call — she may need something representing each chromatic dragon color [1] Maccath the Crimson, Cult of the Dragon
Find Varram the White Active — in pursuit - The bridge reached [2]: Varram was there weeks ago — "the hero of Boareskyr Bridge" for killing Yuan-ti spies — and her trail runs northeast along the Winding Water, clawed inhuman tracks and all. The yuan-ti hunt her with her portrait sewn into their flesh Varram the White, Ulder Ravengard
Restore Nuts Deep Active - Elturel's craftsmen and supplies are standing up the fort [3]; a working teleportation circle waits in the mage tower; every PC's retinue leader is stationed there [2] Ulder Ravengard, Thavius Kreeg
Stop Rezmir and the Black Dragon Lady Active - Rezmir fled Castle Naerytar with the Red Wizard Rath Modar; her soul is owed to the Raven Queen Rezmir, Rath Modar
Rite of Sundering Active - Find The Ashtongue to mend the infernal rift beneath Garmok's Mine — the rift that saturated the blood-red coins [4]; still open, still seeping The Ashtongue, Xanphina
Report Findings to Council of Waterdeep Ongoing - Reported to Marshal Ulder Ravengard in S52; Maccath the Crimson and the Arcane Brotherhood delegation are Waterdeep-bound to brief the Council directly Council of Waterdeep, Ulder Ravengard, Remalia Haventree

Faction charges (tracker): Dawnbringer Charge: The Foreseen Artifact (Baelgrum, open-ended) • Harper Dispatch: A Source at the Bridge (Gootcha — source recruited S54; ledger copy open) • Zhentarim Instruction: An Asset at the Bridge (Shade — complete S54)

Recently Completed (Rise of Tiamat)

Completed Quests (Lost Mine of Phandelver)

See all: Quest Tracker • All Quests • Completed • Active

Quest Leads

Quest Leads are breadcrumbs, rumors, and mysteries the party has encountered but hasn't fully pursued yet. Unlike active quests, these are hints that could develop into full quests when investigated. (Full list on the Quest Tracker.)

Quest Lead What's Known
Why are the Yuan-ti hunting Varram? (new, S54) Serpent-spies at Boareskyr Bridge were watching for the dwarf, and a dead yuan-ti tracker carried her portrait sewn into secret pockets in its own flesh. Nobody knows why the Serpent Hills want the Wyrmspeaker.
Who is the "us" that wants the orbs back? (new, S54) The Cult's lead agent at the bridge: "I've heard that maybe you've acquired one or more of those orbs. I would appreciate if you returned them to us." Somebody is counting the Orbs of Dragon's Breath — and knows Deez Nuts has them.
Yuan-ti attacks on the Trade Way (new, S54) Many attacks on travelers between Boareskyr Bridge and Dragonspear Castle; tracking raiders back would cull the clutch.
The Cult's treasure-sense [1] At the razed homesteads, survivors said that after the houses burned "the cultists went right in through the ashes and pulled out the small amount of gold and jewelry that we had" — as if they could smell it. Baelgrum flagged it; nobody followed up. [2]
Morrow and Vex escaped [1] Two assassins from The Turnip Wagon Ambush got away — Morrow stabbed himself to trigger a Contingency and dimension-doored out with Vex. They still hold the squad's sending stone and their halves of the call-and-response key.
The Cult is watching Deez Nuts [1] Per Rook Blackstring: "resources everywhere trying to collect as much information as possible on you. Some, their only job is just to listen." Multiple hit squads have already been sent, and the Cult has identified Gootcha's soul-taking as its central problem.
Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star Now three stanzas — the last from Arklem Greeth's vault [3]: "The tide once turned, a debt comes due — the star that turned it, setting too." The Harpers delivered The Grove Burnings; and per Maccath the Crimson, the research itself can be divined — the Cult may know the party is looking.
The Bronze Blades frame-job fallout Shade convinced Ship Kurth and the Arcane Brotherhood that the innocent Bronze Blades carry red coins and should be searched "thoroughly" [4]. In S52 the Blades cheerfully announced they are riding north into Luskan this week — and nobody warned them.
The Goosebear — is the honk the Draakhorn? A legendary fear-honking chimera of the north; Shade suspects the "honk" may actually be the Draakhorn. Halvard Greyskein renewed his offer [4] to bankroll an expedition to its hoard, for a cut.
Voaraghamanthar's lost hoard The mine treasure was a Cult offering — his true hoard lies elsewhere, and his twin Waervaerendor may have revived him.
Arauthator's Mate (Arveiaturace) Arauthator's mate survives in the far north, driven insane by her tiefling wizard companion's death. At large — a live threat.
The Mattock of the Titan mystery Its mining magic blazed for one task then went dormant; the Svirfneblin want to know why.
The Compact's future debt The reforged party owes Lady Calera / Zarchelia aid in a coming conflict, on Dispater's warrant. S52 confirms Lady Calera is an erinyes of the second circle of Hell.
The ice hunters' grudge Bone Carver and the freed ice-hunter clan turned hostile after learning the party killed their missing brethren.
The Eye of Gilbraxis — "at least one of them" More than one Eye is implied to exist; the one Shade bears was a wizard before death.
The Sighing Masks — Cult splinter at large The Cult of the Dragon cell behind the Halia waypoint attacks was never found.
Two patrons over the party's souls — Raven Queen vs. Dispater Both the Raven Queen (through Gootcha's pact and the Soul Tokens) and the Hells (through Dispater / Zarchelia and the Compact) hold competing claims on the company.
The Mind Gobbler still lives — and is adapting The mythic aberration beneath Garmok's Mine survived the party's retreat and learns from the magic used against it. [11]
Ilyra Voss's agenda & the illithid colony The drow studied the Underdark aberrations for ~450 years and used the party as test subjects. [12]
~500 red coins still in the party's bag of holding Kept unmelted as evidence and props [4]; still infernally saturated, shielded only while inside the bag.
The Cult's Tiamat temple & Infernal ritual book (Garmok's Mine) An Infernal-dialect ritual book looted from a shrine to Tiamat in the mine [11]; never followed up.
Northern allies — Verithrax & Mick An anti-Tiamat bronze dragon and a friendly Marid genie remain in the Sea of Moving Ice, sympathetic and unspent. [13]
The freed lair-peoples ally network Hrimthur, Ralph, and Marfulb are standing favors and potential allies in the north. [9]
House T'sarran's drow vendetta The party killed Commander Vyran T'sarran and a drow priestess beneath Garmok's Mine [14]; their house may seek reprisal.
The Aboleth in the Underdark lake The party appeased and fled an ancient aboleth [14]; aboleths nurse long memories.
The Derro's surface-trade ambitions / the "Bronze Blades" lie Derro traders were told by Shade that the Bronze Blades are "dwarves worth trading with" [11] — a lie that could boomerang.
Shade's mycelial visions Myconid rapport spores gave Shade vivid hallucinations [14]. Possibly meaningful foreshadowing.
Unexplored relics from Garmok's hoard A "strange crown" and a "funerary urn with unknown remains" remain unexamined [15].

See all: Quest Tracker • All Quest Leads


The Party

Shade Tiefling • Wizard (reforged from Bard) Zhentarim

Secrets travel faster when you sing them first.

Xanphina Orc • Path of the Ancestral Guardian Order of the Gauntlet

When the ancestors speak, the living listen.

Gootcha Half-Elf • Phantom Rogue Harpers

The dead keep receipts. Gootcha collects them.

Keyleth Wood Elf • Swarmkeeper Ranger Emerald Enclave

A thousand wings; one purpose.

Karma Tabaxi • Circle of the Moon Druid Emerald Enclave

Curiosity didn't kill the cat. It made them legendary.

Baelgrum Dwarf • Cult-hunter (joined S50, in Alexios's place) Dawnbringers

Dragonfight! I think I like you people already.

Retired/Former Members: Alexios (soul lost in the Hells, S50) • Bechamel • Bruder • Thurmin (Retired) • Swarm of Rats • Cosima

Your people: each of you now commands a standing group of faction personnel — see Faction Retinues.

Factions & Power Players

Faction What They Want Your Relationship
The Harpers Quiet influence, protecting the Realms through secrets and leverage. Gootcha is a member. Allies… so long as you don't get loud.
Order of the Gauntlet Justice, courage, and the smiting of evil with extreme enthusiasm. Xanphina is a member. Respect earned through deeds.
Emerald Enclave Balance of nature; stopping threats that scar the land and wild places. Keyleth and Karma are members. The wild remembers kindness.
Zhentarim Profit, influence, and control of trade—by contract or coercion. Shade is a member. Friends with benefits. And receipts.
Dawnbringers Drive back the undead and carry the dawn into dark places. Baelgrum was sworn in at Nuts Deep [3], along with his squire.
Cult of the Dragon Power through draconic tyranny; bringing back the Dragon Queen. Your enemy. They are watching you, and they keep sending people to kill you.
Council of Waterdeep Coordinating the defense of the Sword Coast against Tiamat's return. Allies. Marshal Ulder Ravengard gave you a fort.
Arcane Brotherhood Arcane power and knowledge, from the Host Tower of the Arcane. In your debt since Luskan was cured; sending mages to Waterdeep.

Places to Know

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Notable NPCs

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Map of Faerûn The interactive maps — click a region to zoom in on the Sword Coast, the North, the Heartlands, Anauroch, or the Lands of Intrigue
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Faction Retinues How the faction personnel each of you commands work — size, postings, travel, orders, and losses
Tempered Soul The party's shared infernal feat — Aspects, the charge economy, and the usage log
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In the Sword Coast, history isn't written by victors—it's written by survivors.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Session 52.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Session 54.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Session 53.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Session 51.
  5. ↑ Session 54 — Bolo signed at Boareskyr Bridge.
  6. ↑ Session 53 — the Battle of Nuts Deep.
  7. ↑ Session 43–Session 44 — Garmok freed, Voaraghamanthar slain.
  8. ↑ Session 47–Session 48 — freed from Oyaviggaton.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Session 48–Session 50.
  10. ↑ Session 51 — cause: the party's own spending of 6,000 coins from Garmok's Mine — cure: cumulative 3rd-level magical fire melts them; Luskan cured city-wide.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Session 45.
  12. ↑ Session 45–Session 46.
  13. ↑ Session 47.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Session 46.
  15. ↑ Session 44.
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