Uthe Lodge was the Eveningstar home of the ranger Peron Uthe in the late 15th century DR.[1][note 1]
Location[]
Peron's home was located on the eastern edge of Eveningstar, next to the Starwater River.[1]
Structure[]
The lodge was a stately, spacious three-story home with a basement level. After its primal invasion, it became filled with thick vines, roots, and other greenery that altered the layout significantly. The basement connected onto a small natural cavern via a hidden passageway.[1]
History[]
An overgrown hall of the house.
Uthe Lodge had been a part of the Uthe family for generations, who served as rangers and foresters for the region. During the Sschindylryn invasion of Eveningstar, Peron Uthe returned home from a jaunt to Thorngap in the King's Forest where he met the druid Halsaime. He had been infected with a strange disease created by the druid, causing him to sicken and slowly transform into a red musk zombie. He went to the Eveningstar War Hospital for treatment, causing a disaster there as he turned more patients into zombies before he was eventually being destroyed by hired adventurers.[1]
At his abandoned home, a group of Halsaime's servants took residence, led the dryad Sylvie and the wood woads Robur, Prinus, and Falcata. They were supported by a force of red musk zombies, vine horrors, wisps, and a pack of wolves that lived at Peron's home. The lodge became choked with quick-growing plants that filled the interior and crept up the outside of the building, turning it into a dank, humid labyrinth that smelled of rotting vegetation. The dryad's tree, planted in the basement level, even grew up and through the top of the roof. If not stopped, Sylvie planned to extend this growth further and destroy the village of Eveningstar. Fortunately, the healer Eolynn Arva caught sight of the astounding overgrowth and searched for help, finding the same group that dealt with Peron earlier.[1]
Sylvie's dryadic tree in the basement.
Unbeknownst to this group, a parallel investigation was being performed by a group of Harpers in search of Oriphaun Huntsilver. They wished to find him through Halsaime and so sought Peron's assistance only to arrive too late. The bard Jussko Kwahn infiltrated the lodge to determine what had happened to Peron Uthe and eventually teamed up with the adventurers as they fought their way past the defenders and destroyed the dryad Sylvie, potentially finding the wall of wood or forester's brush hook in the mess.[1]
Without Peron or the dryad, the overgrowth was contained and Eveningstar was saved from another threat. This led to the Harpers continuing the investigation into Halsaime, eventually finding and killing him at the Druid's Deep.[1]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Menace of the Underdark (including Web of Chaos) is dated to the period of 1484–1485 DR, as it references the ongoing Darkening. Shadowfell Conspiracy (including Disciples of Shadow, Shadow Under Thunderholme, The Druid's Deep, and The High Road of Shadows) are dated to the same period, as they are stated to take place at roughly the same time as Menace of the Underdark.
Appearances[]
Video Games
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Standing Stone Games (August 2012). “The Druid's Deep”. In Dungeons & Dragons Online. Daybreak Game Company.