Levels 12–22GoblinsRaid
Skrikkit Inkfingers
Announced raids on a town.
The Hollow King pays for every page. Skrikkit has come to collect a whole library.
Library
Bosses
They don’t keep a timetable. Each boss rolls once a day for its chance to rise, somewhere deep in its own country, and stays until someone puts it down. Raiders are announced: five minutes’ warning, then they’re at a town gate. Ask the townsfolk for rumours while one is up.
Every kill drops at least one boss item, rolled as a relic.
Levels 20–30GoblinsSnaggit the Self-Crowned
Comes daily, in the goblin warrens under the Greyspine.
He says he is the Hollow King. The Hollow King has not been asked. The crown is a soup pot.
Levels 22–32WolvesOld Greymuzzle
Comes daily, in the far side of Wolftail Heath.
The oldest wolf on the heath. The shepherds have a song about him, and none of the verses end well.
Levels 28–38SwampThe Mire Mother
Comes daily, in the deep fen of Mirefen.
Mudwallow's children are told she eats the ones who wander. Mudwallow's children wander anyway.
Levels 40–55OrcsGorvash Ashmane
Comes weekly, in the orc holds in the Greyspine.
Warlord of the Ashmane clan. His tusks are notched to the root, and he says the meadows owe him the rest.
Levels 40–60OrcsRaidTolgurr Red-Tally
Announced raids on a town.
Envoy, war-chief and keeper of the Red Tally's grievances. He has brought the treaty, and an army to read it out.
Levels 50–62TreefolkOld Hollowheart
Comes weekly, in the deep glades of Whisperwood.
The oldest walker in Whisperwood. Something from under the roots got into its heartwood and rotted it black.
Levels 70–85UndeadVaskara, the Unburied Crest-Lord
Comes monthly, in the Aurel Catacombs.
The Crest-Lord of Aurel who went looking for endless life. He found it, after a fashion.
Levels 85–110The KindledRaidHaelkaed, the Rising Ember
Announced raids on a town.
The Kindled's herald: it goes ahead of the fire, to see what will burn.
Levels 100–125UndeadSevrana the Unwept
Comes every few days, in the Unwept Archive on Velholm.
The Court's archivist. She wrote down every name the Court ever took, and she keeps them.
Levels 110–135The KindledAshcoil, the Magma Wyrm
Comes monthly, in the bottom of the Emberhorn Pit.
The miners of Iverburn called it the Ashcoil. They stopped calling it anything when they stopped coming back.
Levels 120–145DragonsIverond, the Endless Winter
Comes monthly, in the ice caves of the northern peaks.
Iveth's frost given a will, wings and a hunger for the warm. The fishermen say the Iver never thaws in spring because Iverond sleeps on its source.
Levels 130–160ConstructsThe Unsleeping Dunvar
Comes monthly, in the depths of the Greyspine Mine.
The last order of the last Crest-Lord of Yarvale was 'let no one pass'. It has not slept since.
Levels 130–160Velholm's bloodVeshara, the Crimson Crest-Lady
Comes every few days, in Dunvel, the Crimson Keep.
A Crest-Lady of the Yarim who crossed the sea when Aurel burned, and has drunk her way through every year since.
Levels 150–180ConstructsIvergaunt, the Frost Colossus
Rare: once or twice a year, in the ice caves under the Yarvale passes.
Iveth's priests say the Rime closed one eye on the Crest and left the other watching. Ivergaunt is what she watches with.
Levels 170–200The KindledOndkaed, the Ninefold Flame
Rare: once or twice a year, in the Cinder Maw.
The first thing that came up when the Yarim broke through. It counts in nines, and it is nearly at nine.
Levels 180–200Velholm's bloodVelmoth, the First Thirst
Rare: once or twice a year, in the Red Vault under Dunvel.
Something older than Veshara dreams in the Red Vault: the first Yarim who drank to live forever. She only learned it from him.
Levels 185–200DragonsYarkaed, the Old Fire
Rare: once or twice a year, in the Emberhorn Pit.
The first of the kaedwyrms, older than the Kindling. The Kindled bow to it, and it does not notice.
Levels 195–200The OndThe Edgeless
Rare: once or twice a year, somewhere very deep.
Nothing in the Ond had an edge. Something came up through the thinnest place in the Crest, and it still has none.
