The Golden King
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From one of the contributing designers of "Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else Volume 1."
A greedy king. A sunken castle buried underground. Dead who walk hallways of unheard secrets.
Sorrowful songs are sung of the greedy king who built a throne room of gold. The keep of Shimmerstone¸ placed atop the richest gold mines in the continent¸ was home to Shalvek¸ the Golden King. His goldthirst turned his people into slaves¸ forsaking crops and streams for mining. Shalvek's greed forced his miners to carve nearly everything below the castle¸ searching for every single nugget of gold that could be mined. Stories of the king's rule spread far and wide¸ as do all golden tales.
A soothsayer paid him a visit¸ asking Shalvek to change his ways and accept the patronage of the traveler's deity. Shalvek laughed at the man and had him executed in his throne room as a sign to those who would dare try to turn his heart. Only stories and rumours tell what happened on the day of his execution¸ but nearby towns swear to have seen a beam of light shoot down from far above the sky. An earthquake accompanied this¸ and the keep and all of the king's lands disappeared beneath the ground.
Travelers will swear to have heard the moans of Shalvek's people coming from far below the ground¸ awake and moving nearly a century after their lives should have ended...
-Made for 5th edition D&D.
-This is a 3 to 4 hour adventure for 3rd-4th level characters.
-The adventure is entirely contained¸ so any setting can be used. There are plot hooks to get players into the story as well as how to continue the story past this adventure¸ should you choose to do so.
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