Chapters 11 and 12: Death to the Wyrmspeakers - Rise of Tiamat

Chapters 11 and 12: Death to the Wyrmspeakers. From their first discovery of the dragon masks in Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the characters will have recognized the importance of the masks to the Cult of the Dragon. Over the course of the adventure, the heroes have two chances to come face to face with the wyrmspeakers of Severin's inner circle, perhaps claiming their dragon masks and hindering Severin's plans. This section comprises two distinct chapters. In the first chapter, the characters track Varram, keeper of the White Dragon Mask, to an ancient crypt overrun by yuan-ti in the Serpent Hills. In the second chapter, the adventurers go up against Neronvain, wyrmspeaker of the Green Dragon Mask, in a hidden stronghold and dragon lair in the Misty Forest. These chapters play out at different points during the first and second sessions of the Council of Waterdeep, but are presented together because they form two halves of a single mission-taking the fight to the wyrmspeakers as a means of thwarting Severin's plots. Three of the five wyrmspeakers of the cult-Galvan the Blue, Rezmir the Black, and Severin himself, who wears the Red Dragon Mask-are already at the Well of Dragons and beyond the party's reach. However, the white wyrmspeaker Varram is forced to leave the security of his stronghold after losing possession of the White Dragon Mask, while the green wyrmspeaker Neronvain engages in raids against the elves of the Misty Forest with his draconic ally, Chuth. When word comes to the Council of Waterdeep that two of the five wyrmspeakers might be at large, the adventurers seize the opportunity to strike. Varram the White Varram the White is a close ally and confidant of Severin, but the Cult of the Dragon leader is unaware of how his old friend's actions have threatened the cult's plans. Varram's White Dragon Mask has gone missing, stolen by a thief allied with the Zhentarim and now hidden from normal scrying magic. Varram is desperate to retrieve the mask befor...