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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 1038374" data-attributes="member: 141">I know nothing about Mythals, and even less about the one in Waterdeep.  But supposed it were flawed?  Suppose that it caused a shadow reality to become superimposed on the real Waterdeep?The shadow reality is one where Shar is the goddess of Magic, and Bane is the head of the Faerunian Pantheon.  In that world the Harpers are no more, and the "good" gods are either dead or reduced in status.Suddenly, Waterdeep is a darker, more sinister place.  Its citizens are more grasping, cruel, and treacherous.  The "evil twins" of the most prominent citizens of Waterdeep are active, and opposed (of course) to their good counterparts.If the Zhentish arrival coincided with the "shadowing of Waterdeep" then things could be very dire.  Especially if the evil counterparts of the party are present, but the party isn't.  That tiny imbalance could represent catastrophe.Of course, one presumes that the forces of good will be able to reverse the shadowing (perhaps by destroying the mythal), but while this is going on the zhents are unopposed, and actually seize the city.  After battling their shadow reality counterparts, the defenders of the city just don't have enough left in them to effectively resist the zhents.Now, I know my terminology is wrong- there are nuances to zhents and zhentarim and zhentils and what have you- and, as I mentioned before I am extremely vague on the subject of mythals, but perhaps something along these lines would work?</blockquote>

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