Ninaran

Ninaran was a dusk hag in Karrnath . She worked for Kalarel as he tried to open a rift to Mabar near Winterhaven . [1]

You are doomed to fail unless you gain the aid of the knight who doomed himself through failure.
— Ninaran, upon her death [1]

History

After the Last War , Ninaran worked for the Blood of Vol as a spy for Kalarel in the village of Winterhaven whilst he worked at the nearby Shadowfell Keep to open a rift to Mabar in order to release Doresain and his undead army. She adopted the guise of an elf . She was not Kalarel's only shapechanging spy in the city, with the other being the changeling Sil in the guise of Delphina Moongem , though whilst Ninaran was aware of Sil, the changeling was unaware of the hag. [1]

When a group of adventurers arrived in the village to investigate the area, Ninaran was present in Wrafton's Inn but acted like she knew nothing of the problems other than hearing about some marauders on the road, and asked them to leave her alone. When they later returned asking locals if they'd heard about a cult, Ninaran "revealed" that she had been worried that everyone in the village was in league with the cult, and advised them to head towards a nearby cave behind a waterfall, hoping to lead them to their deaths at the hands of the local kobold tribe, which was led by Ironteeth . [2]

This would not happen, however, as Ninaran once again tried to take out this group of adventurers on their initial return from Shadowfell Keep towards Winterhaven. On the orders of Kalarel, Ninaran went to a nearby graveyard and used a magic circle to raise a group of skeletons and gravehounds , which she led towards Winterhaven. [2] As she approached the group, she dropped her elven form and revealed herself to be a dusk hag, drawing a strange curved bow to attack them. This would ultimately be unsuccessful, however, as Ninaran died in the battle but not before passing along a prophecy to the group, informing them that they would need to gain the aid of a knight who doomed himself through failure, that being Sir Keegan , who was haunting the ruins of Shadowfell Keep. [1]

Appendix

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Adventures

Dungeon #155 : " Keep on the Shadowfell " (Eberron Conversion)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Stephen Radney-MacFarland (June 2008). “ Keep on the Shadowfell (Eberron Conversion) ” (PDF). Dungeon #155 ( Wizards of the Coast ) (155)..
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bruce R. Cordell , Mike Mearls (May 2008). Keep on the Shadowfell . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 12–13, 50. ISBN 978-0-7869-4850-5 .