The Screech Above
Hook
As the party searched Castle Avernus’s lower laboratory, a dragon screeched above and the entire foundation shook as though something immense had landed in a roost.
Evidence
- Ignatius, Rage, and Carver heard the screech from within the lower laboratory.
- The castle shook strongly enough to suggest the arrival of an enormous creature.
- The party has not seen the creature or confirmed where it landed.
- Irik Zal’honan later said that a dragon once lived in Castle Avernus and still returns.
- Hyskosa’s scrying pool showed Ebbasheyth within the castle, examining damage to a tower.
- The party heard Ebb’s screech again while leaving the castle grounds.
Resolution
Irik confirmed that a dragon still returns to Castle Avernus, Hyskosa’s scrying showed Ebbasheyth examining a damaged tower there, and the party heard Ebb’s distinctive screech as they left. Together, the evidence identifies Ebb as the immense creature heard landing above the laboratory.
Unresolved implications
- Ebb’s intentions, exact roost, and continuing claim on Castle Avernus remain unknown.
- Those broader questions now belong to Darkon’s Fractured Throne, rather than an unresolved mystery over the screech’s identity.