1408 Moriggan’s Crag
HexDolmenwood Campaign Book · p.351
Open source p.351Cheery, windswept fields of crops and scarecrows. Utterly flat, aside from a single gigantic rock.
Cheery, windswept fields of crops and scarecrows. Utterly flat, aside from a single gigantic rock.
- Terrain: Farmland (2), Tithelands
- Lost/encounters: 1-in
- ### Moriggan’s Crag
- An enormous boulder juts out of the flatness of the arable plain to the south of Camp Road, visible for miles around.
Size: The rock is 100 yards high and almost 200 yards across, with a flattened top and jagged sides.
Plants: The sides and top support a rich jungle of ferns, mosses, and silver-leafed oaks.
Stairway: A stair—partly carved out of the rock, partly consisting of hanging bridges—winds around half the rock’s perimeter, ending at the summit on the south side.
Sentinels: cragwardens guard the top of the Crag at any time.
The Order of the Cragwardens
The top of the Crag has been guarded since time immemorial by the Order of the Cragwardens, a semi-secretive militia composed of folk of an active age from among the local farms and villages. The cragwardens call the Crag “Old Mother.”
Loyalty: The Order of Cragwardens is loyal to the Dukes of Brackenwold.
Duty: The Order is charged with two duties, both antiquated and defunct for many centuries. Firstly, they must guard the Crag against invasion by fairies. Secondly, they must maintain a cottage for the use of the Elder Phanatarch of the Drune (a mythical figure to these folk).
Uniform: Scarlet leggings, pointy caps of green wool, polished black leather cuirasses.
The Drune Cottage
Upon the northern edge of the Crag stands a quaint, round cottage of stacked stone, with a thatched roof and two chimneys, accompanied by a small, walled garden.
Garden: Well-maintained herb and vegetable gardens. (Its produce is consumed in the kitchens of the cragwardens.)
Interior: A single, round room containing a plump bed, a fireplace and stove, an ancient, oaken armoire, a library of curious lore (in Old Woldish), a mighty chest full of candles, and a walnut writing desk and chair. A quill, inkwell, and neatly stacked sheets of blank paper sit atop the desk.
View over Dolmenwood: Above the desk is a window, through which can be seen the seemingly endless sweep of the Dolmenwood to the north.
The spell book: One of the books of lore contains the following arcane spells, written in Drunic: Rank 1 Ingrati ate, Ioun Shard (manifests as a streak of green flame), Rank 2 Glyph of Locking.
Occupancy: The cragwardens keep the cottage clean and hospitable, but even the oldest of their number have no memory of it ever being occupied by the Elder Phanatarch.
Cragwardens
Medium Mortal—Sentient—Lawful
Level 1 AC 12 HP (4) Saves R13 H14 B15 S16 Att Ceremonial boar spear (, ) or shortsword (, ) Speed 40 Morale 8 XP 10
Summer Solstice
Upon the eve of the summer solstice (the 18th of Chysting), local people build fires atop the Crag and dance through the night. The cragwardens’ watchfulness is lax, at best, on this evening.