Chapter 10: Cania, the Relentless Cold - Chains of Asmodeus

Chapter 10: Cania, the Relentless Cold. Trapped in the ice, the Anakim's brains are harvested to make wine. With freezing temperatures and constant blizzards of snow and ice, Cania is the least habitable layer of the Nine Hells. Unlike Stygia, which is a sheet of ice sitting atop a frozen sea, Cania is a massive glacier hundreds of miles deep. Its cold is magical in strength, completely ignoring all protection and sources of warmth that aren't magical themselves, and capable of freezing a mortal to death in only a few hours. Nobody knows what Cania's sky looks like, as it hides behind a white sheet of clouds created by freezing weather. Running This Chapter Before running this chapter read the "Cania Overview" section. It provides you with the necessary information as the characters come close to ending their journey down the River Styx. Tiax may have a special role in this chapter, so review the "Tiax's Betrayal" section later in this chapter. Ultimately, if the characters have completed their main objectives, the "A Thankful Patron" event occurs, setting the stage for the resolution to the adventure in chapter 12. Encounters This is the last layer of the Nine Hells in which the characters can use Koh Tam's barge. Their final journey takes them through the frozen landscape, diverting down a tributary of the Styx to the Sorrow Mine. Roll at least once on the Random Encounters in Cania table, near the massive waterfalls or after they divert towards the Sorrow Mine. 1 Sudden winds whip fallen ice into a veritable blizzard. Making matters worse, a nearby iceberg gets sheared, causing pieces to fall to the ground. Each creature within the blizzard must make a 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 2 A pack of three vorvolaka (see appendix B) circle in the skies above the icy surface, searching for mortal blood. Canian devils call them "ice vultures." Once they find a victim, they stalk a...