Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

Masters & Marauders
Molescu, Nicolai (Magic User 4, N),
hermit and alchemist. Nicolai is a former
slave of the Iron Ring. He hides in the hills
near Gorica to avoid the Iron Ring slave
hunters who would bring him back to work
as their alchemist in Fort Doom. Nicolai
has befriended the Ogre Ongah during
their escape from the Black Eagle Barony
(see River of Blood for more details).
“Madame Olga” (Magic User 7, C),
Alphatian exile. Posing as a brothel
maitresse in Riverfork Keep, Madame Olga
is actually a moderately powerful wizard.
She actually prefers her current
arrangement to her life in Alphatia, and is
very careful about her past. Magame Olga,
thanks to her profession, is also privy to
many secrets about Riverfork Keep, and
even more distant areas (see Riverfork
Keep for more details).
Hammell Ironhand 8 (Dwarf 7, N), son of
Cronak. An adventurer, member of the
Chaotic Crusaders of the Cruth Mountains.
He wields Bedlam’s Hammer. The Chaotic
Crusaders oppose law (and especially the
Duke’s rule), but are not otherwise evil,
though their methods may cause
unwanted troubles to the local population,
as their exploits tend to irritate the
goblinoids, leading to increases in the
number of raids.
Master Haxmal (Magic User 8, C), Iron
Ring lesser master. Haxmal is in charge of
the Iron Ring operations in the eastern
Cruth Lowlands. He is also looking for the
Regalia of Achelos as a personal project. If
he survives the attack on the Iron Ring
enclave, he may come back with a strike
force (10 Hounds and three Reavers) to
steal or otherwise recover the Regalia. He
will select the three Reavers to cover all
basic classes (i.e., one Fighter, Thief and
Cleric).
Ongah (Ogre NM, C). Nicolai Molescu’s
friend and bodyguard, Ongah was once
captured by the Iron Ring and was about
to be brainwashed by the slavers to
become the first of a new kind of Hounds
of the Iron Ring. He is brave but naive and
not very intelligent, and defers to Nicolai in
most matters.
Trundlestump, Kara (Halfling 5, C),
known as “Aelfwine” in Riverfork, is a spy
from the Five Shire, magically disguised as
a elf-blooded human (see Riverfork Keep
for more details).
8 From the Dungeon Master’s Survival Kit.
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