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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 8114295" data-attributes="member: 945">I'll look into that module.What I've cooked up thus far...The main villain is an alchemist (in 5th edition, that's a wizard, basically), but I'm just calling him "The Alchemist". He's affiliated with Talos, Talona, and Malar so far. Malar priests are on board because of the tarrasque, and more so interested in transferring their own essence into that of fearsome creatures. So, they've agreed to work with him since he's offered them access to the Apparatus. (Tyrannosaurus Rex Cleric, anyone? - what Malar worshipper can pass that up?). Talona is interested because... plague. The Alchemist has supplied them with the formula for a terrible alchemical plague that they have access to. These are likely some of the foot soldiers in this debacle. Talos is needed because the Apparatus requires lightning to power it, which they can provide. Talos is on board because of the destruction that's ultimately going to be wrought from this thing, but ultimately they'd prefer that one of their own is in the Tarrasque and not The Alchemist. So, there definitely could be a power struggle in the end here.So yea, they're taking the plague victims and selling them into slavery, and keeping a few for their own operations. This alone would be wildly profitable. The city is literally going to pay them to take away the "dead people".  So, they're double-dipping the system.The Alchemist has the Apparatus somewhere, and has used it a number of times, but is currently building a much, much larger version of it around the Tarrasque. Since the Tarrasque is immobile, it presents the perfect opportunity. It's a huge operation, of course, and thus requires many slaves, and lots of resources. The Tarrasque itself it deep in a canyon in the forest, protected by a large Malar priests like the slaves because they can release them into an enclosed forest and charge wealthy clients a huge fee to go on "hunts" where they prey is literally other people. (Wasn't there a movie based on that idea?) I'm thinking of sending the PCs here first. (Yes, I am that mean)Talontar priests might take some slaves for medical experiements.</blockquote>

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