Quests
Quests
A comprehensive list of all quests undertaken by the party across their adventures in the Sword Coast. (Reconciled against Sessions 42–50, June 2026.)
Active Quests
These quests are currently in progress or available to pursue.
| Quest | Campaign Arc | Status | Key NPCs | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigate the Cult of the Dragon | Rise of Tiamat | Active — the overarching war against the Cult and its plan to summon Tiamat | Leosin Erlanthar, Council of Waterdeep | Sessions 18–50+ |
| Stop the Summoning of Tiamat / Recover the Draakhorn | Rise of Tiamat | Active — the Cult holds the Draakhorn (a horn that musters dragons within 2,000 miles); learned from Maccath the Crimson in S48 | Maccath the Crimson, Cult of the Dragon | Sessions 48–50+ |
| Find Varram the White | Rise of Tiamat | Active — track down the Wyrmspeaker who lost the White Dragon Mask, last seen near Boareskr Bridge | Varram the White, Remalia Haventree | Sessions 43+ |
| Stop Rezmir and the Black Dragon Lady | Rise of Tiamat | Active — Rezmir fled Castle Naerytar with the Red Wizard Rath Modar; her soul is owed to the Raven Queen | Rezmir, Rath Modar | Sessions 27–28+ |
| Rite of Sundering | Rise of Tiamat | Active — find The Ashtongue to mend the infernal rift beneath Garmok's Mine; charged to Xanphina by Garmok's spirit | The Ashtongue, Xanphina | Sessions 45+ |
| Report Findings to Council of Waterdeep | Rise of Tiamat | Ongoing — standing reporting obligation to the Council on Cult activity and progress | Council of Waterdeep, Remalia Haventree, Ontharr Frume | Sessions 43+ |
Completed Quests
Rise of Tiamat
| Quest | Description | Key NPCs | Outcome | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigate Garmok's Mine | Clear the haunted mine in the Mere of Dead Men and uncover what the Cult sought there | Garmok the Chainbearer, Voaraghamanthar | Mine cleared; Garmok's spirit freed from holding the hell-rift; the black dragon Voaraghamanthar slain | Sessions 43–44 |
| Find Maccath the Crimson | Locate the missing Arcane Brotherhood dragon expert in the Sea of Moving Ice | Maccath the Crimson, Verithrax, Remalia Haventree | Found and freed from Arauthator's lair at Oyaviggaton; she rejoins the Arcane Brotherhood with the party's escort | Sessions 47–48 |
| Defeat Arauthator (Old White Death) | Survive and slay the ancient white dragon holding Maccath and an enslaved ice-hunter clan | Arauthator, Lady Calera, Maccath the Crimson | After a total party kill and an infernal bargain, the reforged party slew Arauthator in a single time-frozen volley; ice hunters freed, dragon harvested | Sessions 48–50 |
| Infiltrate the Masquerade of Whispers | Get inside the secret society of scholars trading books stolen from Candlekeep's infernal section | Shade, Candlekeep | Party infiltrated the Masquerade at Candlekeep and gained access to its traded knowledge (session to confirm) | TBC |
| Investigate the Attacks on Halia's Waypoints | Stop the raids on Halia Thornton's Zhentarim waypoints along the Phandalin trade routes | Halia Thornton, Cult of the Dragon, Thurmin | Crisis resolved by delivering the missing magic items; attackers identified as a Cult splinter (the Sighing Masks), who remain at large | TBC |
Lost Mine of Phandelver
| Quest | Description | Key NPCs | Reward | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rescue Gundren Rockseeker | Save the dwarf prospector from goblin captors | Gundren Rockseeker, King Grol, Sildar Hallwinter | Gundren's gratitude, info about Wave Echo Cave | Sessions 1-5 |
| Find Wave Echo Cave | Discover the legendary lost mine and its magical forge | Gundren Rockseeker, Nundro Rockseeker, Nezznar | 10% mine profits, Forge of Spells access | Sessions 8, 12 |
| Defeat the Black Spider | Stop Nezznar from claiming the Forge of Spells | Nezznar (The Black Spider) | Black Spider's equipment, safety of Wave Echo Cave | Session 12 |
| Clear the Redbrand Menace | Eliminate the Redbrand gang terrorizing Phandalin | Glasstaff (Iarno Albrek) | Treasure, peace in Phandalin | Sessions 2-3 |
Quest Leads & Open Hooks
Threads the party has uncovered but not yet pursued — rumors, omens, and unfinished business that could become full quests.
| Lead | What's known |
|---|---|
| Prophecy of the Thorn-Born Star | "Five heads rising from the shadow's root" — a prophecy of Tiamat's return; Maccath the Crimson is researching it. |
| The Goosebear — is the honk the Draakhorn? | A legendary fear-honking chimera of the north; Shade suspects the "honk" may actually be the Draakhorn. |
| Voaraghamanthar's lost hoard | The mine treasure was a Cult offering, not his hoard — his real hoard lies elsewhere, and his twin Waervaerendor may have revived him. |
| Arauthator's Mate (Arveiaturace) | Arauthator's grieving mate still flies with her dead tiefling wizard-rider; she remains at large in the Sea of Moving Ice. |
| 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. |
| The ice hunters' grudge | Bone Carver and the freed ice-hunter clan turned hostile after learning the party killed their missing brethren — a future blood-enemy. |
| 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 tracked down; identity, leadership, and whereabouts unknown. |
| Two patrons over the party's souls — Raven Queen vs. Dispater | Both the Raven Queen (through Gootcha's pact and her Soul Tokens) and the Hells (through Dispater / Zarchelia and the Compact) hold competing claims on the company. The Raven Queen blessed the infernal resurrection in S49, yet "has questions" about devils meddling in the natural order of death (S44) — a brewing conflict, or alliance of convenience, between death-goddess and archdevil. (S44, S49–50) |
| The Mind Gobbler still lives — and is adapting | The mythic illithid-made aberration beneath Garmok's Mine survived the party's retreat; per Ilyra Voss it learns from the magic used against it and grew a new mythic phase. It devoured every mind flayer near it. Left alive and growing stronger. (S45) |
| Ilyra Voss's agenda & the illithid colony | The drow has studied the Underdark aberrations for ~450 years alongside an illithid observer, and used the party as unwitting test subjects. Her true goals and the mind flayer presence under Garmok's Mine are unresolved. (S45–46) |
| The blood-red infernal gold | A cache of blood-red gold coins (~6,400 gp) was found in the same Garmok's Mine vault as the Eye of Gilbraxis and a Wand of Protection from Good (S44), and later spent on cold-weather gear (S47). Its infernal origin has never been explained. |
| The Cult's Tiamat temple & Infernal ritual book (Garmok's Mine) | The party looted an Infernal-dialect ritual book from a Cult of the Dragon shrine to Tiamat inside the mine (S45) and read it via the Eye of Gilbraxis; its contents and the Cult's purpose there were never followed up. |
| Northern allies — Verithrax & Mick | An anti-Tiamat adult bronze dragon (Verithrax) and a friendly Marid genie (Mick, with a wish on cooldown) remain in the Sea of Moving Ice, sympathetic and unspent — potential allies for the Well of Dragons endgame. (S47) |
| The freed lair-peoples ally network | With Arauthator dead, the frost giant Hrimthur (pledged his axe, survived), the troll Ralph, and the ice-toad scholar Marfulb are standing favors and potential allies in the north. (S48–50) |
| House T'sarran's drow vendetta | The party killed Commander Vyran T'sarran and a drow priestess of a raiding party beneath Garmok's Mine (S46); their house may seek reprisal. |
| The Aboleth in the Underdark lake | The party appeased and fled an ancient aboleth lurking in a lake beneath Garmok's Mine (S46); aboleths nurse long memories. |
| The Derro's surface-trade ambitions / the "Bronze Blades" lie | Derro traders beneath Garmok's Mine want a surface trade route and were told by Shade that the Bronze Blades are "dwarves worth trading with" (S45) — a lie that could send the Derro looking for the real party. |
| Shade's mycelial visions | Myconid rapport spores gave Shade vivid hallucinations — a spectral winged creature and a mystical forest scene (S46). Whether they were meaningful foreshadowing is unknown. |
| Unexplored relics from Garmok's hoard | Two items from Garmok's Mine remain unexamined — a "strange crown" and a "funerary urn with unknown remains" (S44). |
Quest Categories
Browse quests by type:
- Active Quests — Currently available or in progress
- Completed Quests — Successfully finished
- Lost Mine of Phandelver Quests
- Rise of Tiamat Quests
Quest Statistics
By Arc
- Lost Mine of Phandelver: 4 quests (4 completed, 0 active)
- Rise of Tiamat: 11 tracked (5 completed, 6 active/ongoing), plus open leads
- Total: 15 quests tracked
By Status
- Active / ongoing: 6 quests
- Completed: 9 quests
- Open leads / hooks: 21 threads
Creating New Quests
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