Sleeper
The Sleeper is a gigantic monument located in the north-easternmost spur of the Mindspin Mountains within the Hold of Belkzen. It resembles an enormous dragon wrapped around a mountaintop. Steam or smoke seems to emanate from its massive maw, which is large enough to fit an entire house.12
The sculpture contains a series of chambers coiled around the mountain peak that lead into its hollow interior. Beneath the Sleeper, deep in the heart of the mountain, is the ancient city of Xin-Gastash.3 The gigantic monument was the great entrance to the ancient capital of the Thassilonian realm of gluttony, Gastash.
Belkzen natives now call the sculpture the Sleeper. Only the bravest climb the mountain's slopes, much less enter the interior chambers. The local orcs, being naturally superstitious, stay away from the Sleeper and consider it a cursed ruin full of bad magic. The chambers within the Sleeper are mostly intact, although many of them show signs of earthquake damage.4
References
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- ↑ . “The Red Mantis” in Escape from Old Korvosa, 73–77. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . “The Hold of Belkzen” in Skeletons of Scarwall, 63. Paizo Inc., 2008
- ↑ . “Belkzen Gazetteer” in Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, 9. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ . “Adventuring in Belkzen” in Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes, 51. Paizo Inc., 2015
