Kargatane
At a glance
A secretive organization that Black Lily claimed to serve when he hired the party to assassinate High Sentinel Ablander.
The party now understands the Kargatane as a mortal outer organization serving beneath the supernatural Kargat.
Claims made by Black Lily
- The Kargatane is attempting to infiltrate the Eternal Order.
- Martira Bay seeks greater power now that Azalin is gone.
- Killing Ablander could earn Black Lily promotion within the organization.
- Black Lily described himself as a recruiter who oversees mercenary work and reports monthly to a Kargat contact.
- Uniformed Kargatane patrols appeared to exercise open authority throughout Martira Bay.
- A higher-ranking human accompanied Black Lily when he arranged the party’s audience at the Pale Lantern.
- Black Lily’s patron is Darian Corvrick, a vampire and full member of the supernatural Kargat.
- Pale Lantern attendees celebrated Ablander’s death in an ecstatic gathering where several revelers transformed into bats.
- Two likely members were overheard planning territorial seizures and expansion of Kargatane influence.
- Black Lily proposed sending the party to disrupt Castle Avernus.
- The organization has at least an outer circle and a second circle; the party was described as outer-circle members, while the captured wererat claimed the second.
- Dillo appears to hold a rank comparable to Black Lily’s.
- Black Lily received Darian’s general orders concerning Neblus and zealots in Nevuchar Springs.
- The party accepted Black Lily’s Castle Avernus expedition and received funds for explosives.
- Black Lily arranged the coach and driver but remained in Martira Bay; the driver, Vermoth, later turned on the party with two presumed Kargat vampiric thralls.
- The party overheard a possible reference to Kargat headquarters or tunnels beneath Martira Bay.
- Aldo and two companions called the Dockside Men identified themselves as members of the outer circle.
- The elderly former pie-eating champion belongs to the inner circle and remains angry with Rage.
- Kargatane scarecrows act as observers and answer the passphrase “the crimson retinue” by reporting what they have seen.
- At Castle Avernus, Allaric Van Stradleheim urged the party to exploit the Eternal Order’s collapse, seize power through the Kargatane, and target Il Aluk.
- After returning to Martira Bay, the party confronted and killed Black Lily, declaring its business with the Kargatane over.
Reliability
The party witnessed Black Lily interacting with the organization’s patrols and a superior in Martira Bay, confirming at least his connection to its hierarchy. The Kargatane’s ultimate goals and the exact nature of its control remain unclear.
Current relationship
Hostile former sponsor. The party has killed Black Lily after returning from the Castle Avernus expedition; the larger Kargatane hierarchy remains active and dangerous.