Kintargo Keep

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Kintargo Keep is a part of the larger Castle Kintargo that dominates the Castle District of the city of Kintargo. The keep's five-storey spire juts from the north-western corner of the castle, and under the rule of Cheliax it served as Kintargo's most notorious prison. As of 4724 AR under independent Ravounel, it had been sealed since the Ruby Massacre in 4716 AR.

Structure

Solidly built, its central staircase connects five storeys of prison above ground as well as a near-forgotten dungeon level below. Each layer has over a dozen different cells to contain prisoners and the dungeon also includes four lightless oubliettes.

History

Under Chelaxian rule, the site was very well defended, including a detachment of Hellknights of the Order of the Rack led by Paralictor Kyrre Ekodyre who were accompanied by Hellknights raised from the grave as phantom armors.

The forsaken dungeon's final guardian was a lich warpriest dedicated to Asmodeus who was created in the early days of House Thrune. Barely remembered as a mere legend by most of the castle's inhabitants, this terrifying sentinel was known only as the First Warden, and he protected a single prisoner: the legendary rebel Jackdaw, founder of the Silver Ravens. Due to a strange quirk of city law, the dungeon level of the keep is one of the few places in the entire city that the Lord-Mayor of Kintargo had no right to go.

Jackdaw was freed after the events of the Ruby Massacre and aided the revived Silver Ravens in their successful battle against Cheliax to liberate Ravounel. After Kintargo and Ravounel won independence from Cheliax in 4716 AR, the prison was sealed for renovation and removal of any potential diabolic or supernatural threats still within.