Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus

Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 1 – The Tower of Weeping Sores

Having won through the Desolation, the players find that the worst is yet to come as they discover that the Black Gates of Tsar are protected by the legendary Kirash Durgaut-the Tower of Weeping Sores. Never broken in battle, this bastion stands firm after centuries. Can it still be inhabited after all this time?  Only the brave or the foolish dare find out. For 11th-level PCs, The Tower of Weeping Sores provides the spring board for the exploration of the city beyond by providing the details of The Tower of Weeping Sores as well as the Black Gates of Tsar and the Walls of Death.

Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 2 – The Lower City

Battered and crushed after a year of war and centuries of abandonment, intrepid explorers find that now all is not restful in the slumbering city. Dark forces gather to man battlements and perhaps even march forth to war once more. The dangers of The Lower City are very much alive and awake as this adventure explores the lowest tenements of the city known as the Grunge and the flooded Dread Marsh.

Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 3 – The Harrow Lanes

Stretching across the center of the city like a jagged scar, The Harrow Lanes block all access to the ways above. To plumb the secrets of the city, the lanes must be surmounted. But this is no easy feat when wheels within wheels set powerful pawns into motion at the hands of chess masters filled with ancient wisdom. What lurks in The Harrow Lanes is something few will live to tell of. This adventure includes the exploration of the many sites within the Harrow Lanes including Mordecai’s Stair, the Cursed Smithy of Larach-Umbriol, the Encampment of the Beast-Fiends, The Khanjar’s Gauntlet, the Cathedral of Pain, and many more.

Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 4 – The Crooked Tower

Rising like a broke finger above a city of the dead, The Crooked Tower has stood longer than the city itself. And the city’s destruction and abandonment proved no obstacle to the plans of the tower’s master. With a reach that stretches far across the Desolation, the master of the tower-and perhaps master of the city-lurks on high and pulls the strings of his many puppets. Only the most foolhardy would dare brave the heights of The Crooked Tower.

Slumbering Tsar: Temple-City of Orcus, Part 5 – Foundations of Infamy

The secrets of the city have been laid bare as brave heroes reach its pinnacles only to discover they have only scratched the surface of the dread they face. For after braving all the perils they have, PCs discover that the Foundations of Infamy merely provide the means of reaching the final challenge – The Hidden Citadel. This adventure explores the upper reaches of the city known as the High Terrace, the Maze, the Darken Bridge and the Plateau of the Demon Prince.