Vresto Mansion
This decrepit mansion about four days southwest of Korint was home to three shady characters who were happy to leave after being offered 15 gp. The cellar contained a shrine to Nerull with a phrase in Dark Speech carved into it: "I am that which grips the heart in fright, hearkens night and silences the light."
After translating it with the help of Velkor’s treasure map and solving the riddle the shrine opened up revealing a corridor behind it. The trapped corridor led to a cave infested with giant wolf spiders.
Beyond a rickety ropebridge lay a room at the end of the cave, closed off with a large stone door. Carved into the floor inside was a large heptagram that connected seven summon circles that started to produce grotesquely deformed human-like head with leathery, bat-like wings taking the place of ears.
A hidden compartment in the desk produced a curse but the adventurers were mostly shielded from it by an image of a barrowmound that suddenly appeared in the air.
The following items were found in the room:
- Ancient copper coin that makes the bearer feel nauseous - left
- Bottle of expensive wine; Vitisway ’72 - sold
- Box containing six healing potions (it turned out one was actually Assassin's blood)
- Case containing eight high-quality hand-crossbow bolts - sold
- Chapbook titled “Love Eating Prey” - Eldron
- Cloak of Many Fashions - Teresa
- Deed to the village of Hollenvik in the country of Sormark, dated 27 years ago - Angy
- Glass jar containing a fetus
- Half-finished wood carving of a pig - Richar
- Holy symbol of Nerull - Jarhil
- Iron key - Teresa
- Orb of Time - Eldron
- Ornate cane - Eldron
- Parchment with a list of names; Aella, Hekabe, Iole, Kirke, Theia - Jarhil
- Potion labeled Neakara Mana Parasite - Jarhil
- Potion labeled Otto's Arachnid Grip (Climbing)
- Rose carved from coral - Teresa
- Scrap of parchment with just the word “Isasil” on it - Angy
- Scroll of Cugel's Countered Cacophony (Silence)
- Scroll of Dweomerbane (Dispel Magic)
- Scroll of Tasha's Tempered Toxicity (Protection from Poison)
- Set of steel vials, labeled: Assassin's blood, Carrion crawler mucus, Essence of ether, Truth serum - sell
- Shark tooth with unknown sigil etched into it, your eyebrows start to singe as you hold it - left
- Small sachet filled with cinnamon - Richar
- Small, empty jewelry box made from the shell of a turtle - sell
- Wicked looking dagger made of bone; it spoke with a female voice when held
- Wig of long, brown hair - sell