Shadows Over Stormreach was the second adventure released for the Cabal of Shadows Faction Adventure to be run as part of the Xen'drik Expeditions campaign.
Synopsis
The adventure begins a few weeks after the events of CBL-1 The Sahuagin Stone during which the operatives of the Cabal of Shadows met Hes , a member of the street gang called the Bilge Rats . While working with Hes to recover the ebon tableau Hes mentioned that Valexa Von Ruthvek had found a map to some long lost crypt in or near the city and was looking for someone to bring back any lost artifacts that might be found there.
Adventure Start: The PCs meet with each other and other members of the Cabal in a warehouse on the Stormreach docks. They are enlisted to intercept the adventurers and capture the map and accompanying notes and complete the adventurers' mission in the name of the Cabal.
Part One - A Well Planned Murder: The PCs plan and ambush the adventurers hired by Valexa and take the map from them. Armed with the notes and the map, the PCs travel to one of the circles of standing stones.
Part Two - Vision Quest: The PCs arrive at the circle and have some time to study the notes and concoct a plan, before they witness one of the illusionary visions shown by the Circle of Visions . Through the map, they are drawn into a gate that leads to the inside of one of the many giant monuments that populate Stormreach.
Part Three - In Hand: The PCs discover that inside of the monument, a massive arm reaching towards the skies, is filled with tortured souls, cunning traps, and lost knowledge of the giants. The PCs must win through it all in order to escape to the city.
Part Four - Home Sweet Home?: The PCs encounter a shadow personality left behind in the monument. If they successfully negotiate, the monument will become the home of the Cabal of Shadows in Stormreach. In the process they learn about the location of a psionic shard that details a place called the Mere of Shattered Souls that is mentioned in the Caldyn Fragments . The shard rests at the below of Shargon's Teeth in the hands of an ancient aboleth . Its recovery will become a priority of the Cabal of Shadows.
Ending the Adventure: The PCs find a way out of the monument, whether through force, stealth, or guile, and manage to reunite with the Cabal.