Post by DM Leverage on Mar 22, 2012 7:53:43 GMT -5
Morueme's Cave
The mountain known as Dragondoom looks out over the cold northern reaches of Anauroch from the trackless eastern reaches of the Nether Mountains. Beneath this peak, thousands of years of melt water have eaten away at a thick layer of soft limestone until little is left of it but a forest of fanglike stalactites and stalagmites, with huge gaps between them. For as long as anyone can remember, these linked caves have been the home of the Blood of Morueme, a family of blue dragon descended hobgoblins from a common ancestor.
Morueme females are driven forth from the clan or slain when they reach mating age; there are seldom more than six dragons sharing the caverns at any time. Each dragon maintains its own hoard and sleeping-cavern, building its own staff of loyal (or cowed) hogboglin servants. Five dragons inhabit the caverns just now, and the cumulative treasure they have inherited or won for themselves is staggering in total amount (probably hundreds of thousands of coins per wyrm, to say nothing of the heaps of gems they hold dear).
For many years, the Moruemes were ruled by Kizilpazar, the ancient blue patriarch of the clan. His strong and ambitious sons Nahaunglaroth and Roraurim turned on their sire last year and destroyed him. They then drove out Kizilpazar's younger mate Idrizaele, who perished in her rash assult against the Monastery of the Lady's Hand. Surprised by Idrizraele's death, the two brothers reacted swiftly to punish the monastery in order to make sure that no one else would dare lift a hand against a blue dragon in the Nether Mountains.
Nahaungloroth and Roraurim are both male mature adult blue dragons and 5th level sorcerers. Eshaedra, an adult female from the Nelanther, is the mate of Nahaunglaroth. They are childless, but Roraurim and Faephaele (a mature adult female whom Roraurim found lairing north of Turmish) have a male wyrmling, whom they've named Arharzel after a grandsire of fearsome reputation. Soon it will be time for him to hunt alone.
The Morume dragons have learned to largely avoid humans. They hate orcs and ogres (except as meals), and they devote their lives to increasing their mastery of magic. They study Aragrakh, Chondathan, Common, Illuskan, and Netherese - the latter to better serve them in their use of the many powerful ancient spellbooks that are their most valued (and best hidden) items of treasure. Though they need not study to memorize spells, perusing the tomes inspires and guides them in crafting new magics.
The high slope of Dragondoom Mountain holds the mouthlike main entrance to the Morueme lair. The rock ridges below sport the rough turrets of Doomspire, a hobgoblin castle built into the side of the mountain and linked by lesser caves to the Morume lair. Here for the last few centuries have dwelt hogoblins of the Red Flayer tribe, serving the Morume dragons as fawning near-slaves. The Red Flayer suffered heavy battle losses in the attack on the Ladypeak, and now number some six hundred, under the leadership of their chieftain Haurstagh.
Traditionally mercenaries for higher, the Red Flayers defend their castle with catapults and ballistae. Younger members of the tribe chafe under Morume servitude, and will soon either revolt or depart en masse, to seek their fortunes as mercenaries in the wider world. These restless two hundred or so lack a leader thus far - but when one arises, Haurstagh knows a schism will follow soon behind.
In the meantime, each Morueme dragon expect Arhazel has forty to sixty personal Red Flayer servants, and can call on many more to fight for it if its lair is invaded and it raises an alarm. The dragons' shared caverns sport many traps arranged with a specific breed of intruder in mind: humans. (Most are rockfalls, in which rocks joined in a webwork of chains can be dropped from the caverns ceilings by a quick pull on a nearby chain.) The caavern complex also sprots several sharp bends where defending Moruemes can readily attack intruding dragons.
Source: Forgotten Realms - The Silver Marches 3.5, pg 13-14
The mountain known as Dragondoom looks out over the cold northern reaches of Anauroch from the trackless eastern reaches of the Nether Mountains. Beneath this peak, thousands of years of melt water have eaten away at a thick layer of soft limestone until little is left of it but a forest of fanglike stalactites and stalagmites, with huge gaps between them. For as long as anyone can remember, these linked caves have been the home of the Blood of Morueme, a family of blue dragon descended hobgoblins from a common ancestor.
Morueme females are driven forth from the clan or slain when they reach mating age; there are seldom more than six dragons sharing the caverns at any time. Each dragon maintains its own hoard and sleeping-cavern, building its own staff of loyal (or cowed) hogboglin servants. Five dragons inhabit the caverns just now, and the cumulative treasure they have inherited or won for themselves is staggering in total amount (probably hundreds of thousands of coins per wyrm, to say nothing of the heaps of gems they hold dear).
For many years, the Moruemes were ruled by Kizilpazar, the ancient blue patriarch of the clan. His strong and ambitious sons Nahaunglaroth and Roraurim turned on their sire last year and destroyed him. They then drove out Kizilpazar's younger mate Idrizaele, who perished in her rash assult against the Monastery of the Lady's Hand. Surprised by Idrizraele's death, the two brothers reacted swiftly to punish the monastery in order to make sure that no one else would dare lift a hand against a blue dragon in the Nether Mountains.
Nahaungloroth and Roraurim are both male mature adult blue dragons and 5th level sorcerers. Eshaedra, an adult female from the Nelanther, is the mate of Nahaunglaroth. They are childless, but Roraurim and Faephaele (a mature adult female whom Roraurim found lairing north of Turmish) have a male wyrmling, whom they've named Arharzel after a grandsire of fearsome reputation. Soon it will be time for him to hunt alone.
The Morume dragons have learned to largely avoid humans. They hate orcs and ogres (except as meals), and they devote their lives to increasing their mastery of magic. They study Aragrakh, Chondathan, Common, Illuskan, and Netherese - the latter to better serve them in their use of the many powerful ancient spellbooks that are their most valued (and best hidden) items of treasure. Though they need not study to memorize spells, perusing the tomes inspires and guides them in crafting new magics.
The high slope of Dragondoom Mountain holds the mouthlike main entrance to the Morueme lair. The rock ridges below sport the rough turrets of Doomspire, a hobgoblin castle built into the side of the mountain and linked by lesser caves to the Morume lair. Here for the last few centuries have dwelt hogoblins of the Red Flayer tribe, serving the Morume dragons as fawning near-slaves. The Red Flayer suffered heavy battle losses in the attack on the Ladypeak, and now number some six hundred, under the leadership of their chieftain Haurstagh.
Traditionally mercenaries for higher, the Red Flayers defend their castle with catapults and ballistae. Younger members of the tribe chafe under Morume servitude, and will soon either revolt or depart en masse, to seek their fortunes as mercenaries in the wider world. These restless two hundred or so lack a leader thus far - but when one arises, Haurstagh knows a schism will follow soon behind.
In the meantime, each Morueme dragon expect Arhazel has forty to sixty personal Red Flayer servants, and can call on many more to fight for it if its lair is invaded and it raises an alarm. The dragons' shared caverns sport many traps arranged with a specific breed of intruder in mind: humans. (Most are rockfalls, in which rocks joined in a webwork of chains can be dropped from the caverns ceilings by a quick pull on a nearby chain.) The caavern complex also sprots several sharp bends where defending Moruemes can readily attack intruding dragons.
Source: Forgotten Realms - The Silver Marches 3.5, pg 13-14