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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 5708551" data-attributes="member: 53678">What are the party's overall goals?  Perhaps the shadowy horror has gleaned the dwarf's memories so knows what the party was attempting and the shadowy horror dwarf thing is trying to cut the party off at the pass so it can exact revenge. For example if the party is trying to collect some artifacts with which to kill off a lich, the dwarf will join forces with the lich and help it stage attacks against the PCs as they try to find the artifacts.  Also the dwarf probably has good knowledge of his former party and could provide the lich with typical tactics of the party and each PC's personal weakness. Maybe you could set up a series of personal attacks by the dwarf on his former party that really hit home, leaving them to wonder how someone could know their weaknesses so well.  Then you could reveal some of the mystery by having the dwarf make mistakes because his knowledge of the group only went up to a certain point.  For example, he might make an attempt on the Fighter's parents only to find out they died after he did.  Or he would make no attack on any new PCs who have joined the party because he wouldn't know anything about them. Although that all directs to a simple revenge for killing me plot.  Did the dwarf have any ambitions or goals before he was killed?  Maybe you could twist them so he's still trying to accomplish them somehow.</blockquote>