Delvehaven

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Delvehaven is the name of the Pathfinder lodge in the old Chelaxian capital of Westcrown. It was founded in the late 47th century AR by Venture-Captain Aiger Ghaelfin.

History

Ghaelfin sealed the lodge in the weeks immediately following the death of Aroden in 4606 AR, fearing that the rioting would spread to the lodge and endanger its precious collection. Prior to closing, it was one of the most significant lodges in the Inner Sea region, serving not only as a lodge but also (in Chelaxian fashion) as a museum.

Closed for 30 years, it was eventually reopened in 4674 AR after repeated petitioning by the Pathfinder Society. House Thrune allowed this request with a significant condition: the House would choose which Pathfinders could take residence in the lodge. The Society reluctantly agreed, and the next two years proved greatly disappointing to it: the propped-up Thrunists in the lodge provided reports of many missing artifacts (supposedly "disappeared during the rioting of 4606 AR"), and the quality of their Pathfinder material was shoddy and unusable.

The situation soon righted itself in 4676 AR. Rumors of a terrible tragedy in Delvehaven began to circulate throughout the Inner Sea region, and the Chelaxian government tacitly confirmed these rumors by closing the lodge entirely, sealing and warding the entrances with magical locks and wards of great power. From that point to around 4709 AR, the lodge remained silent and shut, the subject of rumors suggesting that it was now haunted, and occupying a sore spot in the minds of Society historians.

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In truth, nearly all of the Thrune-loyalist Pathfinders died when attempting to breach Delvehaven's sealed lower vaults after inciting the spirit of Donatalus Bisby in an attempted exorcism. The spirit turned the Thruneist Pathfinders against each other in madness. In retreat, Cheliax added its own wards, mines, and traps in addition to the Society's original defenses to discourage any further tampering.

A rare incursion occurred in 4709 AR, when adventurers broke into the sealed lodge and removed a powerful artifact from the reach of vampires. Those adventurers put Bisby's spirit to rest and looted several other items from its lower levels. These losses were discovered by a Pathfinder Society team sent into Delvehaven in 4721 AR to rescue the kidnapped Varian Jeggare and his bodyguard Radovan Virholt, who had been taken captive by the rebellious Aydrian Thrune.