The delvers in my 1st Edition AD&D campaign have been exploring a mysterious castle that appeared almost overnight. This castle threatens the safety of the kingdom as it is on a tall mountain overlooking the capital city of Barrowmar and the adventurer’s own keeps. No mountain existed there before either. So it was paramount that the adventurers find out what this castle is all about, who lives there….and what they want.
So far they have found that the upper level contained red walls, floors and ceilings. All of the creatures therein were fire related. The next level was blue. And all of the creatures on that level were lightning related. The next level was black. All of the creatures on this level are related to acid. The adventurers have found a staircase leading downward to a level painted white but are still exploring the black level before proceeding further.
Tonight was a bad night for the adventurers. The magic user went down quickly to some Xorn that ambushed them in a cavernous part of the level. But even worse…his bag of holding was destroyed along with many of the magical items carried by the party but not used regularly. A number of useful items were destroyed during the encounters on this level and this did the party more harm than any of the physical damage taken.
Other encounters included a Thesselhydra which is pictured above (sort of….actually that is a normal or lernean hydra but I had no pictures of thesselhydras so it was the closest image I had). There was also a pack of umber hulks and some Anckheg. But the most serious combat involved two Dracolisks. And it was one of these that destroyed the bag of holding.
The adventurers do not know what this castle is about. But they have discovered that it involves various elements and forms of damage. So far they have not discovered the reason for this place but they have encountered some strange and powerful skeletal warriors along with some humans wearing different colored robes. These groups apparently serve a queen of some sort but have not disclosed who she is.
