The Duchy of Ten (DA4)
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The Well of Souls...
Thats what Zugzul bade the Afridhi call the evil artifact that he had taught them to make. They must call it the Well of Souls¸ and they must carry it before them into every battle - and they would be mighty. Thus said the god of Afridhi¸ Zugzul the One.
So the Afridhi did as they were bade. Seeking the volcano called the Hill of the Hammer in the far Barrens of Karsh¸ they built in its heart a great forge. There¸ as Zugzul had promised¸ efreet came to help them make the mighty artifact. There¸ amid vile¸ unholy rites¸ they bound the souls of men into its very substance¸ and¸ as it took shape¸ they sharpened their swords for the red-handed work that must surely follow hard upon its completion.
Many were the men who guarded the Hill of the Hammer during the days of making - for their foes in hated Blackmoor would try to unmake that which they had wrought. Yet¸ it was not men that would keep the Well of Souls from destruction¸ but a prophecy - that the artifact would be unmade only by the hand of one as yet unborn!