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+type: location
+region: "Kethran coast"
+danger: High
+---
+
+# Sunken Spire
+
+## Overview
+
+A coastal ruin that was once a lighthouse and temple of a forgotten sea god. Now partially submerged due to coastal erosion and rising tides over 800 years. The [[The Hand of Ruin|Hand of Ruin]] has repurposed the spire's submerged levels as a ritual site to crack the seal anchor at its base.
+
+## Level 1 — The Lighthouse (Above Water)
+
+### Entry
+The spire's top protrudes 40 feet above the waves. Access is by boat or water walking. The entry door is magically sealed (DC 15 Arcana or Thieves' Tools to open).
+
+### Cult Quarters
+4 cultists, 1 cult fanatic. Contains supplies, maps of Kethran shipping lanes, and a logbook tracking seal anchor energy levels.
+
+### Ritual Chamber
+A desecrated altar to the forgotten sea god. 2 cult fanatics performing a ritual. Disturbing them triggers a **water weird** (CR 3) to emerge from the altar's pool as a trap.
+
+## Level 2 — The Sunken Sanctuary (Underwater)
+
+Requires water breathing or similar magic to explore. The spire's middle level has flooded entirely.
+
+### Flooded Hall
+A 60-foot hall with collapsed pillars. 6 **sahuagin** + 2 **sahuagin coral smashers** patrol here.
+
+### The Coral Grotto
+A side chamber grown over with phosphorescent coral. Contains a **giant octopus** (non-hostile unless provoked) and a treasure chest (600 gp, 2 potions of water breathing).
+
+### The Anchor Passage
+A downward shaft leading to Level 3. Guarded by a **water elemental myrmidon** (CR 7). The myrmidon is bound to [[Mistress Veyla]] and cannot be reasoned with — but destroying her breaks the binding.
+
+## Level 3 — The Deep Chamber
+
+### Seal Anchor
+A 30-foot obsidian obelisk similar to the one at [[Ironheart Mine]], but this one is actively cracking — green elemental light bleeds from the fissures.
+
+### Boss Encounter
+- **[[Mistress Veyla]]** — cult warlock of the Deep (CR 11 equivalent)
+- 2 **chuul** (CR 4) — her personal guards
+- 4 **merrow** (CR 2) — summoned reinforcements that arrive on round 3
+
+### Mistress Veyla Stats
+- **HP:** 140 | **AC:** 17 (mage armor + DEX)
+- **Spellcasting:** Warlock 11 (Pact of the Deep — homebrew patron). DC 17. Key spells: *evard's black tentacles, cone of cold, hunger of hadar, summon greater demon*
+- **Eldritch Blast:** 3 beams, +9, 1d10+5 force each
+- **Drown (Recharge 5-6):** Target creature within 60 ft must make DC 17 CON save. On failure, lungs fill with seawater — suffocating (as per drowning rules) until they use an action to make another DC 17 CON save to expel the water.
+- **Legendary Actions (2):** Eldritch Blast (1 beam), Move (30 ft swim), Channel Anchor (deal 2d10 force to one creature within 10 ft of the obelisk)
+
+## Rewards
+
+- **[[Tideheart Pearl]]** from Veyla's body
+- **Cult Intelligence:** A waterlogged scroll case with orders directing the Thronewood convoy ([[Arc 2 - The Gilded War#Hook 8: Ambush at Thronewood|Arc 2, Hook 8]])
+- **Sunken Treasure:** 3,200 gp, a *trident of fish command*, and a *cloak of the manta ray*
+- **Seal Stabilization:** If the party spends 1 hour performing a ritual ([[Elder Ylara Moongrove|Ylara]]'s teachings), the anchor stabilizes, reducing the Hand of Ruin's progress