Dretha's Cradle
Dretha's Cradle serves as the home and laboratory for the orc alchemist known as Mother Chot and her apprentices.1
Geography
It is located in the Algid Wastes, near the border between the Hold of Belkzen and the Realm of the Mammoth Lords.1
Structure and use
Dretha's Cradle also serves as a mixture of fortress, breeding yard, and prison for the monsters created within. Here, Mother Chot uses the fleshwarping techniques she tortured out of her former drow master Xilganni Parastric to create terrifying monstrosities and undead creations.1
She is not alone in this endeavour. As of 4715 AR, Dretha's Cradle was home to dozens of apprentices and breeders each conducting their own foul experiments. The Mangled Limb tribe dragged slaves and captured megafauna to Dretha's Cradle to be transformed into warbeasts, half-living warmachines, and undead abominations.1
These creatures were then auctioned off to the orc tribes and other sinister visitors three times a year. The beasts could fetch thousands of gold pieces each, or were sometimes traded for rare alchemical concoctions. Mother Chot herself was known for her creation of oronci from orc slaves and necrocrafts made of discarded flesh.1
She roamed Dretha's Cradle, carried by a unique flesh golem that included parts of her long-dead master Xilganni Parastric.1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 . “Adventuring in Belkzen” in Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, 43–44. Paizo Inc., 2015
