Arcane Brotherhood
Maccath has been stuck with the dragon for years, so I don't see cost as a problem; she's BORED. She also wants a way to slyly get revenge on him via a third party.
Yes, but she's stuck on an iceberg in the middle of nowhere. She's got the time, but where's she getting the other resources needed to make them? The dragon would notice if she was using any of his stuff. I think it makes more sense for the Arcane Brotherhood to give the PCs those arrows. They want Maccath back alive. It makes sense they'd give the PCs some weapons to use against the dragon.
Alright... for a minute there I thought we lost [MENTION=786]GuardianLurker[/MENTION]'s Giant Moot, Arcane Brotherhood and Breaking the Ritual sidequests/re-writes
Where's the Arcane Brotherhood stuff? I'm not seeing it.
I ask because I thought I'd posted something about them but I can't remember now. I'm planning on shifting most of what Dala Silmerhelve knows about the draakhorn to the Brotherhood and make it so the PCs take a Harper portal from Waterdeep to Luskan to meet with the Brotherhood.
According to the SCAG (pg 98), the current leaders of the AB are:
- Archmage Arcane Cashaan the Red
- Zelenn the White, Overwizard of the West
- Jendrick the Blue, Overwizard of the South
- Teyva the Gray, Overwizard of the East
- Druette the Raven, Overwizard of the North
These are the same five wizards who were vying for the top job as mentioned in the
Legacy of the Crystal Shard campaign guide (pp 60-62). One can glean a wee bit more info about some of these wizards from that book.
Cashaan the Red is a male Calishite human necromancer. His full name is Cashaan el Farid. He was residing in the Hosttower and had command over the undead lurking in it during the time of the Sundering. I guess because he was already there and was instrumental in taming the undead, he won out over the others and took the top job.
Zelenn the White is a female elf wizard from Neverwinter. She buddied up with Lord Neverember in hopes of gaining some influence over him and his peeps.
Teyva the Gray, aka Teyva "Magehand" Lillowind", is a half-elf "thief and self-taught mage" from Baldur's Gate. She was once a member of the Guild and has sought to form an alliance with the Guild's leader, Nine-Fingers Keene.
Jendrick the Blue is a male wizard, presumably human. He was based in Port Llast. He sent his understudy, Vaelish "the Brown" Gant, to Ten-Towns in hopes of taking over Icewind Dale and using its resources to claim the title of Archmage Arcane. I guess since Vaelish's takeover was officially stopped (since Duvessa Shane is still in charge of Bryn Shander as of SKT), Jendrick failed and had to make do with a mere Overwizard-ship.
Druette the Raven is female and was based in Waterdeep. Nothing else is said about her.
These guys are essentially blank slates. I'm going to limit Dala's knowledge to the mere fact that the strange emanation is caused by the draakhorn. She doesn't know much more than that, but she suggests that if anyone in Faerûn would know, it would most likely be someone in the Arcane Brotherhood. Lord Neverember then namedrops his buddy Zelenn the White. So off the PCs go and they use their writ from the council to secure an audience with Cashaan and Zelenn. These guys will give them the lowdown on Maccath and offer to charter them a ship should they agree to attempt to return Maccath - and the stuff Arauthator stole from the Hosttower - to them.
Should the PCs succeed and the ABs join the alliance, I'm going to have Zelenn sit in as their representative, since she's such great friends with Neverember. I'll probably use her to tie in
The Frozen Castle episode as well.
