In Hell’s

Bright Shadow
by Crystal Frasier
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Authors • Crystal Frasier, Eric Hindley, Stephanie Lorée, and
Michael McCarthy

Cover Artist • Wayne Reynolds

Interior Artists • Dave Allsop, Eric Belisle,
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W
elcome to the sixteenth Pathfinder Adventure fostering uprisings and rebellions throughout the
Path! With Hell’s Rebels, we’re returning to nation. The Chelish government’s response is to crack
the nation we first visited with the launch of down hard, putting its major cities under martial law and
the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game—not once, but twice! forcing the Glorious Reclamation into the hinterlands
In Hell’s Rebels, players get the chance to stand up to for a time. In Hell’s Rebels, the man who brings martial
the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune and wrest a not- law to the city of Kintargo is both a Thrune and an
insignificant chunk of Cheliax away from infernal control, inquisitor of the church of Asmodeus, and it’s against
but in 7 months they’ll get a chance to offer a rebuttal him that your rebels will fight in this campaign.
with the Hell’s Vengeance Adventure Path: Paizo’s first The Glorious Reclamation has no direct role to play in
campaign designed specifically for evil characters. Hell’s Rebels other than to serve as an initial catalyst and
The events of both of these Adventure Paths are distant background flavor for what’s going on in the rest
assumed to play out simultaneously, but won’t directly of Cheliax while the events of Hell’s Rebels play out. The
overlap with each other. Both adventures are triggered next Adventure Path, Hell’s Vengeance, will put the PCs
when a group of eager Iomedaean knights manage the in the role of evil characters allied with House Thrune
unlikely feat of defeating the formidable Hellknight who face off against the Glorious Reclamation; further
Order of the Godclaw. With the recovery of a sacred information about this upstart faction of Iomedaean
Iomedaean artifact, these champions of the Glorious knights will be found in that campaign’s offerings. No
Reclamation set their sights on Cheliax itself and begin NPCs in Hell’s Rebels have any ties to the Glorious

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Reclamation. Indeed, the few Iomedaeans who are discontent. A PC who wishes to capitalize on this proclamation
present in Kintargo share the bulk of that faith’s opinion can scour the streets or sewers for feral dogs by spending 1d4 hours
that the knights of the Glorious Reclamation, while they and attempting a DC 15 Survival check. If the PC succeeds at the
In Hell’s
might have their hearts in the right place, are moving check, the party encounters 1d3 feral dogs of the proper size (use Bright
too quickly and aggressively against House Thrune in the statistics for a riding dog on page 87 of the Pathfinder RPG Shadow
an ill-advised and ill-timed revolt that will cause too Bestiary). If the PC fails the check by 5 or more, the party instead
much pain and anguish to be justified in the end. Just automatically has a wandering monster encounter (see page 81). Foreword
how much pain and anguish becomes involved will be Proclamation the Fourth: The right to wear fine
Part 1:
addressed in Hell’s Vengeance. embroidered clothing in public is hereafter proscribed Fledglings
to anyone other than agents of House Thrune or the of Silver

THRUNE’S PROCLAMATIONS Holy Church of Asmodeus. Exceptions can be awarded or

Part 2:
One of Barzillai Thrune’s first acts as lord-mayor is to issue purchased at the city’s discretion. Rebuilding the
seven proclamations. These decrees are presented in the Anyone caught wearing fine embroidered clothing must turn Ravens
Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide (available to download for free at over the clothing to the government and pay a fine equal to 10% Part 3:
paizo.com/pathfinder), but are reprinted here, along with the clothing’s market value; failure to do so results in the clothing Redactions and
Revenge
some additional notes for you on how to handle the PCs’ being impounded and the dissident being imprisoned in a guard
interactions with these unjust and darkly whimsical new tower for 1d4 days before being released. As a general rule, you NPC Gallery
laws. The proclamations are posted in public places for should let the PCs decide whether anything they buy or begin this Kintargo
all to see, and when new ones are set in place, town criers adventure owning counts as embroidered clothing—descriptions
march through the city streets announcing them. of magical items in this adventure indicate whether they are Pathfinder’s
Journal
Proclamation the First: All slayers of city pests (hereby prohibited for the purposes of this proclamation. A successful
defined as doves, mice, and ravens) who present said Disguise check opposed by a guard’s Perception check is all that’s Bestiary
pests to the dottari shall be rewarded with a bounty of needed to hide worn embroidery from view. Campaign
1 copper piece. Proclamation the Fifth: Grain is life! Should grain Outline
As this Adventure Path proceeds, the city guard is increasingly be spilled in public, it must be gathered, cleaned, and
inundated with these creatures by the city’s poor and desperate; repackaged within the hour. Any person who allows grain
after a few weeks, Thrune rescinds this proclamation with an to go ungathered after a spillage shall be fined 1 copper
announcement to the effect of “Kintargo’s streets and eaves piece per grain.
have been liberated from the blight of pests, and from this If a spill happens, a successful DC 12 Perception check is
point forward, no further bounties shall be offered for their required to gather up all grains. Failure incurs a fine of 2d100 cp.
presentation to the dottari.” Until this point, a PC who wishes If no attempt is made to gather up the grain, the fine increases to
to spend time hunting these pests can spend 2d4 hours per day 2d100+200 cp per pound of grain spilled. Failure to pay results
to attempt a single Survival check—the result is the number of in 2d6 days of incarceration in a guard tower.
pests, and thus the number of cp, earned for that day. Proclamation the Sixth: The imbibing of night tea
Proclamation the Second: All places of public business brings a dangerous imbalance to the slumbering mind.
must display in a position of prominence within the first Between the hours of sunset and sunrise, the taking of
room accessible from the building’s primary entrance tea is proscribed.
a portrait of Her Infernal Majestrix Queen Abrogail II. Anyone caught drinking tea after curfew is fined 10 gp;
Said portrait must measure no less than 11 by 17 inches. failure to pay the fine results in 1d4 days of incarceration in a
Barzillai makes affordable portraits available for sale to the guard tower.
public at a customer-friendly price of 10 gp each. Handcrafted Proclamation the Seventh: The odor and flavor of
portraits of the proper size may be substituted, provided they are mint is an abomination to the refined palate. Be not the
created with a Craft DC of 20 or higher. If the guards learn a cretin! Mint use in candies, drinks, and all manner of
business is ignoring this proclamation, they issue a writ giving confections is hereby proscribed.
the business owner 1 week to correct the error—each week that Being caught with mint candies, confections, or drinks
the error goes uncorrected, the owner is fined 20 gp. Failure to incurs a 20 gp fine; failure to pay the fine results in 1d6 days of
pay more than 4 weeks in a row results in the business being incarceration in a guard tower. Mint consumed or used in other
seized by the government. forms is not illegal.
Proclamation the Third: Anyone who captures, alive and
unharmed, a feral dog of a weight exceeding 50 pounds
is to be rewarded with a payment of 2 silver pieces upon
transfer of the dog to the dottari. Such noble guardian
creatures should find homes worthy of their kind! James Jacobs
Many of these feral dogs are destined to be used for a new form Creative Director
of excruciation called “doghousing,” which swiftly increases public [email protected]

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 IN HELL’S ADVANCEMENT TRACK

BRIGHT SHADOW
“In Hell’s Bright Shadow” is designed
for four characters and uses the
medium XP track.

PART 1: FLEDGLINGS OF SILVER 6

The PCs begin this adventure
After escaping a protest gone bad, the heroes seek to uncover clues about a group of
1 at 1st level.
legendary rebels called the Silver Ravens who helped defend the city of Kintargo during the
Chelish Civil War.

The PCs should be 2nd level by

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PART 2: REBUILDING THE RAVENS 21 the time they begin Part 2.
The heroes have taken up the mantle of the Silver Ravens, and must bring the rebellious
spirit of Kintargo back to life! As the heroes quickly learn, though, much remains to be done
to get the rebellion started.
The PCs should be 3rd level
3 before entering Hocum’s
Fantasmagorium.
PART 3: REDACTIONS AND REVENGE 37
Making contact with the Sacred Order of Archivists would be a significant boon for the
Silver Ravens, but when it becomes apparent that Thrune has destroyed the order, revenge The PCs should be 4th level by the
and recovery become the goals. adventure’s end.
ADVENTURE BACKGROUND The climax of this ritual required a particularly risky
Paracount Barzillai Thrune covets more than the throne act—Barzillai would need to cut out his own heart
of Cheliax. He wants to become Cheliax itself ! while standing in a place where the River of Souls (the
In Hell’s
Even for a Thrune, Barzillai is something of an metaphysical current that guides the recently departed Bright
extremist. A sadist and an egomaniac, he straddles the to the afterlife) had been compromised, tainted, or Shadow
divide between church and state—he is an inquisitor damaged. Such corruptions to the River of Souls are
of Asmodeus as well as a ranking member of House rare and fleeting, and finding one within Cheliax at Foreword
Thrune—but his true allegiance is to himself. He’s the right time seemed an impossible task, but here fate
Part 1:
always been something of a black sheep among the intervened. Barzillai learned of just such a perversion Fledglings
Thrunes due to his divided loyalties, and although he’s of the link between this world and the next within a of Silver

climbed the ladder in the Asmodean church to the remote, hidden temple devoted to the Whore Queen
Part 2:
upper ranks of its inquisitors, he’s reached a point where Mahathallah, a fallen psychopomp once devoted to Rebuilding the
further promotions would require abandoning ties to Pharasma who turned her back on the Lady of Graves to Ravens
his family—and thus to considerable resources and embrace her own interpretations of death. Mahathallah Part 3:
power. Trapped between what he’s come to view as two taught her favored worshipers the blasphemous secrets Redactions and
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impossible options, Barzillai has instead opted for a third of how to create a soul anchor—a lasting corruption of
choice: to transcend the two powerful organizations and the River of Souls that would allow those who died NPC Gallery
instead become the thing they serve. nearby to retain their mortal memories once they Kintargo
Barzillai’s end goal is the transposition of his achieved the afterlife. This was precisely the type of
consciousness into the realm of Cheliax itself—to become damage to the River of Souls that Barzillai needed to Pathfinder’s
Journal
an animate landmass known as a genius loci. With such a perform his ritual. He would cut out his heart while
transformation, Barzillai hopes to gain immortality and bathing in the soul anchor, then live out his days in close Bestiary
to use all who live within Cheliax, including its rulers, as proximity so that upon dying a natural death, he would Campaign
minions for his own pleasure and entertainment. immediately transform into a genius loci. An untimely Outline
Barzillai has managed to advance his hidden agenda death, Mephistopheles had warned the inquisitor,
with few others noticing. Those along the way who did would run the risk of undoing the ritual—at the very
catch on have either been sworn to secrecy as his loyal least, Barzillai would be forced to spend the remainder
followers or have met untimely ends. But keeping secrets of what would have been his natural life span being
and building a small group of devoted followers was the tormented in Hell before achieving his apotheosis.
easy part; actually achieving the strange and unusual goal Alas, the soul anchor was hidden deep below the city
of becoming a genius loci was a feat that confounded of Kintargo—probably the last place in Cheliax that
Barzillai for years. He made his greatest breakthrough Barzillai wanted to live out his days. He considered
when he disguised himself and infiltrated the Sacred putting off the ritual until his twilight years, but knew
Order of Archivists—a band of Iroran scholars dedicated that if he died before the ritual’s completion, his plans
to the protection and restoration of history—to gain would be forfeit as well. So, as distasteful as the idea
access to a portion of the Book of the Damned. Within those was, Barzillai sought reappointment to the archduchy of
profane pages, Barzillai learned how Asmodeus raised Ravounel, there to dwell the rest of his life in proximity
up the archdevil Mephistopheles from the quintessence to Kintargo’s hidden soul anchor.
of Hell’s eighth realm, Caina. So Barzillai approached Fate intervened again in Barzillai’s favor when a new
Mephistopheles with a challenge—could what had been and overzealous faction of Iomedaean knights called
done to create him be reversed? Could a living creature the Glorious Reclamation accomplished an astounding
be transformed into the world itself ? deed—the defeat of the Hellknight Order of the
Mephistopheles was intrigued by the question, almost Godclaw in distant Isger, and the recovery of an artifact
as much by the logistics of such a task as by the political sacred to its members’ faith. Bolstered by these events,
and religious ramifications of transferring a mortal life the Glorious Reclamation spread word, calling for
not to the Outer Planes, but back to the Material Plane. other believers to rise up against Asmodeus and House
But Mephistopheles does nothing for free—if Barzillai Thrune. Throughout Cheliax, knights of the Glorious
Thrune wanted the Devil King’s help, he would have Reclamation did just that, and House Thrune acted
to pay for it. And so, for the next several years, Barzillai swiftly by bringing martial law to the nation’s major
Thrune made those payments: secret sacrifices, subtle cities, forcing the upstart Iomedaean faction to flee into
adjustments to contracts he’d been involved in, stealthy more rural areas.
appropriations of church and state resources... all Barzillai was quick to volunteer to take charge of
actions meant to further the many machinations of enforcing martial law in Kintargo—a move that delighted
Mephistopheles. And in the end, Mephistopheles revealed Queen Abrogail II. Sending her creepy distant cousin off
to Barzillai the secret ritual to become a genius loci. to Kintargo solved two problems: it got Barzillai out of the

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 Chelish Heartlands so she wouldn’t have to deal with his be quickly dispersed by dottari, Hellknights of the Rack
unsavory character; and it put a Thrune in power in a place imported from the south to aid in crowd control, or the
where no others in the government wanted to go. Kintargo local militia known as the Chelish Citizens’ Group. It’s
was, after all, known for its rebellious attitude even before been a week since Thrune seized control of the city, and
the rise of the Glorious Reclamation, and this, coupled word on the street is that the largest protest yet will be
with its remote location, made it an undesirable post for gathering in Aria Park, just south of the Kintargo Opera
most Thrunes. The queen eagerly promoted Barzillai House where Barzillai Thrune has made his new home.
to the status of paracount and sent him north to keep Each PC should have his or her own reason for wishing to
Kintargo and all of the archduchy of Ravounel in line. attend this protest; the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide (available
Barzillai was swift in establishing his power over the city. online for free at paizo.com) provides several such reasons
He and his agents did their research, and 10 days before for the PCs to choose from, but feel free to allow creative
this adventure begins, a secret payment to high priestess players to come up with their own reasons if you wish.
Aluceda Zhol of Kintargo’s official temple of Zon-Kuthon
ensured the secret capture and imprisonment (and soon Kintargo Rumor Mill
thereafter, transformation into an enthralled vampire) of During this adventure, the PCs will have numerous
the city’s lord-mayor, Jilia Bainilus. Other agents spread opportunities to learn and overhear rumors about current
rumors that Jilia had abandoned Kintargo, leaving on a events in Kintargo. Some of these events are meant to
ship bound to Arcadia, giving Thrune’s appointment as an convey the tenor and ambient political situation currently
interim lord-mayor a greater degree of legitimacy. Then, affecting the city, but others directly tie in to later events
7 nights ago, Thrune and his followers struck suddenly, that the PCs can follow up on. Information in parentheses
trying to drive off, capture, or kill any known or suspected after each rumor indicates whether the rumor is simply
dissidents. Groups such as the Sacred Order of Archivists, general gossip or if it links to a specific encounter detailed
the Bellflower Network, and the underground faiths of later in the adventure—if the PCs seek to follow up on
Sarenrae and Milani found themselves waking to a day one of these rumors early, refer to the page cited for
without leadership after a night of arson and murder more information. If you roll an encounter-based rumor
known now as the Night of Ashes. that the PCs have already resolved, you should adjust the
It’s been only a week since the Night of Ashes, but rumor to account for that—having the PCs hear a growing
already the city feels like a different place. Thrune’s first number of rumors about how they solved a problem
seven proclamations (see the foreword on page 2) have is a great way to give them in-game feedback about the
given the city’s citizens a grim preview of the times to rebellion’s growing success.
come. The process of securing Kintargo is well underway, The PCs can learn rumors in numerous ways. They
and soon Barzillai hopes to be confident enough in the might overhear some during the adventure’s initial
city’s security that he can delve into the hidden shrine of encounter (see page 7) or from allies they befriend, but
Mahathallah to perform his diabolic rite. With the city’s this adventure assumes that most of the information will
influential rabble-rousers and rebels removed from the be discovered either through the Gather Information
equation, Barzillai hopes he’ll have a relatively secure rebellion action during the weekly Activity phase or in
city in which to recover from what he suspects will be a the course of play as the PCs go out on their own to dig
grueling ritual. up intelligence. A successful DC 15 Diplomacy check to
It falls to Kintargo’s newest heroes, the player characters, gather information turns up one random rumor after
to ensure that security for Barzillai Thrune is not so easy 1d4 hours of investigation.
to come by.
ARIA PARK PROTEST
PART 1: FLEDGLINGS OF SILVER The day dawns with a light drizzle as dozens of Kintargans
For a city that prides itself on its diversity, creative gather at the northern end of Aria Park, across the street
spirit, and artistry, the yoke of martial law is particularly from the opera house, to protest the paracount and his
onerous. With Barzillai Thrune’s inquisitors and proclamations. Before beginning with the protest, give
dottari (Chelish city guard) thugs growing increasingly the PCs a chance to introduce themselves to each other
aggressive in their enforcement of martial law—and his and to describe their characters. If the PCs don’t already
increasingly ridiculous proclamations—the undercurrent know each other, it’s best to assume they all start the
of revolution is building in the city. The Night of Ashes adventure in close proximity so that when the protest
only delayed the inevitability of a full-scale rebellion, and inevitably transforms into a riot, all the PCs can take
the first real hint of Kintargo’s future, and the PCs’ role in part in the resulting event. The PCs can begin anywhere
it, occurs as this adventure begins. they want on the map on page 8, but note that areas
The atmosphere in Kintargo is tense. Numerous indicated as dense crowds will impact movement once
minor protests against Thrune have popped up, only to the mayhem begins.

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Kintargo Rumors
d10 Rumor
1 “Well, I heard Lord-Mayor Bainilus didn’t flee to Arcadia at all. Broke her neck falling down a flight of stairs.
In Hell’s
Praying a bit too hard to Cailean, if you understand my meaning.” (General scuttlebutt about the previous lord- Bright
mayor; no encounter link.) Shadow
2 “Looks like Thrune’s bringing public excruciations to Kintargo. I can’t imagine that’ll increase his popularity
around these parts, even if the criminals he punishes deserve it. This ‘doghousing’ thing sounds particularly Foreword
frightening!” (General rumor about excruciations; links to An Unsanctioned Excruciation on page 35.)
Part 1:
3 “I hear the dottari guard towers are so full of prisoners now they’re keeping those they arrest in warehouses. My Fledglings
cousin even said they’re putting prisoners to work in places like Sallix Salt Works.” (Links to Prisoners of Salt on of Silver

see page 29.)

Part 2:
4 “Been hearing strange noises around the old livery again. I hope Barzillai gets the government together enough Rebuilding the
to tear that old eyesore down.” (Links to Fair Fortune Livery on page 13.) Ravens
5 “The Thrashing Badger burned down a few nights ago. They’re saying it was another bar fight gone too far, but Part 3:
they’re just a bunch of drunk old professors and barristers… Seems like a lot of places are burning down lately, Redactions and
Revenge
between this, the Silver Star, and the Victocora estate.” (Links to Investigating the Fires on page 27.)
6 “Shame they closed down the opera house—I was looking forward to seeing Shensen in the role of Aolar in NPC Gallery
Huntress of Heroes. Of course, they say she’s gone missing too—wouldn’t surprise me if she got herself thrown Kintargo
in some Thrune oubliette, the way she’s gone on about the government.” (General rumor; foreshadows the roles
of Shensen and the opera house in future adventures.) Pathfinder’s
Journal
7 “I hear that bodyguard of Thrune’s, that woman Nox, is half devil. She’s too ugly to be just human, that’s for sure!”
(General rumor about Nox; no linked encounter.) Bestiary
8 “Take care traveling alone at night in Redroof or Temple Hill. The gangs there are getting restless, and they say Campaign
the Red Jills’ boss has gone some sort of crazy.” (Links to Threat of the Red Jills on page 36.) Outline
9 “Someone’s killing tieflings down in the Devil’s Nursery. I’ve heard that whoever’s doing it is taking trophies, but
I’m not sure what kind. Sounds like the Slasher’s back... Just what we need!” (Links to Murders in the Nursery on
page 31.)
10 “Clenchjaw’s tavern has gone bad. I used to love drinking there; it was always a nice place to relax. Since the
Night of Ashes, though, the place is crowded and talk about politics has exploded—as has the number of brawls.
We got enough fighting on the streets these days. Whatever’s causing these brawls at Clenchjaw’s has ruined
one of the last places we have to escape the violence. Just a matter of time before the new government shuts
the place down, I guess. (Links to Crackdown at Clenchjaw’s on page 33.)

If you wish, you can read or paraphrase the following As the hours wear on, more and more citizens press
to get the game started and set the scene. into the area. Barzillai doesn’t take these protests
seriously, but he has still stationed a dozen dottari guards
Even with the cobblestones of Argent Avenue and the and one of his bodyguards, a scowling woman named
foliage of Aria Park still wet from the morning’s light rain, Nox (see page 48), before the locked entrance to the
dozens of Kintargans have gathered along the facade of the opera house. (This adventure assumes no protesters—
opera house to protest the city’s new lord-mayor, Paracount PCs or NPCs—make it into the opera house interior;
Barzillai Thrune. The city’s new leader was appointed by see Pathfinder Adventure Path #99: Dance of the Damned
Her Infernal Majestrix, Queen Abrogail II, in the wake of for a full map of the building if it becomes necessary.)
the previous lord-mayor’s sudden flight from the city— These guards appear nervous and edgy, but at the start
an event that still has local rumormongers whispering of the protest things remain relatively peaceful.
furiously. In a scant seven days, Paracount Thrune has Some of the protesters call for their new lord-mayor
instituted martial law, a curfew, and seven outlandish and to lift his unreasonable restrictions, while others call
polarizing proclamations. These actions and more have for an end to foreign rule and demand a proper election
called many of Kintargo’s dissatisfied citizens here on to determine Lord-Mayor Bainilus’s successor. Many
this overcast morn. There’s been no sign yet of Barzillai seem content merely to yell and agitate, but a growing
Thrune himself, and the opera house’s doors remain tightly minority show their unabashed support of Barzillai
closed—as they have since the man chose the landmark as Thrune by arguing back at the protesters. As things wear
his new home—but judging by the growing sound of the on, allow the PCs to attempt DC 20 Perception checks
protesters, he surely can’t ignore the scene on the streets to catch glimpses of a figure watching the proceedings
below much longer. from behind a mostly curtained window on the opera

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1 SQUARE = 5 FEET

house’s third floor (this is Barzillai himself, curious something of note. Roll on the Kintargo Rumors table
about the growing crowd). on page 7 to randomly determine a rumor.
The crowd gathering in the market square consists Pilfer: Criminal-minded characters can use the large
of Kintargo partisans (who despise Cheliax’s tightening gathering to line their pockets, lifting purses or goods
grip on their city and demand local rule); economic from the street vendors by succeeding at DC 20 Sleight
conservatives (who feel the squeeze as Thrune of Hand checks. A successful check earns a character
enacts new taxes and business policies); advocates 1d6 gp in coins and other small objects. If the character
of democracy (whose bitterest complaint is Thrune’s fails, roll a single Perception check at a +4 bonus to see
appointment instead of legal election); anarchists (who whether anyone notices the attempt—if someone does,
hope the protest turns into a good riot); and Chelish the pilferer can attempt a DC 20 Bluff check to play off
loyalists (who support Thrune’s actions to curb the the failed attempt at an innocent jostle. If this Bluff check
city’s dissentious streak). fails as well, cries of “Thief !” well up. Such an event likely
Inform the PCs that they can each take a number of causes the riot to trigger early—in this case, you should
actions as the day’s protest goes on, selecting from the re-stage the announcement of the eighth proclamation
following options: Listen for Rumors, Pilfer, Rabble (see Barzillai Makes an Appearance, below) to take place
Rouse, Search for a Contact, Silence Undesirable later that same evening.
Elements, or Watch the Crowd. It’s easiest to then simply Rabble Rouse: Persuasive characters may want to
roll initiative and cycle through each player to resolve better organize the protest by attempting a Diplomacy
his or her action—each action takes 1 hour of time to or Perform check. A result of at least 12 with either
perform, and you should cycle through 3 hours of actions skill grants that PC some recognition, along with a
before proceeding with the next event, Barzillai Makes an +1  circumstance bonus on any Charisma-based checks
Appearance (see page 9). for the next 24 hours. The benefits of multiple successful
Listen for Rumors: Anyone wandering the crowd can checks stack, up to a maximum bonus of +3. If a PC
listen for rumors and learn more about what’s going achieves a result of at least 20 on her check, the protesters
on in Kintargo’s new political landscape. The character instinctively know to part before that PC during the
must succeed at a DC 15 Diplomacy check to gather events immediately following—crowds at the protest no
information or a DC 15 Perception check to overhear longer count as difficult terrain for that character.

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 Search for a Contact: Depending on the options
they selected from the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide, Proclamation
some PCs might have come to the protest in search the Eighth
In Hell’s
of a mysterious contact said to be wearing a black All nonnative ships’ captains must remain on board Bright
leather glove on his right hand and no glove at all on their ships and are barred from setting foot on land Shadow
the left. Unbeknownst to these PCs, this contact is in within Kintargo’s city limits—their crew and agents are
fact Rexus Victocora, and he’s late to the protest. All free to come and go, but their actions are directly the Foreword
attempts to spot the contact before the third hour of responsibility of their captains, and any crew caught
Part 1:
the protest automatically fail. Allow the PC to attempt breaking Kintargan law shall have its punishment visited Fledglings
Perception checks if searching in the first or second upon the crew members as well as their captain. Any of Silver

hour; regardless of the result, inform him the check captain caught setting foot in Kintargo is to be punished
Part 2:
is a failure and instead allow him to retroactively take by squassation. Rebuilding the
the Watch the Crowd action. If the character attempts As a successful DC 15 Knowledge [local] check reveals, Ravens
to search for the contact during the third hour, a squassation is a form of torture in which the victim’s Part 3:
successful DC 20 Perception check allows the PC to hands are tied together and raised above the head; Redactions and
Revenge
notice his target a few moments before Barzillai makes the victim is then hung from the hands while a weight
his appearance and prevents the meeting with the is suspended from the feet, causing intense pain to the NPC Gallery
contact from occurring immediately. arms and legs. A character subjected to squassation for Kintargo
Silence Undesirable Elements: With five distinct breaking this proclamation suffers the punishment for
factions among the protesters, the message delivered 1d4 hours and takes 2d6 points of nonlethal damage Pathfinder’s
Journal
is a jumbled mess. Characters can try to silence or and 1d4 points of Dexterity damage each hour before
outshout elements of the crowd they disagree with, but being returned to her ship. Each repeat offense Bestiary
only silencing the anarchists and the Chelish loyalists increases the duration of the squassation by 1d4 hours. Campaign
has any significant effect on the rest of the campaign. Note that in this case, nonlethal damage taken in Outline
To silence a group, a PC must succeed at a DC 15 Bluff excess of the character’s normal maximum is treated
or Intimidate check—with a successful roll, that group’s as lethal damage.
message is silenced or oppressed for the duration of the
protest. Only one group can be silenced at a time, and
no more than four of the five groups can be silenced. Barzillai Makes an Appearance
If the PCs manage to silence either the anarchists or Barzillai Thrune has been watching the mob with
the Chelish loyalists, the locals have taken note; when fascination and glee from the vantage point of a window
the PCs relaunch the Silver Ravens at the start of Part 2 near the opera house balcony, checking back on the
of this adventure, they begin with three supporters. If protest’s progress throughout the day. His imposing
the PCs manage to silence both of these groups, they assistant, Nox, remains vigilant near the locked main
instead begin with six supporters. door to the opera house, ready to move against the crowd
Watch the Crowd: The PCs can simply choose to on Barzillai’s command or to use dimension door to reach
watch the crowd for anything unusual. A PC who does the lord-mayor’s side to help protect him in the event of
so can attempt a Perception or Sense Motive check. an assassination attempt. No such attempt is made on
With a result of 10 or higher, the PC notes that the the powerful inquisitor’s life at this time unless the PCs
crowd’s general mood is agitated and discontented, are foolish enough to attempt one themselves (such an
but not overtly violent. With a result of at least 15, the attack simply triggers the riot early and should have no
PC notices a pickpocket—if she calls out the thief, the real chance of doing Barzillai any lasting harm).
criminal either runs off or is arrested by the dottari, As the protest’s third hour draws to a close, no
and the grateful would-be victim rewards the PC with skill check is needed to note that the crowd’s tenor is
1d6 gp. With a result of 20 or higher, the PC notices that increasingly hostile. At 3 minutes after the third hour,
there seems to be some sort of unusual subcurrent in the bells of the Cathedral of Asmodeus ring out three
the crowd’s movement, as if there were an organizing peals (for no apparent reason, as is the norm for these
force among the people. In this event, the PC has bells—see “A Song of Silver” for more details and the
unknowingly picked up on the provocateurs preparing truth behind the ringing of these bells). A moment
to trigger a riot, and when that event begins, any PC who later, Barzillai Thrune throws wide the windows and
achieved this level of success gains a +4 bonus on her their curtains to address the crowd below. Thrune is
Initiative check. an imposing man dressed in red, orange, and black
Story Award: For each successful action taken by a clothing and an ornate breastplate, all emblazoned with
PC during the protest, award the party 400 XP, up to a the pentagram of Asmodeus and the cross of Cheliax.
maximum total of 1,600 XP. Middle-aged, with short, dark hair and a diabolical

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 A Lovely Little Riot (CR 1+)
Thrune’s eighth proclamation is the first to specifically
What Is Nox? issue a form of torture as punishment rather than just
It’s important that the PCs witness Nox’s ability to imprisonment or a fine—a calculated move meant to
regenerate damage, both to establish her in their incite the crowd to riot, specifically to sate Barzillai’s
minds as a dangerous foe, and also to prepare them for desire to see the rabble put down by his dottari and to
when they face her at the end of the adventure. Nox’s test the loyalty of the Chelish Citizens’ Group he’s had
regeneration can be suppressed by good spells or good infiltrate the crowd.
weapons—effects that, while not entirely out of the The crowd plays perfectly into Thrune’s plan. Give
reach of a low-level party, are not easy to come by. the PCs a chance to react, but regardless of their actions,
The PCs might hear rumors during this adventure that someone in the crowd throws a handful of manure at
Nox is a half-devil. In fact, she’s a devilbound human Barzillai. Though the putrid projectile misses Barzillai’s
(Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 56). Wise PCs will spend noble personage, the lord-mayor nonetheless flinches
some time and resources researching the intimidating and spills wine across his ornate clothing. With his
woman. A successful DC 20 Diplomacy check to gather wardrobe and dignity endangered, the lord-mayor’s
information about Nox is enough to reveal that she’s demeanor shifts from amused to bellicose. He shrieks,
likely bound herself to a devil—an uncommon but not “Enough of this! Nox, run them off, arrest them, or
unheard-of ritual performed to gain additional power in kill them. I don’t care which!” before retreating into
this life at the expense of agony in the afterlife. It’s a the opera house and slamming the windows. Down
distasteful ritual for many Chelaxians, especially those below, Nox immediately mobilizes the dottari, who
who already have power, but it can be tempting indeed draw their weapons. At the same time, men and women
to those one step removed from the resources afforded throughout the crowd pull back their cloaks, revealing
by nobility. If the PCs learn what Nox is, a successful DC 15 matching armbands, truncheons, and the sadistic grins
Knowledge (planes) check reveals that her regeneration of Chelish Citizens’ Group members eager to mete out
can be suppressed by good spells or good weapons. For some “justice.”
every 5 by which this Knowledge (planes) check exceeds Creatures: When the riot begins, have the PCs make
the DC, the PCs learn something additional about Nox’s initiative checks as normal (remember that those who
powers, such as her spell-like abilities, her resistance to successfully watched the crowd earlier might have bonuses
fire, or her ability to see in the dark. on this check), and then run the resulting encounter with
the guidelines below. Note that for the first 10 rounds of
the battle, the area indicated on the map is filled with
surging crowds—treat this area as difficult terrain unless
mace cradled in his hands, the lord-mayor of Kintargo the PCs take specific actions to move through the crowds
addresses the crowd with a condescending sneer. The with ease.
gathering swiftly grows quiet as he clears his throat and Round 1: The PCs are attacked by four eager Chelish
gives the following short speech. Citizens’ Group thugs. Someone in the audience throws
a dagger and scores a lucky hit on Nox, the knife sticking
“Ah, my adoring little chickadees. I am sorry to say I into her throat. With a snarl, she yanks out the dagger
have not yet adapted to your quaint, country ways, being at the end of this round and the wound swiftly heals—
accustomed as I am to the sophistication and learning of she ducks into the opera house a moment later, only to
Egorian. Nonetheless, know I have heard your concerns, return on round 7.
and that I appreciate your valued feedback, and I know we Round 3: If the PCs are still fighting, two dottari join
shall eventually find a mutual understanding in the fullness the battle alongside any surviving Chelish Citizens’
of time. I take pride in updating Kintargo’s quaint, outdated Group thugs.
laws to the modern standards the city deserves, and Round 7: As the riot escalates, Nox reemerges from the
strengthening its ties with the empire in these cruel times, opera house with her pet hell hound Mephiry on a leash,
but obviously I have approached my duties too aggressively. along with 12 more dottari. The hell hound’s fiery breath
“You say you chafe at the presence of nonnatives in does what the militia and guards alone could not—it
positions of power? That authorities not of this city have no swiftly disperses the crowd.
place as its leaders? That you will not be yoked by intruders? Round 9: If the PCs are still in the immediate area,
Your lord-mayor hears you. And so it is with a heavy heart Nox directs the hell hound to attack them. Note that a
that I issue this proclamation, in response to your demands: hell hound is a deadly foe for 1st-level PCs—allow the
all ships’ captains are hereafter barred from leaving their characters to escape automatically if they choose to
vessels and setting foot on Kintargo docks or streets, under flee, since at this point Nox and the other guards have
pain of... let’s say... squassation!” plenty of prisoners to process and actually prefer that

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rioters escape so as to spread fear when they tell tales (mostly because the paperwork for dead rioters is more
of what took place in Aria Park today. Nox herself does complicated than the paperwork for live arrests). They do
not engage in combat at this point, but if you need her not pursue rioters who flee.
In Hell’s
statistics, see page 48. Morale A dottari guard fights to the death. Bright
Escape: A PC who manages to move out of the crowd STATISTICS Shadow
(essentially, out of the area depicted by the map) can Str 15, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 15, Cha 8
take a full-round action to automatically escape the Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 14 Foreword
riot. Once all PCs escape, continue with A New Friend Feats Alertness, Iron Will, Weapon Focus (heavy mace)
Part 1:
in Need on page 12. Skills Intimidate +3, Knowledge (local) +1, Perception +5, Fledglings
Sense Motive +4 of Silver

CHELISH CITIZENS’ GROUP THUGS CR 1/3 Languages Common

Part 2:
XP 135 each Gear chain shirt, light steel shield, heavy mace, longbow Rebuilding the
Human warrior 1 with 20 arrows, 11 gp Ravens
LN Medium humanoid (human) Part 3:
Init +0; Senses Perception +0 MEPHIRY CR 3 Redactions and
Revenge
DEFENSE XP 800
AC 13, touch 10, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor) Male hell hound (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 173) NPC Gallery
hp 10 each (1d10+5) hp 30 Kintargo
Fort +3, Ref +0, Will –1
OFFENSE Pathfinder’s
Journal
Speed 30 ft.
Melee light mace +3 (1d6+2) or Bestiary
nonlethal light mace –1 (1d6+2 nonlethal) Campaign
TACTICS Outline
During Combat These thugs initially choose to deal
nonlethal damage with their attacks, but switch to lethal
force if the PCs use the same against them.
Morale A Chelish Citizens’ Group thug flees combat if
reduced to fewer than 4 hit points.
STATISTICS
Str 15, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 9
Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 13
Feats Skill Focus (Intimidate), Toughness
Skills Intimidate +6, Perception +0, Sense Motive +0
Languages Common
Gear studded leather armor, light mace, manacles,
bronze Thrune pendant worth 30 gp, 4 gp

DOTTARI GUARDS CR 1/2

XP 200 each
Human fighter 1
LE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +1; Senses Perception +5
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +1 Dex,
+1 shield)
hp 13 each (1d10+3)
Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee heavy mace +4 (1d8+2) Chelish Citizens’
Ranged longbow +2 (1d8/×3) Group Thug
TACTICS
During Combat Dottari guards use lethal force in battle,
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 Development: If the PCs are defeated, assume that him healing, he drinks a potion of cure light wounds as he
none of them are actually killed—instead, they’re brought, thanks the PCs for their aid. He invites the PCs to follow
unconscious, to be detained with a number of other him to a safe place so they can talk and he can catch his
unfortunates involved in the riot. You can allow the PCs breath; proceed with Meeting Rexus, below.
a chance to escape on their own if you wish, in which case If the PCs fail to rescue Rexus, either because they
they should have the A New Friend in Need encounter ignore this encounter or are themselves defeated, don’t
(see below) soon after making it to safety. Otherwise, be afraid to perform some silent manipulations behind
they’ll be bailed out of the guard tower by an unknown the scenes. In this case, it wasn’t Rexus who was beaten
benefactor—a mysterious man who asks the PCs to meet up by the thugs in this encounter, but one of
with him at a local bookstore. Proceed at this Rexus’s friends. The real Rexus may engineer
point with Meeting Rexus, below. the PCs’ release from incarceration, or
Story Award: If the PCs escape the simply approach them the next day to
riot without engaging in direct combat move on with the adventure’s plot.
against any guards, grant them a reward Story Award: If the PCs rescue Rexus,
of 800 XP for escaping without incident. grant them 600 XP.

A NEW FRIEND IN NEED (CR 2) Meeting Rexus

Soon after the PCs escape the riot (or, if Once the thugs have been dealt with,
they were captured and imprisoned, soon Rexus explains that he’s had his eye on
after they escape from that situation), the PCs already, but that the streets aren’t
have them all attempt Perception safe. Instead, he suggests the PCs follow him
checks. Whichever PC rolls to a safe place—a bookstore not far from Aria
highest hears the sound of Park called Crissali’s Fine Tomes that offers a
steel clashing against steel generous and discreet back-room policy. If the
alongside a cry of pain from PCs prefer to retreat somewhere else to speak
a nearby alley, and spots a group in private, Rexus acquiesces readily enough.
of Chelish Citizens’ Group thugs Once the PCs and Rexus have settled in to a
just as they knock a man to the ground. safe place to talk, read or paraphrase the
Four unconscious thugs lie sprawled Rexus Victocora following t0 the players.
nearby, and it should be obvious that the
remaining thugs are preparing to administer a coup de “Thank you again for that timely rescue. Truth is, our meeting
grace to the fallen victim. was no coincidence. I followed you from the protest earlier
If any of the PCs were looking for a contact (the man today, but in the panic that erupted I lost track of your group.
with one gloved hand) at the protest, allow those PCs to You proved yourselves to be people of uncommon skill, and I
automatically notice that the unconscious victim wears am a man of uncommon needs.
one glove. “My name is Rexus Victocora, and until last week’s Night
Creatures: If the PCs intervene, one of the thugs of Ashes, I was one of this city’s nobles. My parents’ estate
bristles and waves his mace threateningly, suggesting burned to the ground that night—I escaped simply because I
the PCs forget what they saw and leave now. If the PCs was studying at the Alabaster Academy during the fire. There
don’t immediately back down, the thugs attack—unlike were other fires that night, as you know—fires that many
the thugs in the riot, these five are out for blood and believe were started by Barzillai Thrune or his agents in an
fight with lethal force from the outset. If three of their attempt to squash any spirit of rebellion Kintargo might have.
number are dropped, the remaining two attempt to flee. “Now more than ever we need that spirit of rebellion to
stay strong, but Thrune’s actions have driven into hiding
CHELISH CITIZENS’ GROUP THUGS (5) CR 1/3 those who would stay strong and resist. Those who could
XP 135 each once rally the city to a cause, such as Lord-Mayor Jilia
hp 10 each (see page 11) Bainilus and my parents, are missing at best, and are more
likely dead. I cannot do this on my own, but with the aid of
Development: The thugs’ victim is a man named Rexus talented citizens such as yourselves, I have hope that we can.
Victocora (see page 56), a man with whom some of the Will you aid Kintargo? Will you save the city from the devil?”
PCs might have hoped to make contact at the protest, and
a man whose ties to Kintargo’s secret societies make him The adventure assumes the PCs agree to aid Rexus,
one of the more important contacts the PCs make during at which point he reveals something more of his
the early phases of Hell’s Rebels. Rexus is currently at 0 family legacy—something he only recently discovered.
hit points and is thus staggered—if none of the PCs offer His  mother, Porcia, was a high-ranking member of a

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secret society called the Sacred Order of Archivists, a
My dearest son,
band of Iroran scholars dedicated to the protection and
If you are reading this, what I have feared has
restoration of history. Rexus learned this the day after
the Night of Ashes, when he approached a woman named
come to pass and I am dead. For many years, I In Hell’s
Bright
Laria Longroad, who claimed to be one of his mother’s have belonged to the Sacred Order of Archivists Shadow
contacts. Dubious of her claims at first, Rexus believed and have worked to free Kintargo from Chelish
her once she produced a coffer of valuables and a note in rule. I have learned much about Kintargo’s Foreword
his mother’s hand. The valuables are all Rexus has as an secret history, and fear the time will soon come
Part 1:
inheritance, and the note (which he now shares with the when the city needs the return of its Silver Fledglings
PCs) is reprinted here as Handout #1. Ravens. You have likely not heard of the Silver of Silver

Once the PCs have read the letter, Rexus asks them Ravens—few have. Mentions of them have Part 2:
if they will help him save Kintargo. The first to admit been redacted by the agents of House Thrune, Rebuilding the
his own shortcomings when it comes to adventure and Ravens
but during the civil war, the Ravens worked to
rebellion (his fragility makes him a poor choice to lead a Part 3:
ensure Kintargo’s safety. They were heroes in Redactions and
revolution), Rexus hopes that the PCs might take on the
their day, and I fear that Kintargo needs their Revenge
roles that his mother called for.
Rexus reveals to the PCs that Laria spoke to his mother
kind again. Do not believe the government’s NPC Gallery
7 days ago, just after Lord-Mayor Bainilus vanished. At claims that Lord-Mayor Bainilus abandoned
Kintargo
the time, Laria had thought Porcia was overreacting, us! Darker things are afoot, and I fear that all
but when the Victocora estate burned down that night who work against Thrune may find themselves Pathfinder’s
Journal
and Porcia went missing, Laria knew her friend had in danger in the days ahead.
spoken the truth. She sought Rexus out and delivered The Silver Ravens maintained numerous Bestiary
the message and coffer, along with her condolences and hideouts within Kintargo’s walls during the Campaign
an offer to stay at her establishment, the Long Roads civil war. I have located one such site—the Outline
Coffeehouse, as long as he needed a place to sleep. chambers below a building known today as the
Treasure: Rexus hopes the PCs will help him explore
Fair Fortune Livery. If you are reading this, I
the Fair Fortune Livery, and if they agree to do so, he
was unable to seek further answers there myself.
gives them the contents of his mother’s coffer—his
Gather heroes to your side, my son, and search
entire inheritance—as a reward. The coffer contains
below the livery. There, if my research is correct,
150 gp, a Victocora signet ring worth 75 gp, a masterwork
silver dagger (an old family heirloom), and a set of bracers you will find something to teach you more of the
of armor +1. The coffer also contains a mithral key worth Silver Ravens and their legacy.
150 gp that Rexus keeps for himself, claiming it has Do not let my death be in vain. Stand up for
sentimental value. In fact, this key unlocks many locks Kintargo. Bring the Silver Ravens back to life!
in the hideout of the Sacred Order of Archivists, and in
Part 3 of this adventure, Rexus turns the key over to the HANDOUT #1
PCs to aid in their exploration of that site.
again and again. Left with a set of pipes of the sewers, the
A. FAIR FORTUNE LIVERY imp has taken to ruling a tiny little empire of rats below
The Fair Fortune was a slaughterhouse in Redroof ’s the livery. Recently, her morose music has attracted new
earliest days, but it was remade into a thriving stable tenants—a tiny clan of filthy grimple gremlins. These
under the direction of the now-dead Juliac family, who pests enjoy the imp’s infernal music and the old livery’s
insisted their fortunes come from the care of creatures foul reputation, and their presence has only exacerbated
rather than their deaths. The livery served as a minor rumors of the ruin’s haunted nature.
safe house for the Silver Ravens during the Chelish Rexus prefers to accompany the PCs on their exploration
Civil War 80 years ago, and the rebel group stashed a of the Fair Fortune Livery, but he’s not much of a combatant
small cache of magic items and other valuables in the and won’t object if the PCs suggest that he stay behind and
chambers below—a cache that was forgotten after the let them do the work. If Rexus accompanies the PCs, grant
war’s end and the Ravens’ defeat, and which remains them 400 XP if he survives the excursion.
hidden there today.
Today, the abandoned rooms below the Fair Fortune A1. Livery Floor (CR 2)
are the domain and prison of the imp Blosodriette (see
page 52). Trapped thanks to the theft of her contract by the This aged stable leans slightly to one side, its roof precariously
Silver Ravens during the civil war, Blosodriette has spent propped up by aged wooden walls. The air reeks of stale
the past 8 decades scheming various escapes only to fail urine. Broken desks, scuffed tables, and torn chairs crowd the

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 A. FAIR FORTUNE LIVERY

A1a A1b

A7
A1

A2
F A3 S

GROUND FLOOR

BASEMENT
C A6
A4
A5

1 SQUARE = 5 FEET

thirteen horse stalls, all of which are covered with a healthy bark, but if the mastiff is slain, any hit on a mutt that
layer of dust. A grated-off alcove along the southeast wall doesn’t kill it scares it off.
seems to house the only relatively intact wares.
FERAL MASTIFF CR 1
The livery’s front and back doors are locked shut and XP 400
chained (hardness 5, hp 30, break DC 18, Disable Device Riding dog (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 87)
DC 20), but so loosely that a Medium creature can hp 13
squeeze through with a DC 15 Escape Artist check (Small
creatures just treat the doors as difficult terrain). The FERAL MUTTS (2) CR 1/3
livery’s back door is not locked but is tenaciously stuck XP 135 each
(hardness 5, hp 30, break DC 22). Dog (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 87)
The back offices (areas A1a and A1b) are mostly hp 6 each
empty of anything of note—each contains an old desk,
a chair, and some empty cupboards. A successful DC 15 Treasure: While most of the stable is filled with
Perception or Survival check while searching either worthless junk, a successful DC 15 Perception check
office reveals a set of strange little tracks that look like uncovers an old platinum Juliac signet ring worth 250 gp
clawed baby footprints crisscrossing the floor, desktops, nailed to one of the rafters 15 feet above. Reaching it
and cupboards. A successful DC 15 Knowledge (nature) requires a successful DC 15 Climb check. A successful
check identifies these as grimple tracks. DC 15 Perception check while searching area A1b turns
Creatures: A pack of feral dogs has recently taken to up a single key at the back of a drawer in the desk—this
lurking in the livery. The largest is a half-starved mastiff key unlocks the grate to area A2.
(suitable for a bounty if delivered alive to the dottari) Development: As long as the feral dog is present, the
that’s become accustomed to constant attacks from the grimples that live in the rooms below stay quiet. Once
grimples below. Foul tempered and loud, it aggressively the dog is gone, though, the grimples soon turn their
defends its lair from any intruders. The dog’s barking attention back to the upper floor. They enjoy playing
is more than enough to alert the inhabitants below of the role of haunts and spooks, and while remaining in
intruders. The other dogs are all mutts who pack a loud hiding in the walls or up in the rafters, they use their

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spell-like abilities to mimic the effects of poltergeist A4. Rat Kennel (CR 1)
activity. For example, they use open/close on cupboards
or doors, mage hand to make loose objects float or The eye-watering stench of urine and feces fills this large
In Hell’s
shake, and prestidigitation to make minor temperature room. Nests made of chewed crates and barrels line the Bright
fluctuations or strange marks on the walls. A successful walls, while rusty knives and hooks cover the tabletops. Shadow
DC 20 Knowledge (arcana) check confirms these effects
are caused by those cantrips, but does not disprove the Once the PCs start to explore the old basement below Foreword
idea that these effects are caused by restless spirits. the Fair Fortune Livery, they’ve entered the domain of
Part 1:
the imp Blosodriette. At this point, the imp does not Fledglings
A2. Killing Floor directly interact with the PCs; she prefers to remain of Silver

The iron gate blocking the entrance to this hallway is invisible and observe, watching as these new visitors
Part 2:
locked (hardness 10, hp 60, break DC 25, Disable Device fight the grimples, rats, and other occupants and hoping Rebuilding the
DC 20), but the lock can be opened with the key from area they find her contract in area A7. Now and then, the imp Ravens
A1b. The middle of the gate has a wide opening in the plays a few measures of strange, discordant music on her Part 3:
bars through which a Small creature could wriggle with pan pipes—feel free to have the PCs periodically catch a Redactions and
Revenge
a DC 15 Escape Artist check. When the Fair Fortune was few seconds of this strange music coming from further
a slaughterhouse, a creature would be loaded into this in the complex. You can even use this music as a way to NPC Gallery
narrow hallway and then locked in place with its head in lure the PCs deeper into the chambers. Kintargo
the gate, after which a worker would deliver a deathblow Creatures: The slaughterhouse and stable alike used
to the restrained animal using a sledge. The Silver Ravens this space to maintain and repair equipment, but Pathfinder’s
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transformed the door to the workroom (area A3) into a today it’s become infested with rats. These rats, drawn
secret door—fortunately for the PCs, time has not been to the chambers by Blosodriette’s strange music, have Bestiary
kind to this door, and the door now hangs partially open diminished in number to only three after many of their Campaign
on decayed hinges—an obvious entrance to area A3 for pack were killed by the feral dogs above, and they are Outline
anyone who even peers into area A2. currently ravenous—they attack intruders on sight.
A possible alternative way into this hall exists if the
gate proves too tough and the PCs don’t find the key. The DIRE RATS (3) CR 1/3
mortar in the southeast wall has deteriorated to almost XP 135 each
nothing, as a successful DC 15 Perception or DC 12 hp 5 each (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 232)
Knowledge (engineering) check reveals. It requires only a
successful DC 12 Strength check to smash this wall down A5. Grimple Nest (CR 2)
from the south side of the building.
Dirty salt and sawdust coat the floor of this gloomy hall. Bits
A3. Workroom of the wall masonry have been chewed or clawed away,
revealing narrow, winding animal tunnels beyond. Steel rails
This old workroom houses numerous old slaughterhouse are mounted in the ceiling, with a few lonely iron hooks
tools, veterinary equipment, and woodworking tools, all of dangling from them. A pile of stained pillows and moth-
which are covered with a thick layer of dust through which eaten blankets lies in a ten-foot-square depression in the
strange tracks and patterns have been traced. Heavy mallets, floor to the northwest.
crumbling ropes, and tools for restraining animals hang from
pegs in the walls or rest atop leaning tables. To the southwest, A rusty, half-destroyed iron grating (hardness 10, hp
a trap door sits ajar, propped open by a block of wood. 30, break DC 20, Disable Device DC 20) blocks access to
a flight of stairs leading down to the northeast. The key
The grimples used to come and go through the from area A1b can unlock this grating, but the lock is
trap door in the floor, but stopped using the surface rusty—it takes 1d3 rounds to make the key work.
entrance after the arrival of the guard dogs. Their tracks Creatures: Though originally just a nuisance—stealing
are obvious here, and they can be identified as grimple valuables and attacking pets—the grimples who’ve taken
tracks with a successful DC 15 Knowledge (nature) check. up residence in this room are of a particularly foul
If the PCs haven’t yet experienced strange “haunting” temperament. Unlike typical grimples, these gremlins
phenomena yet, this is an excellent room to have a few are chaotic evil, and have recently taken to stalking the
hidden grimples start to make the walls bleed or toss slums of Devil’s Nursery to the south at night, both for
around some old slaughterhouse tools in an attempt to food and because they love the chaos that erupts when
frighten off the PCs. locals find only a severed arm and bloodstains. Over the
The trap door opens into a 15-foot-deep shaft with a past several weeks, though, the pack has been whittled
ladder that leads down to area A4. away by the mean dogs that moved in above.

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 The walls of this room are infested with tiny tunnels, Creatures: Blosodriette’s strategy to force open a portal
allowing the grimples to scurry through any square of to Hell to give herself a method of escaping her contract
solid “wall” surrounding this room as if those squares was to spend years painstakingly carving invocations
were difficult terrain; a grimple in such a square has total into the walls of this cistern after dozens and dozens
cover. If four grimples are slain, the remaining grimple of commune spells to consult with extraplanar sources.
attempts to flee—if it escapes, it does not return to the However, while her information was solid, Blosodriette’s
Fair Fortune Livery. own skill and power were lacking. When she realized that
several years of work had culminated in little more than
GRIMPLES (5) CR 1/3 a faint dimensional ripple that allowed a pair of lemure
XP 135 each devils to leak through into the cistern, the frustrated and
hp 4 each (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 142) demoralized imp abandoned her futile escape attempts
and settled in for the long wait for her contract to be
Treasure: The depression lined with pillows and uncovered and moved.
blankets is all that remains of an old hatch-and-pulley The two lemures Blosodriette accidentally called
system the slaughterhouse workers used to raise and remain here to this day, wallowing and flopping about
lower carcasses for preservation. The grimples have been aimlessly in the fetid water. Immune to the water’s
using it as a bed and treasure vault. Among the blankets nauseating and disease effects, the two hideous devils
is their happy hoard: 12 gp, 185 sp, 342 cp, a pair of quartz slop up out of the water to attack any intruders as soon
earrings worth 10 gp each, a set of nine silver coat buttons as they notice them, fighting to the death. The lemures
worth 5 gp each, and a slightly gnawed cloak of resistance +1. will pursue foes north to area A7, but not up the stairs
back to area A5.
A6. Polluted Cistern (CR 3)
LEMURES (2) CR 1
A fifty-foot-diameter pool of rancid, brown slurry fills most XP 400 each
of this circular chamber. Chunks of plaster have fallen away, hp 13 each (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 79)
leaving ragged patches behind in the walls and ceiling and
mounds of rubble on the floor. What wall space remains is A7. The Old Hideout
decorated in crude drawings and symbols of sinister form.
Greasy-looking chains run between four stout pillars rising These rooms have fallen mostly into disrepair. Chunks of
from the muck and anchor to various points on the wall. plaster hang from the walls, exposing rough stonework
beyond. Scattered furnishings that once outfitted bunkrooms,
This old reservoir from the city’s founding was capped a kitchen, and even an armory lie scattered about in states
long ago when the city council opted to raise the street of complete disrepair, and doors hang from hinges in the
level to control flooding, turning many of the old streets crumbling archways that lie between the chambers.
into sewers and original first-floor shops into basements.
Today, what was once an open fountain is filled with A successful DC 15 Perception check reveals a small
tainted water that seeps slowly away into the river. nest in the northeast corner that seems to have been
The foul waters of the cistern are only 3 feet deep, used by a small humanoid creature—perhaps another
but any character that enters the water must succeed grimple gremlin—but not enough material remains in
at a DC  12 Fortitude save each round to avoid being the nest to reveal more. In truth, this nest belongs to
nauseated for 1 round (this is a poison effect). In the imp Blosodriette, who remains invisible and silent
addition, upon first being immersed in the water or for now. The imp waits for the PCs to find her contract,
drinking it (but not upon subsequent such exposures), a hoping they bring it away and thus allow her to follow
character is exposed to a mild form of blinding sickness along invisibly. If the PCs do manage to find the imp,
(Fortitude DC 12 negates; blindness caused by this Blosodriette prefers not to fight at this time but instead
lesser strain lasts for only 1 day). uses invisibility and her greater mobility to flee and hide.
The rubble-strewn portions of the ground are difficult See her NPC entry on page 52 and her plans in Part 2 of
terrain. The markings on the walls are litanies and this adventure for more details.
invocations to Hell scribbled in Infernal by Blosodriette Treasure: When the Silver Ravens abandoned this
as part of her attempt to transform the pool into a portal safe house nearly a decade ago, they took most of
to Hell. A successful DC 15 Knowledge (arcana or planes) their valuables with them. However, they left behind a
check is enough to confirm that the runes are an attempt small cache of emergency supplies and incriminating
to open a portal to Hell, and that while they actually may documents that, over time, were forgotten. A PC who
have once worked—if only for a few seconds—the runes succeeds at a DC 10 Perception check notices three small
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 The first crate contains a suit of +1 leather armor, a to bright-eyed students of the Villegre and delivering
composite shortbow (+1 Str), a masterwork hand crossbow, fancy desserts and pastries to the noble estates in the
a masterwork silver morningstar, a cloak of elvenkind, and a Green. Known as much for its traditional halfling fare
In Hell’s
pouch of a dozen pearls worth 100 gp each. as for its lovable proprietor, Laria Longroad, the bakery Bright
The second crate contains a locked, watertight iron serves a second purpose that few Kintargans suspect: Shadow
coffer (hardness 10, hp 15, break DC 20, Disable Device as headquarters and safe house for the local branch of
DC 25)—the key is long lost. The coffer contains a small the Bellflower Network. Fewer still of Laria’s customers Foreword
stack of documents and scrolls—among the scrolls is realize that the boisterous halfling has spent 11 years
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a scroll of misdirection, a scroll of pass without trace, a scroll making friends with every smuggler, revolutionary, and Fledglings
of undetectable alignment, and a scroll of whispering sympathetic bureaucrat who can help her cause. of Silver

wind. As valuable as these scrolls are, the When the PCs arrive at Long Roads with
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other documents in the coffer are perhaps Rexus, Laria greets them like old friends and Rebuilding the
worth even more. These documents presses steaming cups of fresh coffee and Ravens
number hundreds of pages in all, many handfuls of pastries into their hands, then Part 3:
of which are written in a cipher that invites them into her office to “catch up Redactions and
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mixes the languages of Celestial, Elven, on old times.” This is, of course, a ruse—
and Strix. These documents contain a she merely wants a private place to talk to NPC Gallery
wealth of information about the Silver the PCs and Rexus. Rexus introduces the Kintargo
Ravens, but it will likely take weeks PCs to the halfling, who then asks each
of study by someone who is PC in turn to explain why they’re Pathfinder’s
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fluent in all three languages interested in rebuilding the Silver
and skilled in Linguistics to Ravens. She also wants to know Bestiary
decipher them. Fortunately, what sort of troubles they had Campaign
Rexus is perfectly suited at the Fair Fortune, as much as Outline
for this task (see Decoding to gauge their skills as to hear a
the Documents on page 26 for rousing tale of adventure. Laria is
more information). predisposed to trust the PCs based
The third crate contains what looks Laria Longroad entirely on Rexus’s trust of them, and
at first like ancient straw, but even a since these two NPCs are key elements
cursory examination reveals its actual contents—six in helping get the organization restarted, you should
fully functional silver raven figurines of wondrous power. endeavor to make them seem likable, friendly, and
The Silver Ravens used these magical devices to trustworthy to the PCs as well!
communicate, and indeed took the name of the group Once she’s heard what the PCs have to say, Laria
from the items themselves. These six items represent a reveals her association with the Bellflower Network.
significant amount of cash value for a 1st-level party, but As part of that association, she’s taken it upon herself
aren’t intended to be sold for money. If you fear that to know as much as she can about the city’s other
your group will sell the figurines off without utilizing similarly aligned secret and not-so-secret groups. Under
them, and you don’t want that much cash flowing into Barzillai’s scorched-earth policy, though, most of Laria’s
your game, feel free to remove some or even all of the information network has been killed, arrested, or run to
figurines from this crate. ground, leaving her virtually blind as a fixer. What she
Story Award: For recovering the Silver Ravens’ documents does know, though, she shares freely—see her Campaign
and treasures, award the PCs 1,200 XP. Role notes on page 55.

B. Long Roads Coffeehouse A Safe Place and a Favor

Once the PCs recover the documents, Rexus suggests Laria offers the PCs the bunkroom in Long Roads
that he and the PCs pay a visit to the Long Roads (area  B6) as a safe place to hide. She also uses secret
Coffeehouse, where his mother’s ally and underground tunnels below the coffeehouse to hide fugitives,
contact, Laria Longroad, can be found. Rexus volunteers Bellflower tillers, and stolen goods—the halfling’s long
to work on decoding the documents the PCs uncovered, called these chambers the “Wasp Nest.” Unfortunately,
but also suggests that Laria would be a valuable advisor the hideout isn’t currently in her control. She had been
if the PCs wish to help rebuild the Silver Ravens and allowing a friend, Nan Comerivos, to smuggle a load
save Kintargo. of Varisian textiles through the tunnels adjoining her
The Long Roads Coffeehouse is located in Villegre, basement, and has been storing many of them until he
just northeast of the park. The establishment caters to could find a buyer. Nan arrived days earlier to check on
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 B. LONG ROADS
COFFEEHOUSE B2
C F
C1
B3 S C

GROUND FLOOR

C3 C2a
C2

B1

UPPER FLOOR C4
F

B4
B7
B6
B5
C. THE WASP NEST 1 SQUARE = 5 FEET

With the city and her networks falling apart—and a to Westcrown. Kintargo’s unexpected lockdown and the
nonchalant facade to maintain all the while—Laria hasn’t arrest of Nan’s contact left everyone stuck and uneasy.
had the time to follow up on her friend’s fate. When the merchant finally returned to tell the sisters
Laria hopes that Nan is fine and is simply lying low— they were on their own, they beat him unconscious in
someone has been eating the food and wine she leaves in frustration, and their overeager “half sister” Chough (an
the basement each day, after all—but by night she hears adopted dire corby) strangled him in his sleep. Now the
inhuman laughter echo from below. If the PCs agree sisters are aimless. They haven’t yet dared risk escaping
to investigate the rooms below Long Roads and make through the coffeehouse above, and the denizen in the
sure Nan’s safe, Laria is willing to let the PCs use Long waters of area C2 has kept them from striking out into
Roads and the rooms below as an initial Silver Ravens the sewers. For now, as long as food continues to be left
headquarters for as long as they need. in area C1, the sisters are content to wait, but they know
that eventually either the food will run out or someone
C. THE WASP NEST will come looking for them. As their adopted dire
Below the coffeehouse lies a secret bolt-hole, created by corby Chough grows ever more violent and the sisters
the Bellflower Network a decade ago by knocking down number fewer and fewer, desperation has finally settled
the walls between Laria’s basement and the neglected in. Depending on which tactic the PCs take, they may be
basements of her neighbors. In the process, Laria able to recruit the surviving sisters as their first unique
discovered a secret shrine left by worshipers of Calistria team for the Silver Ravens, or they might end up with
during the goddess’s heyday in Kintargo; inspired by this a desperate fight for the control of the Wasp Nest on
discovery, she began referring to the new safe house as their hands.
the Wasp Nest. Ceiling height in the Wasp Nest is 10 feet. Each
Unknown to Laria, Nan Comerivos’s latest shipment chamber has several empty torch sconces, but all are
of Varisian scarves and skirts was a cover—his actual currently quite dark—the tengus use a dwindling
“shipment” was a family of tengu sisters who sought to supply of sunrods for illumination as needed, but have
escape a prison sentence in Riddleport. Nan accepted been spending an increasing amount of time in the
payment to smuggle them into Cheliax, expecting to dark, waiting for a rescue they’re slowly realizing may
pass them along to another contact to finish their trip never come.

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C1. Dry Cellar

This basement contains numerous crates of cooking Long Roads Coffeehouse

In Hell’s
ingredients, sacks of coffee beans, and other supplies B1. Public Dining: The Long Roads Coffeehouse features a Bright
needed to maintain a thriving business. large dining room for customers and bakery space behind Shadow
the counters. A massive oven is used for cakes and pastries,
An examination of the goods stored here, along with a as well as roasting coffee beans every evening for the next Foreword
successful DC 25 Perception check, reveals that many of morning’s rush. A large portrait of Queen Abrogail II hangs
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the supplies have been opened and seem to be missing above the bar—a new (and legally mandated) addition Fledglings
small portions, as if someone’s been skimming from the to the decor. The signature drink at the Long Roads is of Silver

top of the food in an attempt to keep the pilfering from as much about the beans and roasting as it is about the
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being noticed. spices mixed into the brew. Laria adds generous handfuls Rebuilding the
The secret door in the northwest wall is closed, and a of cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper, and thileu bark to Ravens
successful DC 25 Perception check is required to notice her grounds before brewing, creating a fragrant, perky Part 3:
it, but Laria can show the PCs where it is and how to elixir. She uses the same spices in most of her pastries— Redactions and
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open it. At your discretion, Laria might accompany the both savory and sweet—giving her a legitimate excuse to
PCs into the chambers beyond. If she doesn’t and the regularly contact merchants sailing to and from Varisia. NPC Gallery
PCs get in over their heads, you can have her show up B2. Office: This room houses most of the shop’s licenses, Kintargo
in the nick of time to save them from being killed by financial records, and outstanding orders. A trap door leads
frightened birdfolk. up to area B4. Pathfinder’s
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B3. Pantry: Used to store commonly used ingredients.
C2. Stormwater Shrine (CR 2) A concealed trap door (Perception DC 15 to notice) leads Bestiary
down from the pantry to a dry-goods cellar below (area Campaign
This long, damp hallway opens to the southeast into a large C1—see The Wasp Nest on page 18). Outline
reservoir of calm, dark water. A wooden pier extends twenty B4. Study: The coffeehouse’s second floor is dedicated
feet into the water, while another twenty feet out rises the to personal space surrounding this spacious study.
top half of a statue of a beautiful elven woman. A foul smell, B5. Employee Room: This comfortable common area is
like that of rotting meat, comes from somewhere near the for employees, and is furnished with halfling-sized beds,
pier. Two holes have been knocked into the northwest walls dressers, chests, and desks.
to provide access to chambers beyond. B6. Guest Room: This narrow bunk room accommodates
the occasional human-sized visitors and guests (Laria offers
Not long after the Chelish Civil War came to an the room to the PCs).
end, the church of Calistria was forced to abandon its B7. Laria’s Room: Laria’s personal chambers dominate
cathedral on Temple Hill after House Thrune outlawed the southwestern half of the upper floor.
worship of the Savored Sting. Most of the faithful fled
north to seek shelter in cities such as Magnimar and
Riddleport, but here and there worshipers clung to
their traditions and their homes, practicing their faith the lip of the stone floor—but spotting the creature
in hiding. One small group chose this area as a place to lurking in the water nearby may be more difficult!
hole up, and walled off a stormwater overflow pool to Creature: A rare creature lives in the waters of this
use as a shrine to their goddess. Eventually, inquisitors shrine: an albino alligator. Run out of its previous lair
of Asmodeus routed the cult, and today all that remains by Thrune explorers who were searching the sewers for
of the shrine is a statue standing in 3 feet of stagnant rebels, the alligator settled in here and, soon thereafter,
water. With a successful DC 10 Knowledge (religion) made a meal of Nan Comerivos after the tengus dumped
check, a PC identifies that the statue depicts Calistria, him into the water. It’s eaten three of the sisters so far,
the elven goddess of revenge and lust. and it’s only a matter of time before its growing hunger
The small dock is a much more recent addition to the compels it to emerge from the waters to hunt. The
area. Built by the Bellflower Network to aid in smuggling alligator swiftly attacks anyone who enters the water, but
slaves in and out of the city unseen through Kintargo’s otherwise is content to lurk just below the surface of the
storm drains, the wooden structure is solid and safe, water under the pier.
although the pilings below have become the den of a
relatively new and dangerous immigrant to Kintargo. ALBINO ALLIGATOR CR 2
With a successful DC 10 Perception check, a PC notes XP 600
the partially eaten remains of a man wedged among the Crocodile (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 51)
pier’s pilings at the northwesternmost edge, just under hp 22

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 Treasure: Nan has been half eaten by the alligator, but C3. Bunk Room (CR 1)
enough of his mutilated remains survive that the body This sprawling series of rooms served as the safe house’s
can be identified even if the PCs don’t wring a confession bunk house, complete with two private latrines. Here,
out of the tengus. The tengus took Nan’s satchel before escaped halfling slaves could hide in safety with a
dumping him in the water, but overlooked his daredevil modicum of comfort before arrangements could be
bootsUE. One of these boots remains on his decaying foot, made to smuggle them out to a ship bound for Varisia
while the other must be cut out of the alligator’s belly (it or beyond via the sewer tunnels. A variety of human- and
has, so far, survived the gator’s belly intact, thanks in part halfling-sized furniture fills the area, half of which has
to its magic). been recently smashed by the room’s new resident.
A successful DC 25 Perception check while searching Creature: The Fushi sisters (see area C4) adopted a dire
the statue of Calistria uncovers a hidden panel corby named Chough as a hatchling shortly after losing
underwater. The narrow drawer within once contained their own mother, only to realize as Chough rapidly
a stash of magical scrolls, but the drawer is now flooded grew to maturity over the next 2 years that she wasn’t a
and the scrolls have long since been ruined. A gold holy fellow tengu at all. Still, the tengu sisters felt bound by
symbol of Calistria worth 100 gp remains within the honor to care for Chough, even when the dire corby’s
drawer, as does a +1 whip. growing violence and swift temper made it more and
Story Award: If the PCs report more difficult to remain among even Riddleport’s rough
Nan’s fate to Laria, she’s distraught but citizenry. After Chough murdered the wrong people in
thankful to know the truth. Award the Riddleport, she and her sisters arranged to be smuggled
PCs 400 XP for this thoughtful act. out of town by Nan.
Now that Chough has killed the sisters’ only guide and
contact in Kintargo, Korva Fushi has exiled the angry
corby sibling to this bunk area, where she spent the past
few days throwing intermittent temper tantrums. If
Chough hears the PCs battling the alligator, she watches
from the shadows, delighted by the violence, but if they
win, it takes her 2 rounds to register that Chough is dead.
She then flies into a rage and attacks, fighting to the death.

CHOUGH CR 1
XP 400
Female dire corby
hp 15 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3 80)

Treasure: Chough wears her meager share of the

sisters’ take: three copper bracelets worth 15 gp each and
a silver locket bearing the Elven rune for “mother” worth
100 gp into which she has stuffed bits of her eggshell.

C4. Wasp Nest Warehouse (CR 3)

Stacks of unopened crates—some draped in moldering

tarps—fill most of the space, creating a maze. Two tables sit
in the center, scattered with playing cards and a smoking,
unlit lantern.

Converted from an old tenement basement,

this warehouse contains smuggled goods, food
supplies, and random odds and ends.
Creatures: The Fushi sisters make their
camp here, passing the time playing cards
while trying to figure out how to escape the
safe house. The tengus are led by the eldest,
Korva, and are as a whole hungry and paranoid,
convinced that bounty hunters from Riddleport
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or Kintargan soldiers could find them at any moment. Languages Common, Halfling, Infernal
Chough’s hot-tempered murder of their contact Nan SQ gifted linguist, hidden blade +1, rogue talents (weapon
has further wracked the tengus with guilt, and Korva training), swordtrained
In Hell’s
has recently come to the decision that Chough needs to Combat Gear potions of cure light wounds (2); Other Bright
be put down. She’s yet to build up the emotional guts Gear mwk chain shirt, dagger, mwk kukri, mwk thieves’ Shadow
to carry out this plan. With the introduction of the PCs tools, bottles of Korvosan brandy (3, worth 25 gp each),
to the mix, Korva may ask them to do this for her if they sunrods (5), 20 gp Foreword
haven’t done so already.
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Korva and her sisters aren’t evil, but they are scared, JAY, MAGGIE, AND TREEP CR 1/2 Fledglings
reactionary, and more than a little angry. They begin XP 200 each of Silver

with an attitude of unfriendly when they first spot the Female tengu rogues 1 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 263)
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PCs, and attack if they think they can subdue and rob hp 9 each Rebuilding the
the trespassers before bolting. Shifting the quartet’s Ravens
attitude to at least indifferent gets them talking, at which Treasure: The playing cards the tengus use for their Part 3:
point it should become clear that they want to escape game consist of a harrow deck worth 50 gp. Two crates Redactions and
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the city without taking responsibility for Nan’s death. If of fine embroidered Varisian clothing still sit in the
made friendly, the sisters agree to stay in Kintargo and warehouse, worth a total of 400 gp. Nan’s satchel rests NPC Gallery
work for the Silver Ravens (see the appendix on page 51 atop one of the crates and contains his personal notes Kintargo
for more details). (which the PCs can use to piece together the story if they
don’t get it from the tengus), his ledger, 72 gp, and an Pathfinder’s
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KORVA FUSHI CR 1 alabaster holy symbol of Abadar worth 150 gp.
XP 400 Story Award: If the PCs manage a peaceful solution or Bestiary
Female tengu rogue (knife master) 2 (Pathfinder RPG recruit the tengus to the Silver Ravens, award them XP as Campaign
Bestiary 263, Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Combat 72) if they’d defeated the sisters in combat. Outline
CN Medium humanoid (tengu)
Init +7; Senses low-light vision; Perception +9 PART 2: REBUILDING THE RAVENS
DEFENSE Although they might not realize it, once the PCs establish
AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +3 Dex) the Wasp Nest as their headquarters and gain the aid of
hp 14 (2d8+2) Rexus Victocora and Laria Longroad, they have become
Fort +1, Ref +6, Will +2 the city’s most organized and coordinated force to resist
Defensive Abilities evasion Barzillai Thrune’s control. Of course, they hardly have
OFFENSE the power or infrastructure to actually do anything
Speed 30 ft. about it, but from this point onward, the PCs should be
Melee mwk kukri +4 (1d4+1/18–20), bite +2 (1d3+1) working to address that by rebuilding and growing their
Ranged dagger +4 (1d4+1/19–20) own resistance movement—the Silver Ravens.
Special Attacks sneak attack +1d4, sneak stab +1d8 The Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide (available online for free
TACTICS at paizo.com) presents all the rules you and your players
During Combat None of the tengus are hardened murderers; will need to track the growth of the rebellion. As this
they won’t kill in cold blood, though they also aren’t shy Adventure Path unfolds, additional rules (such as custom
about killing a foe in a fight. They hide in the darkness, teams, unique events, and the like) will be provided as
move constantly between the stacks of crates, and lash needed to further support the growing revolution, which
out with sneak attacks when they see an opening or can will culminate in the fourth part of the campaign, “A
flank an enemy. Song of Silver,” when the PCs and their rebellion must
Morale Korva stops and negotiates if at least two of her sisters work together to defeat Thrune and his allies. After “A
are killed or knocked unconscious, telling the PCs anything Song of Silver,” the role of the Silver Ravens shifts from
they want if she and her sisters can leave without harm. If rebels to protectors of the city. For now, though, the PCs
Korva dies, any surviving tengus immediately surrender. should focus on gathering resources, building contacts,
STATISTICS and recruiting support.
Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8 Once the PCs take care of the situation in the Wasp
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 15 Nest and report back to Laria, she thanks them for their
Feats Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (kukri) aid and turns the Wasp Nest over to them as a starting
Skills Acrobatics +7, Climb +5, Disable Device +7, Handle hideout for the Silver Ravens—she has no plans to use
Animal +1, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +4, Knowledge it for the Bellflower Network while Kintargo is under
(local) +4, Linguistics +9, Perception +9, Sleight of martial law, after all, and hates to see a good space go to
Hand +7 (+8 concealing light blades), Stealth +9 waste. This is an excellent time to hand the PCs a blank

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 Rebellion sheet (see the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide) and or even hidden allies among the government itself
have them start filling out their initial scores for the would be advisable. The bulk of the second adventure, “Turn
rebellion, then run the first week’s Activity and Event of the Torrent,” details the securing of a proper stronghold, but
phases before continuing with the rest of the adventure. also addresses securing the aid of the Hellknight Order of the
You can, of course, ignore the rules for rebellions as Torrent, the Rose of Kintargo, and other allies. Establishing a
detailed in the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide and simply run larger hideout in this adventure raises the maximum rebellion
Hell’s Rebels without that element. If you do this, the rank to 15.
development of the Silver Ravens as a group should not Step 3—Gather Regional Support: Once the Silver
be removed from your game; it should simply fade to Ravens have been established and they’ve settled into
the background. The PCs should still scour Kintargo for their new hideout, the PCs should look beyond Kintargo’s
support and track down supplies and leaders as detailed walls to recruit regional support from other parts of
below, but the tracking of the rebellion’s statistics is the Archduchy of Ravounel. They should take whatever
ignored in favor of assuming that, as long as the PCs defensive preparations they can to ensure that when the
remain active and functional, so too does the rebellion rebellion does move to take back Kintargo, Cheliax will not
at large. be able to easily interfere. In addition, the Silver Ravens
As the adventure progresses, the PCs will have should finally look to the city’s nobility for support—
opportunities to recruit allies and unique teams to the now that they’ve established themselves as a significant
Silver Ravens. Rebellion rules for these additional teams political force, having the aid of Kintargo’s aristocracy will
and allies are detailed at the end of the adventure in the be very helpful. The third adventure, “Dance of the Damned,”
appendix (see page 51). details this step of the revolution. Completing this step raises the
rebellion’s maximum rank to its final maximum of 20.
The Five Steps of Revolution Step 4—Take Back the City: Once the rebellion has
Once the PCs have made their initial choices for their grown strong enough and the PCs have amassed enough
brand-new rebellion and have played through the first power and regional influence, the time will be right to
week of rebellion activities and possible events (see the move against Thrune. High-profile missions, be they
Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide), they’ll need to get started assassinations of key government members, operations
on the actual work of preparing for the inevitable clash to rescue important political prisoners, or open
against Barzillai Thrune and the Church of Asmodeus. opposition against church or state (such as an attempt to
Laria has had some experience running her own illicit retake the Kintargo Opera House from Barzillai Thrune)
organization in the form of the local chapter of the will essentially force Thrune to deal with the rebellion,
Bellflower Network, and she has some brief words of and once the Silver Ravens take this step, there is no
advice for the PCs on how best to prepare. turning back. As a result, Laria warns the PCs to be
The notes in italics below are meant for you, the GM, sure of their resources and abilities before attempting
and should not be shared with the PCs. These notes to take back control of Kintargo. The second half of the
indicate which Adventure Path volumes will contain third adventure, as well as the bulk of the fourth, “A Song of
support for that particular step in the revolution’s Silver,” cover the actual uprising and the resulting fight against
progress—if your PCs jump the proverbial gun and Barzillai Thrune and the church of Asmodeus.
attempt to tackle a plot point early, refer to that adventure Step 5—Plan for the Future: Although ensuring
for more details as appropriate. the safety and security of Kintargo into the future is
Step 1—Rally and Recruit: Before anything else, important, Laria believes that planning for such long-
the PCs need to track down supporters and allies in term goals is a waste of time until a plan to depose
Kintargo. Taking actions to help the downtrodden and Thrune and take back the city can be set in motion,
to seek outspoken dissidents for support are but two especially since it’s impossible to know what the situation
possibilities. Laria and Rexus both have some suggestions in Kintargo might be like in such a nebulous future. This
on where the PCs can start this work, and PCs who’ve final step will prove to be the most dangerous in the end, and is
been paying attention to city rumors may have their own detailed in the last two adventures—“The Kintargo Contract”
ideas. The bulk of the rest of this adventure is focused on this and “Breaking the Bones of Hell.”
step. Completing these missions helps to raise the rebellion’s
maximum rank to 10 at this adventure’s end. EVENTS
Step 2—Secure a Stronghold: Once the organization As this adventure progresses, the PCs will need to deal
has made its initial recruitments, it’ll be time to move with an increasing amount of suspicious activity in
out of the Wasp Nest and secure a larger, stronger, more the Wasp Nest as it becomes apparent that someone
defensible hideout. At the same time, securing the they’ve brought into the fold is working against their
support of other factions within the city, such as the efforts. In truth, the traitor in the ranks is the imp
Rose of Kintargo, the Hellknight Order of the Torrent, Blosodriette, who was likely brought into the Wasp

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Nest without the PCs realizing it when her contract,
hidden among the Silver Raven documents recovered
from Fair Fortune, was brought to the new hideout for Confronting the Guards
In Hell’s
decoding and examination. As the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path progresses, the Bright
Blosodriette’s tampering with the Silver Ravens plays rebellion’s reputation with the government is represented Shadow
out over the course of several weeks; use the following by its Notoriety score. Certain events and occurrences can
five events as guidelines for how to run this plot element. cause Notoriety to increase or decrease, but one sure way Foreword
It’s possible for these events to bleed over into the next to become notorious is to openly challenge the dottari. Each
Part 1:
adventure, but in the end the PCs should discover the time the PCs get in a fight against dottari or Chelish Citizens’ Fledglings
imp’s influence and take care of her before moving on to Group patrols in a public place, the rebellion’s Notoriety of Silver

their next hideout. score increases by 1d6. Every dottari or militia member
Part 2:
One special event (see A Delivery of Roses on page 26) slain in a public place increases Notoriety by an additional Rebuilding the
has nothing to do with Blosodriette’s trickery. 1d6 points. A combat or conflict that happens in a private Ravens
or other hidden area (such as in an alley or sewer) does not Part 3:
Event 1: A Spy Among Us increase the rebellion’s Notoriety score unless evidence of Redactions and
Revenge
Concealed amid the hundreds of documents recovered the crime (such as a dottari’s body) surfaces, in which case
from the Fair Fortune Livery is a contract binding the the Notoriety score increases by 1 per body discovered. NPC Gallery
imp Blosodriette (see page 52) to the Material Plane. A PC who is arrested for public disobedience (or other Kintargo
Blosodriette was originally a bonded servant to House relatively minor crimes) is placed in a cell under one of
Sarini, but her master is long dead and the remaining the numerous watchtowers along the city walls; these PCs Pathfinder’s
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Sarinis have no knowledge of her existence, leaving are kept for 1d6 days or until a fine is paid (if the crime
her with no real way to contact help. Her end goal is isn’t associated with a specific fine, 20 gp is standard). For Bestiary
to escape the contract without being banished to Hell greater crimes, a PC is likely sent to the Holding House Campaign
and without having the Sarinis regain control of her— for several days until the government decides what to do Outline
but since only a Sarini can grant her freedom without with the criminal—some are freed, others are sentenced
banishing her to Hell, the imp is somewhat at a loss as to excruciations, and particularly important prisoners are
to how to proceed. moved on to Kintargo Keep. The Holding House and Kintargo
For now, she spends most of her time lurking invisibly Keep are detailed in upcoming adventures, but if you don’t
or disguised as a rat or spider, observing and watching have access to those, the Rescue Character Rebellion action
as the PCs and their growing number of allies and can help to set imprisoned PCs free. This Adventure Path
minions come and go in the Wasp Nest. Her tinkering assumes the PCs avoid being arrested, in any event—but
and trickery begin merely as ways to entertain herself, “Turn of the Torrent” and “A Song Of Silver” both present
but rapidly progress to a point where the imp hopes to prison-break scenarios you can adapt to handle rescues of
either convince the PCs to release her or to attract the incarcerated PCs rather than NPCs if you wish.
attention of allies beyond the Wasp Nest to set her free.
Unless the PCs specifically scour the recovered
documents personally, Blosodriette’s contract goes
unnoticed—Rexus simply won’t recognize it when Story Award: If the PCs destroy the contract, award
he sees it, as it’s disguised via a secret page spell. A PC them XP as if they’d defeated Blosodriette in combat,
who spends at least 10 minutes looking through the along with all the story awards they would have earned
documents can notice something strange about the for encounters yet to play out in this series of events.
disguised contract with a successful DC 30 Linguistics or
Perception check—alternatively, detect magic reveals the Event 2: The Collapse
spell’s aura on the page (although not its actual purpose). The first time the PCs return to the Wasp Nest
If the PCs destroy the contract, the imp vanishes with a after a mission, a section of wall in the storeroom
puff of smoke (make sure this happens in sight of the PCs (area  C4) collapses. The sound of the crumbling wall
and allow them a chance to glimpse the little devil before is automatically heard by anyone in the Wasp Nest.
she goes so they have an idea of what they’ve done). If Damage done by the collapse is minor, unless the PCs
instead the PCs hesitate but are obviously considering have recruited a team—in this case, randomly determine
destroying or otherwise further investigating the one of the rebellion’s teams. A member of this team was
mysterious document, the imp grows nervous and caught in the collapse and killed by the falling rubble,
confronts the PCs as detailed in Event 5 below. It’s likely causing that team to become disabled.
that the PCs won’t come to realize the true nature of the A successful DC 13 Disable Device or Knowledge
contract for some time, though, in which case Events 2–4 (engineering) check reveals tool marks around the broken
unfold as described below. wall, indicating sabotage. A successful DC 15 Perception

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 check uncovers a hammer and chisel hidden nearby. The hand completely in case the letter is intercepted, but she
collapse was, of course, caused by Blosodriette. hopes to attract suspicious allies to aid her.
Story Award: If the PCs find one or both of these clues At some point during this week while the PCs are in
and come to the conclusion that the Wasp Nest was or near the Long Roads Coffeehouse, a patrol of three
sabotaged, award them 600 XP. dottari arrives to question Laria and make a search of
the coffeehouse, displaying an unsigned letter written in
Event 3: An Unwelcome Visit (CR 3) tidy script suggesting “suspicious activity and unsavory
Two weeks after the PCs take up residence in the practices” at the shop as the only warrant they require.
Wasp Nest, Blosodriette becomes bolder and uses her Left to their own devices, the guards find the concealed
suggestion spell-like ability on one of the rebellion’s basement (area C1) but not the secret door (unless the
lower-ranking members, a man named Morgar Manthai PCs are foolish enough to leave it open).
(or a member of your choice, if the PCs have come up If the PCs intervene, a successful Bluff check opposed
with names for their recruits). Acting under the imp’s by the guards’ Sense Motive checks is enough to get the
magical compulsion, Morgar delivers a vaguely worded dottari to leave the shop before searching it. If the guards
letter to the city Duxotar. The letter’s contents are find the hidden basement, the rebellion’s Notoriety
deliberately vague; Blosodriette doesn’t want to tip her score increases by 1d4; if they find the Wasp Nest itself
(areas C2–C5), the rebellion’s Notoriety score increases
by 2d6+10.

DOTTARI GUARDS (3) CR 1/2

XP 200 each
hp 13 each (see page 11)

Story Award: If the PCs manage to keep the basement a

secret from the guards, award them 800 XP.

Event 4: Uncovering the Patsy

A week after the dottari visit occurs, and every
week thereafter, Blosodriette continues using
Morgar Manthai to sabotage the Silver Ravens.
Every week, each PC can attempt a DC 20 Sense
Motive check; those who succeed notice Morgar
engaged in something suspicious—writing a
strange letter, perhaps, or skulking about and
eavesdropping on PC conversations. If no one
succeeds at the check, have another group of
dottari show up (repeating Event 3 above) or have
a mysterious accident occur (another collapse like
in Event 2, or perhaps a fire or a near-drowning).
When rolling for random events during the
rebellion’s Event phase, you can even increase
the result by 10 to represent the additional danger
posed by Blosodriette.
If the PCs notice Morgar acting funny and confront
him, the man defends his innocence at first. Morgar
has the same statistics as the Chelish Citizens’ Group
thugs detailed on page 11, except he is chaotic neutral.
Morgar insists upon his innocence, but can’t provide
alibis for several nights over the past several weeks,
claiming to have been drunk or asleep during any
point in time the PCs might suspect him of having
Dottari Guard engaged in suspicious activity.
Morgar’s confusion is legitimate—he hasn’t
yet fully realized he’s under the influence of
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to be subtle in her manipulations, using suggestion and the imp spends much of her time invisible, these
whispering her commands to the man while hiding Perception checks are as much to hear or even smell the
in the shadows. Morgar is worried that the voices he’s devil as to spot her—as such, she does not gain a bonus
In Hell’s
hearing are a symptom of growing madness, but a on Stealth checks due to invisibility spells.) Detect evil and Bright
successful DC 14 Diplomacy check to secure his trust detect law are the best methods to track her down; if the Shadow
or a DC 10 Intimidate check to force his cooperation PCs hit upon this tactic, you should place Blosodriette
both have the same result: he confesses to having heard in the same room as her contract and then ask the PCs Foreword
a strange voice that compelled him to do the things to describe the path they take through the Wasp Nest in
Part 1:
he did. More importantly, he nervously reveals their search. Fledglings
that the last time he heard these voices, it After Blosodriette fails a Stealth check, it’s of Silver

was from a talking rat he spoke to here in safest to assume any PC whose Perception
Part 2:
the Wasp Nest—this location should be check result exceeds that Stealth check Rebuilding the
somewhere close to where the Silver is present in the area to spot her. Ravens
Raven documents (including the imp’s Have all of the players indicate to you Part 3:
contract) are stored. where their characters are in the Wasp Redactions and
Revenge
Once Morgar confesses to his crimes, Nest on the day this occurs, and then
Blosodriette knows she’s on thin randomly determine one of those NPC Gallery
ice and takes a few weeks to lie low players who beat the imp’s Stealth check Kintargo
before picking a new patsy to start up to be the one who actually spots the imp.
her sabotage work again. Hopefully, Reveal the imp’s presence by describing Pathfinder’s
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the PCs find her out before this a brief glimpse of the evil outsider before
comes to pass! If the PCs used having all the players roll for initiative. Bestiary
Intimidate to force Morgar’s aid, (Of course, if the PCs are making a targeted Campaign
the frightened man abandons the search with detect spells, you’ll already know Outline
Silver Ravens and flees Kintargo later their locations.)
that evening, leaving the team he once Creatures: Frustrated after spending
belonged to disabled. so long idle and sneaking around,
Morgar Manthai Blosodriette welcomes combat and
MORGAR MANTHAI CR 1/3 attacks at once as soon as she’s found
XP 135 out. With her damage reduction and
hp 10 (use the statistics for a Chelish Citizens’ Group thug fast healing, she should be a difficult fight for the group
on page 11) (although it’s likely at this point there’s at least one silver
weapon among the PCs), but if the PCs manage to break
Story Award: If the PCs convince Morgar to confess her morale (see her tactics on page 52), the imp gives
about the strange voices and his glimpse of the imp, up and begs them to just destroy her contract. She can
award the PCs 800 XP. tell them she once worked for the Sarinis, but none in
that family know of her today. If the PCs confront the
Event 5: The True Saboteur (CR 4) Sarinis with the imp, they acknowledge that some in
Once the PCs begin to suspect they’ve got some sort of their family’s past have had dealings with devils, but
saboteur capable of influencing their members from that none of those who live today have any connection
within, the ease of discovering the imp hidden in the to Blosodriette—the Sarinis have a stronger role to play
Wasp Nest depends on the methods used to search for later in the Adventure Path as antagonists to the PCs, so
her. Once the PCs are aware of the situation and are it’s best to use an early opportunity like this to seed that
keeping an eye out, you can assume that the entire party antagonism without allowing direct conflict.
is essentially taking 20 on their Perception checks as
they interact with the Wasp Nest; this determines the BLOSODRIETTE CR 4
DC that Blosodriette must meet with her daily Stealth XP 1,200
check in order to remain hidden. In addition, during hp 35 (see page 52)
each rebellion Upkeep phase after the first week,
attempt a DC 20 Security check in secret, with a success Development: It’s possible that one of the PCs is a
indicating that other members of the Silver Ravens have Sarini—even if that character lacks social ties to the
spotted the imp and report seeing a strange little devil family, Blosodriette’s contract technically binds her to the
in the shadows. Once these reports surface, the PCs PC. In this case, the PC could theoretically command the
gain a +5 bonus on Perception checks to find the imp, imp to do his bidding. Consult the appendix on page 51
making her task of hiding more difficult. (Although for more information on how Blosodriette can help the

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 My Dear Ravens— MISSIONS
You are not alone in your fears for the To aid in recruiting for the rebellion, Laria and Rexus
nest we share, but for now, my flock and both suggest that the PCs work to spread word of their
I must remain quiet and hidden. The time efforts by undertaking key missions in Kintargo, taking
will soon come when we must meet, but small steps against Thrune’s occupation without drawing
until then, keep building your contacts and too much attention too early. Seven appropriate missions
resources. Do not rush into opposition against are detailed on the following pages—some of these
our common enemy. The time to retake missions might be suggestions from Laria or Rexus, and
Kintargo will come, but to strike too soon will others could be ones the PCs decide to attempt based
be to lose the war before it even begins. on rumors they’ve heard or as a result of requests from
Recruit. Prepare. Remain strong in your other NPCs.
patience. We shall speak soon. Note that several of the following missions tend to be
—The Rose of Kintargo slightly more challenging than normal for a group of
2nd-level characters—this is by design, as the expectation
HANDOUT #2 is that the PCs won’t need to manage their resources;
these missions should be interspersed with plenty of
Silver Ravens as an ally (at least until the treacherous opportunities to rest and recover.
thing figures out a way to betray the rebellion).
Mission 1: Decoding the Documents
Special Event: A Delivery of Roses The documents recovered from the second crate in
Laria knows that Kintargo’s cult of Milani is led by a area  A7 contain much information about the Silver
mysterious man who identifies himself as the Rose of Ravens that has otherwise been lost to time due to the
Kintargo, but since Thrune seized control of the city, efforts of Thrune redactors. Translating the documents
the cult leader has gone silent. Laria suspects the Rose requires 7 weeks of work by someone who has at least
of Kintargo maintains multiple different personas and 1 rank in Linguistics and speaks Celestial, Elven, and
identities in the city, but she’s only interacted with him Strix. This adventure assumes that Rexus tackles the
via messages; she has never had to directly secure his aid task of translating and decoding the documents, but
or the aid of his followers. She promises to try to make each qualifying PC who wishes to help can attempt a
contact with him, but asks the PCs to look around for DC 20 Linguistics check once per week to shorten
worshipers of Milani as well. the overall length of time required to decode them
In fact, the Rose of Kintargo is a tiefling tailor named by 1 week (and to learn one additional bullet point of
Hetamon Haace. He is indeed currently lying low, information). Each week that the work continues (and
tending to his shop, the Devil’s Threads, in Redroof. The each time a PC succeeds at a Linguistics check to help),
PCs aren’t scheduled to learn who the Rose of Kintargo is present the PCs with one of the seven bullet points of
until the next adventure, but as this adventure progresses, summarized information below. Feel free to mix up the
Hetamon grows increasingly aware of the Silver Ravens. order in which the following pieces of information are
Once the rebellion reaches a Notoriety score of 6 (or just learned, except for the final bullet point, which should
after starting Part 3 of the adventure, whichever comes be the last piece of information the PCs acquire.
first), one PC of your choice (preferably a worshiper • The Silver Ravens were established in 4606 ar in
of Milani) receives a bouquet of roses from a somber- the wake of the chaos that swept over Cheliax after
looking street urchin who, if questioned, can say only Aroden’s death to help protect the city of Kintargo
that a nice man wearing a hooded cloak paid him 3 gold from oppression.
coins to deliver the roses to the PC. • The woman who founded the Silver Ravens was a
A slip of paper is hidden in the bouquet; see Handout mysterious elf known only as “Jackdaw,” a figure who,
#2 for the message the paper contains. A successful DC before the advent of the Age of Lost Omens, built
20 Knowledge (local or religion) check is enough to herself into a sort of Kintargan folk hero who fought
confirm that the Rose of Kintargo mentioned in the note for the rights of the city’s downtrodden.
is the name of the local cult of Milani, goddess of hope • Many of the Silver Ravens were adventurers or
and uprisings—an actual worshiper of Milani gains a +10 worshipers of Milani. Jackdaw, a swashbuckler, was
bonus on this check and can attempt it untrained. the most powerful and influential of them all, but
This event foreshadows the role of Hetamon Haace others who rose to particular prominence among
and the church of Milani later in the Adventure Path—if the Silver Ravens were Amyreid (a female half-elf
PCs are eager to learn more, see “Turn of the Torrent” for cleric of Milani), Ba (a male halfling enchanter), Kyda
more details about how to introduce this plot element (a female human rogue/bard), and Brakisi (a male
earlier in the campaign. human urban ranger).

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• The Silver Ravens defended Kintargo from being The three ruins are the Victocora estate, the Thrashing
conquered no fewer than a dozen times during the Badger tavern, and a music store called the Silver Star.
Chelish Civil War: five times from power-hungry noble Rexus can confirm that his parents were part of the
In Hell’s
families, four times from agents of Thrune, once from Sacred Order of Archivists, and suspects (correctly) that Bright
an invasion of skum from the sea, once from a cabal they were targeted by Thrune’s agents for this reason. Shadow
of Nidalese vampires, and once from a blue dragon A successful DC 10 Knowledge (local or religion) or
named Rivozair. Diplomacy check to gather information reveals that the Foreword
• The Silver Ravens maintained their main headquarters Silver Star was not only owned by Shensen (herself an
Part 1:
in and below the Kintargo Opera House; unfortunately, outspoken critic of Thrune), but that chambers below Fledglings
no information in the documents indicates any other the music store served as a shrine to Sarenrae. A PC who of Silver

safe houses the group may have maintained. succeeds at a DC 15 Knowledge (local or religion) check or
Part 2:
• The Silver Ravens were said to be able to use something a Diplomacy check to gather information knows that the Rebuilding the
called the “Song of Silver” to defend Kintargo when Thrashing Badger was reputed to be a favorite watering Ravens
it was attacked by enemies, but sadly, no additional hole for the rebellious cult of Milani. Part 3:
information as to what this mysterious song was can For the first few days after the Night of Ashes, the Redactions and
Revenge
be found in these notes. Rexus implores the PCs to dottari patrolled the sites of all three ruins heavily, but
keep an eye out for further clues as to this intriguing now they’ve turned their attention elsewhere. Rexus NPC Gallery
notation. (More details on the “Song of Silver” will doubts there’s anything worth salvaging from his family Kintargo
be revealed in upcoming adventures, but for now, estate (he spent several nights combing through the
attempts to learn more about this topic should be ruins in vain, after all), and he’s right—there’s nothing Pathfinder’s
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met with dead ends—House Thrune’s redactors further to be learned there, since his parents confined
were particularly thorough in erasing this bit of their associations with the Sacred Order of Archivists to Bestiary
information from history). other locales (see Part 3 of this adventure for details.) The Campaign
• The last section translated speaks of how the leaders Thrashing Badger’s ruins are almost entirely gone; the Outline
of the Silver Ravens had seen the proverbial writing building burned through the boardwalk and collapsed
on the wall—they knew House Thrune was likely to into the water below, and a search of the submerged
seize control, and had come to the difficult decision ruins yields no clues.
to surrender should this event come to pass, hoping In all three cases, the bodies of those who perished in
to prevent Thrune from razing Kintargo. Indications the fires have been recovered and given proper (although
exist that the cache of treasure and documents hidden Asmodean) cremations—a move that Thrune knew he
in the Fair Fortune were intended to serve as a sort of had to take to mollify outraged citizens, yet which also
time capsule, should Kintargo forget the Silver Ravens prevents rebels from interrogating the bodies at a later
with the passage of time. date via speak with dead or similar means. Unfortunate
Development: Perhaps the most important resources exceptions to this policy can be found elsewhere in
to be gained from translating the documents are Kintargo as zombified guards (see area E8).
pages upon pages of information about tactics for Only the ruins of the Silver Star yield more than
defending Kintargo. Once the translation is complete, charred stone. The site is now a sinkhole filled with
the information found within grants the rebellion a scorched rubble—the building collapsed into the
permanent +2 bonus on all Organization checks (Loyalty, chambers below when it burned, but each hour spent
Secrecy, and Security). searching the site allows the PCs to attempt a DC 20
Story Award: If, with the PCs’ aid, all of the information Perception check to uncover a small cache of potions
in the documents can be learned in 4 weeks or less, award and scrolls that survived the fire in an iron coffer. Each
the PCs 1,200 XP. hour the PCs search for treasure, their actions have a
30% chance of attracting the attention of an encounter
Mission 2: Investigating the Fires (see page 81) unless they take pains to be stealthy in their
During the Night of Ashes, three buildings mysteriously search. More importantly, the rubble is unstable and
burned to the ground. No one’s saying it out loud, but could settle during a search; see Hazard, below.
the general consensus is that these three buildings (and Hazard: Each hour spent searching the ruins of the
many of their occupants) were specifically targeted by Silver Star, one PC (determined at random) is subjected
Barzillai Thrune as dens of sedition. If the PCs don’t hit to a sudden shifting of the rubble as it settles into deeper
upon the idea of investigating the sites of these three chambers below. The PC takes 3d6 points of damage from
fires on their own, Rexus should at the least ask them to the collapsing rubble unless he succeeds at a DC 15 Reflex
look through the ruins of his family estate for clues—he’s saving throw. A successful DC 15 Knowledge (engineering)
done so himself a few times already, but had to flee from check made at the onset of that hour grants all PCs a +4
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 D. PRISONERS OF SALT AN UNSANCTIONED EXCRUCIATION
1 SQUARE = 5 FEET 1 SQUARE = 5 FEET

D3
D7
D6

D5

D4

D2

D1

THREAT OF THE RED JILLS CRACKDOWN AT CLENCHJAW’S

1 SQUARE = 5 FEET 1 SQUARE = 5 FEET

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 Treasure: The scrolls in the coffer are a scroll of cure
moderate wounds, a scroll of daylight, a scroll of remove
blindness/deafness, and a scroll of remove disease. The D. The Salt Works
In Hell’s
potions include three potions of lesser restoration and four Sallix Salt Works is a squat, rectangular structure built Bright
potions of cure light wounds. around a low stone dome. Shadow
Development: The PCs will have a chance to learn D1. Front Office: This room is where the bulk of business
more about the fate of the Sacred Order of Archivists in operations take place. Foreword
Part 3 of this adventure. D2. Salt Pit: Taking up most of the building’s space,
Part 1:
The cult of Milani has, for the moment, disbanded, but the salt pit is 30 feet deep and lined with clay. A series Fledglings
developments in the next adventure will allow the PCs to of flues run through the walls, connecting to the three of Silver

recruit the remnants of the cult to their cause. chimneys around the silo’s circumference, making the
Part 2:
The majority of the priests of Sarenrae perished in the entire chamber a warm, arid desert with constant Rebuilding the
fire that destroyed the Silver Star, so there are none there airflow from above. A small dock extends over the pit, Ravens
to recruit. The building’s owner, Shensen, survived the with pulleys and hooks above. A layer of salt constantly Part 3:
fire and attempted to confront Barzillai Thrune at the dries on the floor below. The job of turning the salt to Redactions and
Revenge
opera house later that same night, only to be petrified ensure it dries well, combined with harvesting dry salt
by the inquisitor’s pet cockatrices—the half-elf ’s statue into buckets for loading into sacks, is a grueling and NPC Gallery
is now on display in the opera house. The PCs can find painful task. Kintargo
and rescue her near the end of “Dance of the Damned.” D3. Storage: This room is used to store shipments of
Story Award: For recovering the treasure (and braving rock salt and smaller sacks of table salt. Pathfinder’s
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the threat of subsidence) at the Silver Star, award the PCs D4. Salt Furnace: The Salt Works’ furnace burns here,
600 XP. keeping the Salt Pit’s temperatures in the high 90s at Bestiary
all times. Campaign
Mission 3: Prisoners of Salt (CR 3 to 5) D5. Holding Cell: Until recently, this was a manager’s Outline
A direct assault on the high-profile prisoners believed to office, but the mercenaries have converted this room into
be kept in Castle Kintargo is not advisable this early in a holding cell for their prisoners.
the rebellion (this is a mission the PCs will undertake D6. Work Yard: The work yard is a covered patio
in the fourth adventure, “A Song of Silver”), but making for meeting with customers and readying larger loads
a move to liberate some who have been recently for delivery.
imprisoned by Thrune would be an excellent way to D7. Barracks: This outbuilding contains bunks now
start building the Silver Ravens’ reputation in Kintargo. used by the mercenary guards and their leader, Kossrani.
Indeed, Laria’s initial suggestion to the PCs is to rescue
a group of mercenaries who are being held in Sallix Salt
Works in Old Kintargo. These mercenaries are led by a
man named Forvian Crowe—a rogue Laria’s worked with the Salt Works as an additional source of government
before who she believes would be a valuable addition to income, Barzillai Thrune placed a mercenary group in
the Silver Ravens. Perhaps more importantly, the guards charge of the building until an official new manager could
stationed at Sallix Salt Works are not official members be appointed. This group is led by a cantankerous dwarf
of the Church of Asmodeus or the government; they named Kossrani, and he’s already earned a reputation as
are contracted mercenaries, and as such, their deaths a sadist among those who know him.
wouldn’t draw the degree of retribution that similar acts Creatures: In all, nine mercenaries are stationed
against government officials would. A raid on Sallix Salt here—eight Chelish Citizens’ Group thugs and their
Works, in other words, is the perfect opening gambit for leader, a bitter dwarven mercenary named Kossrani
the Silver Ravens to begin building their reputation in who once hoped to become a member of the clergy of
Kintargo as defenders of the people without incurring Asmodeus. When it became obvious early on that he
the full wrath of House Thrune. lacked the mental aptitude and will to become a full-
Sallix Salt Works is located just outside Salt Gate in fledged cleric, Kossrani opted instead to serve the Prince
Old Kintargo. Here, heavy loads of wet salt from the of Darkness as a thug and bully, offering his services as
brine springs to the south are delivered daily. These a mercenary to the church or House Thrune. He was
loads are dumped into the Salt Works’ wide, clay-lined quick to volunteer for additional duties after Thrune’s
pit, where furnaces burn night and day to dry the salt. takeover of the city, and though Kossrani’s appointment
Thrune agents appropriated the Salt Works the day after as an interim manager at the Salt Works was meant as a
the Night of Ashes, arresting its previous owner under veiled insult, the dwarf has taken to the assignment with
(rightful) charges of unpaid back taxes—the man resisted delight. The fact that he’s been augmenting his income
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 missed by Barzillai—this, more than any other reason, Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +3
prevents the government from taking much action if the DEFENSE
man is defeated and his charges rescued. AC 19, touch 11, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor, +1 Dex, +2 shield)
During the day, Kossrani and four of the Chelish hp 30 (3d10+9)
Citizens’ Group thugs patrol the main structure (although Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +3 (+1 vs. fear); +2 vs. poison, spells,
they spend most of their time in the front office playing and spell-like abilities
cards). At night, the other four thugs who work the Defensive Abilities bravery +1, defensive training, stability
evening shift stand guard in the room, mostly to ensure OFFENSE
the prisoners don’t attempt an escape. If combat breaks Speed 20 ft.
out, the thugs flee in a panic as soon as Kossrani is Melee mwk heavy mace +6 (1d8+4)
defeated, but otherwise fight to the death at the dwarf ’s Ranged composite longbow +4 (1d8+2/×3)
side. Guards not on duty are generally asleep in the Special Attacks hatred
barracks (area D7), and are unlikely to join a battle in the TACTICS
main building, although if the PCs attack at night, the During Combat Kossrani refuses to fight fair. He throws a
guards on duty attempt to flee to the barracks to wake tanglefoot bag at the most heavily armored foe on the
Kossrani at the earliest opportunity. first round of battle, then keeps his distance and picks
away at one opponent at a time, favoring spellcasters.
KOSSRANI CR 2 He uses Power Attack at every opportunity—his melee
XP 600 attack line above reflects this tactic.
Male dwarf fighter 3 Morale Too proud to believe he can be defeated, Kossrani
NE Medium humanoid (dwarf) fights to the death.
STATISTICS
Str 15, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 8
Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 16 (20 vs. bull rush and trip)
Feats Iron Will, Point-Blank Shot, Power Attack, Weapon
Focus (heavy mace)
Skills Intimidate +5, Knowledge (religion) +4, Perception +3
(+5 to notice unusual stonework), Sense Motive +3
Languages Common, Dwarven, Infernal
SQ armor training 1
Combat Gear potion of cure moderate wounds (2),
tanglefoot bags (2); Other Gear mwk chainmail, heavy
steel shield, composite longbow (+2 Str) with 20 arrows,
mwk heavy mace, 28 gp

CHELISH CITIZENS’ GROUP THUGS (8) CR 1/3

XP 135 each
hp 10 each (see page 11)

Treasure: In addition to Kossrani’s personal wealth, a

lockbox in the front office contains his profits thus far
from selling salt on the black market: 67 gp and 423 sp.
Development: Six prisoners are being held in the
Salt Works: five 1st-level human warriors and their
onetime leader, Forvian Crow (CG male
human rogue 1). All six are sickened
from conditions in the Salt Works and
are in no condition to fight, but if
they’re rescued, Forvian promises
to spread word of the PCs’ actions
in the days to follow.
Kossrani Story Award: Each attempted
raid on the Salt Works, whether
successful or not, increases the
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Once  the PCs rescue the prisoners, word spreads; at the from. When this adventure begins, the tooth fairies
start of its next Upkeep phase, the rebellion automatically have already murdered three unfortunates, and their
gains 1d6 supporters. In addition, if the PCs wish to recruit actions are having precisely the result Tiarise intended—
In Hell’s
the rescued prisoners as a team of freedom fighters during they’re driving the tieflings of the slums into a panic. Bright
this week’s Activity phase, they automatically succeed at Left unhandled, these murders will eventually drive the Shadow
the Security check to recruit the team. If the PCs rescue tieflings to riot, giving Barzillai Thrune all the excuse
the prisoners and recruit them to the Silver Ravens, award he needs to raze the slums and further Foreword
them 600 XP. Unlike the tengu sisters (see page 20), this establish martial control over the city.
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group does not count as a bonus team. The PCs might have heard some rumors Fledglings
of the murders by now—if not, Laria informs of Silver

Mission 4: Murders in the Nursery them of the rumors and her fears that the killings
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(CR 3) might be acts of terrorism performed by agents Rebuilding the
Tieflings are treated as second-class of Asmodeus. If the murderers can be stopped Ravens
citizens at best in Cheliax, and despite and the PCs can make it clear that the Silver Part 3:
Kintargo’s progressive attitude, this Ravens have stepped up to defend some of Redactions and
Revenge
prejudice is still rampant in the city. Kintargo’s most downtrodden citizens, the
The majority of Kintargo’s tieflings never rebellion’s support can only grow. NPC Gallery
make it out of the city’s most notorious There are four likely avenues of Kintargo
slum—the Devil’s Nursery. Here, tieflings investigation the PCs can take to unravel
are generally left to live their own lives the mystery of the Devil’s Nursery Pathfinder’s
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without much interference, but those who Murders, as detailed below.
dare to travel far from the area run the Interviewing Locals: The tieflings Bestiary
risk of facing harassment or worse. of the Devil’s Nursery are on edge, Campaign
This toxic environment does little to and most go out of their way to Outline
give Kintargo’s tieflings a fair chance avoid speaking to strangers. With
to rise out of the poverty into which they a successful DC 15 Diplomacy
are born. check to gather information over the
For many years, a local advocate for course of 1d4 hours in the slums, though,
tiefling rights named Strea Vestori has Zea a character can learn the locations of all the
worked to reverse this trend and to earn a place murders (including the most recent one—the
of honor and respect for Kintargo’s tieflings by founding only site that retains a clue). A tiefling character (or a
the Cloven Hoof Society. She’d made great strides in character successfully disguised as a tiefling) gains a +5
her mission, in no small part due to the aid of Milani bonus on this Diplomacy check. The exact number of
cult leader Hetamon Haace (himself a tiefling living murders will vary depending on how long the PCs take
in hiding), but her reputation unfortunately attracted to start their investigation—new murders happen once
Barzillai’s notice. On the Night of Ashes, Strea was one of every 1d3 days. If the PCs think to plot the locations of
those identified as a potential threat, and agents of Thrune the murder sites on a map, they discover that all the
abducted her, confiscated her belongings, and turned her murders happened in Devil’s Nursery, within a 400-foot
over to the Church of Asmodeus, where she was subjected radius of the tooth fairies’ lair.
to a feeblemind spell and imprisoned—the PCs can learn Investigating a Murder Site: If the PCs learn the
her fate and possibly rescue her in “A Song of Silver.” location of the most recent murder, they can investigate
But Thrune’s agents didn’t stop at merely cutting off the site. This murder took place 2 nights prior, in an
the head of the Cloven Hoof Society. One of Thrune’s alley near the southern wall of the city. The body was
more devious minions, a witch named Tiarise Izoni, found by a young tiefling woman named Zea (CN
set into motion other events on the Night of Ashes that female tiefling rogue 1), and she should be the one who
took a few days to mature—she murdered a tiefling escorts the PCs to the site to investigate it. A Survival
child and buried the body in an alley deep in the Devil’s check to search for tracks uncovers nothing unusual,
Nursery, performing a blasphemous rite to link the but a successful DC 20 Perception check turns up a
young corpse to energies from the First World. The single tooth near the wall—a trophy the tooth fairies
result manifested the next day as eight tooth fairies accidentally left behind.
seeped into this reality from the First World, and the Examining a Body: The tieflings are quick to cremate
sadistic little fey immediately set to the murder of those the bodies as they come up, for fear of them rising
who dwelled nearby. to become vengeful undead. If the PCs successfully
The tooth fairies strike every few nights, seeking out interview a local and make their intentions to solve the
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 murder occurs (1d3 days after the PCs first start their they’ll be attacked by the fairies; this chance doubles if
investigation). She informs them that the body is being at least one person acts as bait, searching alone rather
held in an abandoned shop in the Devil’s Nursery than with the entire party. If after 3 nights the PCs don’t
until that evening, when the locals plan to cremate lure out an attack, the tooth fairies instead murder
the remains. If the PCs follow Zea to the murder site, another tiefling somewhere else in the area, and the
they can examine the body. The body’s face has been chance of successfully luring the fey to attack resets to
mutilated, but a successful DC 13 Heal check reveals 20% the next night.
that all of the victim’s teeth have been removed. A The tooth fairies always hunt together—if they attack
successful DC 12 Perception check reveals numerous the PCs, they do so with their full complement of eight.
tiny and slightly inflamed humanoid bite marks on The fey aren’t used to victims putting up a significant
the victim’s hands and neck, along with several little fight, and if two of them are slain, all surviving tooth
gouges of missing flesh. Once one of these two clues is fairies flee back to their den. The fey fly quickly, but
discovered, a successful DC 15 Knowledge (nature) check once they return to their lair, their angry chattering can
suggests tooth fairies are the culprits—if both clues are be heard by anyone nearby. If the PCs follow the fleeing
discovered, the PCs gain a +5 bonus on this check. fairies, allow them to attempt DC 15 Perception checks
Catching the Killers: There is no common thread every 10 minutes for the next hour to hear the angry
between the murder victims—the tooth fairies aren’t fey. Regardless of whether the PCs hear the fairies, if
picky about whom they attack. The only reliable pattern they pass near the actual site of the tooth fairy lair (as
in the fairies’ assaults is the timing: they attack new indicated on the map of Kintargo on page 64) during this
victims once every 1d3 nights. The tieflings increasingly hour, the vengeful fairies swarm out to attack at once.
stay indoors at night, and while the tooth fairies are When the tooth fairies are confronted near their den,
capable of infiltrating the shacks to get their victims, they fight to the death.
they vastly prefer to attack those who are out in the At your discretion, other methods of tracking down
alleys after dark. If the PCs determine the killers’ the tooth fairy lair might work as well. If the tooth fairies
hunting grounds and then patrol that area during the escape and the PCs don’t track them to their den, the
night, there’s a 20% cumulative chance per night that murders continue.

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 Creatures: The tooth fairies have no politics or passion Story Award: If the PCs discover the cause of the tooth
for Kintargo—they merely seek to gather as many teeth fairies and give the dead child’s body a proper burial,
as they can to build up a grand “palace” to inhabit in this award them 600 XP.
In Hell’s
strange new world they’ve found themselves in. Their Bright
lair is in a large hollow below the corner of a partially Mission 5: Crackdown at Clenchjaw’s (CR 2) Shadow
collapsed tavern, once part of the building’s root cellar. Clenchjaw’s was until recently a low-key dockworker’s
The chamber is about 5 feet wide by 10 feet long, and drinking hall, but in the past few days the watering hole has Foreword
squeezing into it requires a successful DC 20 Escape grown rife with intrigue, brawls, and talk of insurrection.
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Artist check for a Medium creature. Fortunately, the tooth Though initially dismissed as a den of drunken sailors Fledglings
fairies emerge to attack anyone who approaches and foreigners known for stirring up trouble, the tavern of Silver

within 5 feet of their home, so fighting is growing loud enough to attract official attention.
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inside the confined area probably won’t The PCs might hear of these developments via a Rebuilding the
be necessary. rumor, or one of their allies might request they Ravens
investigate Clenchjaw’s to look for potential Part 3:
TOOTH FAIRIES (8) CR 1/4 allies, find out who is stirring up trouble, or Redactions and
Revenge
XP 100 each simply quell the violence there to keep the
hp 5 each (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 262) inebriated teamsters out of prison. NPC Gallery
A successful DC 15 Knowledge (local) Kintargo
Treasure: An investigation of the or Diplomacy check to gather information
tooth fairies’ den reveals a chamber turns up some information about Pathfinder’s
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slowly being decorated with teeth of all Clenchjaw’s. The tavern is
sorts; in time, the tooth fairies hope to named after a local variety Bestiary
wallpaper the entire area with teeth, of oyster, as well as for the Campaign
but for now only a few disturbing owner’s strict policy of banning Outline
patterns decorate the walls. In political talk from the tavern—
the center of one of these is a until recently, that is. The tavern’s
gold tooth worth 250 gp. owner is an apolitical and practical
A more interesting find than sort named Rinston “Clenchjaw” Jon
the gold tooth lies in the far side of Clenchjaw (N male human fighter 2) who normally
the area, where the broken, toothless body of ejects troublemakers, but seems unusually
a young tiefling child has been set in a place of reverence sleepy and distracted of late. The nightly brawls have all
in a niche in the wall. The child’s body has been tightly begun after Rinston’s passed out for the evening—itself
wrapped with thick preserved sinews, its wrists and a curious development, since until the Night of Ashes
ankles shattered and bound with cold iron chains. All he was an energetic man. A visit to Clenchjaw’s during
but one of its teeth have been knocked from its jaws. An the day reveals a quiet enough tavern, but in the late
examination of the grisly find reveals dozens of phrases afternoon the place gets increasingly rowdy.
have been inscribed in Aklo in very fine writing along the Creatures: Starting at 5:00 p.m. each night, there’s a
sinews (which a DC 20 Heal check identifies as having cumulative 30% chance per hour of a brawl occurring,
come from an adult tiefling). A character who unravels the guaranteeing at least one fight by last call at 8:30, an
sinews and can read Aklo can decipher the phrases with hour before curfew. Feel free to let the PCs take part in
a successful DC 20 Linguistics check—this reveals the a brawl here if you wish, especially if they’re running a
awful truth that the child was a sacrifice for a vile ritual to little low on experience points. In this event, use the map
create the tooth fairies. The murderers of Devil’s Nursery of Clenchjaw’s provided on page 28. All participants are
were no happenstance event—they were engineered. No 1st-level warriors (use the statistics for Chelish Citizens’
clues exist to point the PCs toward the perpetrator of this Group thugs on page 11), but none use lethal force in the
vile act, but in time they will finally learn the truth. (In fights. Any use of lethal force swiftly breaks up the fight,
the fourth adventure, “A Song of Silver,” they’ll confront but it increases the rebellion’s Notoriety score by 1 unless
the architect of this crime, Tiarise Izoni). the PCs were disguised.
Development: If the PCs recover the child’s body and The true source of the tavern’s growing reputation
give it a proper burial or turn it over to the tieflings is Vendalfek, a meddling faerie dragon whose previous
(none recognize the body—he was, in life, a homeless haunt, the Thrashing Badger, was destroyed during the
urchin, one of dozens who prowl Devil’s Nursery), word Night of Ashes. Vendalfek’s existence was something of
spreads. At the start of each of the next three Upkeep an open secret at the Thrashing Badger, but when that
phases of the rebellion, 1d6 additional supporters join place was destroyed, the dragon escaped and sought
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 to see several surviving regulars from the Thrashing in the crowded room to claims of whispered insults to
Badger take up patronage here, the dragon quickly grew glimpses of “a weird butterfly” in the dark corners of
bored with his new haunt’s quiet and subdued nature. the tavern. Each hour the PCs spend in the tavern, have
Remaining in hiding, Vendalfek’s been doing what he Vendalfek roll a Stealth check; the patrons don’t notice
can to keep things lively and entertaining over the past him, but a PC who succeeds at an opposed Perception
few days, unaware that his mischief will inevitably bring check certainly does. If the PCs spot the dragon, he
Thrune down on his new home. yelps in surprise and tries to flee the tavern after
Vendalfek has remained mostly hidden from the turning invisible.
patrons—those few who have spotted him assumed they Vendalfek isn’t looking for a fight, and if the PCs catch
were hallucinating. The faerie dragon’s tactics of trickery or corner him, he begs them to stay their weapons so they
are the same every night: he uses greater invisibility at some can talk. If he escapes after being spotted, the dragon is
point before using sleep to put the owner of the tavern intrigued by the PCs and introduces himself to them
into a torpor, then moves among the crowd, periodically after they leave the tavern, calling to them from an alley
dosing patrons with his breath weapon, using grease to in his high-pitched voice. Vendalfek is merely looking
cause people to drop drinks or fall down, or silent image for entertainment, and the PCs seem so much more
or ghost sound to create sounds or visions designed to rile interesting than anyone else he’s seen in the tavern. The
the increasingly drunken patrons. Fights are inevitable, faerie dragon’s lived in secret in Kintargo for years, and
much to Vendalfek’s delight. thinks of the place as his home, though he doesn’t really
If the PCs ask around in the tavern, a successful DC 12 understand human politics. Still, he’s smart, and any
Diplomacy check warms up the patrons enough to attempt to explain to the dragon what’s happened should
tell them stories of strange occurrences in the place, suffice to educate him.
ranging from convictions of spotting various old rivals Vendalfek begins an encounter friendly to the PCs
unless they attacked him, in which case he’s indifferent.
Convincing him to stop teasing the patrons of
Clenchjaw’s counts as complicated aid for the prankster
dragon (Diplomacy DC 18 if friendly, or DC 23 if
indifferent). If the PCs exceed this check by 5 or more,
or if they outright offer to let the dragon live with them
in the Wasp Nest, Vendalfek agrees to move—in this
case, he becomes an Ally of the Silver Ravens (see the
appendix on page 51 for details).

SURLY CUSTOMERS (5) CR 1/3

XP 135 each
Human warrior 1 (use the statistics for a Chelish Citizens’
Group thug on page 11)
hp 10 each

VENDALFEK CR 2
XP 600
Male faerie dragon (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3 91)
hp 22

Treasure: Vendalfek’s hoard is hidden in the rafters

and can be found with a successful DC 25 Perception
check. It consists of expensive liqueurs and stolen jewelry
worth a total of 585 gp. If the dragon joins the rebellion,
he hopes to keep this hoard—if the PCs don’t allow this,
the dragon leaves the rebellion and Kintargo in a huff.
Vendalfek Development: As long as Vendalfek keeps causing
trouble in Clenchjaw’s, he increases the chance of the
place attracting the wrong kind of attention. Unless the
faerie dragon is killed, recruited, or otherwise convinced
to cease his actions, each day that passes after the PCs’
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that Thrune’s agents grow tired of the place and shut with a stern warning. Repeat offenses result in longer
the tavern down. A few patrons are thrown in jail, but terms in the doghouse.
Vendalfek finally bites off more than he can chew and As rumors of doghousing spread, the Chelish Citizens’
In Hell’s
is slain in the raid. Having the tavern shut down is a Group takes matters into its own hands and begins to Bright
blow to city morale, and to several of the Silver Ravens’ perform a few unsanctioned doghousings, hoping to earn Shadow
supporters—reduce the rebellion’s number of supporters Thrune’s approval. For his part, Barzillai dislikes anyone
by 2d6 if this occurs. taking matters into their own hands (and thus out of his), Foreword
Story Award: If the PCs manage to handle the situation but he does nothing to stop these events. At some point
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at Clenchjaw’s without getting into a fight, award them during this adventure, preferably after the rebellion’s Fledglings
800 XP. If they recruit Vendalfek to the Silver Ravens, reached a Notoriety score of 6 or higher, a group of eager of Silver

award them an additional 800 XP. thugs grabs an NPC who’s had contact with the PCs but
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isn’t a member of the Silver Ravens. The tiefling woman Rebuilding the
Mission 6: An Unsanctioned Excruciation (CR 4) Zea or Rinston “Clenchjaw” Jon are good choices, but feel Ravens
As the Adventure Path continues, more and more of free to have the group nab someone more important. Part 3:
Barzillai Thrune’s enemies (and thus potential allies The PCs learn about this abduction, and that the NPC Redactions and
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for the PCs) are captured, charged with sedition or has been put in a doghouse that’s been set up in a pagoda
treason, and imprisoned as suspected rebels. At first, in the middle of a lily pond in southern Aria Park; the NPC Gallery
Thrune is content to merely imprison suspects, but as longer the PCs wait to take action, the more damage the Kintargo
the rebellion gains steam, the lord-mayor realizes he captured NPC suffers.
needs to display his power more publicly, and he begins Creatures: The captured NPC is kept in a doghouse Pathfinder’s
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subjecting the prisoners to excruciations. in the middle of the lily pond’s pagoda, which can be
Public executions are not the norm for House Thrune. reached via two 10-foot-wide bridges. The site was once Bestiary
The Chelish government much prefers the spectacle of used for impromptu public singing performances, but Campaign
public humiliation and torture—an “excruciation”— as with so many such sites, it’s now used for darker Outline
as a means to keep the common folk in line. The types intent. Four Chelish Citizens’ Group thugs keep two
of excruciations vary wildly, but most are relatively slavering mastiffs at hand here for the doghousing.
simple affairs such as pillorying or public caging. In Emboldened by their convictions and the (mistaken)
extreme situations, lethal sentences such as impaling or idea that they’re doing the work of Lord-Mayor Thrune,
crucifixion are carried out. Barzillai Thrune is something the thugs unleash their mastiffs on anyone who doesn’t
of an artist when it comes to his preferred methods for immediately comply with their orders to “move along.”
all matters of discipline, and this extends to his taste in The two mastiffs are nearly feral; they fight to the death.
excruciations. No official excruciations are scheduled to Any thug reduced to fewer than 3 hit points attempts to
occur during this adventure (this will change in the next flee the fight—all remaining thugs flee if both dogs are
adventure), but the PCs may hear rumors of Barzillai’s killed or two of their number are defeated.
favored form of this practice: “doghousing.”
When a prisoner is doghoused, he is put inside of a CHELISH CITIZENS’ GROUP THUGS (4) CR 1/3
small wooden dog house, the walls of which have had XP 135 each
dozens of nails driven through. The confines inside are hp 10 each (see page 11)
incredibly cramped, making it difficult for the doghoused
victim to move or shift position without being stabbed MASTIFFS (2) CR 1
by a nail, and making it impossible to stand or lie down. XP 400
Twice a day, at sunset and sunrise, the victim is allowed hp 13 (riding dog; Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 87)
out of the doghouse to scavenge for scraps of food and
water left by the dottari, but he must contend with two Development: Once the fight is over, the PCs have
or more feral, ravenous dogs that have been chained in 1d4+1 minutes to get their friend out of danger and flee
reach of the food—if the victim isn’t quick, the dogs eat the scene. If they remain past this point, a patrol of a
the food, but if the victim goes for the food, he’ll likely dozen dottari arrive to arrest any troublemakers—see
be bitten at least a few times before he’s forced to seek the Confronting the Guards sidebar on page 23 for more
shelter in the doghouse for another day. information on what happens if the PCs resist arrest or
A victim of doghousing takes 1d6 points of nonlethal are themselves arrested.
damage from starvation and 1d6 points of lethal damage A public fight against the thugs increases Notoriety by
from dog bites each day. After the first day, the victim is 1d4—only stealthy rescues can avoid this increase.
constantly exhausted from muscle cramps caused by time Story Award: If the PCs manage to stop the unsanctioned
spent in the doghouse. Generally, doghousing lasts for excruciation or rescue its victim without a fight, award
a week, and if a victim survives that week he is released them 1,600 XP.

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 Mission 7: Threat of the Red Jills (CR 4) are left alone. Through this discretion, the Red Jills are
Not every covert organization in Kintargo suffers under essentially capitalizing on the city’s situation for their
Thrune’s boot, nor are all who rebel against Thrune own advantage, and Thrune’s government is only too
interested in allying with the Silver Ravens. The Red happy to let the thieves continue their work.
Jills are one such group. A collective of thugs who The PCs may hear rumors of the Red Jills, but if they
specialize in muggings, theft, and generalized bullying, don’t go after the group on their own, Laria or Rexus
the small band of thieves has eluded the law for asks the PCs to track them down and deal with
years thanks to a combination of luck, secrecy, and them. Recruiting the Red Jills to the Silver Ravens
maintenance of a small enough membership that would be nice, but Laria thinks the thieves are
Kintargo never felt the need to bring the full force less interested in restoring order than in preying
of its dottari down on it. on the chaos. As it turns out, this is exactly
But with recent events, the Red Jills have increased the case.
their activity. The thieves have grown increasingly The Red Jills are a loosely organized
aggressive, and muggers and thugs wearing the band of thieves led by a mysterious figure
signature red cloaks of the gang have become whom few of the gang can admit to having
more and more common. They almost met. In fact, this figure is a strix, a winged
exclusively target regular citizens—any humanoid whose race has long clashed
dressed in the colors of the dottari against humanity. Named Scarplume, she
or the Chelish Citizens’ Group belonged to the Kitkasiticka—a tribe of
strix that lives in Ravounel Forest. She was
exiled when it became apparent that her
hatred of humanity was so great that she
threatened to attract too much attention to
the hidden tribe. Scarplume chose to come
to Kintargo, where she could live among
and terrorize those she so despised. Using
a red cloak to hide her wings and magic to
complete the disguise, Scarplume built up a
gang of thugs to spread misery throughout
Kintargo. She’s amused by the city’s latest
developments, and sees this as a time for her
to send her thugs out to gather treasure—
she demands a cut of all stolen goods, and
hopes to use her treasure in the future to buy
her way back into the Kitkasiticka tribe. (More
information on these strix can be found in the fifth
adventure, “The Kintargo Contract.”)
A PC who succeeds at a DC 25 Knowledge (local) or
Diplomacy check knows that the Red Jills supposedly
keep a hideout somewhere on the eastern slopes of
Temple Hill. A Diplomacy check that fails by 5 or more
alerts Scarplume to the PCs’ investigation, and the nosy
revolutionaries are soon ambushed on the street by
a band of four Red Jills (use the statistics for the Red
Jills on page 37). A captured thug reveals the location of
Scarplume’s lair if cowed by a successful Intimidate check.
Diplomacy is a tougher option, requiring a successful
DC 31 Diplomacy check unless mind-controlling magic
is used.
Scarplume’s lair is on the roof of Humbright House,
once a small orphanage and shrine to Aroden. Both the
church and orphanage closed their doors in the months
following Aroden’s death, and both buildings have
Scarplume remained mostly abandoned ever since, periodically
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thugs of all stripes. The first floors of both buildings 0 (at will)—arcane mark, daze (DC 11), detect poison,
have been gutted. A rickety ladder on the ground floor of ghost sound (DC 11), mage hand, ray of frost
the church leads to a trap door in the ceiling, while the Bloodline elemental (fire)
In Hell’s
orphanage’s stairs collapsed years ago. Both buildings TACTICS
Bright
are rough brick work, with walls that can be scaled with Before Combat Scarplume casts mage armor on herself. Shadow
a successful DC 15 Climb check. The church roof stands During Combat Scarplume takes to the air and fires off a
20 feet above the street below, with a flat top and sloped few scorching rays and elemental rays to test interlopers. Foreword
sides that require a successful DC 10 Acrobatics check to She resorts to her spiked gauntlet only as a last resort,
Part 1:
navigate. Failure at this check indicates a character falls preferring to keep to the air as long as possible. Fledglings
prone, while a character who fails by 5 or more tumbles to Scarplume targets humans in favor of all other foes. of Silver

the edge of the roof and must succeed at a DC 10 Climb Morale Scarplume fights to the death.
Part 2:
check or Reflex save to catch herself before falling off. STATISTICS Rebuilding the
Creatures: A group of three Red Jills is always stationed Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 12 Ravens
on the orphanage roof. These guards keep an eye on Base Atk +2; CMB +3; CMD 16 Part 3:
the streets, and if they see anyone enter the buildings Feats Combat Casting, Eschew Materials, Lightning Reflexes Redactions and
Revenge
below, one of them quickly crosses over to Scarplume’s Skills Disguise +5, Fly +8, Knowledge (arcana) +4,
nest to alert her. This nest is located 10 feet above the Perception +1 (+3 in dim light or darkness), Spellcraft +4, NPC Gallery
church roof in the bell tower—the bell is long gone, Stealth +5 (+7 in dim light or darkness) Kintargo
having been melted down for its metal during the Languages Common, Strix
Chelish Civil War. SQ bloodline arcana (change energy damage spells to Pathfinder’s
Journal
Scarplume is notable for her rose-red hair and the scar match bloodline energy), nocturnal, suspicious
that runs across her forehead. Her hatred of humanity Combat Gear potion of cure light wounds; Other Gear Bestiary
is one of her driving personality traits, and she accepts darts (5), mwk spiked gauntlet, amulet of natural Campaign
only tieflings into her band of thugs as a result. She armor +1, 45 gp Outline
reacts with anger upon realizing intruders have tracked
her down—if humans are among those intruders, all RED JILLS (3) CR 1/2
the better for her rage! Once Scarplume is slain, the XP 200 each
remaining Red Jills panic and flee—further encounters CE tiefling rogue 1 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 264)
with Red Jills in the city should be treated as encounters hp 10 each
with tieflings who aren’t part of any gang, and aren’t
automatically hostile to those they meet. Treasure: In addition to her gear, Scarplume has
stashed a small fortune of stolen goods and coins in
SCARPLUME CR 3 her nest. This stash consists of 12 pp, 279 gp, 1,302 sp,
XP 800 530 cp, and miscellaneous jewelry and keepsakes worth
Female strix sorcerer 4 (Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner a total of 750 gp.
Sea World Guide 313) Story Award: Word spreads once the PCs defeat
CN Medium humanoid (strix) Scarplume and the Red Jills drift apart. During the
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; next Upkeep phase, the rebellion automatically gains
Perception +1 2d6 supporters, along with a donation of 3d10 gp to the
DEFENSE rebellion’s treasury.
AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+4 armor, +3 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 24 (4d6+8) PART 3: REDACTIONS AND
Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +3; +2 vs. illusions REVENGE
Resist fire 10 Rexus’s mother, Porcia Victocora, was a member of
OFFENSE a secret group of historians called the Sacred Order
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (average) of Archivists. It was for this reason that she and her
Melee mwk spiked gauntlet +4 (1d4+1) estate were targeted for destruction by Thrune, and
Ranged dart +5 (1d4+1) Rexus grows increasingly convinced as this adventure
Special Attacks hatred progresses that his mother still lives, and that she’s
Bloodline Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; concentration +5) been in hiding in the stronghold of the Sacred Order.
4/day—elemental ray (1d6+2 fire) If nothing else, he would like the return of any of her
Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 4th; concentration +5) personal effects from the hideout, as all of those that
2nd (3/day)—scorching ray had been stored at the manor were burned.
1st (7/day)—burning hands (DC 12), disguise self, mage Once Rexus has finished translating the Silver Ravens
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the Night of Ashes grow stronger. At some point after
he finishes the translation work, Rexus asks the PCs
for one more favor: he reveals that the Sacred Order Sabotage and Spies
In Hell’s
of Archivists have long used chambers below a local If the PCs manage to recruit a team of saboteurs or spies, Bright
museum of oddities called Hocum’s Fantasmagorium they can have the rebellion take covert or sabotage Shadow
as a secret base of operations. If his mother survived actions against Hocum’s Fantasmagorium as detailed
the fire, she may have remained silent for so long in the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide. The results of such Foreword
simply because she’s been lying low in the chambers actions, if successful, are as follows.
Part 1:
below the museum. Rexus has never been inside the Covert Action: With a successful DC 15 Secrecy check, Fledglings
place—indeed, it’s been closed to the public for many a team of spies can scout out the Fantasmagorium, of Silver

years—but he knows the mithral key that was among providing a report to the PCs that a group of Asmodeans
Part 2:
the things his mother left him supposedly opens many is active in the building. The report indicates that the PCs Rebuilding the
locks within the building. will face one cleric, four monks, and at least five zombies, Ravens
The revelation that the Fantasmagorium was used as allowing the PCs to prepare as appropriate. In addition, Part 3:
a safe house for the Sacred Order makes a lot of sense the scouting mission provides the PCs a workable map Redactions and
Revenge
to Laria. Once she learns of this, Laria encourages the of the Fantasmagorium, but does not uncover any
PCs to investigate the Fantasmagorium. If any members information about the chambers below. NPC Gallery
of the Sacred Order of Archivists survive, they’d be great Sabotage: With a successful DC 15 Secrecy check, a Kintargo
allies to have. At the very least, the number of documents team of saboteurs can set a cunning trap on the front
the order has in safekeeping should be a significant porch of the Fantasmagorium. The PCs can avoid the Pathfinder’s
Journal
boon to the Silver Ravens. Of course, complicating trap with ease, but the first time a group of Asmodeans
matters is the fact that the building was closed down attempts to leave the building, that group triggers the Bestiary
many years ago after its previous owner fell into debt. trap, causing several containers of liquid ice to spray Campaign
Rexus now reveals to the PCs that the mithral key left the victims for 4d6 points of cold damage. This may be Outline
him by his mother will unlock many of the doors in enough to finish off a damaged Nox or other characters
Hocum’s Fantasmagorium, including the front door; he fleeing the area, and is certainly enough to slow down
gives the PCs this key now. redactors or acolytes who flee!
What neither Laria nor Rexus knows, but which
the PCs will soon discover, is that Thrune knew about
the Sacred Order’s hideout all along. It was one of the
many sites attacked on the Night of Ashes, although the “bringing whimsy and joy back to Kintargo.” His plan
agents who struck against the Sacred Order did so not was to have the Fantasmagorium serve as a museum of
with fire but with stealth. Asmodean agents have already fantastic oddities and “authentic” magical phenomena.
destroyed much of the information once hidden there, His charm and showmanship transformed the bizarre
and have left a small number of guardians there to concept into a minor success for many years, but when the
continue searching for information and to capture exhibits (many of which were either grossly exaggerated
anyone else who stumbles into the site looking for or utter hoaxes) began to lose some of their novelty, the
members of the order. Fantasmagorium struggled to make ends meet. It finally
went out of business 20 years ago, and Hocum died not
E. HOCUM’S FANTASMAGORIUM long thereafter—the building has remained shut down
The encounters within Hocum’s Fantasmagorium and something of an eyesore ever since. Rexus can relate
represent the climax of this adventure, and they are the information above if no PC can. In addition, Rexus
meant for a party of 3rd-level adventurers. As such, try reveals that once the Fantasmagorium began struggling
to hold off on Rexus’s revelation about the site until the financially, the Sacred Order of Archivists secretly
PCs have reached this level, and perhaps even until they purchased the building from Hocum to use as its own
get the Silver Ravens’ rebellion up to a rank of 5 and earn hidden headquarters.
the accompanying boon of 1,200 XP (see the Hell’s Rebels What Rexus doesn’t know is that the order expanded
Player’s Guide). on the basements below, consolidating rooms into large
A PC who succeeds at a DC 20 Knowledge (history libraries and using stone-shaping magic to expand the
or local) or Diplomacy check to gather information lower level into a secret monastery. Unfortunately for
knows or learns a little bit about the Fantasmagorium’s the order, some of the information they’d preserved
history. The structure was the passion of a struggling from Thrune redactors ended up being of great interest
stage magician and salesman named Braedan “Hocum” to Barzillai Thrune in his research into the Kintargo
Azperex. The man had the building constructed a year soul anchor. He visited the order in disguise, posing as
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 archives several years ago. Thus, when Barzillai returned DC 15 Perception check while examining the door confirms
to Kintargo, he was already familiar with the location and the lock is in good working order despite the general
many of its defenses. appearance of neglect the rest of the building exudes.
Knowing full well that much of the information
stored in the archives was dangerous to the government, E2. Box Office
Thrune turned over information about the headquarters
to the church of Asmodeus, who swiftly sent in a team This large room holds various theatrical costumes, ropes,
of assassins and other agents to clean the place out. posts, blank signs and banners, paints, and some well-worn
None of the archivists survived, and today agents of musical instruments, as well as an open cashbox for the daily
the Asmodean faith remain hidden in the chambers ticket receipts.
below, sifting through the last remaining documents for
anything worth keeping. They maintain the building’s Treasure: The cashbox is, of course, empty, but
facade, hoping that other allies of the order will return a successful DC 20 Perception check reveals a few
here only to be captured. treasures that have fallen down along the back side
The museum features strong wooden doors with of its podium. In all, there are 1 pp, 4 gp, 2 sp, and a
sturdy locks (hardness 5, hp 20, break DC 25, Disable tarnished copper ring of swimming to be found here.
Device DC 30), but the mithral key provided by Rexus
opens all of these. The interior of the upper floor is E3. Hall of Cryptids (CR 3)
unlit, and the dusty, boarded-up windows provide
only dim lighting during the day (and none at all at Macabre taxidermy and menacing skeletons line the walls
night). If the characters ask around, few locals have of this fifty-foot circular chamber. A middling-quality fresco
noticed anyone coming or going from the building, of terrifying and fantastic beasts lines the domed ceiling
and most react with guffaws at the mere notion of overhead. Large double doors lie to the northeast, southeast,
anyone bothering with “that old eyesore.” Nonetheless, and northwest; the northwest doors hang wide open.
a successful DC 25 Diplomacy check while gathering
such information reveals a few people who claim to The hall of cryptids features all manner of strange or
have seen priests of Asmodeus coming and going late mythical beasts said to haunt Kintargo and Cheliax over
at night through the Fantasmagorium’s main entrance. the years. A successful DC 13 Knowledge (nature) check
Those who report this do so only furtively—the citizens easily identifies most of the exhibits as fakes, stitched
of Kintargo know better than to test their luck against together from various other animals and bits of wood
priests of the Prince of Darkness! or enamel, though the mislabeled remains of a few
When the PCs arrive, several Asmodeans remain within genuine monsters lie about, including a mastodon skull
the Fantasmagorium, although they generally limit their misidentified as the skull of a cyclops king and a set of
activities to the lower level. In addition, Barzillai has fake plaster fangs the size of daggers labeled “teeth of
charged one of his own agents, the devil-bound woman the blue dragon Rivozair.”
Nox, to serve his interests in the hideout and to keep an A successful DC 15 Perception check reveals what
eye on the Asmodeans. Nox somewhat resents her stints appear to be tracks and other recent disturbances in the
in the Fantasmagorium—she’s serving one whenever the dust on the floor, but the PCs are unlikely to have the
PCs come to investigate the site (see area F7). chance to investigate further before the room’s guardians
attack. Once the creatures have been dealt with, the chaos
E1. Main Entrance of combat will likely have obliterated many of these
tracks, which were left by Asmodeans who have recently
This sprawling, single-story structure has certainly seen come through the upper floors. These Asmodeans moved
better days. The building’s stone facade stands out amid the from this room northwest to area E4, then northeast to
brick-lined walls of its neighboring structures, and numerous E5, and finally to E6. A successful DC 10 Survival check
windows to the left and right are boarded up. Signs advertise allows the PCs to follow the tracks in the dust from
rates and incredible exhibits within, and above everything a one room to the next, but once combat takes place in a
crimson sign announces “Hocum’s Fantasmagorium!” A large chamber, the DC of this check increases to 15.
lock hangs from the front door. Creatures: The Asmodeans saw an opportunity here to
set up some initial guardians to attack unwelcome guests,
In summer months, the museum used this large front and their leader, Azvernathi, used lesser animate dead on a
porch to attract customers with a variety of acts, from pair of sasquatch skeletons (labeled as “Arcadian Skunk
acrobats and musicians to fire-eaters and animal trainers. Apes”), leaving them on display here with orders to attack
The PCs’ mithral key unlocks the front door, as well as any who enter the hall without openly displaying the
all of the other locks in the Fantasmagorium. A successful colors and symbol of Asmodeus.

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 SKUNK APE SKELETONS (2) CR 1 E5. Insect Zoo (CR 3)
XP 400 each
Sasquatch skeleton (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3 236, Plants, rocks, and hundreds of motionless specks fill
In Hell’s
Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 250) the countless glass cases throughout this long hall. The Bright
NE Medium undead preserved husks of giant insects and arachnids—including Shadow
Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0 a ten-foot-tall spider—leer over the displays. A dead man’s
DEFENSE body, swathed in red-and-black robes and covered in welts, Foreword
AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 natural) lies on the floor.
Part 1:
hp 13 each (3d8) Fledglings
Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +3 The insect zoo featured a wide range of Silver

DR 5/bludgeoning; Immune cold, undead traits of astonishing creatures few non-

Part 2:
OFFENSE adventurers have ever seen, such as Rebuilding the
Speed 40 ft. driver ants, scarab beetle Ravens
Melee club +8 (1d6+6) Part 3:
TACTICS Redactions and
Revenge
During Combat Once activated, the two undead
sasquatches pursue foes relentlessly, even out into NPC Gallery
the streets of Kintargo. The skeletons fight with Kintargo
the wooden clubs displayed with them.
Morale The skunk ape skeletons fight until destroyed. Pathfinder’s
Journal
STATISTICS
Str 22, Dex 17, Con —, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 10 Bestiary
Base Atk +2; CMB +8; CMD 21 Campaign
Feats Improved Initiative Outline

E4. Hall of the Seas (CR 3)

A briny odor wafts from a dozen water-filled cases in this

room, each a display of strange, colorful sea creatures.
Puddles of water cover the floor alongside shattered glass
and fish skeletons. A ten-foot-square tank of murky water
stands to the northeast.

This most recent addition to the museum replaced

an exhibit called the Hall of Deadly Plants decades ago.
The new exhibit primarily featured species of fish and
shellfish from Nisroch Bay and amphibians from the
banks of the Yolubilis River, and well as a few colorful
but hardy Arcadian species. All are now dead, including
the hall’s biggest draw—the onetime occupant of the main
tank, a four-clawed reefclaw identified as a “Quadclaw
Marauder.” The waters are murky with its decayed remains.
Creatures: Despite the menacing label, the contents
of the “Quadclaw Marauder” tank are harmless. Not so
those in a tank in the adjunct room to the southeast
(area  E4a). This tank once contained a pair of odd
creatures known as ningyos (the tank identifies them
as “Arcadian Mermaids”) that starved to death after the
museum shut down. Their bodies remain in the tank, but
if the PCs explore the hall after sunset, the remains lurch
to life in their undead form, attacking at once.

UNDEAD NINGYOS (2) CR 1

XP 400 each Skunk Ape Skeleton
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 swarms, and an arm-sized house centipede. A successful to one of these runes, which are the letters of the Azlanti
DC 12 Knowledge (nature) check reveals that the massive language. Using the iris as a combination lock, a person
“spider” was actually stitched together from giant beetle who spells out “IRORI” causes the statue to slide to the
legs and lacquered coyote fur. northeast against the wall, revealing a circular flight of
Creatures: The inhabitants of the exhibits here are stairs leading down to area F1. Alternatively, a character
mostly long dead, save for one that contained thousands who succeeds at five consecutive DC 30 Disable Device
of dormant scarlet spider eggs, preserved in stasis for checks cracks the combination, causing the statue to
decades until an Asmodean looter broke the terrarium move aside. The annotated copy of The History and Future
while trying to get what looked like a golden amulet of Humanity in area E10 can aid in deciphering this puzzle
within. The preservative magic unraveled and the eggs (see that area for details).
hatched swiftly, unleashing a swarm of ravenous scarlet Of course, brute force is also an option. The stone
spiders that killed the man. Nox ordered the man’s body to statue can be destroyed or toppled over (hardness 8, hp
be left here as a reminder to the other Asmodeans to leave 120, break or topple DC 30) to reveal the stairs as well.
the contents of the museum’s rooms untouched, and has Finally, if the PCs are patient and simply hide out in this
allowed the scarlet spiders to remain as bonus guardians. room for long enough, eventually an Asmodean (either
The scarlet spiders grew quickly, and now lurk throughout from area E9 or from below) passes through this room; if
the room. Ravenous, they scuttle forth to attack any who the Asmodean doesn’t notice the PCs, he opens the way
enter, but do not pursue foes from this room. for them.
Story Award: Award the PCs 1,200 XP once they manage
SCARLET SPIDERS (8) CR 1/4 to gain entrance to the archives below.
XP 100 each
hp 4 each (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 252) E7. Wax Gallery

Treasure: The dead Asmodean was a man named Wax replicas of various politicians, folk heroes, deities, and
Carlo Ganverite. He still carries a silver unholy symbol creatures fill this room, some laughably fake and others
of Asmodeus worth 25 gp, along with a vial of silver dust eerily lifelike. One in particular stands out—a depiction of
worth 75 gp and one scroll each of cause fear, doom, inflict a man dressed in bloodstained professor’s robes. This figure
light wounds, and remove fear. He still wears his +1 breastplate, wields a bloody surgeon’s knife in one hand, but its face has
and clutched in his hand is the object that lured him to been melted away into an unrecognizable waxen mess save
his doom—a gold-plated “Hocum’s Fantasmagorium” for a single glaring eye.
charm from the gift store that someone accidentally
dropped into the terrarium decades ago. The charm is This gallery displays a variety of local celebrities
worth 25 gp. and myths alongside plaques describing their legacies.
The defaced statue bears a plaque inscribed as follows:
E6. Archive Entrance “Professor Mangvhune—Temple Hill Slasher.” With
a successful DC 12 Knowledge (history or local) check, a
A circular alcove off this hallway cradles a lovingly maintained PC recalls this infamous Kintargan murderer, a man who
statue of a regal man, his arms outstretched and his chest was executed 116 years ago but whose legacy lives on as an
adorned with a carving of a winged eye. Empty picture frames enduring urban legend.
line the walls. Treasure: While paranoid PCs might worry the wax
statue of Mangvhune is an animated construct, they’
A successful DC 12 Knowledge (religion) check would be only half right. The statue was once a wax golem,
identifies the statue as a depiction of the dead god but it has been destroyed and is now nothing more than
Aroden. This alcove has stood carefully preserved for a spooky statue. However, its single remaining eye—
years. In the past century, it has become something of a carved out of alabaster and serpentine in appearance—is
shrine to the lost god, with inert relics of his faith framed worth 150 gp. At your discretion, an attempt to pry out
and preserved. The frames on the walls once displayed the eye might cause the statue to topple and smash,
pages from Aroden’s holy texts, but these have been perhaps giving the PCs a start and possibly attracting the
removed and are now being studied in area E9. attention of the Asmodeans in area E9.
The entrance to the Sacred Order’s chambers below
lies under the statue of Aroden. A successful DC 30 E8. Hall of Historical Truths (CR 3)
Perception check reveals that the pupil of the winged
eye on the statue’s chest can be rotated, and that several This series of open galleries may have once held numerous
tiny runes are carved around the pupil’s circumference. paintings and other objects of curiosity in several glass cases,
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 Less a place of history than a collection of urban expect any of the books and pages to hold anything of
legends and conspiracy theories, the Fantasmagorium’s import, the redactors are scouring the pages to learn
historical wing attracted a lot of curious glances but few whether any unfortunate truths may have leaked out
In Hell’s
serious scholars. The displays here were gathered for before the entire collection is sent on to the temple of Bright
review by the Asmodean redactors, leaving nothing of Asmodeus for cataloging and storage. The redactors Shadow
interest behind. swiftly rise to attack intruders, and the noise of combat
Creatures: After animating the skunk ape skeletons here likely draws Azvernathi from area E10. Foreword
in area E3, Azvernathi was able to use lesser animate dead
Part 1:
to create several more undead guardians for the upper ASMODEAN REDACTORS (4) CR 1/2 Fledglings
floors, and chose bodies recovered from the ruins of XP 200 each of Silver

the Victocora estate as his subjects. These creatures Male human monk 1
Part 2:
stand guard throughout this area, their horribly charred LE Medium humanoid (human) Rebuilding the
remains leaving no doubt as to the cause of their death: Init +2; Senses Perception +5 Ravens
they were burned alive. The zombies attack anyone not DEFENSE Part 3:
wearing the colors and symbol of Asmodeus, pursuing AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +1 Wis) Redactions and
Revenge
foes throughout the building and beyond. hp 15 each (1d8+4)
Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +5 NPC Gallery
HUMAN ZOMBIES (5) CR 1/2 OFFENSE
Kintargo
XP 200 each Speed 30 ft.
hp 12 each (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 288) Melee unarmed strike +2 (1d6+2) or Pathfinder’s
Journal
flurry of blows +1/+1 (1d6+2)
Treasure: All of the zombies wear burned nobles’ Special Attacks flurry of blows, stunning fist (1/day, DC 11) Bestiary
clothing, but two of them still wear Victocora signet TACTICS Campaign
rings (worth 75 gp each) baked onto their charred fingers. During Combat When combat begins, the redactors Outline
These two unfortunates were Rexus’s parents. call out to their commander, Azvernathi, in the next
Story Award: Returning the signet rings to Rexus and room, then work together to subdue the PCs. They
informing him of his parents’ fate devastates him, but hope to catch intruders alive, and use stunning fist on
he recovers eventually and is thankful to the PCs for the spellcasters or smaller targets early in the fight.
grim news. Once the murder of his parents is confirmed, Morale The redactors fight to the death.
Rexus’s convictions to oppose Barzillai Thrune only STATISTICS
grow. In this event, grant the PCs 1,200 XP for providing Str 15, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 8
this closure to their friend. Base Atk +0; CMB +2; CMD 16
Feats Dodge, Improved Unarmed Strike, Iron Will, Stunning
E9. Emporium Arcana (CR 3) Fist, Toughness
Skills Knowledge (arcana) +2, Knowledge (history) +5,
This room’s shelves and displays seem more akin to those Knowledge (local) +2, Knowledge (religion) +5,
one would find in a storefront than a museum. While the Linguistics +2, Perception +5
shelves are relatively empty, what rubbish remains on them Languages Common, Infernal, Shadowtongue
further supports the conclusion that this was once some sort
of shop. Four long tables in the middle of the room seem Treasure: A 10-minute search of this room’s remaining
to have seen more recent use, their surfaces cluttered with clutter, along with a successful DC 20 Perception check,
papers and objects. is enough to gather enough components to create two
spell pouches, as well as a bottle of lead-based ink worth
The Fantasmagorium supported itself as much 50 gp, five miniature ivory doors worth 5 gp each, a roll of
from ticket sales as from this small shop set to the copper wire worth 25 gp, 50 gp worth of silver dust, and
building’s side. Here, Hocum once sold a variety of 100 gp worth of diamond dust. None of the documents
snake oils, replica reliquaries, and forged historical on the desk contain much of interest, as the relative lack
artifacts alongside a few legitimate spell components of redactions suggests.
and alchemical remedies.
The doors to the southwest are boarded shut from E10. Museum Offices (CR 3)
the inside.
Creatures: A group of Asmodean redactors works Overturned desks and scattered paperwork cover the floor
here, painstakingly sifting through documents of this large workroom; doors hang open on the walls to
recovered from displays, shelves, and storage areas in the southeast and northeast to reveal empty offices, each
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 A large workroom, three small offices, and a storage obsequious sycophant out of the temple, if only for a
room composed the entirety of the administrative space few weeks. Azvernathi has been spending as much time
(and occasionally living space) for the Fantasmagorium’s wracking his brain and trying to decide what he did to
staff many years ago. Today, the rooms to the southeast deserve this post (he hasn’t even been given clearance to
are used as sleeping quarters for the Asmodean redactors, aid Nox in the chambers below) as he has supervising the
while the room to the northwest serves as the personal redaction effort, and sees the PCs as his chance to get
quarters of their supervisor, a cleric of Asmodeus named back in the boss’s good graces.
Azvernathi Raul.
Creature: Azvernathi isn’t well liked among the clergy, AZVERNATHI RAUL CR 3
thanks to an unfortunate combination of ego and a XP 800
conniving, off-putting personality. When Thrune asked Male human cleric of Asmodeus 4
the church for a volunteer for the relatively unglamorous LE Medium humanoid (human)
job of picking up the pieces and cleaning up after the raid Init +6; Senses Perception +3
on the Sacred Order, high priest Corinstian Grivenner DEFENSE
practically jumped at the chance to get the wheedling, AC 18, touch 12, flat-footed 16 (+6 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 21 (4d8)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +7
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee +1 heavy mace +3 (1d8+2), mwk light mace +3 (1d6)
Special Attacks channel negative energy 4/day (DC 13, 2d6)
Domain Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; concentration +7)
6/day—copycat (4 rounds), fire bolt (1d6+2 fire)
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 4th; concentration +7)
2nd—cure moderate wounds, hold person (DC 15),
invisibilityD, spiritual weapon
1st—burning handsD (DC 14), command (DC 14),
comprehend languages, cure light wounds (2)
0 (at will)—bleed (DC 13), detect magic, light, read magic
D Domain spell; Domains Fire, Trickery
TACTICS
During Combat Azvernathi casts invisibility on the first
round of combat, then moves among the fight to cast
healing spells on redactors. He activates copycat once
invisibility is about to end. His first offensive action
is to cast spiritual weapon; he follows up with hold
person and command to control the flow of battle. Once
he draws his weapons, though, Azvernathi focuses on
fighting with his maces rather than keeping one hand
free for spellcasting. He saves his channel negative
energy attack for when it looks like a PC is
wounded, or for when he’s surrounded.
Morale Azvernathi is a coward at heart, and
surrenders if brought to 5 or fewer hit points.
If any redactors still live, they immediately
attempt to kill him rather than risk him betraying
the church.
STATISTICS
Str 12, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 8, Wis 17, Cha 13
Base Atk +3; CMB +4; CMD 16
Feats Combat Casting, Improved Initiative, Two-Weapon
Fighting
Azvernathi Raul Skills Acrobatics –2 (–6 to jump), Diplomacy +6,
Intimidate +5, Knowledge (religion) +6, Spellcraft +4
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Combat Gear scroll of dispel magic, unholy water (2); unredacted documents. In this case, the PCs must still
Other Gear breastplate, +1 heavy mace, mwk light mace, face the other traps and guardians found in the area, but
golden unholy symbol worth 100 gp, four onyx gems you’ll need to add more encounters with Nox into future
In Hell’s
worth 25 gp each, 8 gp adventures as you see fit. In any event, if Nox abandons Bright
the Many-Steps Monastery in this way, she bears a grudge Shadow
Treasure: Azvernathi has been working on a tome against the PCs and the Silver Ravens—the rebellion’s
called The History and Future of Humanity, a text sacred to Notoriety score increases by 2d6. Foreword
the worshipers of Aroden. The priest has been scouring
this text for any additional clues regarding the chambers F1. The Sacred Archive (CR 4) Part 1:
Fledglings
below, but he has come to the conclusion that the of Silver

chambers were built well after Aroden’s death and there’s A wrought-iron spiral stairway descends from the ceiling
Part 2:
thus no information about them in this book. The inside into a massive library. Bookshelves, both freestanding and Rebuilding the
cover contains a short note: “Turn the eye to spell the wall-mounted, rise up to a ceiling forty feet above. Ladders Ravens
name of the Master of Masters.” This refers to the eye on tracks allow access to the higher shelves, yet few books Part 3:
on the statue in area E6—a PC who succeeds at a DC 10 and scrolls remain here. Bloodstains mar the floor here and Redactions and
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Knowledge (religion) check knows that Irori is likely the there, and some of the shelves bear what appears to be
Master of Masters mentioned in the note. The book itself recent battle damage. A strange rune inscribed in a circle NPC Gallery
is otherwise in good condition and is worth 100 gp. decorates the floor. Kintargo
Development: If he surrenders, Azvernathi not only
can help the PCs get into the Many-Steps Monastery This Sacred Archive once contained priceless volumes Pathfinder’s
Journal
(area F), but can also give them an accurate count of the of Chelish and Taldan history dating back hundreds of
redactors and other Asmodean forces below. Azvernathi years; many are now rare or even unique in the wake of Bestiary
hasn’t actually been below (much to his frustration), but House Thrune’s purges and redactions. Everything from Campaign
offers to use what healing magic he has on the PCs if history texts to personal journals recount the minutiae Outline
they just let him keep his armor and weapons. If let go, of Chelish life before the civil war. Today, almost all of
Azvernathi flees the city and does not return to Kintargo. that information has been lost—destroyed, redacted,
Although Azvernathi is a relatively low-ranking and or sent on to the temple of Asmodeus for archiving. The
disliked member of the church, his death does not go painstaking process of investigating the last few tomes
unnoticed for long. If Azvernathi dies, the rebellion’s held here continues around the clock, the majority of the
Notoriety increases by 1d4 during the next Upkeep phase. work being done in area F6. When the Asmodeans there
finish examining a tome, what remains is crated up and
F. MANY-STEPS MONASTERY shipped to the temple, and new books are taken from the
Buried fifty feet below the Fantasmagorium, the Many- shelves here.
Steps Monastery—jokingly named for the countless With a successful DC 12 Knowledge (religion) check, a
stairs residents needed to traverse—served as a library, PC identifies the large circular rune on the floor as the
scriptorium, laboratory, and residence for the Sacred Master’s Rebus—a rune sacred to Irori.
Order of Archivists. Numerous continual flames provide Creature: When Thrune’s agents struck against the
ample illumination for this entire level, although those in Sacred Order of Archivists, they went all out. Powerful
personal quarters are housed in lanternlike holders that devils and high-ranking Asmodeans worked together to
can be shuttered to provide darkness for sleep. Ceilings smite the archivists in a devastating assault. Fortunately
are 10 feet high, and the air quality is surprisingly good. for the PCs, now that the critical information has been
The Many-Steps Monastery is deep enough underground extracted, the majority of the forces involved have been
that events taking place in the Fantasmagorium above recalled to the temple, the opera house, Castle Kintargo,
don’t automatically alert those dwelling here. Further, and other more important holdings in the city.
it’ll be 1d4+3 days before anyone down here travels back What remains behind in this room as a guardian
up topside, giving the PCs a bit of time to recover from is still an unusual and dangerous creature—a strange
the challenges above before attempting those down here. outsider known as a scrivinite. Named Yilliv, this unusual
If the PCs make their presence known here but retreat being was conjured to Kintargo by one of Thrune’s
before defeating Nox, she exits the complex to give a quick agents, a dimensional occultist witch named Tiarise
report to Barzillai, then returns here within 4 hours with Izoni, via lesser planar binding. Yilliv isn’t particularly
enough reinforcements to replace all lost Asmodeans (but pleased with the role it’s been forced into, as the idea of
not replacements for the outsiders found in the complex). redacting and hoarding knowledge is anathema to its
If the PCs fail to defeat Nox on their second attempt, she mind-set, but Tiarise’s magic left the creature no option
abandons the Many-Steps Monastery entirely, bringing but to comply with the agreed-upon term of service (90
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 and valuable tome, a copy of The Inward-Facing Circle, was and-gold bookmark worth 20 gp, and 10 gilt pages from
enough to convince the scrivinite to agree to the bargain, an illuminated manuscript worth 10 gp each.
but after seeing the Asmodean redactors in action and Development: The descriptions for areas F4, F6, and
the cruelties they visited upon the Irorans, the outsider F7 assume Yilliv raises the alarm; if the scrivinite does
is regretting its decision. not, adjust the encounters in those areas as detailed in
Still, the scrivenite remains bound to serve. It does their Development sections.
so by strictly obeying the letter of this service, and in
so doing takes any opportunity, however minor, to get F2. Monk Cells
revenge against those it is bound to serve but has come Each of these 10-foot-square cells contains a bed,
to despise. Its orders are simple: aid in the scouring of a trunk, and a desk. Once used archivists and
the Many-Steps Monastery (this task is done) and then visitors during long projects or when they wished to
remain on site for 90 days or until the redactors have temporarily disappear from public life, these nine
completed their task, whichever comes first, during chambers spread throughout the complex are now
which time Yilliv must protect the Asmodeans and the used by the nine Asmodean redactors working between
site from intruders. The outsider makes its presence areas F4 and F6.
known as soon as it notices the PCs, informing them
that they are intruders and can proceed no further into F3. Scribe Cells
the complex. As long as the PCs don’t attempt to interact Three larger chambers are set aside for the order’s
with any of the books in this room or move further into Chancery Scribes—senior members who made great
the complex, Yilliv doesn’t attack. In fact, the scrivinite contributions to the library or the order’s understanding
even answers questions (although it doesn’t volunteer of history. Each apartment features a private bedchamber,
information). It has not been specifically ordered to workspace, and washroom. Area F3b’s bedchamber
remain quiet about the number, identities, and abilities includes a small portrait: a young Rexus Victocora
of the Asmodeans in the area, for example, nor has it flanked by a middle-aged man and woman, whom the
been asked to keep its purpose here under wraps (it PCs might recognize with a successful DC 20 Perception
has, however, been commanded to reveal nothing check as two of the unfortunate scorched zombies in area
about the woman who conjured it—if asked about E8 above.
Tiarise, the scrivinite refers to her only as “the one who Secret doors (Perception DC 20) open to short
commands me”). At your discretion, clever PCs can passages that run between each apartment, allowing for
learn much from the scrivinite, but if they wish to push private conferences between the archivists’ elite.
further into the complex, conflict is inevitable. When Development: Nox has chosen area F3c as her
it does attack, Yilliv apologizes but does not pull its personal quarters, although she spends most of her
punches—it fights to the death. It telepathically alerts time in area F7. If the alarm hasn’t been raised, there’s a
the redactors in areas F4 and F5, as well as Nox in area 20% chance she’s sleeping here when the PCs first enter
F7. This is yet another of the orders it’s been forced to the monastery, but if this is the case, it’s more likely that
comply with, but nothing prevents it from warning the she wakes quickly and joins a fight in area F4 than is
PCs that it has alerted the Asmodeans, and Yilliv does encountered here. In any event, the room itself, unlike
so with an apology. areas F3a and F3b, has obviously been recently used.

YILLIV CR 4 F4. Artifact Recovery (CR 3)

XP 1,200
Scrivenite (see page 46) The overwhelming stench of rotting flesh fills this wide,
hp 37 table-strewn chamber. A web of barbed chains strangles its
way throughout the room, supporting the decayed corpse
Treasure: Very little of value remains on the shelves of a man in drab robes. At the center of the web, suspended
here—there are only a few dozen books left. In all, these above the flagstones by its black iron tendrils, rests a fist-
minor tomes weigh 60 pounds and are worth 200 gp. sized, twelve-sided box fashioned from wood and bronze.
A successful DC 21 Perception check uncovers a small Wooden cases along the southwestern wall have been
stash of valuables still concealed behind a locked secret smashed and overturned. Small pieces of paper covered with
panel. The lock can be opened with Rexus’s mithral notes are scattered throughout the room, as if someone’s
key or picked with a successful DC 30 Disable Device been studying the strange tableau for days.
check. Within lies a bookplate of recallUE, a pearl of power
(1st level), two scrolls of air bubble, two scrolls of identify, a In addition to preserving the true history of Cheliax,
scroll of silence, a silver magnifying glass worth 150 gp, an the Sacred Order of Archivists dedicated themselves
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removing them from circulation. The cases to the integrity of the cubic gate itself. Reluctantly, Nox agreed,
southwest once held all manner of magical and cursed but the redactors have recently come to the frustrating
items, most of which are now sealed away in the opera conclusion that there’s little they can do to preserve the
In Hell’s
house. Characters who investigate these shelves in device. Assuming the alarm’s been raised, the redactors Bright
particular and succeed at a DC 15 Knowledge (arcana) have hidden throughout the room and wait to see if Shadow
check recognize that the shelves bear numerous the PCs stumble across any clues, but if one of them is
warning sigils carved into them to warn of the presence spotted or they realize the PCs are about to deactivate the Foreword
of cursed items. While the shelves are empty (the cursed malfunctioning gate, they attack.
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items they once bore are now all hidden away below the Fledglings
opera house), hints as to what the items were remain. ASMODEAN REDACTORS (4) CR 1/2 of Silver

One shelf holds a stand built to display an amulet or XP 200 each

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necklace, along with a discarded note that reads (in hp 15 each (see page 43) Rebuilding the
Celestial), "Markings seem intended to lure worshipers Ravens
of Abadar into peril." Another shelf displays a stand Treasure: A half-dozen books on planar theory, used Part 3:
used to hold bracers, or perhaps a pair of gloves. A third by the redactors to research the malfunction, sit around Redactions and
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shelf holds an empty bookstand, the wood of which is the room on tables. Together, these six books function
stained black and smells foul. And a final shelf holds a as masterwork tools for Knowledge (planes) checks, NPC Gallery
red velvet cushion on which a fist-shaped stone or other and are thus worth 50 gp in all. A single dose of dust of Kintargo
object may have once rested. Perceptive players take emulation sits on a shelf to the northwest, while an as-yet-
note of these clues, for they may well encounter these undiscovered secret panel in the center of the southwest Pathfinder’s
Journal
four cursed items during the third adventure, "Dance of wall (Perception DC 22 to notice; Disable Device DC 30
the Damned," in a vault in the basement of the Kintargo or Rexus’s key to open) contains a small stash of treasure: Bestiary
Opera House. a headband of inspired wisdom +2, a silver-and-mother- Campaign
The strange box and web of chains are the results of-pearl ink pen worth 200 gp, and a platinum disk Outline
of one such device the archivists had stored here—a depicting a leering angel worth 100 gp.
malfunctioning cubic gate stolen from a Nisrochi spy If the malfunctioning cubic gate is deactivated, the cubic
a few decades ago. The device was kept safe here until gate itself is ruined but is still worth 3,000 gp as a curiosity.
an Asmodean redactor—the same man whose decayed Development: If the alarm hasn’t been raised, the PCs
corpse is now tangled in the chains—activated the find the four redactors milling about the room studying
cube and unleashed a devastating assault of animated the malfunction or researching it in one of the books.
chains and shadowstuff from the Plane of Shadow. This The redactors scramble to defend the room; one of
activation mostly depleted the cubic gate’s power, but it them moves to the doors to area F5 to let the hell hound
remains charged enough that anyone who attempts to there out before running to area F6 to spread the word
manipulate the chains, the damaged cubic gate, or the of the invasion.
man’s body causes one of the chains to lash out, making Story Award: If the PCs deactivate the malfunctioning
a single +10 melee attack roll against that character. On cubic gate, award them 800 XP for overcoming the challenge.
a hit, the chain deals 1d6 points of slashing damage and
1 point of Strength damage. F5. Lecture Hall
A PC who succeeds at a DC 20 Knowledge (arcana
or planes) check identifies the situation as a strange Partially burned benches and scorched chairs fill this room,
manifestation of power that’s likely leaked in from a facing a toppled podium at the southwestern end.
kyton-influenced corner of the Plane of Shadow.
The malfunctioning cubic gate can be deactivated in one The order used this lecture hall for debates and
of two ways. A successful casting of dispel magic against a historical lessons.
DC of 24 (or any effect that blocks dimensional travel, Development: If the alarm hasn’t been raised, Nox’s
such as dimensional lock or dimensional anchor) does the pet hell hound, a beast named Mephiry (see area F7), is
trick, as will a successful DC 25 Disable Device, Spellcraft, kenneled here. It attacks intruders at once.
or Use Magic Device check. Either tactic causes the
shadowy chains to retract, dropping the corpse and the
ruined cubic gate to the floor. F6. Common Room (CR 5)
Creatures: The Asmodean redactors triggered this
malfunctioning cubic gate only recently, and they’ve Jars of preserved fruits and vegetables and stacks of salted
convinced Nox not to report on the accident for a meat fill shelves carved into the bedrock walls. A half-
few weeks while they attempt to study the effect and, dozen tables in the room are heaped with scrolls, books,
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 Creatures: This room served the archivists as a the night sky and hanging lanterns radiant with cool,
common room and a study. Today, the Asmodeans white flame. The room presents an incongruous sight this
use it for much the same purpose, although instead of far underground—a resplendent garden, complete with
preserving history and duplicating texts, they’re redacting a babbling brook, a gravel footpath, and all manner of
and cataloging old books and historical documents to flowering and fruiting plants. The pathway winds through
remove anything that could damage the truth as House the lush grass, over a small footbridge, and to a book-
Thrune wants to preserve it. covered knoll at the far end. The brook cascades into the
A total of five redactors work at this job, but they room from the north and then flows through a grate to
abandon their duties to prepare a defense of the chamber the south.
once the alarm is raised. In addition to the five Asmodean
monks, a hunchbacked ogrekin guards the entrance to The Sacred Order of Archivists very nearly abandoned
area F7, breathing through his mouth and drooling. their new lair when their tunneling encountered an
This wretch was captured long ago by one of the priests underground river, but with the aid of some brilliant
of Asmodeus while on a secret mission to Varisia, and engineers, they ingeniously transformed what was
has spent the past several years under various forms of planned to be a new lecture hall into an extraordinary
magical control. Today, the church has put him on loan subterranean garden—a place of refuge from their often
to Nox for use in the archives in case the Asmodeans need grim work. The lanterns above radiate soft sunlight
someone with a bit of muscle. He follows Nox’s orders capable of sustaining the variety of flowers, shrubs, and
fanatically without needing magical compulsions, and fruit trees. The brook cutting through the room’s center
thinks of her as “that nice devil lady.” His current orders is only 2 feet deep, and after flowing through the grate
are to not let anyone enter her room (area F7); he doesn’t to the south, it seeps through fissures in the stone,
join a fight in this room unless Nox orders him to do eventually dropping into the Darklands.
so, but immediately attacks if the PCs attack him or Creatures: Nox chose this room as her office and
try to move past him to area F7. The Asmodeans refer place of refuge while overseeing the redaction efforts.
to the wretch as the Lout—the abused ogrekin has no Her boss, Barzillai Thrune, knows she has little to add
memories of its life before servitude, and has long ago to the task intellectually, but he trusts her in ways he’d
forgotten his birth name. Tireless conditioning has never trust the clergy, as he engineered her bonding to a
resulted in his alignment shifting to lawful evil. bearded devil himself. Nox’s job here is to keep an eye on
the Asmodeans to ensure that anything of interest they
ASMODEAN REDACTORS (5) CR 1/2 find is reported to Barzillai. Nox hasn’t had any problems
XP 200 each with the monks, and has been taking the time to read
hp 15 each (see page 43) several old books she salvaged from area F1 before they
were spirited away by the church. Her pet hell hound
THE LOUT CR 2 Mephiry lounges with her here, but the bored creature is
XP 600 eager for a chance to fight.
LE male ogrekin (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 204)
hp 25 NOX CR 5
XP 1,600
Treasure: The books and documents here are Female bearded-devil-bound human fighter (polearm
mostly harmless but still rather interesting historical master) 5 (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide 106,
treasures. Very few redactions have been necessary, and Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 56)
taken as a whole, the books weigh 15 pounds and are LE Medium humanoid (human)
worth 900 gp. Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness;
Development: If the PCs make it this far without Perception +8
raising an alarm, the redactors make a fighting retreat to DEFENSE
area F7 after recovering from the shock of being invaded. AC 21, touch 10, flat-footed 21 (+7 armor, +4 natural)
Nox and her pet hell hound certainly take notice if a hp 57 (5d10+25); regeneration 5 (good spells, good
fight starts in this room, but until the PCs attack the Lout weapons)
or attempt to get into the next room, she doesn’t bother Fort +8, Ref +2, Will +4; +4 vs. poison
interrupting her work to involve herself. Resist fire 30
Weaknesses contract bound
F7. Meditation Gardens (CR 6) OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
The eastern half of this colossal chamber appears almost Melee +1 glaive +11 (1d10+8/×3)
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Special Attacks pole fighting, steadfast pike to the Church of Asmodeus when she’s done, but if the
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th; concentration +6) PCs defeat Nox or force her to flee, she abandons the
3/day—dimension door, rage texts here.
In Hell’s
1/day—summon lemure There are a dozen soul tomes here in all—they can Bright
TACTICS be identified for what they are with a successful DC 19 Shadow
Before Combat Nox summons a lemure to aid in any Knowledge (planes) check. Their existence doesn’t harm
upcoming fight. the souls of those whose memories are recorded, and Foreword
During Combat Nox avoids using rage on herself (since the books aren’t themselves evil. Indeed, the knowledge
Part 1:
she can’t use dimension door while under its effects), within them can be of great utility, and if used as a Fledglings
but uses rage on her hell hound Mephiry as soon as resource while attempting a Knowledge (history or of Silver

combat begins. She uses her glaive to keep herself out local) check, the books grant a +4 competence bonus
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of her foes’ reach, and uses her pole fighting ability to on the roll. The books weigh 20 pounds in all and, as a Rebuilding the
attack adjacent foes if needed (remember that doing so collection, are worth 1,600 gp. If Rexus is given the two Ravens
imposes a –4 penalty on her attack rolls). When she’s soul tomes that record some of his parents’ memories, Part 3:
not using pole fighting, Nox he is tearful and grateful. After reading them, he turns Redactions and
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instead uses Power Attack, them back over to the PCs, knowing that the information
taking a –2 penalty on attack therein can aid the Silver Ravens. NPC Gallery
rolls but gaining a +4 bonus on Kintargo
damage rolls.
Morale Although she’s confident in her Pathfinder’s
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regenerative powers, Nox isn’t foolish; she
knows that if she’s knocked unconscious, survival is Bestiary
by no means guaranteed. If reduced to 10 or fewer hit Campaign
points, she uses dimension door to reach the surface and Outline
flees to the opera house to report her failure to Thrune.
STATISTICS
Str 18, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 13
Base Atk +5; CMB +9; CMD 19
Feats Alertness, Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Power Attack,
Stand Still, Step Up, Toughness
Skills Climb +4, Intimidate +9, Knowledge (planes) +1,
Perception +8, Sense Motive +8
Languages Common
Gear +1 chainmail, +1 glaive, throwing axes (4), cloak of
resistance +1, bedroll, waterskin, diamond dust (worth
500 gp), mithral key (unlocks all doors in the complex,
worth 150 gp), 9 pp, 70 gp

MEPHIRY CR 3
XP 800
Male hell hound (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 173)
hp 30

Treasure: The books Nox has gathered here in

the garden are more than mere texts—they are
soul tomes that contain many of the thoughts and
memories of the archivists who were cornered,
captured, tortured, and eventually killed (and
in some cases animated into zombies) over
the past week. The contents of these tomes
are scattered and incomplete, but nonetheless
represent a wealth of knowledge on not only
various historical topics, but also on how to Nox
successfully found and run a secret society. Nox has
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 the next Upkeep phase; if Nox manages to escape and
report to Thrune, the Notoriety score instead increases
Recurring Villain: Nox by 2d6.
It’s very possible the PCs won’t be able to defeat Nox due Story Award: If the PCs recover the soul tomes, award
to her regeneration, in which case she’s likely to escape them 1,200 XP. If the PCs determine that Barzillai
via dimension door. Even if they reduce her to negative Thrune may have read the Book of the Damned, award
hit points and capture her, she can use dimension door to them an additional 800 XP for this disturbing discovery.
get to freedom as soon as she wakes. Nox doesn’t have an
official role to play in the following adventures, but if she CONCLUDING THE ADVENTURE
does manage to escape and report to Thrune, she spends By the time the players clear out the Fantasmagorium
the entirety of the next adventure being punished in the and the Many-Steps Monastery, the Silver Ravens
depths of the Kintargo Opera House for her failures. She should be well on their way to becoming one of the
emerges from that ordeal as a broken soul, more devoted most potent threats to the oppression of Barzillai
than ever to Barzillai Thrune—see “Dance of the Damned” Thrune, but Kintargo’s new lord-mayor is still hesitant
for more information. In the short term, forcing Nox to flee to admit this to his minions or himself. The rebellion’s
is as good as killing her; if Nox flees, award the PCs XP as Notoriety score increases by 1d6 after the events at
if they had slain her. the Fantasmagorium, but rather than publicly (or
Note that even if the PCs lack good weapons or even privately) admitting to the Silver Ravens’ threat,
good spells to kill Nox, a handy method of killing Thrune chooses a stance of “no comment” on the
her exists in area F7—the stream. If she’s reduced to topic, hoping to avoid validating the Silver Ravens.
negative hit points, Nox can be drowned in the water, Of course, this tactic backfires, and support grows
since regeneration does not protect against death by as word of the PCs’ actions spreads; as a result, the
suffocation (or drowning). If the players don’t hit upon rebellion’s maximum rank increases to 10 at the close
this tactic on their own, consider letting a successful DC 15 of this adventure. As the next adventure progresses,
Heal check suggest the tactic, especially if your players Barzillai begins to realize that the Silver Ravens are
are frustrated by her regeneration ability. Remember much more than an idle threat, and he begins making
that if the PCs do kill Nox, she can’t be resurrected, due moves against the PCs and their allies; see “Turn of
to the stipulations of her devilbound contract. the Torrent” for more details. In that adventure, the
PCs turn their attention from establishing a rebellion
to growing it, and high on their priority list should be
securing a hideout that can house the growing needs
One particularly disturbing thing the PCs can learn of the reborn Silver Ravens!
by studying these tomes is in Porcia Victocora’s soul Before moving on to the next adventure, though,
tome. Among the dangerous books once stored (and you might wish to consider giving your players a little
now missing) was a copy of the diabolic chapters of the more time to get to know Kintargo, especially if they
Book of the Damned. This in and of itself would be of haven't had a chance to explore the city and meet some
note (particularly as this book is now missing from the of its more colorful citizens during the course of “In
archives—it’s now in Thrune’s possession, and the PCs Hell’s Bright Shadow.” After all, Kintargo should be
may well have a chance to claim it for themselves in “A a place the PCs want to fight for. On the inside back
Song of Silver”), but the fact that only one person has cover of this adventure, as well on each of the inside
been allowed to read it in recent years should raise a red back covers of the volumes to come, you'll find four
flag. The name of the well-spoken traveler who managed sample NPC capsules—no statistics for these bonus
to convince the archivists he should be allowed to study NPCs are given (although some may later be statted up
the book for a single hour is recorded in the text as in forthcoming adventures), but all of those presented
“Trailblazer Huni,” a man who claimed to have been a work well as bonus encounters. Whether or not your
wandering scholar. None of the archivists realized this player characters befriend these NPCs or become
name to be an anagram of the name Barzillai Thrune, rivals with them, by including bonus encounters with
but the PCs might! nonessential characters, you'll make your Kintargo into
Development: If the alarm isn’t raised, the hell hound a more memorable home and a place worthy to fight for.
Mephiry is in his kennel (area F5) and there’s a 20% Finally, make sure you're familiar with the gazetteer of
chance Nox is resting in area F3c. If Nox is here, she’s Kintargo that begins on page 58 of this book. You'll likely
deep in concentration reading one of the soul tomes and need to refer to these pages again and again as your Hell's
takes a –4 penalty on Perception checks. Rebels campaign progresses. Don't be afraid to mark up
If the PCs kill Nox, the fact that she’s gone missing your text or use sticky notes to keep track of changes to
increases the rebellion’s Notoriety score by 1d4 during the city as they take place!

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 In Hell’s
Bright
Shadow

Foreword

Part 1:
Fledglings
of Silver

Part 2:
Rebuilding the
Ravens

Part 3:
Redactions and
Revenge

NPC Gallery

Kintargo

Pathfinder’s
Journal

Bestiary

Campaign
Outline

APPENDIX: TEAMS AND ALLIES Blosodriette: If the PCs have a Sarini among them,
During this adventure, the PCs have the opportunity to or otherwise manage to force the imp Blosodriette to
recruit a bonus team and several unique allies to aid them serve the Silver Ravens as an ally, her skill at stealth
in building up the Silver Ravens. These teams and allies grants the Silver Ravens a +1 bonus on all Secrecy checks.
don’t count against any team maximums the rebellion However, as long as Blosodriette remains an ally, the rest
would normally have. See the Hell's Rebels Players Guide of the Silver Ravens are unsettled by the devil’s presence,
(available online for free at paizo.com) for more details resulting in a –1 penalty on all Loyalty checks.
on how teams and allies function. Laria Longroad: Laria’s work with the Bellflower
Network has given her an excellent reputation among
Unique Teams Kintargo’s downtrodden. As long as Laria remains an ally
The PCs have the opportunity to recruit one unique team of the Silver Ravens, all Loyalty checks to take the Recruit
during “In Hell’s Bright Shadow.” If the PCs recruit this Supporters action gain a +2 bonus.
team, award them 1,000 XP. Rexus Victocora: Although Rexus was never officially
Fushi Sisters: If the PCs recruit Korva Fushi and her a part of the Sacred Order of Archivists, he learned a fair
sisters as a team, the four tengus function as a specialized amount about how to lie low from his mother. As long as
group that grants the Earn Gold and the Gather Rexus remains an ally of the Silver Ravens, the rebellion’s
Information rebellion actions. Notoriety score is reduced by 1 (to a minimum score of 1)
at the start of every Upkeep phase.
Unique Allies Vendalfek: The little fairy dragon Vendalfek excels
The PCs have the opportunity to recruit the following at trickery and spreading confusion; hobbies that the
unique allies during “In Hell’s Bright Shadow.” Award Silver Ravens can turn to their advantage. Vendalfek
the PCs 800 XP for each unique NPC recruited. At your allows the rebellion to take the Spread Disinformation
discretion, you can use these unique allies as inspiration action even if it doesn’t have rumormongers, agitators, or
for creating allies of your own design, perhaps converting cognoscenti. If the rebellion does have a team that grants
NPCs whom the PCs have grown attached to through the this action, Vendalfek grants a +4 bonus on all Secrecy
course of play. checks to Spread Disinformation.

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 BLOSODRIETTE
A pocket-sized picture of condescending glee, this little devil’s face shifts constantly between the
mien of an unimpressed professional and that of a joyous but sadistic child. Her scarlet skin seems
almost to shimmer and glow with an inner, infernal fire.

BLOSODRIETTE CR 4 STATISTICS
XP 1,200 Str 10, Dex 21, Con 12, Int 15, Wis 10, Cha 18
Female imp rogue 2 (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 78) Base Atk +4; CMB +7; CMD 18
LE Tiny outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful) Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Weapon Finesse
Init +9; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +8 Skills Acrobatics +13, Bluff +11, Fly +23, Knowledge
DEFENSE (arcana) +8, Knowledge (local) +8, Knowledge (planes) +8,
AC 18, touch 17, flat-footed 13 (+5 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size) Perception +8, Perform (wind instruments) +8, Sense
hp 35 (5 HD; 2d8+3d10+7); fast healing 2 Motive +7, Spellcraft +9, Stealth +21, Use Magic Device +11
Fort +4, Ref +11, Will +3 Languages Common, Halfling, Infernal
Defensive Abilities evasion; DR 5/good or silver; Immune SQ change shape (boar, giant spider, rat, or raven; beast
fire, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10 shape I), rogue talent (swift poison), trapfinding +1
OFFENSE Combat Gear pipes of the sewers, scroll of misdirection,
Speed 20 ft., fly 50 ft. (perfect) scroll of summon monster III, scroll of touch of idiocy (2),
Melee mwk shortsword +12 (1d3/19–20), sting +6 (1d4) wand of acid arrow (9 charges); Other Gear blowgun
Ranged blowgun +11 (1 plus poison) with 10 darts, mwk shortsword, mwk thieves’ tools,
Space 2 1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft. gold-and-platinum signet ring worth 150 gp worn as an
Special Attacks poison, sneak attack +1d6 armband, silk wrap worth 40 gp
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd; concentration +7)
Constant—detect good, detect magic Typically, when a soul is judged in the Boneyard and
At will—invisibility (self only) moves on to the Great Beyond, it loses all memories
1/day—augury, suggestion (DC 18) of its mortal life, but the proximity of the soul anchor
1/week—commune deep under Kintargo has eroded the consistency of this
TACTICS law of meta-reality. While those who seek out the soul
During Combat Blosodriette is cunning and practical, never anchor can guarantee the retention of their memories
striking in the open. She prefers to soften up opponents from after death and judgment, now and then someone who
hiding using her pipes of the sewers or her scroll of summon merely perishes in Kintargo gains this unusual boon as
monster III before emerging. In combat, Blosodriette prefers well. These souls generally remember only fragments of
to stay mobile by flying and taking shots with her blowgun; their previous lives once they move on, and in most cases,
she uses swift poison to apply venom to these darts from these fragments torment rather than soothe the mind.
her sting, and takes the time to become invisible every other Such is the case with the imp Blosodriette. Her vague
round so she can use sneak attack. She uses suggestion memories of life as a halfling slave are filled with pain,
to try to prevent a character with a good or silver weapon misery, and shame, but above all else, the joy of inflicting
from attacking her, suggesting that the weapon is damaged those same misfortunes on those below her station. She
and that the foe should avoid using it for fear of breaking it. doesn't remember how she died, but she knows that in
Melee is a last resort for the imp. her new life as an imp, she has much greater prospects
Morale More practical than brave, Blosodriette flees or than she ever did as a mortal slave.
hides if reduced to 15 or fewer hit points, but as long as Loyal and eager to please, Blosodriette found life in
her contract exists, she can’t flee far. If faced with foes Malebolge to be everything for which her cruel mortality
who are obviously able to finish her off (perhaps those had prepared her. She played the hound for hunting devils,
armed with silver weapons, or who can hit her really gleefully chased the souls of the damned, and served as a
hard), the imp surrenders and begs for the PCs to destroy messenger for powerful personages of the Pit. But though
her contract; being banished to Hell is preferable to death she enjoyed serving stern superiors once again, a deep
here on the Material Plane, after all! longing tugged at her, nudging her back to the mortal

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world. After centuries of service in Hell, she answered the translate, they unknowingly bring the imp into their new
call of a binder from the Material Plane, and the lapdog of home. The contract itself is disguised via a secret page spell
Hell’s hunt returned to, of all places, Kintargo. (CL 5th) to make it appear to be a mundane ledger. When
In Hell’s
Blosodriette was delighted to find herself back in her the PCs move the contract, Blosodriette is forced to follow Bright
hometown, and found far more satisfaction serving her invisibly; she remains within 100 feet of the contract at all Shadow
new master than her infernal commanders. Her contract times. Unless the PCs specify otherwise, you can assume
bound her to the servitude of one of Kintargo’s noble that the contract remains with the rest of the documents in Foreword
houses—the Sarinis. She enjoyed aiding the Thrune the Wasp Nest below Long Roads Coffeehouse.
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loyalists in working to erode Kintargo’s resistance during The contract binds Blosodriette to the Sarini family, Fledglings
the civil war until her master, Merindius Sarini, died but also ties her to the physical contract itself to ensure of Silver

in a failed attempt to ambush a Silver Raven known as she never strays far. Mere possession of the contract
Part 2:
Jackdaw. The Silver Ravens covered up their involvement doesn't grant mastery over the imp. While Blosodriette Rebuilding the
and made it appear that Merindius had drowned, but can’t take action to harm the contract (even indirectly), Ravens
they took several documents the man had been carrying the parchment’s destruction immediately banishes her Part 3:
before doing so. Among them was Blosodriette’s back to Hell. Blosodriette would prefer to remain active Redactions and
Revenge
contract. Bound by the terms of the contract to remain on the Material Plane where her relative power is greater,
in its proximity, the imp remained invisible and hidden. though, so the contract’s destruction isn’t particularly NPC Gallery
She knew she couldn’t risk exposing herself directly, appealing to her. Kintargo
and so set about making a nuisance of herself in hopes
of convincing the Silver Ravens to either destroy her Pathfinder’s
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contract or give it away. Her plan backfired when, instead,
the Silver Ravens merely abandoned their hideout under Bestiary
the mistaken assumption it had become haunted, and left Campaign
Blosodriette’s contract behind in a cache of documents Outline
and supplies. The civil war came to an end a few weeks
later, and with it came the Silver Ravens’ defeat. The
freedom fighters never returned for the cache, and in
the decades that followed, Blosodriette was left to her
own devices. With no one to take her frustrations out on,
Blosodriette has pondered how much blame she herself
deserves for her cruelty and current predicament. She
has made numerous attempts to circumvent her contract
(the most audacious of which was an attempt to open a
portal to Hell using information gathered from a year’s
worth of weekly commune spells), but she has finally
realized that the contract is too well worded for her to
affect directly.
Blosodriette is blessed with a wide, sharp-toothed grin
and massive curls of black hair reaching down to her toes.
Unique among imps, she has only one horn—the result
of a mortal scar that translated to her infernal form. After
a decade alone, she has developed a habit of debating with
herself, and she may interrupt a conversation to weigh in
with her own approach to a topic. She plays the pipes—
one of the rare memories from her old life unrelated
to her original master—but the pipes she carved for
herself in Hell are tainted, summoning swarms of rats
and other vermin who dance to her tunes just as she
once danced to her master’s.

CAMPAIGN ROLE
Blosodriette’s contract is amid the hundreds of pages
of Silver Ravens documents the PCs recover
at the start of this adventure, and when
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 LARIA LONGROAD
Everything in the demeanor of this curvy halfling speaks to a woman who’s made good in business,
yet the lines around her sparkling eyes suggests she’s seen far more of life than she admits. Only
to her closest friends does Laria even hint to the pain of her actual past.

LARIA LONGROAD CR 2 Though Laria was born into slavery (as Larisha
XP 600 Talltallow), her masters were a far cry from the kindly
Female halfling brawler 2/rogue 1 (Pathfinder RPG patrons she describes to curious customers. In her youth,
Advanced Class Guide 23) Larisha watched the illegitimate son of her master flog
CG Small humanoid (halfling) her only brother to death, and later her mother. When
Init +2; Senses Perception +4 the bastard’s cruelty was directed at her father, Larisha
DEFENSE intervened. She beat her father’s tormentor to death
AC 13, touch 13, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 size) with her fists, but was too late to save her father’s life.
hp 19 (3 HD; 1d8+2d10–1) The other slaves ushered her into the city’s underworld,
Fort +3, Ref +8, Will +3; +2 vs. fear where she fell in with the Bellflower Network. Eventually,
OFFENSE she settled in Kintargo with a new name and forged
Speed 20 ft. paperwork to found her unassuming little cafe. Few of
Melee unarmed strike +4 (1d4+1) or Kintargo’s elite suspect that the head of their halfling
flurry of blows +2/+2 (1d4+1) darling carries a hefty bounty across Cheliax, and Laria
Ranged dagger +5 (1d3+1/19–20) takes great pains to conceal her past and the scars it left
Special Attacks brawler’s flurry, martial flexibility 4/day, across her scalp and back.
sneak attack +1d6 Despite her rough childhood and violent adolescence,
TACTICS Laria remains friendly. She loves nothing more than
During Combat Laria uses martial flexibility to gain Dodge, trading gossip and flirting shamelessly, but she invariably
and does so as a move action on the first round of combat. pushes others to talk about themselves. Though she
She prefers flanking foes to combine sneak attack with her is a practical woman and weathers insults with grace
brawler’s flurry. She drinks a potion of cure light wounds if and patience, her mood swings from flirtatious and
reduced to fewer than half her hit points. lighthearted to cold and fearless at the first hint of
Morale If reduced to fewer than 5 hit points, Laria drinks violence. If she spends too long on her own, her memories
her potion of gaseous form to try to escape unless she threaten to pull her down into a sticky abyss of regret and
would be leaving allies behind; she won’t abandon self-loathing. For her own good—and the good of those
friends, and fights to the death to protect them. she frees from Chelish shackles—Laria pushes herself to
STATISTICS fill every waking moment with interaction.
Str 13, Dex 14, Con 8, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 12 Not surprisingly, the Long Roads Coffeehouse serves
Base Atk +2; CMB +2 (+4 grapple); CMD 14 (16 vs. grapple) up more than invigorating elixirs and stuffed pastries.
Feats Deceitful, Improved Grapple, Improved Unarmed Unable and unwilling to forget her roots, Laria still works
Strike, Staggering Fist ACG with the Bellflower Network, bribing officials, ferrying
Skills Acrobatics +9, Appraise +7, Bluff +3, Climb +9, slaves and fugitives out of Cheliax and Nidal and into
Diplomacy +7, Disguise +5, Escape Artist +6, distant Varisia, and forging paperwork. While she worked
Intimidate +5, Knowledge (local) +7, Perception +4, as a tiller many years ago—leading escapees through
Profession (baker) +10, Sense Motive +6, Stealth +10 the darkness and protecting them from predators and
Languages Common, Halfling, Shadowtongue bounty hunters alike—her new life keeps her away from
SQ brawler’s cunning, martial training, trapfinding +1 dark fields and slavering beasts. The charming baker
Combat Gear oil of silence, potion of cure light wounds (2), coordinates with dozens of other figures in Kintargo’s
potion of gaseous form; Other Gear mwk studded underworld—from smugglers and cutthroats to self-
leather, daggers (4), climber’s kit, disguise kit, keys to appointed freedom fighters—and makes sure anyone
the Long Roads Coffeehouse, mwk baking tools, mwk working to undermine imperial influence in Kintargo
thieves’ tools, 37 gp can find the necessary resources.

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 With her warm, charming laugh and ample body, lose interest in the activities of the lesser order they’re
Laria presents the image of a woman who wants for “replacing” in town.
little and enjoys life’s simple pleasures. A powerful, Sacred Order of Archivists: Laria’s primary point of
In Hell’s
athletic build ripples below her curves, and she’s contact with the Sacred Order of Archivists was Rexus’s Bright
capable of tirelessly hefting massive loads around the mother Porcia, but she rarely made use of the order; Shadow
shop and tossing unruly visitors out on their ears. She Laria’s association with Porcia was one of friendship more
abstains from life’s worst vices, but makes no secret than professional interest. Laria often traded tactics and Foreword
of her fondness for great cooking (especially her own) techniques for maintaining secrecy with Porcia, but never
Part 1:
and great companionship in her bed. Never a woman visited the headquarters of the Sacred Order herself. Fledglings
to stick to one dish when she could try them all, Laria Silver Ravens: Laria has heard a little about the of Silver

keeps an impressive number of lovers on rotation. legendary rebels of the civil war—mostly rumors that
Part 2:
Like most of Kintargo’s nonconformists, Laria’s spent they used the opera house as a base of operations. Rebuilding the
the past several days keeping her head down. But with Underground Religions: Laria knows that the Ravens
each day that passes, she grows more and more convinced celebrated local opera singer Shensen was a devoted Part 3:
that something needs to be done to save her beloved city. worshiper of Sarenrae, and that the cult of Milani has Redactions and
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been active in the city as well, operating under the
CAMPAIGN ROLE name of Rose of Kintargo. Unfortunately, both of these NPC Gallery
As a fixer, a smuggler, and a cynic, Laria provides practical underground religions have gone silent. Investigating Kintargo
and down-to-earth balance to Rexus’s high-minded either could bear fruit, but Laria doesn’t have much hope
morals and unrealistic dreams. She plays the role of that these groups have a significant enough support Pathfinder’s
Journal
landlord and information broker while the PCs use the structure to provide much aid at this time.
Long Roads’ basement as their temporary headquarters. Bestiary
If her tenants prove reliable—or gods help her, even Campaign
prove respectful—Laria warms to them, and by the end Outline
of the adventure, she might count one of the PCs
as a friend, follower, or even lover. Beyond her
value as an ally to the Silver Ravens (see page
17), early in the adventure, Laria can provide the
PCs with some additional information about
Kintargo’s history of rebellion, as detailed below.
Bellflower Network: The Bellflower Network is
in hibernation for the moment. Laria sent her last
fugitive slaves to Varisia on board a ship called the
Incubus only 4 days ago, and the Bellflower Network
is withdrawing from the city while things settle. If the
PCs can mange to build up the Silver Ravens, Laria will
consider restarting the Network, but until then, she
would rather maintain a low profile and aid the PCs from
behind the scenes.
Lord Mayor Jilia Bainilus: Laria doesn’t buy the
government’s claim that Jilia Bainilus fled Kintargo for
Arcadia. She suspects that Paracount Thrune imprisoned
her (or worse) somewhere in the city, but serious
investigations into Jilia’s fate should be something the
PCs hold off on for now while they focus on establishing
the Silver Ravens’ foundations. (The PCs will learn more
of Jilia’s fate, and her transformation into a vampire, in
the third adventure, “Dance of the Damned.”)
Order of the Torrent: The smallest of the various
Hellknight orders has been mysteriously silent over
the past week, and its leader, Lictor Octavio Sabinus,
has gone missing. While the Order of the Torrent
could be a powerful ally, Laria suggests the PCs hold off
investigating this avenue for a while, if only to let the new
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 REXUS VICTOCORA
Rexus cuts a striking figure, with his angular features and dusky skin accentuated by a handsome
goatee and broad smile. His boisterous charm seems to fill any room, despite his slight stature, but
recent events have weighed heavily upon him.

REXUS VICTOCORA CR 2 When Rexus Victocora began his journey from young noble
XP 600 to revolutionary, he wanted nothing more than for everyone
Male human aristocrat 2/sorcerer 1 else to experience the relative safety of his aristocratic
NG Medium humanoid (human) upbringing. He felt that no one should ever worry where
Init +1; Senses Perception +0 the next meal would come from or whether walking
DEFENSE home by night would be a life-ending mistake. Reared in
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+1 Dex, +1 dodge) Kintargo’s posh noble circles, Rexus never questioned his
hp 10 (3 HD; 1d6+2d8–5) own security until it was suddenly snatched away. Raised
Fort –2, Ref +1, Will +7 for years as a fiery and exuberant young lady thanks to the
OFFENSE circumstances of his birth, Rexus discovered his future
Speed 30 ft. was far more moldable than he ever realized after meeting
Melee mwk sword cane +2 (1d6) a Shelynite tutor who migrated between sexes as other
Sorcerer Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +5) people might migrate between nations. This insight led
7/day—touch of destiny (+1) Rexus to a way of growing up he’d always coveted but never
Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +5) imagined possible. But while his parents embraced their
1st (4/day)—color spray (DC 15), comprehend languages newly revealed son, the news scandalized their stodgy social
0 (at will)—acid splash, detect magic, prestidigitation, circles. With his old friends gone and even his physical
read magic safety threatened on occasion, Rexus formed new social
Bloodline Destined circles from eclectic sources: musicians, servants, tutors,
TACTICS and even street urchins. He shuddered to see his new
During Combat Rexus avoids melee combat, using color friends enduring on a daily basis the same insecurities to
spray to delay pursuit or to help control the tide of battle. which he had only recently been exposed.
In a battle, Rexus uses the aid another action to help an Rexus’s parents, Aneran and Porcia Victocora, gave
ally’s AC or takes shots with acid splash. He saves his scroll their son room to develop his own philosophies. They
of glitterdust for an emergency against a foe too powerful valued knowledge and personal freedom—with just
to affect with color spray, and prefers to administer his enough distant oversight—over blind indoctrination.
potions of cure light wounds to stronger allies. After an adolescence spent stumbling through a dozen
Morale Rexus flees combat at the first opportunity if he’s causes, Rexus finally decided to enlist in the secret
alone, but bravely stands by the side of any ally in a fight, society to which his parents belonged: the Sacred Order
fighting to the death if needed to defend his friends. of Archivists.
STATISTICS Sadly, as Rexus was returning home from his studies at
Str 10, Dex 13, Con 7, Int 14, Wis 11, Cha 18 the Alabaster Academy, eager to announce his intentions
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 13 to join his mother, the sight of a plume of smoke and
Feats Dodge, Eschew Materials, Iron Will, Skill Focus (Stealth) fire rising from the Greens threw him into a panic.
Skills Bluff +10, Diplomacy +10, Knowledge (history) +6, Upon arriving at his family estate, he found the manor
Knowledge (nobility) +6, Linguistics +8, Spellcraft +8, engulfed in flames and the site under control of a large
Stealth +7, Use Magic Device +9 number of soldiers wearing the colors of House Thrune.
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Elven, Infernal, Strix At that moment, Rexus made a decision that haunts him
SQ bloodline arcana (gain luck bonus on saves when casting still, yet which doubtless saved his life. Rather than race
personal-range spells) into the fire or reveal himself to the soldiers, he fled into
Combat Gear potion of cure light wounds (3), scroll of the city to hide and mourn.
glitterdust; Other Gear mwk sword caneUE, courtier’s The next evening, Rexus crept through Kintargo on the
outfit, Victocora signet ring (worth 100 gp), 40 gp, 3 pp first official night of its new curfew. He came to the still-

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smoking ruins of his family home and sifted through the revolution, though every passing day dashes that hope a
rubble, hoping for clues, but found nothing more than little more. Regardless, Rexus acts as a moral compass for
evidence that others had scoured the place already for the Silver Ravens, offering philosophical insights that Laria
In Hell’s
anything of value. Only the lack of any physical remains tends to gloss over in the name of expediency. While Rexus Bright
gave him hope that his family and the manor staff may joins the Silver Ravens eagerly and immediately, he will also Shadow
have somehow, miraculously, survived. Over the days leave without reservation if the PCs’ revolution becomes
that followed, Rexus did what research he could to learn overly violent or an exclusionary mess that endangers the Foreword
more, but no sign of his parents ever surfaced. Finally, common people of Kintargo.
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cold and hungry, he received an offer of aid from one Rexus’s role in this adventure is to start the PCs on their Fledglings
of his mother’s friends, Laria Longroad. The halfling journey and act as a translator for the coded documents of Silver

was overjoyed to see Rexus alive, and not only took him uncovered in the Fair Fortune Livery. Beyond this, his fate
Part 2:
into her house, but revealed something startling to him: is left in your players’ hands—he may become a friend, Rebuilding the
his mother had left him an inheritance, as if she had ally, lover, or even cohort as time goes on. Feel free to Ravens
foreseen the tragedy. More details on this inheritance have him level up alongside the PCs; he favors levels in Part 3:
can be found on pages 12–13 of the adventure. sorcerer, and as he grows more powerful, he grows more Redactions and
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Rexus is a charming and insightful man, blessed with self-confident with his magical gifts.
a handsome face, good health, and a keen wit. Now more NPC Gallery
than ever, Rexus needs the support of those around Kintargo
him to be able to enjoy those gifts. Though agreeable,
he is also stubborn, unwavering from his goals. The Pathfinder’s
Journal
fiery passion of youth drives him to fix the world’s
problems, but the lumps he took in adolescence remind Bestiary
him of his limitations just enough to keep him from Campaign
becoming overbearing. He reads aloud without realizing Outline
it, pushes his books onto others, and otherwise barely
restrains his excitement over new discoveries—all traits
inherited from his father. Though saddled with a weak
constitution that has haunted him since a childhood
bout with sickness, Rexus boils over with a courage and
initiative both his parents lacked.
Despite his power-to-the-people philosophy, Rexus
prefers to dress in clothes befitting his highborn station,
and never appears without a tailored coat, polished
boots, and his trusty cane. He has a short frame, and few
who look at Rexus’s roguish good looks and smoldering
eyes, see the wild-haired tomboy he once was. A variety
of alchemical concoctions has minimized his feminine
traits and allowed Rexus to grow into manhood as any
young man would. Though raised on a refined diet,
Rexus adores the many foreign foods found throughout
Kintargo and uses any excuse to visit Jarvis End—staring
down the most unusual foreign delicacies and lowbrow
street meats with equal courage.

CAMPAIGN ROLE
Destitution is a new experience for Rexus, and he takes to
it dreadfully. Feather beds and fine clothes aside, he still
requires expensive alchemical unguents to maintain his
health, and extended withdrawal leaves him depressed,
irritable, and sickened. He is reluctant to share the exact
nature of his condition—even though it’s hardly a secret
in his social circles—but Rexus may send the PCs on
missions to supplement his dwindling supplies.
Rexus is still young, and holds high-minded ideals. Death
and violence horrify him, and he dreams of a bloodless

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 KINTARGO

I am Kintargo’s lord-mayor, yet Kintargo is not my city. Nor is it Cheliax’s city.

Kintargo belongs to no one person, but to all who live here and make it the
greatest city in Cheliax. We call it the Silver City not only for the gleaming waters
of the Yolubilis, but for its purity. Kintargo is unique in the nation of Cheliax in
this way. We are not the nation’s largest city, nor its strongest. We may not have
Westcrown’s history, Ostenso’s naval superiority, Corentyn’s trade dominance,
or Egorian’s power, but nor do we have Westcrown’s decay, Ostenso’s violence,
Corentyn’s slaves, or Egorian’s damnations. Kintargo is our own, and as Cayden
Cailean is my witness, I intend to do all that I can to ensure our silver shall never
tarnish under Thrune’s touch!”
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K
intargo stands apart from Cheliax as a city of
sedition and silver, separated from its nation
by the rugged Menador Mountains as surely KINTARGO
In Hell’s
as by a wide gulf of culture. The city has long been known CG large city Bright
as a haven for artists, particularly composers, directors, Corruption +0; Crime –2; Economy –1; Law +4; Lore +0; Shadow
and musicians eager to expand on Cheliax’s operatic Society –2
traditions. During the Chelish Civil War, a group of Qualities academic, cultured, defiant, Foreword
Kintargan patriots called the Silver Ravens fought to rumormongering citizens, strategic location
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keep the city safe. Danger +20; Disadvantage martial law Fledglings
As a result, the city is a favorite of many noble families DEMOGRAPHICS of Silver

as a place to spend time away from the entanglements of Government overlord (formerly autocracy)
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governmental duties, and Kintargo’s citizens and leaders Population 11,900 (10,115 humans, 476 halflings, Rebuilding the
became experts at riding the thin line between being loyal 357 tieflings, 119 half-elves, 833 other) Ravens
Chelish citizens and independent-minded libertarians. Notable NPCs Part 3:
During these years under Thrune law, Kintargo has Barzillai Thrune, paracount and lord-mayor of Redactions and
Revenge
maintained closer ties to the culture, people, and wealth Kintargo (LE male human inquisitorAPG 15)
of Varisian cities such as Korvosa and Magnimar than Corinstian Grivenner, senior prelate of Asmodeus NPC Gallery
to Chelish cities such as Corentyn or Egorian. Most (LE male human cleric of Asmodeus 5/exaltedISG 7) Kintargo
Kintargans choke to call themselves subjects of anything Iylvana Desdoros, headmaster of Alabaster
but their many-splendored city. They spend the warm, Academy (LN female half-elf transmuter 7) Pathfinder’s
Journal
humid summers quietly tolerating being ruled by Jilia Bainilus, ex-lord-mayor (CG female human
whatever distant capital insists they owe fealty, then aristocrat 9; whereabouts currently unknown) Bestiary
spend the long, cold, rainy winters openly fantasizing Kyrre Ekodyre, paralictor of the Order of the Rack Campaign
about rebellion. Yet until today, the need for outright (LE female human fighter 6/HellknightISWG 6) Outline
rebellion has never seemed worth the cost in blood. The Octavio Sabinus, lictor of the Order of the Torrent
people of Kintargo may not recognize the name of the (LG male human fighter 5/HellknightISWG 3)
Silver Ravens now... but with Barzillai Thrune’s arrival in Shensen, beloved diva (CG female half-elf bard 8/
the city, they will soon! fighter 4; whereabouts currently unknown)
Tombus Regegious, leader of militia (LE male
KINTARGO’S HISTORY human aristocrat 4/rogue 9)
The earliest settlement known to exist at the mouth of MARKETPLACE
the Yolubilis River was a hobgoblin town that bore the Base Value 4,400 gp; Purchase Limit 25,000 gp;
same name. The violent settlement of Yolubilis ruled Spellcasting 4th*
the region for many centuries during the later part of Minor Items 2d4; Medium Items 1d4; Major Items 1d2
the Age of Destiny until the hobgoblins were wiped out * Government officials have easy access to 6th-level
and their city was razed by raiders from the Lands of the spells, and can arrange for up to 9th-level spells,
Linnorm Kings in –260 ar. By the dawn of the Age of given time.
Enthronement, all that remained of the hobgoblin legacy SPECIAL QUALITIES
was the name Yolubilis itself. Cultured Kintargo is well known for its culture of
As with many cities in Cheliax, much of Kintargo’s artistry, particularly among actors, musicians, and
history has been either altered, lost, or otherwise patrons of the opera. (Law –1, Society +1; always
obfuscated by the work of Thrune redactors, but snippets counts as a prosperous city for the purposes of
of the city’s history have persevered via oral traditions and Perform checks)
the work of the Sacred Order of Archivists. This association Defiant The citizens of Kintargo have a natural
has long been vexed by the fact that House Thrune seems predilection for free thinking that borders on
to have been particularly aggressive at rewriting Kintargo’s rebellious action. (Law –1, Society +1)
history—indeed, information about the hobgoblins of Martial Law As long as Kintargo remains under martial
Yolubilis is more readily available to most scholars than law, a 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew is in effect.
are notes on Kintargo’s more recent history. Additionally, as long as the citizens must follow
Despite the gap in the city’s history, scholars have the edicts and proclamations put in place by House
established some facts. Taldor’s official recognition Thrune, the city stifles and suffers. (Corruption –4,
of Kintargo as a city in 3213 ar is a matter of record, Crime –2, Economy –4, Law +2, Lore –4, Society –4;
suggesting that the city itself stood before that date even Danger +10; halve all values for Marketplace entries)
though no surviving data from that time seems to exist
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against Thrune’s rule—a war they were destined to lose.
Kintargo’s Great Secret Thrune had the greater resources and power, and in a few
In a city infested with secrets, one of Kintargo’s hidden short years, the Silver Ravens were broken by clandestine
truths stands above the rest, and its uncovering in the assassinations, crippling propaganda, and treachery
fourth adventure of Hell’s Rebels paves the way for the from within.
city’s freedom from Chelish rule. This secret, known Once the Silver Ravens had been dealt with, Kintargo
only to Barzillai Thrune and a few of his closest allies fell into line under Thrune’s control resentfully but
at the onset of the Adventure Path, is this: Kintargo— dutifully. Government redactors worked to ensure
and, indeed, all of the archduchy of Ravounel—was all mention of the Silver Ravens had been expunged,
never officially part of the nation of Cheliax. Due to a of course, and within a few generations, memories of
clerical error that was never corrected when Taldor the rebels grew scarce and the group faded into urban
founded Cheliax, the archduchy of Ravounel remained an folklore. As the decades rolled on, Kintargo turned even
unofficial holding of the nation up until Cheliax plunged more rebellious, yet never as openly as cities such as
into chaos after Aroden’s death. Thrune redactors worked Narona or Pezzak. Kintargan citizens might freely mock
diligently to rewrite Cheliax’s history to serve the family’s the dynasty and Egorian politics, but never aloud in front
needs, and in the case of Kintargo’s official status under of strangers. To the untrained eye, Kintargo’s citizens
Chelish rule, they did their job a little too well. When may seem content, but one need not scratch deeply at the
Queen Abrogail forged her agreement with Asmodeus city’s veneer to lay bare its true, rebellious soul.
regarding the rule of Cheliax, the contract was inherently
flawed due to the unofficial nature of Ravounel under KINTARGO AT A GLANCE
the Chelish flag. The nature of these flaws could allow The city of Kintargo straddles the northeastern shore of
those of keen intellects to leverage control of the entire the Yolubilis River and a large island named Argo that
archduchy of Ravounel away from Cheliax. This secret, sits in the river’s mouth. While the Yolubilis provides
destined to be discovered by the PCs at the end of “A for Kintargo’s economy by floating ships and turning
Song of Silver,” plays a key role in the fifth adventure in waterwheels, the city sits downriver from various clay
this campaign, so until then, you should keep this truth deposits, farms, mines, salt springs, and smelters.
hidden from your players. Sediments in the water give it a characteristic silvery
shine when the sun strikes it at dawn and dusk. This,
combined with the prodigious run of silver salmon that
use the river every year to spawn and the use of silver-
herself lord-mayor of Kintargo on that date and used her flecked stone in many of the public buildings’ facades,
political clout to wheedle engineers and gold to update has given the settlement its most common nickname—
the small community’s infrastructure, including a the Silver City.
massive undertaking to raise much of the city’s elevation Kintargo’s independent spirit is founded in its self-
in what are now the districts of Jarvis End, Old Kintargo, sustaining economy. The Yolubilis River provides
and Redroof to combat seasonal flooding. Reshaping ample eels and freshwater trout in addition to the silver
the city in this way provided Kintargo with a unique salmon run, while the cold, deep waters of Nisroch Bay
undercity; many of the local basements are former teem with cod, shellfish, and tuna. In the foothills of
first-floor shops, and old roads now serve as sewers. By the Menador Mountains, quarries yield granite and
the time of Cherletra’s death 14 years later, Kintargo the city’s iconic silver-flecked stone, while actual silver
had grown from a thriving fishing town into a wealthy mines produce the bulk of the precious metal exported
trading and manufacturing city. from the city. Beyond its wealth of seafood and
When civil war came to Cheliax in the wake of Aroden’s minerals, Kintargo’s third major export is something
death, the people of Kintargo fought ferociously to more mundane: salt. Local volcanic activity dots the
maintain their independence, turning away attempt after North Plains with steaming brine springs, giving
attempt at annexation by various factions from the south. Kintargo enough salt resources to power its industrial
It was during this time that a group known as the Silver needs and preserve its ocean harvests with plenty left
Ravens, a band of adventurers and priests of Milani over to trade. As with its fish and stone, Kintargan salt
who stood firm against all attempted invasions, rose has a unique silver sheen to it, and many gourmands
to prominence. They kept Kintargo relatively safe and across the Inner Sea testify to this salt’s superiority in
entirely free until the civil war ended and House Thrune flavor over all competitors’.
seized control of the nation. Only then were the Silver Kintargo’s skyline is dominated by three structures: a
Ravens forced to concede defeat. They begrudgingly castle, a temple, and a university. Castle Kintargo looms
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hill is topped by a dome-shaped temple. Once a temple and proper Chelish values, and act as informants for
of Aroden, this structure has been claimed by the the government. They are led by Tombus Regegious (LE
church of Asmodeus, and its iron-reinforced and red- male human aristocrat 4/rogue 9), a distant descendant
In Hell’s
draped walls stand out starkly amid the rest of the city’s of Kintargo’s first lord-mayor. Their aid has been Bright
paler stone and wood structures. The southern half of instrumental in helping Barzillai Thrune settle into his Shadow
Argo is low and swampy and prone to flooding, while on new role as lord-mayor.
the north bank, sparse forests line the horizon. On the Church of Asmodeus: Kintargo’s church of Asmodeus Foreword
other side of the river, looming over the city’s Villegre has long played a background role in the city, never far
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District, are the gleaming white towers of the city’s from the minds of its citizens, yet rarely intervening Fledglings
infamous Alabaster Academy, stretching higher in local politics. With martial law imposed, of Silver

than any other structure in the settlement. those days are over, and today, high priest
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Kintargo’s city walls consist of two 10-foot- Corinstian Grivenner works hand in Rebuilding the
wide, 20-foot-tall parallel walls separated by hand with Barzillai Thrune to aid in Ravens
an open pathway that measures nearly 80 keeping the “peace” in the city. Part 3:
feet across. The walls have battlements Court of Coin: Noble families Redactions and
Revenge
and walkways upon which city guards orchestrate most of Kintargo’s
patrol, and numerous towers that serve mercantile and entertainment NPC Gallery
as either barracks or holding cells. The venues. These nobles gather Kintargo
trench between the two walls allows in a group known as the Court
the defenders a fortified position of Coin. This order—many of Pathfinder’s
Journal
to fall back to should the outer whom are exiled families from
wall fail. In times of war, the the civil war—generally have Bestiary
gap between the two walls can Kintargo’s best interests at heart, Campaign
be filled with rubbish to make but have long struggled against Outline
the crossing difficult. For a internal strife and corruption.
more treacherous effect, the gap can
Barzillai Thrune See page 63 for a list of Kintargo’s noble
be filled with oil or other flammable families and the individual leaders who
substances to allow the creation of a moat of fire. A represent each family in the Court of Coin.
successful DC 15 Climb check is required to scale either House Thrune: The current leader of Kintargo is
of the walls. Paracount Barzillai Thrune, a man with one foot in
A sprawling undercity exists under much of southern Cheliax’s government and the other in its church. His
Kintargo, where the city’s original buildings were buried goals and ambitions drive the events of the Hell’s Rebels
and built over to raise the low-lying reaches of Jarvis End, Adventure Path. Barzillai has selected the Kintargo Opera
Old Kintargo, and Redroof above the seasonal flood zone. House as his home away from home, but retreats to the
Many of these tunnels now double as sewers, while to the church of Asmodeus later in the campaign. He is served
north, the more modern drainage tunnels below Villegre by a small army of devils, hand-selected inquisitors, loyal
and the Greens are less prone to concealing hidden soldiers, an up-and-coming bodyguard named Nox (see
chambers. Both regions are somewhat dangerous, with page 48 for her full statistics), a well-paid mercenary
the typical infestation of sewer-dwelling criminals and arcane advisor named Zella Zidlii (LE female human
scavengers and long-forgotten traps and hazards. wizard 5/harrowerISWG 6), and a devilbound blue dragon
named Rivozair, whose presence he has thus far kept
Kintargan Factions hidden from the city’s populace.
Many different factions call Kintargo home, but those Kintargo Dottari: Headquartered in Castle Kintargo,
summarized below have the strongest role to play in the Kintargo’s city guard underwent a thorough scouring
Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path. under Barzillai Thrune’s inquisitions. Most of the
Bellflower Network: Possibly Kintargo’s oldest Dottari commanders were replaced by loyal soldiers
secret society, the Bellflower Network always used the brought by Thrune, including the new leader, Duxotas
city’s lax attitude toward smuggling to ferry halfling Vannases Trex (LE female human cavalierAPG 10), who
slaves to freedom in Varisia. The network has largely demands absolute and unquestioning compliance from
abandoned Kintargo in the wake of Barzillai Thrune’s her officers. The Dottari keep a small set of barracks and
arrival, leaving the stubborn Laria Longroad (CG female meeting halls in Castle Kintargo, but the bulk of their
halfling brawlerACG 2/rogue 1) as the de facto leader of armories, barracks, and the like can be found in the city
the network remaining in town. wall’s numerous bunkerlike towers.
Chelish Citizens’ Group: This small core of Chelish Order of the Rack: A platoon of Hellknights from the
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 This group is led by one of the order’s most accomplished in Kintargo, though, and may some day manage the
paralictors, a woman named Kyrre Ekodyre. The Order of transition to a fully functional thieves’ guild. Of these, the
the Rack has been granted full run of Castle Kintargo to Lacunafex are the closest, although their leader, Mialari
use as their base of operations. Docur, has resisted the urge to organize into a legitimate
Order of the Torrent: The smallest active Hellknight criminal group. The others (the mysterious Red Jills and
order, the Order of the Torrent maintains a small lodge the impulsive River Talons) are unlikely to ever amount
in the Castle District that goes by the incongruous title to more than small-time gangs of thugs.
of “Citadel Vaull.” When the Adventure Path
begins, the bulk of this order’s 23 Government and Law
members are spread throughout Until recently, Kintargo was ruled by
Avistan on individual quests to track Lord-Mayor Jilia Bainilus, an outspoken
down missing people. Barzillai voice against House Thrune who was
Thrune wastes no time in replacing a master of walking the edge between
these hellknights with his own Chelish loyalty and blatant rebellion.
force, a contingent of Hellknights Her reputed flight from Kintargo at
from the Order of the Rack. The fate the onset of the troubles facing Cheliax
of the Order of the Torrent is revealed shortly before this campaign begins
in full in the second adventure, “Turn of is fraught with mystery. Few believe the
the Torrent,” where the PCs will have official story that she abandoned Kintargo for
a chance to track down its missing Arcadia, but fewer still are brave enough to
leader, Lictor Octavio Sabinus. give public voice to rumors that the lord-
Rose of Kintargo: Though Milani mayor has been killed or imprisoned
cults operate throughout Cheliax, somewhere in the city so that
most meet with little success in the face Barzillai Thrune would have no
of the entrenched Asmodean Inquisition. opposition when he arrived
Nevertheless, the Rose of Kintargo persists Jilia Bainilus to take the role of Kintargo’s
in the city. Its unlikely leader is a kind- lord-mayor. The fact that his
hearted tiefling named Hetamon Haace appointment is official, handed down
(CG male tiefling cleric 5) who owns a tailor’s shop called from Queen Abrogail II herself, does little to silence
the Devil’s Threads. This well-guarded cover helped the mutters of discontent over his sudden claim over
Hetamon escape Thrune’s purge of seditious agents the city, and Barzillai’s issuing of increasingly petty,
in the city, but now the tiefling has few supporters to invasive new laws (presented as “proclamations”) has
call upon to continue his goddess’s work. For now, he’s done little to endear the Asmodean inquisitor to his
continuing to lie low. More information about Hetamon new citizenry.
and the role he will play in this Adventure Path appears
in “Turn of the Torrent.” KINTARGO GAZETTEER
Sacred Order of Archivists: Established originally The bulk of this article presents key locations found
by the church of Irori, the Sacred Order of Archivists’ throughout Kintargo. Some of these locations are covered
original charge was to fight against House Thrune’s in greater detail in the actual adventures. In these cases,
policy of redacting and revising the nation’s history. The the volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path in which the
order has spread throughout the Inner Sea region today, location is expanded on is noted after the descriptions.
disseminating its resources far and wide. Unfortunately,
this resulted in the Kintargo chapter’s destruction at Castle District
Thrune’s hands during the first week of his occupation Kintargo’s Castle District serves not just as the city’s
in the city, and their hidden base of operations below military headquarters, but also the seat of its civilian
Hocum’s Fantasmagorium is now under Barzillai Thrune’s government. Built upon a bluff, Castle Kintargo and the
control. While the order no longer has a physical cluster of buildings that creep up to it from Old Kintargo
presence in Kintargo, their legacy persists and may well and Jarvis End handle the day-to-day affairs of running
rise again if the Silver Ravens help! the city.
Miscellaneous Gangs: A group of drug runners and C1. Castle Kintargo: Once an imposing and
thieves known as the Gray Spiders once operated in impenetrable military icon, Castle Kintargo’s defenses
Kintargo, but after they were disbanded 40 years ago haven’t been significantly tested in centuries. The castle
by the Order of the Torrent, no central organization remains functional but woefully understaffed, and serves
among Kintargo’s criminals took their place. Several as little more than a headquarters for the city guard and a
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aid Thrune interests. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #100)
C2. Nidalese Embassy: Nidal’s proximity made Nobility of Kintargo
In Hell’s
maintaining an embassy in Kintargo a logical move, but The nine noble families of Kintargo, the locations of their Bright
when the Knights of the Glorious Reclamation made estates, their primary local interests, and their politics are Shadow
their move against Cheliax, the Nidalese agents stationed as follows. More information about these noble families
in Kintargo retreated to their home nation, so the can be found in the Hell’s Rebels Player’s Guide and in Foreword
embassy is abandoned when the Adventure Path begins. “Turn of the Torrent.”
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C3. Citadel Vaull: Headquarters to Kintargo’s own G6. Tanessen Estate: Leader: Count Geoff Tanessen Fledglings
order of Hellknights, the Order of the Torrent, Citadel (LN male human aristocrat 2/wizard 6). Family Interests: of Silver

Vaull is much less grandiose than its name implies. Armor and weapon crafting, city defense, military. Political
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As the smallest order of Hellknights, the Order of the Allegiance: Thrune. Rebuilding the
Torrent headquarters in what is little more than a simple G7. Delronge Estate: Leader: Archbaroness Melodia Ravens
two-story bunker that abuts the city wall. Delronge (LE female human aristocrat 2/bard 8). Family Part 3:
C4. Highwall Market: Positioned in front of Castle Interests: Horse breeding, hunting, mercantilism. Political Redactions and
Revenge
Kintargo, Highwall Market sees little business beyond Allegiance: Thrune.
catering to those who keep the city running smoothly. G8. Victocora Estate: Leader: Baroness Porcia Victocora NPC Gallery
Paper makers, ink sellers, and other merchants make (LN female human aristocrat 4/investigator 4 [deceased]). Kintargo
up most of the market’s sparse attendees, peppered Family Interests: Fishing, literature, poetry. Political
with food vendors and masseurs offering members of Allegiance: Rebels. This estate recently burned to the Pathfinder’s
Journal
Kintargo’s ruling class momentary respite from their ground, and the family itself has been scattered.
responsibilities. An old statue of an ancient war hero, G9. Jarvis Estate: Leader: Baroness Belcara Jarvis Bestiary
Tellorus Carmus, stands at the market’s center. (CG  female human aristocrat 3/fighter 6). Family Campaign
C5. Andos Hall: Though three stories tall, Kintargo’s Interests: Architecture, carpentry, city planning, Outline
city hall seems quaint and cozy sitting in the shadow of stonemasonry. Political Allegiance: Kintargo.
the castle. The lord-mayor’s offices occupy the uppermost G10. Aulamaxa Estate: Leader: Archbaroness Eldonna
floor and towers, while Kintargo’s vast web of licensing Aulamaxa (N female human aristocrat 3/fighter 5).
agencies and trade inspectors claim the rest. Now that Family Interests: Hunting, opera, public opinion. Political
Barzillai Thrune holds the title of lord-mayor, this Allegiance: Kintargo.
building has been boarded up; the city’s new ruler G11. Vashnarstill Estate: Leader: Baron Sendi
prefers spending his time in the Kintargo Opera House Vashnarstill (CN male human aristocrat 5/rogue 2).
or the castle itself. Family Interests: Arcadian trade, fishing, shipbuilding.
Political Allegiance: Kintargo.
The Greens G12. Jhaltero Estate: Leader: Baron Canton Jhaltero (CN
Upwind of the river and fisheries, the Greens is Kintargo’s male human aristocrat 7). Family Interests: Information,
noble district. A collection of noble houses and lush silver, stone quarries. Political Allegiance: Kintargo.
estates dominate this district. G13. Aulorian Estate: Leader: Count Auxis Aulorian
G1. Records Hall: This was originally a repository of (LE male human aristocrat 7). Family Interests: Magic,
records for Kintargo’s nobility, but over the years agents salt, silver. Political Allegiance: Kintargo (swinging
of House Thrune either destroyed, redacted, or seized toward Thrune). (Pathfinder Adventure Path #98)
the large amount of the records once kept here. Most G14. Sarini Estate: Leader: Countess Urora Sarini
of the hall’s storage lies empty today, although a wild- (LE female human aristocrat 4/bard 5). Family Interests:
haired woman named Tiarise Izoni (LE female human Diabolism, entertainment, theater of the real. Political
witchAPG 11) has taken up the mantle of attendant here. Allegiance: Thrune.
One of Barzillai Thrune’s most trusted agents, Tiarise
allows very few visitors to the Records Hall other
than ranking members of the church or government,
prompting much speculation as to the nature of the goes from here is visiting dignitaries and aristocrats
services she provides Barzillai Thrune. (Pathfinder from elsewhere in Cheliax. Troubles throughout the
Adventure Path #100) nation result in few visitors here during the course of the
G2. Whitegate Market: Most of Kintargo’s gold-, Adventure Path.
platinum-, and silversmiths can be located in the G4. The Counting House: This squat stone building,
buildings surrounding this affluent market. originally the site of Kintargo’s first moneylender, has
G3. Greengate: Kintargo’s easternmost gate normally served as a meeting lodge for the Court of Coin for
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 G5. Lantana Park: Most of the Greens grows thick with J4. Aria Park: One of Kintargo’s largest public parks,
carnations, hibiscus, roses, and the titular lantana, as well Aria Park sits just south of the city’s famous opera house.
as dozens of foreign plants imported from around the With relatively few trees, this open area is a favorite
In Hell’s
world. A favorite haunt of the city’s nobility, the park is gathering place for musicians and street performers. Bright
staffed by well-paid mercenaries who routinely usher out (Pathfinder Adventure Path #97 6) Shadow
undesirables (those of the middle or lower class). J5. Veritas Plaza: The original market square in the
G6–G14. Nobles’ Estates: Kintargo hosts nine city of markets, Veritas Plaza runs nearly the length of Foreword
significant noble families. The sidebar on page 63 lists Jarvis End’s border with Temple Hill, extending even
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the names and particular interests of these families. into Old Kintargo to the south. Much of the plaza’s Fledglings
The PCs might need to curry the favor of these nobles southern reach is now open fields and rows of trees, of Silver

once the Silver Ravens are reestablished during “Turn with its northern and southern extents both serving as
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of the Torrent.” (Pathfinder Adventure Path #99) daily farmers’ markets. Rebuilding the
J6. The Silver Star: To outward appearances, this one- Ravens
Jarvis End story building nestled in the heart of Kintargo’s foreign Part 3:
Named for the family responsible for the land quarter was nothing more than a musical instrument Redactions and
Revenge
reclamation project that saw much of Kintargo raised store, but in fact, it also served as a hidden temple of
above the floodwaters, Jarvis End is now the beating heart Sarenrae until recently. The Silver Star was owned by NPC Gallery
of Kintargo’s nightlife, featuring numerous casinos, a famed local performer at the Kintargo Opera House, Kintargo
dance halls, playhouses, restaurants, and theaters, in Shensen, but as with the other notable and outspoken
addition to the city’s winding foreign quarter. critics of the government, Thrune’s agents targeted her Pathfinder’s
Journal
J1. Three-Legged Devil: Numerous dance halls— soon after her arrival. The Silver Star was one of three
combination brothels, musical venues, and taverns— structures burned to the ground that night. Shensen and Bestiary
exist in Kintargo. While the Three-Legged Devil is not the small group of Sarenite priests who once populated Campaign
Kintargo’s largest of these establishments, it is the oldest the chambers below have been missing ever since. Outline
in the city. Owned and operated by Giveni Henge (CG (Pathfinder Adventure Path #100)
male human bard 3), the Three-Legged Devil has served
periodically in the past as a safe house for rebels and Old Kintargo
fugitives of all stripes. Old Kintargo is, as its name implies, the oldest part of the
J2. Crissali’s Fine Tomes: Kintargo has no shortage of city, and the neighborhood remains today as a chaotic mix
bookstores, but of the several options available, Crissali’s of fisheries, industrial strongholds, neighborhoods, and
Fine Tomes has the strongest reputation for rare warehouses, many of which have been buried and rebuilt
books and magical arcane items. The shopkeep herself, numerous times. Living conditions range from squalid
Nandy Crissali (N female human wizard 8), is curiously to fortified, and often ownership claims for buildings are
without politics in a town defined by such, and has little sketchy at best, giving most of Old Kintargo an informal
patience for those who would use her store for anything policy of land belonging to whoever makes use of it.
other than the discussion of literature and magic. In O1. The Old Harbor: Kintargo’s original docks remain
addition to many minor scrolls, she currently has a scroll in use even today, launching local fishing fleets and
of teleport for sale. landing barges from upriver. While nowhere near as
J3. Kintargo Opera House: The decadent Nahune busy, prosperous, or wealthy as the docks in the Yolubilis
family built this opera house centuries ago when they Harbor district, or even in Jarvis End’s foreign quarter,
were still a driving force in Kintargo politics, but until these piers see the arrival of most of the city’s food, raw
recently, the maintenance and ownership of this iconic materials, and salt.
Kintargan location had fallen to the Victocora family. O2. Salt Market: Located just outside of Salt Gate, the
Built in the Egorian style but with Kintargo’s distinctive Salt Market caters to Kintargo’s alchemists, architects,
red-tiled roof, the Kintargo Opera House has long been builders, and masons. Goods shipped in from upriver
the city’s artistic center and one of its most identifiable make their way here, filling vendors’ stalls with building
landmarks. Capable of seating nearly a thousand people materials (or at least samples of it, in the case of stone).
at capacity, the Kintargo Opera House served as the O3. Sallix Salt Works: The gathering, drying, packaging,
headquarters for the Silver Ravens during the Chelish and resale of Kintargan salt is a thriving business,
Civil War. Today, Barzillai Thrune himself has claimed with Sallix Salt Works being the largest and oldest
the opera house as his home away from home. Since his such business in town. Sallix Salt Works has recently
appropriation of the opera house, no new performances been commandeered by the government as a place for
have been scheduled, marking the start of the house’s minor criminals to serve short but grueling sentences
longest period of inactivity since its construction. as laborers. All proceeds from Sallix now go directly to
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 male dwarf fighter 3) is the salt works’ current manager, Harbor, but stubborn old Olmer (LN male dwarf expert
its previous owner having vanished under mysterious 6) never saw the need to uproot. He maintains a small
circumstances not long after Lord-Mayor Thrune issued but loyal clientele, but his gruff attitude makes attracting
martial law. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #97 29) and keeping new customers a challenge. He’s had a +1
O4. Salt Gate: Once the city’s busiest gate, the rallyingUE chain shirt on display for sale for years.
shifting of sea trade from the Old Harbor here has seen O10. Holding House: This bunkerlike stone structure
Salt Gate’s slow dip into decay. The gate itself is left originally served as Kintargo’s jail. Since those services
open, as its internal workings have long since rusted have been relocated to Castle Kintargo, the Holding
into uselessness. House has stood mostly empty. With Barzillai Thrune’s
O5. Odde & Daughter Herbs: Odde & arrival, the Holding House has been put back to use
Daughter Herbs is a classic Old Kintargo as an interim jail for suspects who might
example of the confusion surrounding not yet warrant full imprisonment. Such
owners’ and squatters’ rights. The shop unfortunates are kept here for several
has been out of business for years, but weeks until they’re processed—either
a local street meat vendor named to freedom (usually with a hefty fine)
Ryk (N tiefling rogue 1) has been or to official incarceration. The
peddling his strangely delicious Holding House is currently overseen
wares from the building’s facade by a tall woman named Sabo (LE
for most of that time. Rumors of female inquisitorAPG 7), a middle-
a strange haunting within the ranking member of the church of
building’s ruins only further Asmodeus who somewhat resents
complicate matters. her current posting. (Pathfinder
O6. Old Kintargo Cemetery: Adventure Path #98)
This large graveyard served O11. House of Truth and Clarity:
Kintargo as a burying ground Kintargo’s original courthouse now stands
for most of its history, up until largely abandoned. The chambers within
the end of the civil war. Today, this sprawling building, once a bastion
Kintargo’s dead are either cremated or Tiarise Izoni of law and order within Kintargo,
interred in one of the numerous graveyards have little use to Barzillai Thrune,
on Temple Hill. Patrols from the church of Asmodeus who prefers to hold court in the Temple of Asmodeus.
have kept this cemetery from having much of an undead Public executions and—more recently—excruciations
problem. are performed in a fenced-off segment of Veritas Plaza
O7. Lucky Bones: For many centuries, a group of directly in front of the building, but the building itself
criminals called the Gray Spiders operated out of the has been sealed tight, its doors and windows boarded
hidden chambers below this gambling house and drug over tightly.
den, until the Order of the Torrent stormed the place to O12. Iudeimus Tenement: Those tenements that still
disrupt a kidnapping ring based in the establishment. stand and function in Old Kintargo are run-down stacks,
The aboveground portion of the Lucky Bones burned to often owned and managed by those of a disreputable
the ground and has never been rebuilt, and while no new nature; Iudeimus Tenement is no exception. Its manager
organized thieves’ guilds have risen from those ashes, a is a foul-tempered crone named Nurla Botve (N female
small cult of Mahathallah worshipers is but one of the human commoner 5), and its tenants are primarily local
groups that has moved in to the hidden chambers below. laborers and artisans. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #98)
(Pathfinder Adventure Path #98) O13. Vespam Artisans: One of the larger and healthier
O8. Tooth and Nail: This quiet tavern advertises itself businesses to remain in Old Kintargo is Vespam Artisans.
only with a few nails and wolves’ teeth driven into the post Operated by Vespasio Vespam (N male human expert
out front. The owner is a short but outgoing woman 6), a fifth-generation Kintargan, the employees of this
named Setrona Sabinus (CG female human rogue 4). metalworking boutique operate similarly to a tinkers’
The Nail shares a building with a small confectionery guild. All matter of strange devices, toys, and (rarely)
called Sweet Tooth. Unknown to Setrona, Sweet Tooth’s magic items can be purchased here. Currently, the only
proprietor, Luculla Gens (LE female changelingARG cleric two items of significance for sale here are a ring of force
7), is in fact the leader of a small cult of Mahathallah shield and a serpentine owl figurine of wondrous power.
worshipers based under the ruins of Lucky Bones. O14. Rust Gate: Technically straddling the boundary
(Pathfinder Adventure Path #98) between Old Kintargo and Redroof, Rust Gate is
O9. Olmer’s Smithy: The majority of Kintargo’s Kintargo’s most heavily traveled city gate, with the
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Road. Once left open at all hours, the gates are now kept R5. Fair Fortune Livery: This large stable was one of
closed per Lord-Mayor Thrune’s orders, opening four Redroof ’s earliest businesses, but when its founders fell
times a day to admit regulated traffic of those who bear upon hard times, the building was abandoned. It served
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proper papers or are prepared to pay the 2 sp gate tax. for a time as a Silver Ravens hideout during the civil war, Bright
but today is reputed to be haunted by capricious and Shadow
Redroof mischievous spirits. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #97 13)
Most of Redroof ’s homes and small shops are built R6. The Cloven Hoof Society: Without much infernal Foreword
from brick and tile made from river-dredged red clay, influence, Kintargans don’t view tieflings as family
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rather than Kintargo’s iconic white limestone, giving the embarrassments so much as curiosities and potential Fledglings
neighborhood a distinctive look compared to the rest of criminals, and enough devil-born consider this an of Silver

the urban sprawl to the north and west. Redroof ’s brick improvement that Kintargo’s tiefling population is
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buildings fare worse than limestone in the cold winters unusually large for a Chelish settlement. Despite Rebuilding the
and hot summers, but are significantly more affordable Kintargo’s open acceptance, most of its tieflings still end Ravens
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R1. Hocum’s Fantasmagorium: This large stone building gatherers or other unskilled laborers. The Cloven Hoof Redactions and
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stands out among its neighbors for its construction from Society was founded as a place to help tieflings who
the same pale stone so common in other districts of the come to Kintargo get established, and to organize relief NPC Gallery
city rather than brick. The strangely named building was and support to the city’s growing tiefling citizenry. The Kintargo
once one of Kintargo’s more notorious attractions—a society’s manager, Strea Vestori (CN female tiefling rogue
collection of oddities, part freak show and part museum— 10) has been missing since the Night of Ashes. Today, the Pathfinder’s
Journal
but the place has been closed down for many years. In Cloven Hoof Society is boarded up and abandoned, and
fact, Hocum’s Fantasmagorium has long been a front for Kintargo’s tieflings are growing increasingly desperate Bestiary
another of Kintargo’s secret societies: the Sacred Order of for support and representation among the citizenry. Campaign
Archivists. It was seized by Barzillai Thrune’s agents on R7. Devil’s Nursery: The slums of the Devil’s Nursery Outline
the Night of Ashes and is now wholly (if secretly) under earned their nickname from the large number of tiefling
government control. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #97 39) immigrants who have joined Kintargo’s ranks over the
R2. Kelimber’s Dry Goods and Supplies: This sprawling past 60 years. Crowded into leaning tenements and
general store serves much of Redroof ’s personal needs, shanties along Redroof ’s southern wall, few non-tieflings
from daily supplies and food to a sort of public post travel into these slums, and rumors now claim that
for messages and other deliveries. Maercin Kelimber diabolists, erinyes, and imps rule the filthy streets.
(LG male human expert 3) is a well-liked member of
Redroof, and has a reputation of trading more than fairly Temple Hill
with adventurers. He keeps his store well stocked with Temple Hill is the highest point on Argo and the original
many of the common adventuring supplies, including site of Kintargo’s Temple of Aroden. Other faiths followed
alchemical gear and minor magic items, but rarely has suit, building their temples on the central hill’s slopes,
any items of significance to sell. but after Aroden died and House Thrune established
R3. Redroof Market: Though Redroof Market has its the church of Asmodeus as Cheliax’s state religion, the
own smattering of butchers, green groceries, and street face of Temple Hill changed. Some of the old churches
meat vendors, its claim to fame is as Kintargo’s largest have been converted into government buildings, but
clothing vendor, with local and foreign styles represented a few temples of other deities remain. They pay a stiff
alongside leather goods and cobblers. tariff to House Thrune—a monthly fee designed both
R4. The Devil’s Threads: Conveniently located on to pad government coffers as well as ensure that no
Redroof Market, where much of the city’s textile trade one temple can ever afford to challenge the church of
occurs, the quaint tailor’s shop known as the Devil’s Asmodeus. By allowing a select few of these smaller
Threads is owned and operated by Hetamon Haace churches to continue to operate in Asmodeus’s shadow,
(CG male tiefling cleric of Milani 5). Hetamon’s infernal the government helps to curb outright rebellion and
heritage would have given him trouble elsewhere in foster just enough hope to keep most citizens compliant.
Cheliax, but here in Kintargo, his skill at tailoring has T1. Shadowsquare: Kintargo’s second-largest temple
allowed him to prosper despite his ancestry. In truth, is Shadowsquare, the local church of Zon-Kuthon.
Hetamon is also one of the few surviving members of Shadowsquare actually has very few worshipers in
the Rose of Kintargo, the local cult of Milani worship. Kintargo; its presence here is as more of a political nod
His store seems unusually sparse at the moment, and to neighboring Nidal. Built over the ruins of the city’s
he’s desperate enough that he could well let his most previous church of Cayden Cailean (which burned to the
expensive item, a pair of boots of levitation, go for half ground early in the civil war), the building looks like a
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 a scroll of raise dead that Mhelrem won’t sell to anyone
he suspects is part of any organized government
The Night of Ashes resistance—that is, until it becomes obvious to even
The night before Barzillai Thrune officially took the him that Barzillai Thrune’s plans for Kintargo must be
position of lord-mayor, the city of Kintargo suffered a swift opposed. At this point (subject to your discretion, but feel
and frightening attack. Thrune’s agents infiltrated the city free to have the death of a PC be the thing that compels
and either assassinated or captured most of the city’s his change of heart), Mhelrem offers the scroll for free to
notably outspoken critics and insurgents, and burned to the Silver Ravens as long as they promise to do what they
the ground three buildings they’d determined to be hot can to prevent much damage to the city and to allow the
spots of rebellious activity: the Silver Star musical store faith of Abadar to continue to operate in whatever new
(itself a cover for the church of Sarenrae), the Thrashing order is established after Lord-Mayor Thrune’s fall.
Badger (a tavern known to cater to rebels and their ilk), T3. Temple of Asmodeus: The Temple of Asmodeus in
and the Victocora estate (home of the leader of the local Kintargo, as with many other such temples throughout
chapter of the Sacred Order of Archivists). Thrune sized Cheliax, occupies a grand structure once devoted to
control of several other key buildings as well, including Aroden. Today, the large central dome and facades of this
the opera house and a museum that had been closed structure have been reinforced with iron and magically
for years—Hocum’s Fantasmagorium. When the dawn transformed to be adorned with images of devils and Hell
came, the citizens were in shock, not only from the fires, itself. Much of the upper floors are open to the public,
but from the drastic changes Thrune had made to the but High Priest Corinstian Grivenner (LE male human
city’s laws. Today, this night is whispered of as the night cleric of Asmodeus 5/exaltedISG 7) and his minions are
Kintargo’s freedom burned and has become known as swift to prevent access to the temple’s inner sanctum or
the Night of Ashes. the mysterious chambers below. A belfry atop the central
dome rings out apparently at random, though none in
Kintargo claim to know who or what rings the so-called
Devil’s Bells, as access to the belfry without teleportation
courtyard is constantly draped in at least some amount or flight seems difficult at best. There are those who
of shadow. The temple has a relatively small number believe that the bells ring according to some complex
of priests in attendance, led by a grim woman named pattern or code, and that those who could break the code
Aluceda Zhol (LE female elf vampire cleric of Zon- would learn a terrible secret, but to date the timing of
Kuthon 7/Umbral Court agentPoP 4) who spends as much the Devil’s Bells have proven frustratingly difficult to
of her time in the church of Asmodeus as she does here. interpret. Spellcasting is available to paying customers at
Rumors persist that she’s involved in an affair with that a 10% discount from prices offered by other churches in
temple’s high priest, but few in town suspect her of being the city, but the temple does not do much trade in magic
a vampire. Shadowsquare augments its coffers by selling items. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #100)
magic items and healing services, but generally has a T4. Temple Hill Gardens: Although they’re called
fairly limited number of offerings. The most expensive gardens, the only thing planted in these plots of land
item for sale at this point is a scroll of restoration. surrounding the Temple of Asmodeus are bones; these
T2. House of Golden Veils: Once a Calistrian church are Kintargo’s active graveyards. The church of Asmodeus
called the House of Satin Veils, the worship of the does an excellent job patrolling and tending these
Savored Sting was (as with many other chaotic churches) grounds, as by honoring Kintargo’s dead they’ve helped
outlawed after the civil war. Yet unlike the temple of to keep the good will of her living citizens.
Cayden Cailean, the temple of Calistria was not razed or T5. Humbright House: While the central cathedral
ruined or converted into a government building. Instead, to Aroden served most of his faithful back in the day,
the abandoned temple was claimed by the church of numerous smaller shrines to the god of humanity stood
Abadar. Today, the House of Golden Veils functions throughout Temple Hill. Humbright House is one such
more as a large bank than a temple, as the faith of Abadar shrine—a pair of buildings that served as a combination
has traditionally had difficulty gaining momentum and orphanage and boarding house for disadvantaged youth.
traction among Kintargans, who either fall in line with Today, the buildings are instead the hideout for the Red
the worship of Asmodeus or seek deities of a less strict Jills, one of Kintargo’s burgeoning gangs of thieves.
nature to venerate in private. Priest Mhelrem Gesteliel (Pathfinder Adventure Path #97 36)
(LN male half-elf cleric of Abadar 6) focuses largely on T6. Songbird Hall: The only good-aligned church
matters of mercantile interest, but eagerly accepts those currently allowed to openly practice in Kintargo is
of the faith into his flock. The House of Golden Veils Songbird Hall, the church of Shelyn. The tireless work
has the largest supply of minor divine magic for sale of her faithful have helped keep Kintargo steeped in
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to preserve city peace and curb violent uprisings—be Currently, Mialari has ordered her girls to curtail their
they from overly eager dottari or frustrated rebels. To activities while she watches and waits to see how Barzillai
many of Kintargo’s citizens, these priests of Shelyn are Thrune’s occupation of Kintargo plays out; she hopes
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regarded unfairly as traitors who sold out their faith, but to align herself with the winning side once such a side Bright
the wiser realize that these priests are in an impossible becomes clear. Shadow
position and are doing the best they can to minimize V2. Villegre Park: The largest public park on Kintargo’s
the influence of House Thrune and the church of north side is a popular place for students to relax, rest, Foreword
Asmodeus. The church brings in most of its money and study.
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by tutoring young nobles in the way of art, V3. Long Roads Coffeehouse: Numerous Fledglings
courtship, music, and sculpture, then invests restaurants and eateries can be found of Silver

those funds into feeding the poor, sprucing throughout Villegre, but most of them
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up neighborhoods, and making large struggle to make ends meet. Long Roads Rebuilding the
anonymous donations to the opera house. Coffeehouse has never had these problems, Ravens
The current high priest, Zachrin Vhast (NG though. On the surface, one might suspect Part 3:
male human cleric of Shelyn 7), spent his this is due to owner Laria Longroad’s (CG Redactions and
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youth performing illegal marriages in Nidal, female halfling brawlerACG 2/rogue 1)
and considers working below Asmodean devotion to quality food and drink and NPC Gallery
notice to be a vacation from those harrowing to the loyalty of her customers, but Kintargo
times. The church has a small amount of in fact it is her association with
divine magic for sale—primarily the Bellflower Network that Pathfinder’s
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healing potions and scrolls. The helps keep the place open and
most significant item for sale running. (Pathfinder Adventure Bestiary
at this time is a wand of cure Path #97 17) Campaign
serious wounds (25 charges) that V4. Alabaster Academy: Students Outline
Zachrin gives to the PCs free of once came from throughout Cheliax
charge once they impress upon and beyond to attend classes at
him the good they’re attempting to Corinstian Grivenner Alabaster Academy, but in 4599 ar,
do (most likely at the end of the first one of the academy’s most beloved
adventure, but the exact timing is left to you). professors was exposed as the Temple Hill Slasher,
Kintargo’s most notorious killer. The academy might
Villegre have recovered from this scandal had not the Chelish
Villegre is Kintargo’s scholastic center—an entire district Civil War wreaked such havoc. Today, Alabaster Academy’s
that caters to the support of one of Cheliax’s more enrollment is less than a third of its capacity, but the
distinguished universities, the Alabaster Academy. Those school and its professors stubbornly soldier on. The
times are long past now, and today many of the buildings academy focuses on teaching botany, medicine, zoology,
in Villegre stand empty, giving the neighborhood an and other natural sciences, and produces some of Avistan’s
eerie, almost forgotten feeling. most promising apothecaries, healers, and researchers.
V1. Lady Docur’s School for Girls: Alabaster Academy Under the guidance of headmaster Iylvana Desdoros, the
is not the only institute of learning in Villegre. Among the academy has expanded its lessons to include arcane magic,
numerous smaller private schools, Lady Docur’s School and has resisted all attempts by the church of Asmodeus
for Girls is the oldest. The forlorn elf Mialari Docur (CN to introduce diabolic elements into its curriculum.
female elf rogue 3/sorcerer 4/arcane trickster 2) founded (Pathfinder Adventure Path #101)
this boarding school three centuries ago to educate V5. The Newt Market: Villegre’s market is a popular
young Chelish noblewomen in the ways of the elves, destination for adventurers, for it is known to have a
which were in vogue at the time. Today, the student body high number of magical items for sale. The market is
is almost entirely composed of half-elves from across maintained by a charismatic organizer known as The
Cheliax, Isger, and Molthune. The school’s greatest Newt (LE male gnome alchemistAPG 5) who collects fees
secret is that Mialari provides the most promising of from merchants, arranges for rare goods, and protects
her charges more than just a proper education; she the market with bribes and threats. The title of “Newt” is
trains these hand-selected students to join a secretive one that changes often; the current Newt has maintained
group she calls the Lacunafex. She originally started this his position for 4 years, nearly twice as long as any
group on a whim, but over the decades, the Lacunafex predecessor. Among the treasures for sale here is a wand
have developed into a highly capable sisterhood of spies of greater invisibility (15 charges).
and secretive messengers often used by the Sacred Order V6. Nightways Gate: This gate and the Night Road
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 a thief ), and often simply goes with his gut when making
a decision on whether to offer someone a discount or an
Minor Locations invitation to leave his shop. His close friendship with the
The locations listed on the previous pages comprise famous bard Shensen has long helped prevent would-be
those that are important to the city or will play a key role robbers from targeting his shop, but recent events have
in some way during the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path, left Chuko with few friends, and he grows increasingly
but dozens of other businesses, inns, services, shops, worried that someone, be they criminals from the streets
shrines, taverns, and the like can be found in the city or from the government, might soon take everything he
as well. As your PCs explore Kintargo and grow familiar owns. As such, he’s working on an escape plan from the
with its streets, you should populate these additional city, but if he learns that the Silver Ravens are making a
locations as you wish to make your Kintargo uniquely comeback, he might just throw in his lot with them. In the
your own. If one of these locations becomes particularly meantime, among the numerous low-tier magic weapons
beloved or important to the PCs, feel free to swap it in for sale here is a +1 frost lucerne hammerUE that Chuko claims
place of a location that plays a more important role in came directly from Irrisen (“See how cold it is? That’s pure
the Adventure Path as written. It might help to generate witch magic!”).
a list of such locations before you play, along with NPCs Y2. Sunset Imports: Until recently one of Kintargo’s
to populate them. The Pathfinder RPG GameMastery wealthiest businesses, Sunset Imports is on the decline.
Guide can be a huge help here, particularly the Tavern Owner Sedranni Vashnarstill (LN female human expert 8)
Toolbox (pages 200–201), the first two pages of the recently learned that House Thrune canceled her contract
Urban Toolbox (pages 210–211), and the NPC Creator’s to serve as the government’s importer of goods from
Toolbox (pages 94–99). Anchor’s End in Arcadia, shifting that responsibility to
another importer in Corentyn. Sedranni is fighting to
regain control, but knows in her heart that she needs to
make the relatively small severance fee the government
relationship. Proximity makes Nidalese goods easier sent her to cancel her contract last as long as possible.
and cheaper to import than similar Chelish wares, Y3. Vashnarstill Shipyard: The Vashnarstill Shipyard
while a good trade relationship—especially overland— has remained the most reliable dockyard in Kintargo
strengthens Nidal’s influence on Chelish culture. for 10 generations. The yard’s success lies in passing the
business to successors rather than through one family,
Yolubilis Harbor with previous owners selecting their most practical
The Yolubilis River is split at the mouth by Argo, forming or hardheaded employees to take on the mantle. The
two branches that surround southern Kintargo and the current master of the yard, Kohl Draksitus (N female
tidal flats just south of the older section of the city. As human bard 4), maintains the shipyard’s status in the
Kintargo grew, the need for a more robust harbor grew face of new competition from Westcrown and Corentyn
as well; the relatively small stretch of harbor along Old by working her crew hard and paying them in heavy coin
Kintargo’s west bank simply didn’t suffice. And so this and ample ale.
section of the north shore of the Yolubilis, where the Y4. The Thrashing Badger: Once a very popular bar
river’s waters were naturally deep and placid, became the among the district’s rowdier laborers and sailors (as well
city’s new shipyard. as those who played at rebellion), this tavern burned to
Y1. The War Cage: Numerous shops can be found in this the ground during the Night of Ashes, forcing its patrons
district, but the War Cage (“Haunted by Quality,” its sign to seek a new tavern—Clenchjaw’s.
boldly claims) is one of the more popular spots visited by Y5. Clenchjaw’s: Clenchjaw’s used to be a quiet, friendly
adventurers. This is in no small part due to the keen mind tavern, but those days might be gone. The recent loss of
of its owner, Chuko (CG male tenguARG ranger 5/rogue 5), another popular Yolubilis watering hole, the Thrashing
a.k.a. Chuko Sharpbeak and Hooks, an ex-adventurer who Badger, has resulted in Clenchjaw’s gaining a sudden
understands how quick his kind are to pay for weapons. influx of new customers, and the resulting “culture
The War Cage, so named for its almost arena-like structure clash” has certainly tested the patience of owner Rinston
(including a central courtyard where customers can spar “Clenchjaw” Jom (N male human fighter 2), as well as that
with weapons) welcomes adventurers and explorers, and of his regulars. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #97 33)
Chuko offers those who claim such lifestyles a 5% discount Y6. Bleakbridge: For many years, the only connection
on all purchases. He has little patience for thieves, in no between the mainland and Argo was along the isle’s
small part to love lost with his brother Ravzee’s choice of southern shore via a low stone causeway named the Argo
lifestyle. Chuko understands that the difference between Bridge, which spans a tidal flat and the smaller eastern arm
an adventurer and a thief can be thin in some cases (he is of the Yolubilis River. The bridge doubles as Kintargo’s
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numerous small shops beckon and tempt the traveler. North Plains: The border with Nidal consists of rolling
Bustling markets thrive at each end of the bridge as well, hills and grassy plains are primarily settled by halfling and
and until Barzillai Thrune arrived, passage across the human farmers. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #101)
In Hell’s
bridge was free of charge. Today, the new city government Ravounel Forest: It is from this primal woodland that Bright
excises a tax of 3 cp per crossing for citizens who wish to Ravounel takes its name. Few dwell near the mysterious Shadow
use the bridge, a tax destined to increase as the Adventure wood, due to its dangerous reputation, with rumors
Path continues. The bridge itself is also the haunt of a of tribes of strix, Rovagug cultists, and malicious fey Foreword
small gang of tengu rogues who call themselves the River guardians comprising the most oft-repeated whispers of
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Talons, a disorganized and greedy collection of petty the region. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #101) Fledglings
pickpockets and cutpurses. Led by a tengu Vyre: Ravounel’s largest settlement is located of Silver

by the name of Ravzee (CN male tenguARG on the eastern shoreline of a rocky island.
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rogue 5), the less reputable and younger This free city is a place where anyone can Rebuilding the
nestmate of the War Cage’s proprietor, the go to unwind and relax in an anonymous Ravens
River Talons have aspirations of some environment; it remains popular among Part 3:
day becoming Kintargo’s new thieves’ government officials as a place to retreat Redactions and
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guild, but their penchant for bickering and enjoy the city’s often scandalous—and
among themselves has so far kept them sometimes dangerous—entertainments. NPC Gallery
from doing much more than being (Pathfinder Adventure Path #99) Kintargo
minor nuisances. (Pathfinder Adventure Vyre Island: The city of Vyre is the
Path #100) only settlement of note on this relatively Pathfinder’s
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inhospitable isle. Most of the isle’s
RAVOUNEL barren interior is uninhabited save Bestiary
Kintargo is located in the by wild beasts of the mundane Campaign
northernmost duchy of Cheliax, and magical variety, a few tribes of Outline
a region known as Ravounel. bickering kobolds, several bugbear
Stretching south to the Menador clans, and (if rumors are correct)
Mountains, east to Nidal, and west Iylvana Desdoros at least one hidden cabal of faceless
to the furthest extent of Ravounel stalkers. Though many attempts to mine
Forest, this region is lightly settled and relatively safe, self- the rugged hills have been made, most of these mines are
sufficient, and civilized. The PCs will be traveling out into now abandoned and infested with monsters.
the Archduchy of Ravounel in the third, fifth, and sixth Yolubilis River: Ravounel’s largest river, the banks of the
adventures—additional details on specific regions of Yolubilis host most of the region’s smaller settlements.
import to those adventures will be provided later, but the
following notes should help inspire additional adventures ADVENTURES IN KINTARGO
of your own design, should you wish to expand your Hell’s The bulk of Hell’s Rebels takes place in the city of
Rebels campaign further beyond Kintargo’s city walls. As Kintargo, but it’s not until the fifth adventure, “The
with the Kintargo Gazetteer, descriptions of locations that Kintargo Contract,” that the Silver City becomes a safe
are detailed in later adventures are followed by a citation. and stable place to live. That adventure will provide an
Deepmar: Originally the site of a mining colony, updated city stat block for Kintargo as it stands once
Deepmar serves Cheliax as a remote penal colony. This the PCs and the Silver Ravens manage to get the city
remote site is presented in full detail in Pathfinder Module: out from under Barzillai Thrune’s control, but in the
No Response from Deepmar. meantime, the city presents a challenge in some regards
Dismal Nitch: Treacherous reefs and rumors of haunted to those who would seek to oppose the government and
waters keep this stretch of desolate coastline relatively fight back against House Thrune.
unvisited by travelers. (Pathfinder Adventure Path #99)
Katharevousa River: The steep banks of the Additional Rumors
Katharevousa are unsuited for settlements, but the river Each individual adventure in the Hell’s Rebels Adventure
itself boasts fine fishing. Path provides a customized table of rumors that you can
Menador Foothills: Silver is the greatest resource of use when the PCs ask around for news and scuttlebutt. It
the Menador foothills, but tribes of kobolds, troglodytes, might be helpful to prepare a list of additional rumors
and the odd clutch of drakes make portions of the hills ahead of time if you worry that your players are going
dangerous to work within. to exhaust the 10 or so rumors each adventure provides.
Menador Gap: This pass in the Menador Mountains Alternately, if you roll the same rumor multiple times
provides the largest land route between Ravounel and in an adventure, you can substitute any of the following
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 generic whispers—they aren’t directly tied to the specific the River Talons, or even to invent gangs of your own
events of any one adventure. Nevertheless, some of them creation to keep the PCs on their toes.)
do tie in to specific developments, so if you decide to Strange Sighting in the Sewer “There’ve been sightings
use any of these bonus rumors, strive to use ones whose of a strange bipedal reptile in the sewers—the creature
events haven’t yet transpired. Each of the following seems to be particularly clever at throwing off pursuers.”
rumors is followed by a brief parenthetical that indicates (These are sightings of Shensen’s awakened deinonychus
what the rumor is actually referring to, and whether it’s ally, who’s gone into hiding below Kintargo while his
true or not. Of course, even false rumors can serve to get mistress is out of commission. Further details on the
the PCs interested in a part of Kintargo that might have dinosaur’s role will appear in “A Song of Silver.”)
other uses for them!
Shopping for Magic
ADDITIONAL KINTARGO RUMORS As long as martial law persists in Kintargo, the city’s markets
Dragon Sightings “It’s true! My friend spotted a dragon are oppressed, functioning at half their potential. You can
wheeling about in the sky last night in front of the full assume that any item worth 200 gp or less is always readily
moon!” (The blue dragon Rivozair is one of Barzillai’s available. Items costing more than 200 gp but less than
greatest allies, but spends the first half of this Adventure Kintargo’s current base value of 4,400 gp have the standard
Path in hiding. Feel free to drop in dragon sightings as 75% chance of being available for sale after a short bit of
you see fit—specific dragon sighting rumors are included time spent shopping. At your discretion (provided you
in many of the adventure rumors already, but the more don’t mind the extra paperwork), purchasing such items
you can get your players to anticipate the dragon’s could hamper subsequent attempts to purchase them;
eventual appearance in the Adventure Path, the better.) each time a particular item is purchased, the chance of
The Empty Embassy “The Nidalese Embassy has been another being available drops by 10%.
abandoned—agents of the Umbral Court have withdrawn In addition, a few specific items are available for
to their own nation during these troubled times. Still, the purchase at various Kintargan shops. The current magic
high priestess of Shadowsquare on Temple Hill hasn’t items and the stores in which they can be purchased are
fled town. Wonder if she’s got personal reasons for given in the table below. With each month that passes, any
remaining in Kintargo?” (Aluceda Zhol is in fact involved unsold items cycle out of stock and a new batch becomes
in a semi-secret affair with Corinstian Grivenner, the city’s available. You can randomly roll these items or pick them
high priest of Asmodeus. While such a relationship isn’t as you see fit. As the PCs and their Silver Ravens gain
strictly prohibited by either church, neither cleric’s flock influence, they’ll be able to cycle through available magic
would understand, and uncovering the truth of this affair items more frequently, and might even be able to increase
can help erode support for the church of Asmodeus in the total number of items available at any one time.
Kintargo—see “A Song of Silver” for more details.) Rather than have the PCs scour the city to determine
Legacy of Thievery “Ever since the Gray Spiders were run what items are available, you can instead have a PC
out of town decades ago, we’ve not really had much attempt a DC 20 Diplomacy check to gather information
trouble with organized thieves’ guilds in Kintargo. Those from throughout Kintargo over the course of a day and
times are changing, though—I have it on good authority compile a list of the items that are available when the stock
that the River Talons are organizing into something more changes. You could also allow a PC to learn about an item
than a small-time gang of thugs.” (This rumor is primarily going on sale rather than hearing a Kintargo rumor. And
intended to get the PCs thinking about the Gray Spiders you can always have a PC conveniently find one sought-
early—the River Talons aren’t actually organizing. Feel after item in stock if she visits the store in question and
free to substitute other would-be gangs in place of asks its proprietor for any magic items of note.

Initial Magic Item Availability

Item Price Location
+1 frost lucerne hammerUE 8,315 gp The War Cage
+1 rallyingUE chain shirt 6,250 gp Olmer’s Smithy
Boots of levitation 7,500 gp The Devil’s Threads
Ring of force shield 8,500 gp Vespam Artisans
Scroll of raise dead 6,125 gp House of Golden Veils
Scroll of restoration 1,700 gp Shadowsquare
Scroll of teleport 1,125 gp Crissali’s Fine Tomes
Serpentine owl figurine of wondrous power 9,100 gp Vespam Artisans
Wand of cure serious wounds (25 charges) 5,625 gp Songbird Hall
Wand of greater invisibility (15 charges) 6,300 gp The Newt Market

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Spellcasting Opportunities until the end of the third adventure (when the PCs have
Well-prepared parties include members capable of a chance to explore the Silver Raven’s oldest hideout
healing, but in some cases the PCs might find themselves under the Kintargo Opera House), but you can use the
In Hell’s
in need of arranging for supplementary healing, following information to seed hints and clues as to the Bright
particularly if a member is afflicted by something beyond nature of their ancient predecessors as you see fit. Shadow
the capability of one of their own to cure. Several of the Jackdaw: The most mysterious member of the Silver
allies the PCs recruit to the Silver Ravens are spellcasters, Ravens was also the group’s leader. Jackdaw kept her Foreword
and as a general rule, these allies don’t charge the PCs for gender and race hidden from public, and is also the
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healing services. only one of the original Silver Ravens still alive. Jackdaw Fledglings
Another option, of course, is to seek out a spellcaster (CG female elf swashbucklerACG 11) is 230 years old and of Silver

in Kintargo’s general population. Unfortunately, with is currently held prisoner in Kintargo Keep. Her rescue
Part 2:
Barzillai Thrune in charge of the city, the Church of plays a key role at the start of “A Song of Silver.” Rebuilding the
Asmodeus grows increasingly powerful and prevalent. Amyreid: One of the two architects of the “Song of Ravens
Spellcasting services from the Church of Silver,” Amyreid (CG female half-elf cleric Part 3:
Asmodeus cost the standard of Milani 9) was slain at the end Redactions and
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amount, but each time of the Chelish Civil War
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services, the rebellion’s against House Thrune. Kintargo
Notoriety score increases Ba: The wizard Ba (CG male
by 1. Spellcasting purchased from halfling enchanter 9) served the Silver Pathfinder’s
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the church of Zon-Kuthon increases the Ravens as a strong moral compass.
rebellion’s Notoriety score by 1, and also comes Although he survived the Chelish Civil War, he Bestiary
with a 10% price increase. Spellcasting from was murdered by Brakisi when he objected to the Campaign
the House of Golden Veils (the church of Abadar) other’s plans to strike back against Thrune. Outline
does not increase the rebellion’s Notoriety score, Brakisi: The most hot-headed of the Silver Ravens
but its clergy can cast only spells of up to 3rd level. was Brakisi (CN male human urban rangerAPG 10). He
Finally, the church of Shelyn at Songbird Hall can survived the civil war, only to be slain by the Hellknight
provide spellcasting services of up to 4th level with no Reya Naulvaneti after a plan to strike against House
increase to the rebellion’s Notoriety score, but until the Thrune by abducting the lord-mayor’s child went bad.
PCs can convince its high priest they oppose Thrune, Kyda: Along with Amyreid and significant religious
he increases the price of his services by 20%. The PCs inspiration from Shelyn herself, Kyda helped develop the
will make contact with the church of Milani during the “Song of Silver.” Kyda (CG female human rogue 4/bard 6)
second adventure, at which point they should have plenty was slain during the final battle against House Thrune
of healing available to them. while she performed the “Song of Silver.”
Securing arcane spellcasting services is less complex. Song of Silver: One of the Silver Raven’s greatest
A PC who succeeds at a DC 15 Knowledge (local) check defenses was a magical song known as the “Song of
can suggest the Alabaster Academy. Its headmaster Silver.” The song was once Kintargo’s anthem, but
Iylvana Desdoros can provide 4th-level and lower arcane nearly all records of it were redacted and destroyed
spellcasting (cast either by her or from by a professor or during Thrune’s takeover of Cheliax, so impressed and
a student), but as with the temple of Shelyn, she inflates vexed was Thrune by the song’s use against its troops
her prices by 20% until she’s certain the PCs seek to during the end of the Chelish Civil War. One copy of the
better Kintargo’s future. song’s sheet music yet remains, hidden in a secret vault
below the Kintargo Opera House, and Jackdaw is the
THE SILVER RAVEN LEGACY only person left alive who knows the song’s words. The
As the PCs learn during the first part of this volume’s music and lyrics, when performed at a place of power
adventure, the Silver Ravens once helped to defend in Kintargo’s walls (such as on stage at the opera house),
Kintargo from her enemies. Reviving this group is one create several potent magical effects, such as infusing
of the primary story points of Hell’s Rebels. While the weapons in the city with magical auras so that they can
PCs have a chance to learn more about the Silver Ravens penetrate damage reduction and hampering the ability
once they decode the documents they rescue from the of devils to use dimensional travel. Full details on the
Fair Fortune Livery, the following information about the song’s powers are given in “A Song of Silver,” but you
original leaders of the group is provided to you here for should strive to drop hints here and there as you see fit.
additional context. It’s unlikely that the PCs themselves By the time the PCs are preparing to directly confront
will be able to learn the exact details about these long- Barzillai Thrune, they should be eager to recover and
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e followed the footsteps of the dying. Though For this reason, among many others, she had become
the streets of Khari teemed with life, my my apprentice, and eventually my only friend.
apprentice and I were bound for the houses “Well come on, then,” the man said, shuffling aside to
where death dwelled and waited to claim those stricken by allow us entry. “He’s still sitting with her, the sad sack.
disease, poverty, and worse. Some souls were lost through He’ll pray to any god that’ll listen.”
simple neglect, the turning of a blind eye toward those He pursed his lips at the last, as though a taste fouler
deemed too far gone or not worth the trouble. These than death sat on his tongue. We paused at the altar. The
unfortunates died in the alleyways or sick-houses, as caretaker mumbled a small prayer, and Liset slipped
people passed by, trading and laughing and ignorant of our offering of silver coins into the candlelight. Though
the suffering that lingered quietly so near their busy feet. I did not enjoy paying such lip service, it was never
Liset stopped in front of one such building, a hospital wise to forgo tribute, especially within the holdings of
that was more warehouse for the forgotten than it was Asmodeus. Seeing the tithe, the caretaker seemed to
a place of healing. She knocked while I slipped the brighten. He quickened his step and led us deeper into
birdlike mask over my head. Its long, curved beak packed the sick-house.
with lemon and rose-oil cloths prevented the rot from The floor was sticky under my soft-soled boots, and a
reaching my nose. Liset hid behind no such shroud, but haze of torch-smoke and humidity haloed us. Though I
held a similarly scented handkerchief over her mouth. smelled nothing unpleasant through the mask, my eyes
A stout man answered the door. He scowled at us, and stung. The caretaker led us between rows of sheets tacked
though he wore the five-pointed star of Asmodeus on his to the ceiling. Moans echoed from behind the makeshift
sleeve, I knew he was no cleric. My apprentice studied walls, accompanied by the occasional sob or scream.
him only a moment; she, too, understood his blood-and- Liset glanced at me over her shoulder, and I read her
bile-splattered apron was the accoutrement of a butcher, anger in the lines forming between her dark eyebrows.
not a doctor. Even the tiny jewels she wove into her braids seemed
“Are you the caretaker here?” she asked. furious. They gleamed a dull red in the dim light filtering
The man nodded, his small eyes squinting at the holy through the curtains.
symbol of Nethys on the chain around Liset’s neck and I inclined my head at her, but said nothing. She would
mimicked in the light and dark sides of my mask. He have skewered the caretaker then and there, had I given
shifted his stance and crossed his arms over his barrel permission. She felt as I did, that the so-called “modern”
chest. “A bit far from your temple, dearies?” techniques of surgery were unnecessary, even repugnant,
Liset withdrew her kerchief and smiled at him, a soft, given what magic could mend. She was young, my
endearing expression that showed her youth and hid her apprentice, and still thought we could save the world.
danger. “We’ve come by request to see a woman named I knew better.
Tharna, and offer what aid we might.” She tilted her head Finally the caretaker stopped in front of a stained
toward me. “My lady, the healer Maharai. I am Liset.” curtain, drew it back, and motioned for us to enter.
The wind widened the door the caretaker blocked, “Here, keep your prayers to whispers. Never know who
revealing an alcove within the entryway. A small altar to might hear.”
Asmodeus rested within, alight with bloody candles and He grinned at us.
tiny cups of what I hoped were red wine. This close to I wondered if he knew his teeth were not only rotting,
Cheliax, the tendrils of the God-Fiend often burrowed but infected to the root. I could see the blackening of his
deep and dragged the hearts of men from goodly worship. gums as we slipped passed him. If the infection had reached
“Tharna, you say.” The man huffed. “That husband of his blood, he would die before many of his patients.
hers, meddling in things he don’t understand.” “We’ll see ourselves out,” I said, my voice hollow beneath
Liset remained silent but casually allowed her hand my mask.
to drift to the grip of her rapier. It rested at her side, a He let the curtain close and chuckled. I listened to his
delicate and deadly reminder that while Nethys held laugh and the squelch of his shoes disappear down the
arcane power above all other pursuits, Liset did not hall, then turned to my work.
follow the ways of the healer as I did. She would not A single torch ensconced on the back wall cast a
hesitate to call upon her own gifts in order to fulfill our flickering glow about the room. It was enough to reveal
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wiped the sweat from her brow and the spittle from her Liset does what she must to

lips. A coin-sized hole in her skull wept pink fluid—the accomplish our goals.
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result of the caretaker’s trepanning, I presumed. Her Bright
breathing was slow and shallow, and she shivered despite Shadow
the fever-flush to her dark skin.
The man blinked at Liset as though unsure she were real. Foreword
“Is this your wife?” Liset asked as she knelt before the
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dying woman. Fledglings
His mouth opened several times, gawping like a fish, of Silver

though no words came.

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“This is Maharai, the healer,” she said. “Your prayers Rebuilding the
have been answered.” Liset placed her hand upon his Ravens
shoulder. Part 3:
The man began to cry. Redactions and
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in this horrible place, through the gifts all-powerful NPC Gallery
Nethys had granted me, I felt joy that I might alleviate Kintargo
his family’s suffering. But in truth, I saw only a means to
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that no great healer would come to save my own family.
“I can’t pay,” the husband muttered between sobs. “Her Bestiary
surgery cost me everything.” Sometimes that means Campaign
I stepped forward and put my fingers against the sick using the sharp edge of Outline
woman’s throat. Her pulse thrummed beneath my touch, her rapier.
weak but steady.
“You will take us across the strait?” I asked.
The man nodded, falling prostrate before my feet. He smile. She shook her head at me, making the trinkets in
reached for my shoes as though intent on kissing them. her hair jangle together. Though she couldn’t possibly
“Please, I will take you anywhere. Just save her.” read my expression behind my mask—for which I was
Scooting away from him, I cupped the wife’s cheek and grateful—she seemed to know my thoughts.
whispered the words I knew too well. My freehand made “That was nice,” she said. Her gaze raked over the rows
the motions automatically, and magic flowed through of dying souls hidden behind curtains. “Will you visit
me. Though the same spell had failed me in the past— more today?”
failed my family so many times—it washed over this “For you, until I am tired. I will see whomever you wish.”
stranger like water through a sieve. “Even Khem?”
Tharna inhaled deeply. Her skin cooled; her shivering My back stiffened, and my heart did ache then, at
ceased. The hole in her skull closed over as though it hearing that name. “My son does not want to see me.”
had never been. She lay still for several moments, then “Your son will know if you have been to Khari and
opened her eyes. avoided his home.”
What the ravages of plague had taken from her over I couldn’t argue with that, for like his father, my son had
days, I returned to her in a breath. a way of knowing my travels. I bit my cheek until it hurt.
I stood and smoothed my robes. “You will tell no one “Come on,” she said, drawing aside the neighboring
of our arrangement,” I said as the man scooped his wife curtain. “We have time.”
into a fierce embrace. They clutched at each other as I sighed and stepped in to see my next patient. I
though the world were tilting and only their love would worried my apprentice was wrong.
hold them upright. I shuffled toward the curtain, eager to Our time was running out.
be away from their display.
“I will be at the docks at dawn. Don’t forget our bargain.” The mask dangled at my side, tied to my belt by a leather
I motioned for Liset. Even her eyes glimmered with thong. My face felt naked without it, the evening wind
unshed tears. crisp and biting against my lips. I could smell us. The
“Thank you,” the man mumbled into his wife’s stringy dried, coppery bloodstains on my robes. The astringent
hair. “I will never forget you.” poultices and bitter herbs in my healer’s sachet. The
I left them to their joy and waited for Liset to do the pervasive, sick-sweet scent of death that clung to Liset
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 His words drew short as he saw Liset and smiled, a
genuine expression I’d not seen directed toward me
Khem might since he was little. It disappeared the minute he spied
not like the me.
choices I’ve “It’s good to see you, Khem,” my apprentice said. “May
made in life. we come in?”
More often He seemed about to say no, but turned and walked
than not, farther into the house, leaving the door ajar for us.
neither do I. “Come on.” Liset motioned for me to follow her inside.
Ignoring the tightness in my stomach, I obeyed.
My son’s home was his workshop. Though he had
a small kitchen, where the dining table should have
been stood a crafter’s bench of heavy oak. Tools were
arranged alongside several projects in various states of
completion. A jeweler’s loupe rested next to a metal file
and dovetail knife. Statuettes made of iron and ivory and
darkwood with half-formed faces waited beside uncut
But in the end it doesn’t matter gems and hunks of raw gold. Khem’s spellbook lay closed
what either of us think, as long as near the edge of the table, its binding as finely wrought as
my pursuits rid him of his curse. all things made by his hands.
Liset moved to the table and whistled. “How much for
one of your enchanted trinkets, great wizard?”
“I should not see him like this,” I mumbled, though Khem scoffed and shoved a log into the stove.
my apprentice heard me well enough. Woodsmoke filled the air. “You’re in a mood.”
“This is what we do, who we are. Khem knows it.” She shrugged and stepped toward one of the shelves
I snorted. “It doesn’t seem to endear him to me.” lining the walls. Each was packed with books and
Liset pursed her lips, as though considering her oddments, scraps of embroidered silk and coal-black
response. “Your son knows everything you’ve done is for feathers, voluminous texts wrapped in calfskin and sheafs
him. He just doesn’t understand why. Not yet.” of parchment tied with worthless twine. His patrons paid
“He will. We’re so close.” him not only in coin, but in souvenirs from places Khem
She touched my shoulder. “Soon, Maharai.” would never see.
I patted her hand, desperate to believe her, and I’d once dreamed of him joining the Pathfinder
approached my son’s home. It was a modest-sized house, Society, as I had, traveling and cataloging his journeys.
though the stone walls and slate roof showed the wealth All he had now were the tales and tokens of others.
of its occupant. Blown-glass windows twinkled in the I took a deep breath, realizing he was staring at me.
twilight, and the oaken door bore the carved likeness of “I apologize for bothering you so late,” I said. “Liset
creatures fair and foul. thought—”
Above the door’s handle, I traced the outline of a “I’m sure she did,” said my son.
demon hound cowering before the sun’s rays. They Liset unfastened her cloak, folding it neatly in her
roamed not far from here, and I wondered if Khem had arms. “We’re heading to Corentyn.”
seen them with his own eyes or merely crafted their “Have you sent word to my father?” Khem asked.
image from the tales of valor his father had told him. I glanced between him and Liset, who kept her back to
How different might those stories have ended had I been us as though enamored with a statuette of a silver raven
the one to spin them for my son? on one shelf. My mouth opened, but I closed it and shook
“You should knock,” I said, stepping aside to clear a my head.
path for Liset. “Of course not.” Khem sighed and seemed to lean
She sighed. “You’re his mother.” more heavily on his cane. Its grip was fashioned in the
“But he’ll welcome you.” shape of a bird’s beak, not unlike the mask bumping
Knowing I was right, she moved to the door and against my side.
rapped it lightly. The shuffle of footsteps accompanied He seemed so much older since I’d last seen him, his
by a repeated thumping noise told me my son was home. hair showing more white than gray and almost no trace
The cane he always carried drummed like a heartbeat of its original inky black. Lines bracketed his eyes and
against the floorboards. mouth. His shoulders were slumped, his back curved. He
“I’ll take no more work tonight,” he said, pulling open looked my age and not at all the young, strong son he
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 My stomach twisted. I dropped my gaze, fearing he “She seeks only to redeem herself,” he continued, his
would see the shame and guilt etched there as sharply as words soft as though sharing a secret in the dark. “If
in his own creations. you loved me, you would have stayed and enjoyed what
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I had made him, and I had cursed him. years I’ve been given. You would have been a mother, Bright
“He’ll know,” Khem continued. “The minute you dock.” not Maharai, the great cleric of Nethys, haunted by the Shadow
“We’re being smuggled,” Liset said with a smile over crippled son she could not heal.”
her shoulder. I would like to say that I stayed, then, that I took my Foreword
I glared at her. son into my arms and apologized with every breath.
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“Your mother’s idea,” she continued. That, perhaps, we spent his remaining days in long talks Fledglings
“Of course it is. Why waste time with family? I doubt of the arcane arts, of knowledge and the craft and my of Silver

she’d be here now if it wasn’t for you. How did you love for him.
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convince her, Liset? Bribery?” Instead I turned and strode from his home, my back Rebuilding the
“I wanted to see you.” I stepped forward before my straight and my eyes dry. For I knew I would save Khem. I Ravens
apprentice could come to my defense. My breathing grew had not come this far and sacrificed so much for nothing. Part 3:
shallow as I approached my son, and I could smell my own My feet moved of their own accord, solid and sure, Redactions and
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sweat rise above the faint hint of sickness that lingered then faster. The hem of my robes flapped around my
around him. “We’re close, Khem. We’ve almost found it.” ankles as I ran. My heartbeat thundered in my ears, and NPC Gallery
My son narrowed his eyes. I tried my best to look the steady slap of my mask against my thigh brought Kintargo
anywhere but his face. me comfort.
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cured,” I said. more and the old, familiar scent of death filled me with
“Cured of what?” Khem nearly spat his words. purpose. Slipping on my mask, I threw open the door. Bestiary
“Of... this.” I waved my hand toward him. A gust of wind heralded my arrival, and I ignored the Campaign
“You’ve always thought me useless.” candles guttering on Asmodeus’s altar. I passed the Outline
“No, I—” rows of curtains, some now open, the beds empty of
“The Poleiheira did this to me, Mother, and you expect, those I’d healed.
what? The poison to be the panacea?”
I reached for him then, to close the distance of years
between us. My fingers ached to touch him, to pull him Liset seemed
against me and stroke his hair, to tell him everything mesmerized by this
would be all right. But he jerked away, and I let my arms statuette of a raven
.
fall helplessly to my sides.
“It’s the only way,” I whispered.
Khem limped around me, his cane pounding a beat
to his footsteps. “That text was written by a man who
murdered his own kin, as surely as you have destroyed
yours. It’s your obsession, not mine.”
“Khem—” Liset started. She laid a hand against his
elbow, and he looked down at it almost absently. The touch
seemed to deflate him, the anger toward me replaced by a
gentleness that smoothed several years from his face.
My son covered Liset’s hand with his. They were of
similar ages, but where Liset’s skin shone rich and strong
and vibrant, Khem’s knuckles were cracked and gnarled.
His fingers bore the callouses of a man who made his
living with his hands, but they would soon be unable to
lift an inkpen.
“We do this because we care for you,” Liset said.
He studied their hands and seemed to notice the
contrast for himself. “You’ve been as a sister to me, and
I’m grateful. But it’s not love for me that motivates her.” I’ve
But truthfully, never known
My son lifted his eyes and met mine. I couldn’t turn
whether her interest in Khem’s
away, paralyzed by what I saw, shocked at the lack of
trinkets is genuine or the result
hatred or condemnation. There was only sorrow in my
of pity.
son’s gaze, and it broke me.

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 “What’s this?” The caretaker stepped out of a room and I retched. My cheek burned, and I felt my left eye
into my path. Fresh blood dripped from his gloved hands. swelling shut.
In one he held a scalpel. “Haven’t you done enough?” “Think you’re so much better.” He raised his scalpel
I didn’t hesitate in my approach, merely closed the until it was close enough to my remaining good eye
distance between us until I could see his rotting teeth. that I saw the rust and bile clinging to its silvery edge.
“How many do you kill rather than cure?” “Just wave your hands and let your god do the work. Well
The man snorted. “Not all of us are so blessed by the where’s your magic now, dearie?”
gods, dearie. We got to handle it our own selves.” I intended to show him and opened my mouth to utter
“Perhaps you offer fealty to the wrong god, then.” the spell I’d wanted to unleash since I’d first met him.
He pursed his lips and sucked in air, his chest puffing With his free hand he seized my throat, crushing the
farther out. Though I’d thought him a big man, I realized words of power before they started. Blood squished from
then how much larger he was than I. A head or more taller, his glove, running in warm rivulets down my neck. I
several times wider. I seemed a withered willow branch clawed at his grip, and one of my nails broke to the quick
against the trunk of a towering oak. He leaned over me against his hold.
until the tip of my mask’s beak grazed his bloody apron. “Not so high and mighty now.” The caretaker laughed
“I’d watch my words, were I you,” he said. “You spent and squeezed until my vision blurred.
a good long time here, muttering your prayers. A bit I kicked at him to no avail. My lungs contracted,
tired, are we? I’d hate for something to happen and your desperately seeking air, and my thoughts swirled. How
precious magic to fail you.” foolish was I, to allow my rage to overcome my senses, to
I clenched my jaw. What he said was mostly true, pick a fight without Liset by my side? We were so close,
and that he’d been intelligent enough to pay attention and now no one would heal my son. I hadn’t even said
surprised me. But I never spent myself completely while goodbye.
administering to the dying, not even for Liset. There He pressed the scalpel to my cheek and cut a line to
were too many variables in our search for the Poleiheira my chin like a bloody tear. I would have screamed, but
fragment for altruism to rule the day. the pain hardly registered over my panicked struggle to
A dead healer, no matter how great, would not save Khem. breathe.
The thought of my son renewed my anger. What if he “Release her.” My apprentice’s voice sliced through the
grew too ill, and came to this man—this doctor—for aid? ringing in my ears. Though I couldn’t make her out, I
How many holes would this butcher hammer into my imagined she stood behind the big caretaker, the tip of
son’s skull? her rapier glowing white against his back.
“Tell me,” I said, “do you mutilate all your patients, or He grunted, shook me once like a doll, and tossed
only those able to line your Dark Prince’s coffers?” me to the floor. The rush of air was dizzying. I gasped
He hit me, hard enough to twist my head and throw until my sight cleared and I saw Liset standing over me
my mask to the ground. The smell struck me nearly as protectively. Her rapier crackled with energy, the scent
hard as his blow. Death and disease and a rot so sweet it of ozone burning the foulness from the air. She held the
made me gag. blade level with the caretaker’s chest now. His arms were
raised in surrender.
“Well, go on, dearie,” he said.
“Can you stand?” she asked me and pressed her rapier
into his apron until it sizzled.
I coughed, clearing my head and fumbling for my
mask. Struggling to my feet, I met the caretaker’s gaze
over Liset’s shoulder. He seemed smug, certain we
wouldn’t kill him.
Behind the caretaker, the man I’d come here seeking
stuck his head from behind a curtain. He clutched a bowl
of broth and a ragged end of bread.
“What is it?” his wife called from within the room, her
voice strong despite being nearly dead a few hours before.
It’s ironic that despite
I bring to
“Lady Maharai?” The fisherman inclined his head.
the hope
“We’re leaving now,” my apprentice said. “This is over.”
my patients, the mask
“No,” I said, my voice rasping. “I don’t want him alerting
of my trade has become
the town guard about our little scuffle. We’ve come too far.”
synonymous with fear
She frowned, but lifted her chin, prepared to strike the
and death.
killing blow at my word.

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 The Arch Aroden, a testament
of
to a dead god, spans the
Hespereth Strait. I fear that In Hell’s
Bright
passing by this monument on my Shadow
way to Corentyn will prove an
ill omen.
Foreword

Part 1:
Fledglings
of Silver

I care little Part 2:

whether
it is a ha Rebuilding the
rbinger of Ravens
my own de
ath—only
my Part 3:
son’s life
matters to Redactions and
me now. Revenge

NPC Gallery

Kintargo

Pathfinder’s
Journal

Bestiary

Campaign
Outline

“Well, so much for the great healer,” the caretaker said. him, he didn’t let it show. He ducked inside to gather
“Seems we’re all killers here.” his wife and meager possessions, and we made for the
“I hope your pain is thrice what you’ve inflicted,” I said, docks.
and released the spell. Magic rushed through me, clear We had to step over the caretaker as we exited. He’d
and sharp. slit his own throat and now continued to slice at
The caretaker blinked at first. His shoulders sagged as himself, heedless of the blood pouring from him. We
he considered the blood on his hands, the scalpel in his moved quickly, my feet nearly slipping in the pool that
grasp. Then he began to sob. had gathered around him. As we reached the altar of
“What have I done?” he asked, but we were already Asmodeus, I heard his body thump against the floor and
moving past him. his weeping fade with his life.
Liset sheathed her blade as we reached the fisherman. I’d like to say it was guilt that made me pause and place
“Gather your things,” I said, the caretaker’s sorrow another few silvers on the altar. But it was only obligation.
echoing behind me. He wailed and cried, then gurgled as I’d entered another god’s territory and destroyed what
he turned his remorse against his own flesh. was his. I feared what reprisal might come.
The fisherman didn’t argue. And if the sight of his “A tithe, for your servant’s life,” I whispered to the
once-surgeon torturing himself in my wake bothered God-Fiend, and prayed he wasn’t listening.

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 BESTIARY

M any dangers lurk on a city's streets. Throngs of people move through

shadowy alleys and narrow, twisting byways every day and see no sign
of these threats, for they hide from civilized eyes, waiting for the time to strike.
These dangers often come in the form of people—criminals, con artists, and
swindlers—but other times these urban perils are monstrous in nature. Gremlins
infest abandoned houses, chokers crawl up from beneath the city's foundation,
and stealthy predators prowl the city's darkened side streets at night, hungry for
the taste of human flesh. While the guard is trained to deal with lawbreakers and
other cancers upon the city, we must remain vigilant and adaptive to strike down
the more inhuman elements that threaten civilization.”
—Ximus Kandarsti, vigilante

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his volume’s Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path
bestiary features flocks of enormous birds, a
new devil, an extradimensional ooze, and a Kintargo Street Encounters
In Hell’s
thought-stealing outsider. d% Result Avg. CR Source Bright
1–5 1 giant cockroach 1/2 Bestiary 2 58 Shadow
DANGERS ABOVE AND BELOW 6–10 1d4 scarlet spiders 1/2 Bestiary 4 252
The random encounter tables presented here feature 11–30 1d4 cutpurses 1 NPC Codex 144 Foreword
typical threats the PCs should encounter while exploring 31–35 1d6 dire rats 1 Bestiary 232
Part 1:
the city of Kintargo—both on its streets and under them 36–45 1d4 Red Jills (tieflings) 1 Bestiary 264 Fledglings
in the city sewers. During the course of the adventure, 46–50 1 riding dog 1 Bestiary 87 of Silver

the PCs have a 20% chance of a random encounter 51–70 Militia patrol 1 See below
Part 2:
every hour they spend exploring the city or the sewers 71–73 1d6 tooth fairies 1 Bestiary 4 262 Rebuilding the
below (though see the additional notes on the Kintargo 74–88 Dottari patrol 2 See below Ravens
Curfew below), but they should have no more than two 89–93 River Talons (1d6 tengus) 2 Bestiary 263 Part 3:
random encounters per day. Be sure to remember to add 94–98 Redactor patrol 2 See below Redactions and
Revenge
Kintargo’s danger rating to any rolls to determine what 99–100 Roll on Kintargo Sewer Varies See below
the PCs encounter! Encounters table NPC Gallery
101–108 Asmodean patrol 3 See below Kintargo
The Kintargo Curfew 109–114 1 accuser devil 3 Bestiary 2 84
During this Adventure Path, the city of Kintargo is under 115–120 1 hell hound 3 Bestiary 173 Pathfinder’s
Journal
a strict curfew that runs from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
Between these hours, patrols of Dottari and members of Kintargo Sewer Encounters Bestiary
the Chelish Citizens’ Group tromp through the streets, d% Result Avg. CR Source Campaign
keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. If the PCs 1–10 1 giant spider 1 Bestiary 258 Outline
venture out after curfew, they’ll need to be stealthy to 11–15 1d4 giant centipedes 1 Bestiary 43
avoid being spotted. If everyone in the group succeeds 16–30 1d6 dire rats 1 Bestiary 232
at a DC 15 Stealth check, then street encounter checks 31–35 1 crocodile 2 Bestiary 51
for that hour are unchanged. If someone in the group 36–45 1 giant leech 2 Bestiary 187
fails this check, or if the PCs are being particularly 46–55 1 rat swarm 2 Bestiary 232
obvious in flaunting the curfew (such as by making a lot 56–65 1d6 thieves (tieflings) 2 Bestiary 264
of noise or carrying a lot of light sources), the chance of 66–75 River Talons (1d6 tengus) 2 Bestiary 263
an encounter occurring increases to 60%, and the limit 76–80 1d4 reefclaws 3 Bestiary 2 234
of two encounters per day is removed. Fully 75% of any 81–88 1 violet fungus 3 Bestiary 274
street encounters after curfew are with Dottari or militia 89–96 1d3 chokers 3 Bestiary 45
patrols—otherwise, roll on the table normally to see what 97–106 1d4 ghouls 3 Bestiary 146
the PCs have encountered. 107–114 1 accuser devil 3 Bestiary 2 84
Sewer encounter checks are not affected by the 115–117 1 otyugh 4 Bestiary 223
curfew—using the sewers to travel during these hours 118–120 1 voonith 4 Bestiary 3 283
is thus a viable option for the PCs, although they should
consider the fact that sewer encounters tend to be a
little more dangerous!
the nearest guard tower in the city wall where they’re
Encounter Notes imprisoned for the night—they’re released the next
The following encounters are patrols. If encountered morning if they agree to pay a fine of 50 gp per person.
during the day, a patrol ignores the PCs unless the At your discretion, if the PCs are arrested in this way
characters are acting suspiciously or obviously breaking more than once, the fee can increase.
the law. If encountered after curfew, a patrol confronts Asmodean Patrol: This is an encounter with one
the PCs and demands a reason for why they are out on lawful evil cultist (Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide 278)
the streets at that particular hour. With a successful and one Asmodean redactor (see page 43).
DC  20 Bluff or Diplomacy check, the heroes convince Dottari Patrol: This is an encounter with three dottari
the patrol to escort the PCs to either the PCs’ home or guards (see page 11).
an inn. Failing this check, attempting to intimidate the Militia Patrol: This is an encounter with three Chelish
patrol, or engaging in any obviously suspicious activity Citizens’ Group thugs (see page 11).
results in the patrol attempting to arrest the PCs. If Redactor Patrol: This is an encounter with three
the PCs comply with the arrest, they’re brought to Asmodean redactors (see page 43).

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 AVIANS SQ scavenger
The northwestern shore of Cheliax is somewhat sparsely ECOLOGY
populated compared to other regions, providing a safe and Environment any temperate
peaceful place for massive avian creatures to nest. Organization solitary, pair, or conspiracy (3–12)
Treasure none
Giant Raven SPECIAL ABILITIES
This glossy, jet-black bird stands as tall as a dwarf. Its eerily Scavenger (Ex) Giant ravens are exceptional scavengers.
intelligent black eyes are quick to take in everything around it. They can take 10 on Survival checks to find food, and
because they are hardy birds that often feed on carrion,
GIANT RAVEN CR 1 they gain a +4 bonus on saves to resist ingested diseases.
XP 400
N Medium animal Some ravens near the Menador Mountains can reach
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +9 astonishing sizes, making them a threat to foxes and
DEFENSE raccoons, and even larger animals on occasion. Like
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural) their smaller cousins, giant ravens are omnivorous, able
hp 13 (2d8+4) to subsist on nearly anything, though they favor large
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +2; +4 vs. ingested disease insects, small mammals, and other birds. They are also
OFFENSE consummate scavengers, often feeding on the remains
Speed 20 ft., fly 50 ft. (average) of creatures left behind by larger, more dangerous
Melee bite +3 (1d6+3) predators. These large corvids share the keen intellect of
STATISTICS smaller ravens. Giant ravens grow to be nearly 5 feet in
Str 14, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 9 height and weigh around 45 lbs.
Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 15
Feats Skill Focus (Perception) Giant Raven Companions
Skills Fly +6, Perception +9 Starting Statistics: Size Small; Speed 20 ft., fly 50 ft.
(average); Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 13,
Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light
vision, scavenger.
4th-level Advancement: Size Medium; AC +2 natural
armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4,
Dex +2, Con +2.

Impaler Shrike
This large bird has brown and gray feathers and a vicious
hooked beak.

IMPALER SHRIKE CR 3
XP 800
N Large animal
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +9
DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 natural,
–1 size)
hp 32 (5d8+10)
Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +3
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (average)
Melee bite +5 (1d8+4 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks impale
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7
Base Atk +3; CMB +7; CMD 20
Feats Dodge, Flyby Attack, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Fly +7, Perception +9

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ECOLOGY hp 68 (8d8+32)
Environment any temperate Fort +10, Ref +8, Will +3
Organization solitary or pair OFFENSE
In Hell’s
Treasure none Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (average) Bright
SPECIAL ABILITIES Melee bite +10 (2d6+9) Shadow
Impale (Ex) When an impaler shrike has a creature at least Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
one size smaller than itself grappled in its beak, it can Special Attacks sneak attack +2d6 Foreword
move the creature to a dangerous location, such as a STATISTICS
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spike or a broken tree limb. This works like the reposition Str 22, Dex 15, Con 18, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9 Fledglings
combat maneuver (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Base Atk +6; CMB +14; CMD 26 of Silver

Guide 322), except the shrike can move an opponent to an Feats Hover, Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Stealth), Snatch
Part 2:
occupied square. An impaler shrike still provokes an attack Skills Fly –2, Perception +5, Stealth +7 Rebuilding the
of opportunity using this ability, so it typically pins its victim SQ still predator Ravens
before attempting this maneuver. As part of this reposition, ECOLOGY Part 3:
an impaler shrike can attempt a melee touch attack against Environment temperate rivers and swamps Redactions and
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an AC of 15 to impale the victim on a nearby spike or Organization solitary, pair, or stand (3–8)
similar object. If this attack is successful, the victim takes Treasure none NPC Gallery
an amount of piercing damage appropriate for the impaling SPECIAL ABILITIES
Kintargo
object’s size (see Improvised Weapons on page 144 of the Still Predator (Ex) A Yolubilis heron has the ability to stand
Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook for more information). perfectly still for hours at a time while awaiting prey, Pathfinder’s
Journal
making it easy to mistake the bird’s legs for slim tree
Much like their much smaller cousin, the common trunks. A Yolubilis heron can use the freeze ability while Bestiary
shrike, these giant shrikes are fond of impaling their prey adjacent to trees or any vegetation that could conceal its Campaign
before feeding. An impaler shrike catches a creature in its upper body. While standing in water, it can use the freeze Outline
powerful beak, and drags the poor victim to a large thorn, ability against submerged creatures. Other creatures with
splintered tree branch, or even a building's spire where low Intelligence scores or poor senses might be tricked
it then impales the creature and leaves its victim to die, by this ability as well.
so it can pick away at the carcass at its leisure. Unlike the
smaller common shrike’s regular meals of insects and Named so because they inhabit the banks of the
vermin, these large birds are especially fond of trapping Yolubilis River, these enormous herons hunt in similar
sheep, dogs, and other small mammals for consumption. ways as their smaller cousins, black herons. These birds
Though they typically favor smaller mammals, these can stand still at the edge of the river for hours, curling
voracious birds are not above attacking humanoids. their wings in such a way as to create shaded areas that
A full-grown giant shrike stands nearly 9  feet tall and their prey unwittingly enter seeking shelter, thinking
weighs approximately 125 pounds. that they have found a tree or other source of respite
from the heat of the day. Many Yolubilis herons stand
Impaler Shrike Companions in water long enough that they grow algae on their
Starting Statistics: Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. legs, deepening the illusion of a tree growing along
(average); Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, the riverbank. Some travelers have reported Yolubilis
Dex 13, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities herons stitching fallen foliage into their feathers to
low-light vision. complete their attempt at camouflage.
7th-level Advancement: Size Medium; AC +2 natural Once their prey comes nearby, the herons then lash
armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; out, snatching up the unwary prey. These birds typically
Special Attacks impale. stand upward of 20 feet tall—their legs make up almost
half of this height. They weigh 600 pounds and have a
Yolubilis Heron wingspan of over 35 feet.
As tall as a tree, this dark gray bird stands on long legs. Its
curved neck supports a sleek head with a slim but wicked beak. Yolubilis Heron Companions
Starting Statistics: Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
YOLUBILIS HERON CR 6 (average); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability
XP 2,400 Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special
N Huge animal Qualities low-light vision.
Init +6; Senses low-light vision; Perception +5 7th-level Advancement: Size Large; AC +2 natural armor;
DEFENSE Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +2;
AC 18, touch 10, flat-footed 16 (+2 Dex, +8 natural, –2 size) Special Attacks still predator.

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 DEVIL, GAMBLING from any observers. Coins produced in this way disappear
This creature resembles a man crafted entirely of gold. Some of 1 hour after leaving the gambling devil’s possession.
its features seem warped, as if the creature had been melted and In addition, a gambling devil can use these coins as
then reformed. weapons, turning them into dangerous thrown projectiles.
Each coin deals 1d4 points of bludgeoning damage and
GAMBLING DEVIL (MAGADAZ) CR 4 counts as evil, lawful, and magic for the purpose of
XP 1,200 overcoming damage reduction. A gambling devil can
LE Medium outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful) produce a number of gold coins per day equal to 50 × its
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Constitution score (850 coins for most gambling devils).
Perception +10 Risk Aura (Su) The presence of a gambling devil
Aura risk (30 ft., DC 16) encourages nearby creatures to make riskier decisions
DEFENSE and take bigger gambles. Any creature within 30 feet of a
AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 16 (+1 Dex, +1 luck, +5 natural) gambling devil must succeed at a DC 16 Will saving throw
hp 42 (5d10+15) each round or be compelled to throw caution to the wind
Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +6 so long as it remains within the aura’s effects. Whenever
Immune fire, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10 a situation calls for a d20 roll, any creature affected by
OFFENSE this ability must roll twice. If either roll is a natural 20,
Speed 30 ft. the affected creature can use that roll. Otherwise, it must
Melee slam +8 (2d6+4) use the lower of the two results. A gambling devil can
Ranged thrown coin +6 (1d4+3) suppress or reactivate this aura as a swift action. The
Special Attacks double down, produce coins save DC is Charisma-based.
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th; concentration +12)
Constant—detect chaos Gambling devils, also known as magadazes, are born
At will—greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only) from the damned souls of mortal gamblers, bookies,
STATISTICS and even moneylenders. Although they can be found
Str 16, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 19 throughout Hell and even on the Material Plane, they are
Base Atk +5; CMB +8; CMD 19 most numerous in Erebus, the third layer of Hell, where
Feats Alertness, Deft Hands, Iron Will they use their immense luck and cunning to serve the
Skills Appraise +10, Bluff +12, Diplomacy +9, Intimidate +12, archdevil Mammon, Hell’s accountant and treasurer.
Perception +10, Profession (gambler) +8, Sense Motive +10, In addition to their pathological love of and skill at
Sleight of Hand +11 gambling, magadazes are known for their willingness to
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal; provide ledgers claiming anything that their customers—
telepathy 100 ft. usually diabolists or other foolish souls—might desire.
SQ change shape (any Small or Medium humanoid; alter self) Common requests include paperwork proving clients’
ECOLOGY destitution or statements showing that their vaults
Environment any (Hell) overflow with gold and jewels.
Organization solitary, pair, or table (3–9) To pay for this creative accounting, the client must
Treasure double simply engage the gambling devil in a game of chance.
SPECIAL ABILITIES Sometimes these competitions are even fair (or as fair
Double Down (Su) A gambling devil’s understanding of as any such game can be), but a gambling devil’s unique
probability is so good that it knows the best moment to play skills give even the toss of a coin poor odds. This, coupled
its hand, even if that means having to lose one first. As an with a magadaz’s ability to encourage risk-taking, means
immediate action, anytime a gambling devil rolls a d20 (for that gambling devils have caused many mortals to lose
an attack roll, a saving throw, or a skill check), it can take everything they own. Gambling with magadazes almost
a luck penalty of up to 1/2 of its Charisma modifier on the always seems fair until the devils miraculously win at the
roll (–2 for most magadazes). The next time within 1 minute last moment.
it attempts a d20 roll of the same category (for example, Some believe that magadazes are extensions of
if the first roll was a skill check, the second can be any skill Mammon’s reach, tempting mortals away from their
check), it gains a luck bonus to the roll equal to double the wealth and siphoning it into Erebus’s innumerable
penalty taken earlier (+4 for most magadazes). vaults. But gambling devils also simply take pleasure
Produce Coins (Su) A gambling devil can produce up to 50 in manipulating chaos to force probability toward their
gold coins by drawing them from its body as a free action. own advantage—or that of their patron. Gambling devils
Typically, a magadaz uses this ability to pay its debts at a vary widely in shape and size, but they stand 5-1/2 feet tall
gaming table, but it must successfully use Sleight of Hand on average. Their incredible density, however, results in
if it wishes to conceal the supernatural nature of this ability them weighing an average of 500 pounds.

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Ecology these devils engender, for magadazes possess great skill
Gambling devils resemble living gold statues, and their in making even the most unlikely bet sound tempting.
bodies are as soft and malleable as one would expect, Despite this risk, many still bind these devils, seeking
In Hell’s
especially in the heat of Hell. Melting doesn’t harm or allies who gladly provide discreet aid in high-stakes Bright
even particularly inconvenience a magadaz—it can speak gambling ventures; in turn, though, gambling devils Shadow
or see even if its face has melted away, and it can hold almost always demand a game of chance with the caller
a humanoid shape in front of all but the fiercest flame. as payment, and those games’ subsequent costs can run Foreword
However, even the heat from a torch can melt away finer high indeed.
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features, forcing the magadaz to shape them again. If The fact that one never knows whether a called Fledglings
destroyed, gambling devils aren’t reduced to scrap gold. gambling devil will be meticulous or incompetent poses of Silver

Instead, they melt into puddles of molten lead, as does an additional risk. When not tasked with a job, less
Part 2:
any piece that is severed from a still-living magadaz. effectual gambling devils seize upon any opportunity Rebuilding the
Some say that such leaden puddles litter Erebus, for a game of chance. To combat this inclination, canny Ravens
particularly the areas Mammon frequents. Those rumors summoners provide a bound magadaz with constant Part 3:
claim that the archdevil regularly destroys gambling distractions. Many find benefit in calling two magadazes Redactions and
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devils who have, in his eyes, shirked their greater duty to at once, allowing them free rein to gamble as they will
him in favor of frivolous gaming activities that bring no so long as they do so only with one another. NPC Gallery
profit to the vaults. Kintargo
Perhaps to avoid this destructive wrath, many gambling
devils are overly eager to gain the Ardent Prince’s approval. Pathfinder’s
Journal
Those that enjoy Mammon’s highest favor sometimes
serve as the archdevil’s bookkeepers. They are particularly Bestiary
useful in roles where the amount owed Erebus, or Hell Campaign
in general, is in dispute. In addition to their meticulous Outline
accounting skills, magadazes’ luck and skills ensure that
Hell ends up on the winning side of almost any monetary
arrangements. This role seems to suit many gambling
devils well, as it allows them to manipulate money and
debts while staying in Mammon’s good graces.

Habitat and Society

Gambling devils tend to be either meticulously devoted
to or colossally incompetent in their infernal service.
Additionally, though they can suppress their ability
to encourage risky decisions in others, they are easily
distracted and may unintentionally affect other devils.
Because of this, despite their ubiquitous presence in
Hell, they are often kept at arm’s length from important
proceedings. When an important decision needs to
be made, incompetent gambling devils are often sent
elsewhere and tasked with long and tedious jobs, such
as tallying all the casualties in a battle against Heaven. In
rare cases, however, they are invited to key proceedings to
encourage carelessness in their masters’ rivals.
When visiting the Material Plane, magadazes take the
forms of humanoids typical of the particular region they
are visiting. In this guise, they often fund and encourage
gambling halls and other dens of temptation, even
going so far as founding gambling halls when none can
be found nearby. They take special delight when they
can establish these dens of sin near temples of Abadar,
undermining the temples’ authority while at once
overworking and infuriating the clerics.
Conjurers who call gambling devils to their sides
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 SCRIVENITE A successful DC 16 Will save negates the Intelligence
This humanoid-shaped figure of folded paper and silken ribbons damage. The save DC is Intelligence-based.
hovers gently in the air. It wears the open cover of some great Soul Tome (Su) Whenever a scrivenite deals Intelligence
tome like a metal- and leather-bound mask. damage, the stolen knowledge manifests as a soul tome
in its possession. A new soul tome is created for each
SCRIVENITE CR 4 different creature that a scrivenite damages in this way, and
XP 1,200 further Intelligence damage dealt to that creature causes
N Medium outsider (extraplanar, lawful) the soul tome to swell and become more elaborate. This
Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +10 Intelligence damage can be restored naturally over time,
DEFENSE by magic, or by a creature reading from its own soul tome
AC 19, touch 17, flat-footed 16 (+4 deflection, +3 Dex, in order to restore the stolen memories. Every 30 minutes
+2 natural) spent in study heals 1 point of Intelligence damage.
hp 37 (5d10+10) A creature who takes an amount of Intelligence
Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +8 damage equal to its Intelligence score in this way falls
Defensive Abilities clever defense, DR 5/chaotic; comatose. Once comatose, the victim doesn’t heal ability
Immune poison; Resist cold 10, sonic 10; SR 15 damage naturally and must be revived using magic or
Weaknesses vulnerable to fire by destroying the soul tome. A break enchantment or
OFFENSE restoration spell cast on the soul tome restores the stolen
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (good) memories imprisoned in the book and restores any
Melee 2 ribbon lashes +8 (1d4 plus 1 Int damage) Intelligence damage affecting the victim.
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with ribbon lashes) Any creature can spend 30 minutes reading a soul
Special Attacks ribbon lash tome in order to learn the secrets and knowledge that
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th; concentration +9; save DCs are the target once possessed. A soul tome is always written
Charisma-based) in the target’s native tongue. No check is necessary to
3/day—comprehend languages, daze monster (DC 14), read the book. The contents of a soul tome can vary
detect thoughts (DC 14), protection from chaos wildly. Some may contain only minor trivia about the
STATISTICS creature’s life, while others might contain important
Str 10, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 19, Wis 15, Cha 14 secrets. Soul tomes have hardness 0 and 5 hit points.
Base Atk +5; CMB +5; CMD 22 They crumble to dust once the stolen knowledge within
Feats Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Weapon Finesse them has been reclaimed or restored. The soul of a
Skills Craft (books) +12, Fly +7, Knowledge (arcana) +12, creature whose memories are recorded in a soul tome is
Knowledge (dungeoneering) +12, Knowledge (history) +12, not prevented from going on to the afterlife.
Knowledge (nature) +12, Knowledge (planes) +12, Tome Form (Ex) As a swift action, a scrivenite can retract its
Linguistics +9, Perception +10, Profession (scribe) +7, body back into its book cover mask; it then appears to be a
Stealth +11 large, sturdily bound, but otherwise mundane tome. In this
Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Aquan, Auran, Celestial, Common, form, a scrivenite can take 20 on Stealth checks to hide
Draconic, Ignan, Infernal, Terran in plain sight as a normal book. A scrivenite in tome form
SQ ambient knowledge, soul tome, tome form can still use its spell-like abilities, but it loses its ribbon
ECOLOGY lash attacks and the deflection bonus granted by its clever
Environment any (Axis) defense ability, and its speed is reduced to 5 feet.
Organization solitary, pair, or collection (3–12)
Treasure standard Hailing from Axis, scrivenites act as the historians,
SPECIAL ABILITIES cartographers, and archivists of the multiverse. They
Ambient Knowledge (Ex) As long as it is within 60 feet are literally woven together from knowledge, and every
of a library or a soul tome, a scrivenite gains an insight scrivenite contains a deep need to record anything and
bonus on all Knowledge checks equal to its Hit Dice everything around it in excruciating detail. Terse and
(typically +5 for most scrivenites), and it can attempt introverted in the extreme, scrivenites eschew the frippery
Knowledge checks untrained. of emotion and poetic license in order to preserve
Clever Defense (Ex) A scrivenite adds its Intelligence bonus objectivity, and they detest the bias and constant revisions
as a deflection bonus to its Armor Class. Any condition that applied by fickle mortal minds to stated history. Most
causes a scrivenite to lose its Dexterity bonus to its Armor scrivenites refuse to see the big picture, and instead focus
Class also causes it to lose the benefit of this ability. on minute details, only later collecting the individual facts
Ribbon Lash (Ex) A scrivenite’s primary weapons are its in their vast libraries. They rarely measure the human
silken ribbon bookmarks. Each ribbon lash deals 1d4 points suffering or triumph in any particular event. To them, the
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and why. By scrivenites’ estimation, weather can have as Habitat and Society
much impact on a nation’s ultimate fate as its leader, so Less a society of their own and more a client race of
both factors must be given equal merit. axiomites, scrivenites work to support the infrastructure
In Hell’s
Simply existing around information feeds and empowers of the Eternal City of Axis. Left to their own devices, Bright
a scrivenite; they take in the written word as effortlessly the awkward outsiders form sprawling libraries Shadow
as a human breathes. Their understanding of memory and scriptoriums to collect and organize their ever-
and knowledge is so intuitive that scrivenites can extract expanding works. While such libraries gather limitless Foreword
whatever information they please from the minds of living knowledge, mortal scholars find the collections dense
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creatures, binding these facts into elegant tomes unique and impenetrable. Scrivenites’ records are written in a Fledglings
to each “contributor.” cold, passive tone lacking any flourish or interpretation. of Silver

Scrivenites can manifest as large, sturdily bound Although scrivenites hate the interruption caused by
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books. Perusing their pages reveals swirling, ethereal visitors, they nonetheless welcome guests—or more Rebuilding the
wisps of text covering their forms. When active, they specifically, new knowledge—and allow newcomers free Ravens
craft humanlike bodies from their own folded pages and access to their libraries so long as these visitors donate Part 3:
can use their silken bookmarks as weapons. Scrivenites more information than they expect to learn. Those Redactions and
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wear the open covers of their tomes as expressive masks. unfortunate scholars too foolish to bring any additions
Though their sizes can vary greatly, most scrivenites to the collection may instead find themselves a part NPC Gallery
stand taller than a halfling, but shorter than a human. of  it. Kintargo
Though they are made of pages upon pages of dense
paperlike material, they weigh less than 50 pounds. Pathfinder’s
Journal

Ecology Bestiary
Scrivenites are outsiders, forged from souls in the Campaign
strange crystalline monoliths of Axis. While similar Outline
conceptually to the axiomites they serve, scrivenites are
partially woven from written words and recorded events
rather than abstract mathematics, tying scrivenites to
the past while axiomites contemplate the future. Only
the most pedantic souls, mired in the past and endlessly
obsessed with objectivity, eventually become scrivenites.
Ironically, because coming to Axis as a petitioner wipes
away all mortal experiences, many scrivenites obsess
over their previous identities, tracking whatever
information they can as personal projects even if
they no longer feel emotional connections to these
past lives.
Effectively immortal with no need to eat or
rest, scrivenites fill their time making notes about
everything they observe, from the movements of great
armies to ambient temperatures across a city.
What moments they don’t spend recording
the world are instead invested into organizing
that information or reviewing the work of other
scrivenites for accuracy.
Scrivenites visit other planes with a mix of
excitement and loathing. They find the chaos
of other worlds deeply upsetting. But keeping
to their routines also breeds ignorance, and
travel exposes a scrivenite to vast swathes
of unrecorded experience that it can
eagerly absorb. They answer
summons and make forays
into other worlds because
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 SLITHERING PIT SQ transparent
Weathered cobblestones give way to a deep, rough pit, the edges ECOLOGY
of which wriggle and contract of their own accord. Environment any ruins or urban
Organization solitary
SLITHERING PIT CR 2 Treasure incidental
XP 600 SPECIAL ABILITIES
N Medium ooze Breach Sense (Su) A slithering pit can automatically
Init +0; Senses blindsense 60 ft., breach sense; Perception +2 detect the presence and location of extradimensional
DEFENSE spaces within the range of its blindsense, including
AC 10, touch 10, flat-footed 10 those created by magic items like bags of holding,
hp 25 (3d8+12) handy haversacks, and portable holes, as well as spell
Fort +5, Ref +1, Will –2 effects such as rope trick and mage’s magnificent
Immune acid, ooze traits mansion. This ability also allows slithering pits to detect
Weaknesses breach vulnerability others of their kind.
OFFENSE Breach Vulnerability (Su) If a slithering pit consumes an
Speed 10 ft. extradimensional space, such as one created by a bag
Melee pseudopod +5 (1d4+3 plus pull) of holding, a handy haversack, or a portable hole, the
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with pseudopod) competing energies cause violent spasms that deal 2d6
Special Attacks pit, pull (pseudopod, 5 ft.) points of damage to the slithering pit each round during
STATISTICS which it contains the item. If killed in this way, the
Str 16, Dex 10, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 5, Cha 1 slithering pit explodes; anything trapped within the ooze
Base Atk +2; CMB +5; CMD 15 takes 2d6 points of damage and is ejected to a random
Feats Skill Focus (Stealth), Skill Focus (Perception) empty space within 30 feet of the slithering pit.
Skills Perception +2, Stealth +12; Racial Modifiers +8 Stealth Pit (Su) As a standard action, a slithering pit can cause
its surface to open an extradimensional space in order
to capture and digest food. A slithering pit can use
this ability only while on a solid horizontal surface of
sufficient size that can support it. The extradimensional
space created by this ability is 10 feet deep, and any
Medium or smaller creatures stepping into its space
must succeed at a DC 15 Reflex save or fall into the pit,
taking 1d6 points of damage from the fall. A slithering
pit can also actively try to trap creatures by moving
into their space. A target of this attack can attempt an
attack of opportunity, but after making the attack, it
immediately falls into the extradimensional space. If
the target forgoes this attack of opportunity, it receives
a Reflex save to avoid falling into the extradimensional
space as if it had wandered into the slithering pit’s
space. At any one time,
a slithering pit can
contain up to one
Medium creature, two
Small creatures, or
four Tiny creatures. The
save DC is Constitution-
based. The interior surface
of the pit feels like and is
hard as rough stone. A creature
inside a slithering pit can attempt to climb out with a
successful DC 15 Climb check. A slithering pit can
close its extradimensional space as a move
action, trapping a creature inside. A
trapped creature takes 1 point
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 remains in the extradimensional space. In addition, a for shallow puddles by locals. When periods between
creature trapped within can attack the walls of the pit to eating grow too long, the oozes become more aggressive.
damage the slithering pit. The walls have an AC of 10 and Despite their usual patient tactics, slithering pits become
In Hell’s
hardness 8. vicious when hungry or threatened, lashing out with a Bright
A slithering pit can forcibly eject the contents of its thin pseudopod from their perimeter. When desperate, Shadow
extradimensional space as a standard action, dealing they dispense with stealth and attempt to drag prey into
1d6 points of damage to creatures inside. Ejected creatures their maws or throw themselves beneath stumbling feet. Foreword
end up in a random square adjacent to the slithering The fall into the pit is often enough to kill their prey, but
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pit. If a slithering pit is killed, its extradimensional space those who survive the fall instead die from being slowly Fledglings
collapses and ejects its contents immediately. digested if they can’t clamber back out. These creatures of Silver

Transparent (Ex) A slithering pit is difficult to discern from even show rudimentary strategy, sometimes trapping a
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its surroundings in most environments. The slithering pit child or small animal, whose cries for help eventually Rebuilding the
gains a +8 racial bonus on Stealth checks, and can move draw larger victims. Ravens
at full speed without taking a penalty on Stealth checks. A A slithering pit’s inner well functions much like a bag Part 3:
creature that fails to notice a slithering pit and walks into it of holding, allowing it to carry more prey than its small Redactions and
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risks falling into its pit (if its pit is open) or taking damage body could normally contain and potentially feeding
as if struck by the slithering pit’s pseudopod attack. it for months after a good hunting season. Anyone or NPC Gallery
anything inside moves along with the ooze wherever it Kintargo
Bizarre oozes born from magical mishaps, slithering pits travels without any sense of outside momentum.
use their naturally occurring extradimensional spaces A slithering pit comes into existence when an intelligent Pathfinder’s
Journal
to attack and trap prey. An extradimensional breach ooze—in most cases, a slithering tracker—consumes a
coats the top surface of these oozes, and the creatures bag of holding or another magic item that makes use of Bestiary
prowl lazily, hunting for well-traveled routes before extradimensional spaces. The residual magical energies Campaign
quietly lying down for hours—or even days—until are infused within the ooze, and when it dies, the ooze’s Outline
tasty morsels literally fall into their waiting grasps. Like remaining material reanimates into a slithering pit.
most oozes, slithering pits lack true mouthes and any
other digestive organs. While they can trap creatures Habitat and Society
within their extradimensional wells, they must wait for Slithering pits become dangerous urban blights as
their prey to dissolve in digestive acids before they can they prowl congested cities and cramped slums. They
absorb any nutrition. Luckily, slithering pits can survive especially flourish in decaying areas, where potholes
weeks between feedings, and in lean times they can even filled with water may be overlooked. In areas plagued by
hibernate for months, appearing to be nothing but a slick crime, slithering pits are sometimes used to dispose of
spot in an alleyway or a shallow puddle. bodies. Clever and opportunistic creatures—especially
Slithering pits frequent ruins and neglected urban those immune to the pit’s digestive acids—sometimes
areas, where their transparency allows them to blend use slithering pits as roaming lairs, dragging their own
in with the shadows of darkened alleys and crumbling kills into the oozes’ cave-like interiors to share leftovers,
corridors. No thicker than a few inches at the center, and scavenging the freely available prey that the oozes
slithering pits are difficult to distinguish from natural trap. Some spellcasters consider the mucus and viscera
features when immobile. Their slimy exteriors pick up of a slithering pit to be ideal components for magic
debris and rubble as they stalk, further helping them concerned with dimension-traveling and storage.
blend into city streets and ruined floors. Beyond their Those researching these oozes claim that there are
mobility and slight thickness, slithering pits’ only different variations of slithering pits. Scattered reports
revealing feature is their shiny mucus, which leaves exist of slithering pits that are much larger, sometimes
a glistening trail wherever the creatures travel, but stretching across an entire narrow street or taking up an
even this dries up and flakes away in a few hours once ambush point in the opening of a wide alley. Some lurk
the oozes settle in to a favored ambush site. While within the darkened expanses of warehouses or beneath
they’re camouflaged on top, slithering pits’ undersides boardwalks in dockside settlements. Scholars are unclear
reveal their true appearance: moist and decorated in if these larger oozes are simply regular slithering pits
scintillating patterns of red, green, and blue. Slithering that have fed and lived long enough to grow, or if they
pits are 5 feet in diameter and weigh less than 20 pounds. form when larger oozes consume more powerful magic
items. The strangest reported variant is a slithering pit
Ecology that not only traps its prey in an extradimensional space,
As ambush predators, slithering pits are most successful but also has the ability to serve as a wandering portal
when inactive. Because of their transparent appearances, that can transport its prey across great distances—maybe
most slithering pits are hardly noticed or are mistaken even across the barriers of the planes themselves.

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 RISE OF THE SILVER RAVENS
Spoiler Alert! On these pages you’ll find the background and outline for the Hell’s Rebels Adventure
Path. If you intend to play in this campaign, be warned! These pages spoil the plot for the upcoming
adventures as thoroughly as possible.

T
he nation of Cheliax is thrown into chaos when Civil War. Rexus tells them that if the orgnization could
a group of upstart Iomedaeans known as the be rebuilt, they would be able to stand against Barzillai
Glorious Reclamation make a bold move against Thrune and take Kintargo back for its people! Little lore
the diabolic House Thrune—a bold move that sets into exists about the Silver Ravens, however, and still less
motion the events of Hell’s Rebels. In this Adventure remains of their resources, so the PCs will have to start
Path, the PCs take on the roles of rebels who rise up to from scratch with their rebellion. In this adventure,
defend their hometown of Kintargo from a wicked the PCs begin recruiting allies, loyalists, and
threat—lord-mayor Barzillai Thrune, an supporters to their cause; discover vague
inquisitor who hopes to use the hints of a mysterious song the
city as the staging ground Silver Ravens somehow
for an unprecedented used to defend Kintargo;
transformation that will and learn the sinister
not only grant him a form of truth behind the demise
immortality, but also combine his will of another local secret society—the
and soul into the fabric of the land, creating Sacred Order of Archivists—at the hands
a genius loci out of the city and its surroundings. of House Thrune.
The rebel group the PCs form in this campaign
is known as the Silver Ravens, an organization that TURN OF THE TORRENT
originally rose to prominence during the Chelish By Mike Shel
Civil War. In that tumultuous time, the Silver Ravens Pathfinder Adventure Path #98, Levels 4–6
served as protectors of Kintargo's citizens, and time The Silver Ravens have been reborn, but they need a safe
and time again they defended their city from would-be and secret place to call home. With Barzillai Thrune in
warlords, marauders, and invaders. It wasn't until the firm control of the Kintargo Opera House—the original
war's end and House Thrune's rise to power that the Silver Ravens headquarters—the PCs must find a new
Silver Ravens fell apart as several of their leaders were base of operations for their fledgling rebellion to grow. At
killed or captured by fiendish agents. Over the years to the same time, the PCs must turn their attention to many
come, House Thrune redacted information about the of Kintargo's movers and shakers for support, such as
Silver Ravens from history, and the one-time heroes of Kintargo’s own Hellknight Order of the Torrent, recently
the Silver City of Kintargo were forgotten. abolished by Barzillai. The needs of a disgruntled Chelish
The PCs begin Hell’s Rebels as unassuming faces in an naval officer provide further opportunities for the PCs
unruly crowd, but by the time the Adventure Path ends, to make names for themselves and curry additional
they’ll have resurrected the Silver Ravens, freed a city, favor, particularly if they can track down and stop the
and harrowed Hell itself ! perpetrator of a recent spate of brutal murders.
When the PCs learn of the presence of an old
IN HELL’S BRIGHT SHADOW thieves’ guild complex under the ruins of the Lucky
By Crystal Frasier Bones gambling hall, it seems like the perfect spot
Pathfinder Adventure Path #97, Levels 1–3 to serve the Silver Ravens as headquarters. A sinister
The campaign begins in the city of Kintargo, where cult of Mahathallah, the unquiet spirits and hungry
the PCs attend a protest that devolves into a riot. After ghosts of the guild's previous occupants, and a group
escaping the government's heavy-handed response of mysterious skum that have moved into the complex's
to the disturbance, the PCs meet Rexus Victocora and flooded lower level complicate matters, but securing the
learn of the Silver Ravens—a group of freedom fighters Lucky Bones as a home becomes a turning point for the
who defended Kintargo long ago during the Chelish Silver Ravens.

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 Meanwhile, Lord-Mayor Barzillai Thrune performs oppose House Thrune and the church of Asmodeus.
the ghastly ritual that begins his lifelong transformation Once the PCs rescue the original founder of the Silver
into a genius loci by cutting out his own heart while Ravens from a cell deep inside Kintargo Keep, they’ll
In Hell’s
infusing himself with the energies of an ancient magical have the last piece of the puzzle to use the “Song of Bright
anomaly deep under Kintargo—a soul anchor. The ritual Silver” to activate Kintargo’s ancient magical wards. By Shadow
doesn't kill the inquisitor, but it does leave him weakened defeating key Thrune holdings throughout the city, the
for a time. PCs eventually turn their attention to the true source Foreword
of Kintargo’s pain—the temple of Asmodeus, to which
DANCE OF THE DAMNED Barzillai and his most powerful allies have retreated. Part 1:
Fledglings
By Richard Pett But when they finally confront and defeat Barzillai deep of Silver

Pathfinder Adventure Path #99, Levels 7–9 within the infernal cathedral, the PCs make a disturbing
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As the Silver Ravens gain power, Barzillai Thrune and discovery—Barzillai Thrune has no heart in his chest, Rebuilding the
his agents tighten their grip on Kintargo. The city's new only a strange puzzle box known as a Chelish Crux. The Ravens
lord-mayor may or may not know who the leaders of city-wide festivities that follow Barzillai’s vanquishing Part 3:
the Silver Ravens are at this point, but the last thing he and Kintargo’s liberation give the PCs and the Silver Redactions and
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wants to do now is to strike directly against them and Ravens a much-needed chance to celebrate, but the
run the risk of martyring the rebels, thus giving the city's protection of Kintargo has only just begun! NPC Gallery
populace an even stronger cause to resist. Further, as he's Kintargo
recovering from his ritual, Barzillai is not eager for direct THE KINTARGO CONTRACT
confrontations at this time, and so he lays complex plans By Jim Groves Pathfinder’s
Journal
to trap the Silver Ravens. Pathfinder Adventure Path #101, Levels 13–14
In the meantime, the PCs seek alliances with nearby The PCs make a startling discovery. Within the Chelish Bestiary
tribes of aquatic elves and the free city of Vyre in order Crux taken from Barzillai’s chest was hidden an old Campaign
to secure support beyond the walls of Kintargo. When parchment known as the Kintargo Contract. This old Outline
the rebels engineer the destruction of the Menador Gap, legal document reveals a shocking truth: Kintargo was
the only major land route between the archduchy of never officially annexed by Cheliax. Loopholes present
Ravounel and the rest of Cheliax, Barzillai realizes he can the PCs with an opportunity to secure freedom from
no longer put off retaliation. Cheliax—not just for Kintargo, but for the entire region
The canny inquisitor throws a gala called the Ruby of Ravounel. But to do so, they’ll have to decode the
Masquerade, inviting important Kintargans from contract’s complex maze of words. With the aid of none
all social castes and presenting the event as a sort of less than the contract’s original diabolic author, the PCs
“apology” to the city with promises to make things learn what steps they must take to finalize Ravounel’s
better. He doesn't directly invite the PCs, but lures them independence before the Thrune government can rectify
into attending, for in truth, the Ruby Masquerade is no its oversight and take over the upstart city of Kintargo.
apology but a trap. By calling upon their allies, keeping To make matters worse, the PCs learn of the return of
their eyes and ears open, and relying on each other, the the city’s most malevolent killer, the Temple Hill Slasher!
PCs will hopefully be able to survive the ambush and
prevent Barzillai from engineering the atrocity for which BREAKING THE BONES OF HELL
he plans to blame the Silver Ravens. They can even turn By Amber E. Scott
things to their advantage by not only seizing the Opera Pathfinder Adventure Path #102, Levels 15–16
House for their own use, but by recovering several With the Kintargo Contract’s loopholes resolved, the
ancient treasures and rescuing key allies—including Silver Ravens and the PCs are ready to reach an accord
ex-Lord-Mayor Jilia Bainilus. Yet the greatest discovery with the Chelish government to ensure Ravounel’s
in the Opera House is the recovery of a single sheet of status as an independent nation. Before they can, the
music on which are recorded the notes for the Silver diplomatic talks are marred by mysterious assassins
Ravens' most powerful defense—the “Song of Silver!” affiliated with Kintargo's old thieves' guild—killers eager
to avenge the PCs' claiming of the Lucky Bones. Once the
A SONG OF SILVER agreement with Cheliax is secured, the PCs return home
By James Jacobs to Kintargo... only to find that their city has become
Pathfinder Adventure Path #100, Levels 10–12 haunted! They soon learn that Barzillai Thrune lives on
After his attempt to discredit the Silver Ravens fails, in Hell, and if the PCs are to prevent him from funneling
Barzillai Thrune casts subtlety aside and escalates his life back into the Material Plane to realize his plan
the war; the rebels’ time to strike back against the to become a genius locus, they have to invade Hell itself
oppressive church and state has come! The PCs and and finish the job they started when they killed Barzillai
the Silver Ravens take up arms in Kintargo’s streets to Thrune the first time!

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 Next Month
Turn of the Torrent ground below, sinister skum prey upon humanoid
By Mike Shel society. Learn more about the motivations and behavior
The rebel group known as the Silver Ravens once fought of these aboleth-created monstrosities in this ecology
for independence in the city of Kintargo, but after the article. In addition, you’ll find descriptions of several
nation’s civil war came to an end, they disbanded—until skum settlements on Golarion and information about
today! New heroes have reestablished the organization the fleshwarped skum of Orv.
to stand against the inquisitor Barzillai Thrune and his
oppressive diabolic regime. But before the Silver Ravens And More!
can rise up, they’ll need allies—friends among powerful Thieves and prisoners in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by
groups such as the Hellknights from the Order of the Stephanie Lorée! Plus a handful of new monsters in the
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 Mialari Docur
Mistress of Docur’s School for Girls (CN female elf rogue 3/sorcerer 4/arcane trickster 2)
Mialari Docur has a more significant role to play in Hell’s Rebels starting in the third
adventure, “Dance of the Damned”—her full statistics appear in the fourth adventure, “A Song
of Silver.” As the headmistress of Lady Docur’s School for Girls in Villegre, Mialari is known
as a prestigious scholar whose work at giving half-elves a safe place to grow up and learn a
trade has been lauded. In truth, Mialari trains her girls to serve as a sisterhood of spies and
secretive messengers known as the Lacunafex. She may grow to view the Silver Ravens as
allies or competitors, depending on the PCs’ interactions with her. For now, strive to present
Mialari Docur as simply a mild-mannered scholar with only a passing interest in the PCs.

Zea
Rebellious Young Thief (CN female tiefling rogue 1)
Many tieflings make their homes in Kintargo. In upcoming adventures, the PCs will meet
several of them, but until then, the young Zea is likely to be the only significant tiefling NPC
in the Adventure Path.
Zea only recently came of age. As with most Chelish tieflings, she had a hard life, and is
already on her way to a career in petty thievery, yet she has Kintargo’s best interests at heart.
She robs only from those she identifies as “Thrunies” and does her best to give back at least
half of what she “earns” to help other tieflings in need. She has no significant role to play in
this campaign, and is intended to be used as you see fit—maybe even as a future PC cohort.

The Newt
Master of the Newt Market (LE male gnome alchemist 5)
“The Newt” is not the actual name of the Newt Market’s organizer, but rather a title that’s
been handed down many, many times. The current Newt is an amber-eyed gnome who has
held the position for 4 years, and who only now feels that the Newt Market is finally running
the way he likes. Although the Newt is lawful evil, he is not a strong supporter of House
Thrune—even less so when it becomes apparent just how much the new curfew cuts into the
Newt Market’s profits. Still, he could develop into an antagonist if the PCs aren’t respectful
of his authority, in which case they might find that the supposedly safe healing potions they
purchase through the Newt Market are “accidentally” laced with poison!

Zachrin Vhast
High Priest of Shelyn (NG male human cleric of Shelyn 7)
In many urban adventures, the PCs have no shortage of friendly NPC clerics or churches
when in need of healing. This is not the case in Kintargo under Barzillai Thrune’s rule. Of
the nonevil religions allowed to openly offer services to the public in Kintargo, only Shelyn’s
Songbird Hall is good-aligned. Its high priest is an androgynously handsome man named
Zachrin, and the more he gets to know the PCs, the more likely he is to offer his spellcasting
services (and those of his handful of acolytes) to the Silver Ravens for free. Still, he never
outright joins the rebel group, fearing (correctly) that such an official association might harm
his ability to keep the church open to all of Kintargo’s needy.
Rebels with a cause!

T
he rebellion begins! The city of Kintargo has long been a safe haven
for artists, freethinkers, and those marginalized by the oppressive
Chelish government, but now the city has been placed under martial
law by inquisitor Barzillai Thrune. When a protest turns into a riot, a new
group of heroes comes together to form an organized resistance against the
devil-binding government and the church of Asmodeus—but can they survive
long enough to establish allies? Or will they become the latest victims of the
Thrice-Damned House of Thrune?
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Adventure Path and includes:

• “In Hell’s Bright Shadow,” a Pathfinder adventure for 1st-level characters,

by Crystal Frasier.

• A double-sized gazetteer of the freewheeling coastal city of Kintargo,

by Crystal Frasier.

• A plague doctor from Khari searching desperately for a cure in the

Pathfinder’s Journal, by Stephanie Lorée.

• A collection of monsters both dangerous and beneficial, by Crystal Frasier,

Eric Hindley, and Michael McCarthy.

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