Characters

Strong Start

Fiendish Mummies of the Hellriders attack!

[ ] Even in death the Hellriders revere their dead, whatever side they happened to be on.
[ ] The knights fought and died alongside the angel Zariel when she waged war in Avernus.
[ ] Zariel’s crusade ended in failure. Most of their generals, including the angel herself, fell to evil and transformed into fiends.
[ ] One of Zariel’s generals, Olanthius , killed himself rather than embrace tyranny. Zariel raised him as a death knight to ensure his loyalty.
[ ] The knights’ souls are cursed to remain here. They yearn for the afterlife, but the oath they swore to Zariel binds them to her service. They beg the characters to help them find rest.
[ ] Olanthius despises Zariel but is supernaturally bound to her service. The ghosts suggest there is still good in him.
[ ] Olanthius keeps quarters here in the catacombs. His rooms may contain evidence of his humanity that the characters can use to appeal to him.
[ ] Zariel’s warlocks helped build the Crypt of the Hellriders to gain infernal power in their mortal world.