Timeline

Day 2-3.

Overview

The battle for Vraath Keep was a great success. This leads to a number of development options.

Roller coaster

"And so they made all of the goblinoids and their allies to follow the route, 2-3 times each. First they forced them to run up to the tower and then used their magic to drop them down through a hole on the floor. They made that hole just for this enterprise."

"Yeah and those who were too tired were just defenestrated out to the castle walls."

The traveller was shacking her head. "I don't believe your fairy tales. How would you know, anyway?"

"Jorr the Ranger was there, he saw it all. We heard the story straight from himself."

"Or actually from the innkeeper Kellin Shadowbanks, but he is from the same town. Was."

The couple changed a worried look.

"We wish Drellin's Ferry would be like it was. But that is impossible."

After a moment of silence, the traveller took out two copper pieces. "One round for these poor souls, please. What happened to Vraath Keep?"

"That I do not know. They say it was originally a dakhini settlement. Some wizard was living there during The War."

"But ever since the wizard was gone, the place had been haunted, that is for sure."

Developments

• game time continues at the early morning of the next day after the assault
• two goblin word riders and a manticore ran off
• basement of the keep holds a hidden level, see below
• level up, to 5th level
• no astral explosion: combination of portable hole and boh did not happen

Notes of Wyrmlord Koth

From various sources, including letters, the map of Elsir Vale (see below) and Koth's personal notes, you collect these facts within a few hours of research and comprehend languages.

• The Red Hand horde is gathering at Cinder Hill, preparing to march on Drellin's Ferry. The horde includes several thousand goblinoid warriors (goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears), under the command of fanatical priests.
• Four commanders, Wyrmlords, lead the Red Hand. These are Koth, a goblin ranger named Saarvith, a hobgoblin bard named Ulwai Stormcaller, and a hobgoblin cleric named Hravek Kharn. Saarvith is located in the ruined city of Rhest. Wyrmlord Kharn commands the horde itself. The High Wyrmlord who rules over them all is a fearsome draconic humanoid named Azarr Kul.
• Several dragons server Azarr Kul as advisors and subcommanders. A green dragon named Ozyrrandion has visited Vraath Keep three times.
• Skull Gorge Bridge is a key site in the horde's descent from the mountains.
• Drellin's Ferry is where the initial assault will fall on Elsir Vale. Koth intended to lead the attack personally. In his absense, Ozyrrandion or some other champion will lead the attack.

NPC's met

• Jorr the Ranger
• Wyrmlord Koth
• Karkilan the minotaur bodyguard
• Kiarkha the manticore
• Catillus Matthew, rotten body found from the tower
• Ozyrrandion, a green dragon (mentioned in Koths notes)
• Amery Vraath, his skeleton is found from the basement, along with his journal

Items of interest

From barracks

• boh with 351 gp, under the bed of Karkilan

From manticores nest

• 286 gp
• a gold necklace worth of 250 gp, mundane
• dirty glamerweave cloak of protection +1, solid colour, change colour at will after attunement

Wyrmlord Koth's (found dead inside the portable hole) possessions

• +1 morningstar
• ring of resistance (acid)
• scroll of mount
• 2 x elixirs of truth

From war room

• a map of Elsir Vale with drawings and notes made in Goblin

Text of the map written for convenience. Old Galifar, Goblin

Upper half

• North Road, Lake Rhest
• Saarvith, Lizardfolk?, Rhest trail, Witchwood, Ha! Ha! Mercy! Ah!
• Witchcross, Red rock
• Day 25, Talar, Good plunder?, Elsircross, Destroy all in our path!
• Walls - Day 35, Brindol, Heavy resistance possible
• Dennovar

Lower half

• All tribes muster here under Kharn
• Cinder Hill, Skull Gorge Bridge, Ozyrrandion holds until Red Hand crosses
• Koth's base, Forest Keep
• Drellin's Ferry, Attack day 5, Can we use the dwarf bridge?
• Ghostlord
• Dawn Way, Terrelton, Attack day 12, Death to the humans!
• Not worth burning, Nimon Gap, Day 19
• Dauth, Take prisoners, Turgarun wants halflings to eat
• Prosser, Burn it

The basement

• Frost Blade
• Staff of Healing
• Doss Lute
• Gauntlets of Ogre Power
• Bracers of Archery
• glamerweave (uncommon, with raising patterns) coat of arms of Vraath Keep
• 3550 gp
• notes of credit (expired tens of years ago)
• the deed of Vraath Keep
• notes of Amery Vraath
• huge +1 spiked gauntlet (locked in Huge size category, only usable by Huge creature)
• a spellshard, this is Amery Vraath's spellbook
• 4 x portions of powdered dragonshards (one use, replaces any spell component)
• a container of raw dragonshards, too big to be put in a boh

Spellshard: This polished Eberron dragonshard fits in the hand and stores information similar to a book. A wizard can use a spellshard as a spellbook. Eberron: Rising from the Last War page 279

The journal of Amery Vraath

Long story short, he was a wizard living in this castle about 50-100 years ago. His late life goal was to purge the giants from the area. The final entry contains Amery's gloating note about having permanently solved the problem of the giants.

The deed and the container

The deed dates in years before The Last War and is verified by both House Sivis and House Kundarak. It notes that a copy of the deed is held by House Kundarak in the city vault of Gorunda Gate, in Mror Holds.

The holder of this deed is the legal owner of the castle (it is not called Vraath Keep in this old document). Or at least can try to claim the ownership, the deed would go a long way toward making that claim a legal reality.

The container holds a fortune of dragonshards in their raw form. As such, they are unusable and need refining. House Tharask has a monopoly over the trade on dragonshards.