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ing sands of Anauroch, the very fabric of

magic itself vanishes. Spells no longer work,

once-powerful weapons lie inert, and even the haunted halls of

long-forgotten ruins shudder as the ghosts and wraiths of their

former denizens simply vanish. The Princes of Shade are prepar-

ing to march across the breadth of the land—and with the help

of Shar’s clergy, annihilate the Weave once and for all.

With magic silenced all across the Great Sand Sea, the Shado-

vars seem impregnable in their ﬂ oating city. But someone must

ﬁ nd a way to put a stop to their fell schemes, even if it means

taking the battle into the scorching desert and confronting the

shades on their own doorstep—without magical aid.

Anauroch: The Empire of Shade is a D UNGEONS & D RAG -

ONS ® adventure designed for four 13th-level characters. Player

characters will advance through 14th level and into 15th level

during the course of the adventure, and perhaps reach 16th or

17th level by its conclusion.

III (MM3), Monster Manual IV (MM4), Monsters of Faerûn

(Mon), Player’s Guide to Faerûn (PG), Races of Faerûn (Rac),

Sandstorm (San), and Underdark (Und).

Although this adventure is a sequel to the previous two ad-

ventures in a series— Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave and

Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land —you don’t need to play

through those adventures before running this one. Anauroch: The

Empire of Shade works just ﬁ ne as a stand-alone adventure.

We recommend that you review the information presented on

Anauroch and the shades in the F ORGOTTEN R EALMS Campaign

Setting ( pages 99 and 280, respectively) before running this adven-

ture. You’ll also ﬁ nd more detailed information about Anauroch

in the appendix of this adventure.

This adventure uses a tactical format to describe encounters

that are likely to result in combat. The adventure is divided into

a narrative (the start of each chapter), in which encounters and

location descriptions are presented in the traditional manner, and

tactical encounters at the end of each chapter, in which speciﬁ c

battles are laid out in an easy-to-run format.

Preparation

You need four books to run this adventure: the Player’s Hand-

book ( PH ), the Dungeon Master’s Guide ( DMG ), the Monster

Manual ( MM ), and the F ORGOTTEN R EALMS Campaign Setting

( FR ). Also, much of the information on hazards of the desert is

based on rules introduced in Sandstorm. You don’t have to have

that book to enjoy the plot, but it’s a good resource for desert-

themed adventuring.

Throughout this book, abbreviations (often in superscript type)

are used to denote game elements and other materials that appear

in certain supplements. Those supplements and their abbreviations

are as follows: Complete Warrior (CW), Magic of Faerûn (Mag),

Epic Level Handbook (ELH), Expanded Psionics Handbook

(EPH), Fiend Folio (FF), Libris Mortis (LM), Lost Empires of

Faerûn (LE), Monster Manual II (MM2), Monster Manual

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A s scorching breezes swirl across the hot, burn-

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I NTRODUCTION

Tactıcal Format

The keyed entries in the text present, in essence, a ﬂ owchart of

the adventure. Locations or event-based encounters that result

in a ﬁ ght have a corresponding tactical encounter at the end of

the chapter in question.

When the adventure narrative directs you to refer to a tacti-

cal encounter, simply turn to the indicated page.

The most obvious feature of each tactical encounter is the map

of the room or area where the encounter occurs. A variety of text

entries accompany each map: a Setup section, information to be

read aloud to the players, and other details specifying features of

the tactical area. Begin with the Setup section ﬁ rst, which describes

the initial creature positions and circumstances of the battle. The

remaining sections include creature descriptions and statistics,

creature tactics, traps (if any), and other related information.

The encounters in this adventure are designed for use with

D UNGEONS & D RAGONS ® Miniatures. In some cases, a miniature

you own might represent a character or creature perfectly. If you

don’t have the exact miniature, just substitute another miniature

of the same size and tell the players what the miniature you’re

using represents.

square. If it covers less than half of a square, it doesn’t extend

into that square.

For example, if an area of light undergrowth skirts around the

edges of a square, but the rest of the square is clear, then there’s

no extra movement cost to enter that square. If the undergrowth

reaches past the middle of the square, the square costs 2 squares

to move into.

Adventure Background

In –700 DR, while she was contributing to the Roll of Years, the

seer known as Augathra the Mad began having dark visions. The

Book of the Black was the result of those horrifying prophesies.

Tormented by the Black Chronology she saw woven between the

years, Augathra began wandering Faerûn, slowly being driven

insane and earning her moniker.

After years of being lost, the Book of the Black came into

the possession of the Dark Diviners of Windsong Tower, who

retrieved it from the Fane of Shadows in 684 DR. Inspired by

the Book of the Black and their own ability to see the future, the

Dark Diviners of Windsong Tower deduced a coming weakness of

Shar and penned their observations in a second tome, the Leaves

of One Night.

Shar immediately cursed the Diviners’ writings, and shortly

thereafter, thieves in the employ of the Church of Shar stole the

Diviners’ copy of the Book of the Black, as well as the only copy

of the Leaves of One Night. In the hope of recreating their work

H OW TO U SE T ACTICAL M APS

As described on DMG 59, if a map feature covers more than half

of a given square, the feature is considered to extend into that

Coming from Shadowdale

Groups who played through the adventure previous to this

one— Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land —might need

an additional trail of bread crumbs to follow to reach the

beginning of this plot. Here are some guidelines and advice

on how to best achieve the transition between the two

adventures.

First off, a number of clues point to the involvement of the

Shadovars in the Shadowdale adventure. The most telltale of

these is Esvele’s letter from Prince Yder Tanthul. It not only

clearly states the shades’ involvement but also provides numer-

ous clues to the next destination for the PCs—the remains

of Windsong Tower in Myth Drannor. If the characters did

not ﬁ nd the letter but managed to collect Eregul’s Windsong

To w e r k i n r i n g , it shouldn’t be too hard to ﬁ nd a sage who can

identify its origins.

If the group was unable to acquire either of these pieces

of evidence, there are still obvious clues pointing to the Sha-

dovars. The emissary Irphiina inhabits the lair of Alokkair

the lich as his guest. If the characters managed to parlay with

her rather than merely slaughtering her, she readily admitted

to being a citizen of the City of Shade and in the service of

Lord Telamont. If the PCs succeeded in driving off the shadow

simulacrum of Prince Yder Tanthul, they might have acquired

additional evidence of Shadovar meddling.

Even if the characters were unable to interact with either

of these individuals, authority ﬁ gures in Shadowdale ought to

be able to recognize a shade corpse and deduce the complicity

of the Shadovars.

What would remain at that point, then, would be an ad-

ditional nudge in the direction of Windsong Tower rather

than directly toward the desert. Simply arrange for the letter

and ring from that adventure to fall into the characters’

hands—either they ﬁ nd the items on another body (with the

addressee’s name changed on the letter) or some minor ofﬁ -

cial (perhaps a military ofﬁ cer helping to clean up the town

in the aftermath of the ﬁ ghting) brings the items to the PCs

as “ﬁ ndings of interest.” If they still don’t deduce where to

go next, any of the remaining members of the leadership in

Shadowdale can take a look at the clues and suggest that a

journey to the tower is in order.

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How To Use the

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