A Deep and Creeping Darkness - Candlekeep Mysteries

A Deep and Creeping Darkness. A Deep and Creeping Darkness An Adventure for 4th-level Characters Developed & Edited by Michele Carter Written by Sarah Madsen A Deep and Creeping Darkness came to Candlekeep with another group of adventurers, given to them by a villager who found it among her grandfather's old possessions. Her grandfather-a traveling bard in his youth-claimed to have written it. Though appearing to be nothing more than a combination of diary and penny dreadful, the book satisfied the requirement of a unique work to grant that party entrance to Candlekeep. It chronicles the death of a mountain village called Vermeillon by slow, unknown means. Following a terrible accident in the platinum mine, survivors and other villagers began disappearing. Eventually Vermeillon's population all vanished or fled, leaving the village abandoned. (They never discovered the cause: a nest of meenlocks.) Finding the Book Characters receive a contract from a mining and exploration group to find out what happened to Vermeillon. Through divination magic, the speculators learned that a book in Candlekeep holds clues to the mystery. They give the characters another book to use as a means of entrance, which gets them in... barely. The Avowed at the front gates are initially doubtful about the quality or desirability of the work. After enough debate to make the players nervous, they accept the book. Characters gain entrance to the Court of Air, where they are assigned rooms at the House of Rest, a study room at the Pillars of Pedagogy, and an adjutant guide. Their guide is surprised and thankful that the characters already know the name of the work they're looking for. Characters who aren't specifically investigating the village can discover A Deep and Creeping Darkness while researching one of the following topics: Local history, legends, and lore The mining industry Unexplained disappearances of individuals and entire settlements Book Description The book, bound in black lea...