TSR 1120 Ruins of Zhentil Keep.pdf

Ruins of

Zhentil Keep

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Kevin Melka and John Terra

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Contents

Sages Advice ...................................... .4

Using Zhentil Keep ........................ .5

Pre- or Post-Purge.. ......................... .6

Allies ............................................. .40

Zhentarim Agents

and Activities ............................ .41

Typical Zhentilar Outpost

(map) ..................................... 42

The Blood Axe

Smashers (sidebar). .............. .43

Joing the Black Network.. ............ .48

So You Want to

Live Forever ............................ .49

Shops and Services .................. .74

The Tower High (map). ... ..75

History of Zhentil Keep .................... .7

Founding Fathers ............................ .7

The Coming of Zhentar ................. .8

To Honor the Dead ........................ .8

Character Growth ......................... 10

The Night Plague .......................... 11

War and Trade .............................. .12

The Lord-Princes.. ........................ .13

Manshoon,

Master of the Zhentarim ...........14

Troubled Times ............................. .15

The Citadel of the Raven ............ .16

The Ogres of Thar.. ...................... .17

Years of Expansion.. ...................... .17

Counterattacked.. ......................... .19

The Taking of the Citadel.. .......... .19

The Time of Troubles.. ................. .20

Keeping the Faith.. ....................... .21

The Banedeath ............................. .21

The Consolidation ....................... .23

The Realignment ......................... .23

The Year of Discord.. .................... .23

Cyrics Plan ................................... .24

The Death of Lord Chess.. ........... .24

Strife in the City of Strife ............ .24

The Destruction of the Keep ........25

Endgame ....................................... .25

The Trouble with Deserters ......... .26

Zhentil Keep Now.. ...................... .26

The Death Toll ............................. .27

The True Timeline

of Zhentil Keep ........................ .27

Zhentil KeepNow

(Post-1368 DR) .......................... .76

The Time Period ........................... .76

Recent Events ............................... .76

Overview of the New Keep.. ........ .77

Trade ......................................... .78

The Keeps New Defenses.. ...... .78

Life in the New Keep ................... .79

Press Gangs (sidebar) ............... .79

Zhentish Slang (sidebar) ......... .80

City Scenes.. ............................. .80

Power Groups in the New Keep. ..81

Wizards Guild Rules (sidebar) ...82

The Ruler ...................................... .82

Faiths of the New Keep.. .............. .84

Building Key ................................. .85

The Shape of Things to Come .. .103

Enemy Actions.. ......................... .105

Zhentil KeepThen

(Circa 1357 DR) . ........................ .50

The Time Period.. ......................... .50

Overview of the Keep .................. .51

Common Quarter ..................... .51

Harbor District .......................... 52

Typical Zhentilar Squad

(sidebar). ............................... .52

Foreign Quarter.. ...................... .53

Inner Quarter ........................... .53

Society in Zhentil Keep ............... .54

The Working Class .................. .55

The Middle Class.. ................... .55

The Nobity and the Lords.. ..... .55

Life of a Zhent .............................. .55

Entertainment.. ........................ .56

Family Life.. .............................. .56

Taxes ......................................... .57

Justice.. ...................................... .57

The Magistrate.. ................. .57

Bribery.. .............................. .58

Power Groups ............................... .59

Rulers of Zhentil Keep ................. .61

Puppet Lords ............................. .64

Faiths of the Keep.. ....................... .64

Church of Bane.. ...................... .65

The Black Altar (map). ..... .66

Church of Loviatar .................. .68

Cult of Malar the Beastlord.. .. ..68

Less Influential Powers............. .69

Tempus, Lord of Battles.. ... .69

Auril, the Frostmaiden .......69

Umberlee,

the Bitch Queen ........... .69

Tymora, Lady of Luck.. ...... .69

Places of Interest .......................... ..69

Inns ........................................... .70

Taverns ..................................... .71

Towers, Temples, and Halls.. ... .72

Fzouls Tower (map). .......... .73

Hall of Knaves ............................... .106

Desmonda ................................... .106

Eshaeris ................................... .106

Fzoul Chembryl .......................... .107

Lord Orgauth .............................. .108

Abarax.. .................................. .109

Manshoon of the Zhentarim.. .... .110

Semmemon of Darkhold.. .......... .111

A PPENDIX I:

New Realms Powers ................. .113

Cyric.. .......................................... .113

Iyachtu Xvim .............................. .114

Kelemvor.. ................................... .116

Mask.. .......................................... .118

Other Gods ................................. .119

The Quick and the Dead ........... .119

The Zhentarim ................................. .31

Goals of the Black Network.. ........31

The Zhentarim

(organizational diagram). ... ..32

The Secret History ....................... .32

The Inner Circle.. ......................... .34

Bases of the Black Network ......... .34

Zhentil Keep.. ........................... .34

Darkhold.. ................................. .35

Zhentarim Tactics

at Darkhold (sidebar) .. ..36

Citadel of the Raven.. .............. .36

Opposition.. .................................. .27

The Mir (sidebar). .................... .37

A PPENDIX II: New Spells .. ........... .120

Priest Spells.. ............................... .120

Wizard Spells .............................. .123

A PPENDIX III: Magical Items .. ..... .125

Albruin.. ....................................... .125

Battle Gorget ................................ .126

Bone Mask.. ................................. .126

The Cyrinishad ............................ .127

Gargoyle Cloak ............................ .128

Mace of Darkness.. ....................... .128

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