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Lore — THE BLACK VEIN BENEATH | Aether Observer

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THE BLACK VEIN BENEATH's Lore

Everyone and everywhere this story has come to know, in one place.

Notable NPCs (8)

Brother CalvenA cleric who keeps the Lantern Shrine near the dry well in Grave Hollow, note…

ClementAn adventurer carrying a heavy iron key stamped 409 who unlocked an alcove re…

Darric VossAn expedition foreman whose ruined, blood-spattered journal was recovered fro…

Elda FenAn innkeeper or server at the Broken Pick Tavern in Grave Hollow who works wi…

HalwardAn adventurer who carried the ox-hide ledger on excavation permits, fought in…

OsricAn adventurer skilled with mountain poultices who treated Halward's torn knuc…

PadraigAn adventurer and holy practitioner capable of generating a blinding flash of…

SilasA gaunt watchman for the sluice works with a greasy coat who stayed behind to…

Fallen (1)

Places (12)

Abandoned pump stationAn abandoned pump station filled with silent flywheels, coiled iron chains, a…

East Ridge TrailAn alpine trail featuring dripping limestone outcrops, an abandoned prospecto…

Flooded vault chamberA dark, waterlogged subterranean room with knee-deep icy water, slick algae-c…

Grave HollowA miserable, pinched settlement huddled over slag heaps, smelling of coal smo…

Mine No. 3A mine featuring lower drifts affected by a glowing black vein with a subterr…

Mine No. 3: The Sealed ShaftA barricaded mining tunnel surrounded by broken equipment and warning signs,…

Storylines (1)

The Mystery of the Black Veinactive

Sunken grottoA sunken grotto featuring a black pool, a collapsed bedrock chute leading dow…

Sunken grotto beneath Mine No. 3A grotto featuring a ritual basin holding a pool of viscous black liquid that…

The Broken Pick TavernA sullen tavern in Grave Hollow smelling of sour grease and coal smoke, featu…

The Foreman's OfficeA locked, scorched room near the mine works containing production records, hi…

The Lantern ShrineA shrine located near a dry well in Grave Hollow, featuring a sputtering flame.

Underground lakeA vast underground lake accessed through a narrow fissure behind the sunken g…