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Stagnant Caverns |
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The Stagnant Tunnels are halfway down the first arm of the Waterfall Warren. They are full of stinking backwaters and nasty monsters like basilisks, eye beasts and a lich.
When you enter the cave you find a swampy bank with some corpses. There is a boat you can use to navigate the stagnant waters. To the SW is a cave with four gremlins, who drop nothing. They were however drinking cheap wine of which four bottles remain. These are only useful if you have accepted the mission to get wine for Bill in Fort Draco.
In the SE is a tunnel where the ghost of a female member of the First Expedition will tell you a bit about Thralni, his orb, the First Expedition and the basiliks which killed her. If you insult her she will turn hostile. In the middle is Tyfuss Many-Eyes (an eye beast) and lots of basilisks. There is a bit of treasure here. Do not forget to look in the nest. In the north of the central area is a further landing place leading to a nook with four Searing Crawlers. They are guarding a nest with a few goodies. NW of the central area is a small landing place with and a curious well but nothing else.
There are two landing places in the north: a landing stage in the middle and one to the west. The latter has a secret door leading to Evhyor the Sighted (an eye beast) which is accompanied by a Basilisk, three Gremlins and two Searing Crawlers. They are guarding a nest containing a few unintersting items and drop ??. To get further east you must dispel a barrier.
It is better to use the landing stage in the middle of the northern arm and leave the monsters behind the barrier in the west. To the east you come across Thralni's corpse from which you can get the Orb.
In the NE corner is a locked door which leads into a lobby with a further locked door to the south. This one is to complicated to pick. The treasure room to the west is blocked by a magical Barrier and the exit therefrom in the SW is again blocked by another magical barrier. There is however a hidden door into the storeroom to the east. Whether you go through the treasury or the storeroom you will come to a library with 4 Vengeful Shades (tricky) and a Crumbling Lich (very tricky). There are some Scrolls on the table in the south. In the SE and SW are two tomes which teach the first seven mage and priest spells at level 2 to all party members who have spell casting ability. In the secret room in the SE corner is a tome which teaches Fireblast L3. The chests in the room behind the barriers to the NW contain a few coins and a couple of scrolls.