Raven's Roost
Raven's Roost is a city in The Crucible, seen in the Nightmare campaign.
| Raven's Roost
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| Region | The Crucible | ||
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| Factions | Raven's Roost | ||
| Species | Mixed. Primarily Human | ||
| Population | Thousands | ||
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| Campaign | Nightmare | ||
| Status | Active | ||
City History
The City of Raven’s Roost is an old historical city, with many years of history. Initially founded as a church town as a symbol of friendship between the clergy of Lathander and Selune, the city only grew from there.
Notable Locations
There are several locations of note within the city of Raven’s Roost, the primary locales of note are found in the cities three districts:
Iron District
An industrial area primarily with sparse residential areas and shops places in several locations. The area is primarily known for its factories but it also has:
1. The Black Heart - An infamous pub in the city for being the favourite haunt of it’s various ne’er-do-wells. The party knows it to also be the secret hideout of Evellons crime guild.
2. The Callous Crook - A staff shop owned by Tymaldi Derringer, a Goblin Mage who sells his own homemade staffs and other magical items.
3. Final Fragrance - An alchemy shop and funeral parlor run by Grimvar, that sells various potions and poultices in addition to offering funeral services free of charge.
Gold District
The upscale economic district of the city, known for its large and fanciful apartments and shops, selling all manner of bourgeois goods from all over. The most notable shops and locations are:
1. Elegance In Steel - An Anonymous Armourer known for selling the most intricate and beautiful armour in the city, coveted by many from far and wide.
2. The Vigili Lodge - An Expensive and upscale apartment complex, rooms are 10gp a night. The party knows that Mark, the client for the job to find incriminating documents in the quarantine zone, lives here.
Stone District
The low income residential district of the city, primarily made up of housing and other residential buildings, this district has had a large portion of its area quarantined off. There are three notable locations here:
1. The Zone - A section of the city locked off by the guard due to a plague and subsequently filled with deadly gas.
2. Father Josef’s Clinic - A small clinic built to treat those suffering with the plague. Father Josef resides here, planning how to save his city from the cult and plague.
3. The Sewers - Beneath the Stone District is a massive complex of sewers stacked one on top of the other, the party had to travel through them to enter the zone. It appears somewhat filled with rats and cult activity.
Events
The Nightmare’s arrived to this city after days of travel through the ashen crucible, and arduous challenges along the way. Encountering terrible abominations in a misty forest, before arriving to town.
Arrival
The team arrived to encounter a shady guard, who directed them to a seedy bar in the iron district known as The Black Heart. It turned out to be a hideout for the criminal guild that Evellon was a member of.
Here, they found some interesting jobs to explore. Particularly a mission involving a seedy merchant, and the evident disappearance of the guild’s membership. They then set out to meet the client, a man named Mark, who tasked the party with finding incriminating evidence to discredit the now long dead merchant.
The Sewers
To accomplish their objectives, the party was required to find their into the quarantine zone, as the town was afflicted with an unknown plague…
In order to access this place, they were required to travel through the sewers. Where they encountered many dangers and particularly a group of strange infernal cultists.
These cultists who claimed to serve a devil named Orcus, summoned a bone devil by sacrificing themselves. The party had a deadly encounter with it, as 3:36 was taunted and assaulted and Lyra was almost killed leaving her with a permanent scar…
Eventually, the party escaped the depths into the…
Quarantine Zone
They arrived in the gas filled zone to find every surface covered in flesh-like growths and corpses shuffling around attacking folks.
They first encountered many dangers, before arriving at father Josefs and grimvars clinic, and being tasked to aid them in exchange for information on where to find the information they seek.
They not only aided him, but also chose to aid the people of the clinic, such as maria or lucius. Various people who needed assistance.
After this, they got the documents and were briefed of certain key information by father josef.
The Lord’s Keep
Father Josef informed the party of his theory, that some infernal force conspired to control the lord and find something beneath the city.
He provided a special meditation and tasked the party to retrieve the Scroll of Kas, a powerful divination artifact.
Before heading to the keep, the party visited the black heart. Speaking with D, the bartender about what happened to Evellons guild. She didn’t know much, beyond that the dreamer’s simply disappeared. The only other one she saw was a man, with long ears and a sharp disposition allegedly hunting a traitor, alone…
They then. infiltrated the keep, encountering a peculiar man with a gnarly burn on his face. He introduced himself as Calaxes, a former guard captain the cult attempted to assassinate. He stated he was searching for his missing family, and agreed to help the party as they too pursued the cult infecting this city.
They then explored the keep, clearing it of cultists, freeing the lord of dark influence and retrieving the scroll. They returned to the clinic, but the scroll is being obfuscated by some infernal force…
The party will need to head into the deep sewers, and use the scroll to navigate there manually…
The Deep Sewers
TBD