Seeds of Destruction

Adventures
Seeds of Destruction The Evacuation of Waterdeep Who Lurks Below? Xanathaaaaaaar! No One Can Hear You Scream Welcome to the Rock Rocky Reception Rock and Roll Flight of the Kindori Pod Topolah's Tower The Hunt for The Last Breath To Infinity's and Beyond The Jungles of Doomspace The Arena of Blood Foul Play Spelljammers in Training Into Xaryxispace The Battle of Xaryxis The Last Light of Xaryxis Realmspace Restored
Campaigns
A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast‎ Tomb of Annihilation‎ Waterdeep: Dragon Heist‎ Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus‎ Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden The Wild Beyond the Witchlight Light of Xaryxis Turn of Fortune's Wheel Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Others
Split The Party Tales of the Champions Time Gates Trials of Mount Tiamat

Seeds of Destruction is one of the adventures in the campaign: Light of Xaryxis.

	Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep, before it's too late.
Requirement(s)	You must have completed 65 adventures or variants.
Objective(s)	Complete Area 200
Restriction(s)	No restrictions
Rewards(?)	×400 ×???	Formation

Variants

Speeds of Destruction

	Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep with a speed Champion of OUR choice.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Seeds of Destruction"
Objective(s)	Complete Area 250
Restriction(s)	A random Speed Champion is immediately unlocked, added to the formation, and can't be removed. Other Speed Champions cannot be used.
Rewards(?)	×500 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 350	×6.10e04 ×4,900
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 375	×9.65e04 ×5,625
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 400	×1.52e05 ×6,000
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 425	×2.41e05 ×6,800
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

Owlbear Necessities

	Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep with an owlbear companion.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Seeds of Destruction" Must have completed ?? Xaryxis adventures or variants.
Objective(s)	Complete Area 300
Restriction(s)	A snowy owlbear joins the formation. Only champions next to the Owlbear or next to a Druid Champion can deal damage.
Rewards(?)	×600 ×1250 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 400	×1.52e05 ×6,000
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 425	×2.41e05 ×6,800
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 450	×3.81e05 ×7,200
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 475	×6.03e05 ×8,075
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

Elf Help

	Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep with help from some elves.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Seeds of Destruction" Must have completed 13 Xaryxis adventures or variants.
Objective(s)	Complete Area 350
Restriction(s)	You may only use Elf and Half-Elf Champions. Laeral Silverhand joins the formation. Only Champions next to her can deal damage.
Rewards(?)	×700 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 450	×3.81e05 ×7,200
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 475	×6.03e05 ×8,075
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 500	×9.53e05 ×9,000
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 525	×1.50e06 ×9,450
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

Waves

Type	Waves	Bosses	Favored By
dummy
aberration	2	1	Imoen, Lae'zel, Zorbu
armor-based	0	2	Binwin, Ezmerelda, Gazrick, Grimm, Hew Maan, Lucius, Selise, Windfall, Wulfgar
astral elf	0	0
bandit	0	0
beast	18	1	Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu
boss	0	10	Farideh, Grimm
construct	6	0	Kalix, Wyll
dwarf	12	1
elf	0	1
fey	0	1	Minsc
flying	0	0
gnome	0	0
goblinoid	6	0
half-elf	10	0
half-orc	7	0
hit-based	7	2	Binwin, Ezmerelda, Grimm, Hew Maan, Windfall
hobgoblin	6	0
human	0	0	Dynaheir, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Kalix, Minsc, Zorbu
humanoid	33	4	Dynaheir, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Kalix, Minsc, Zorbu
melee	48	6
monstrosity	0	1	Ezmerelda, Imoen, Minsc
plant	13	2
quaggoth	2	0
ranged	17	4
static	7	2
xanathar	0	0

Wave	Tags	Monsters	Monster Tags	Image
1	outdoors	Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee
2	outdoors	Giant Rat, Waterdhavian Drunk	beast half-elf human humanoid melee
3	outdoors	Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee
4	outdoors	Thief, Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee ranged
5	outdoors	Giant Rat, Thief	beast human humanoid melee ranged
Boss	outdoors	Astral Elf Assassin	elf humanoid ranged
6		Giant Rat, Thief	beast human humanoid melee ranged
7		Thief	human humanoid melee ranged
8		Thief	human humanoid melee
9		Giant Rat, Thief	beast human humanoid melee ranged
10		Thief	human humanoid ranged
Boss		Dwarf Thief	dwarf humanoid melee
11	outdoors	Giant Rat, Xanathar Fighter	beast dwarf humanoid melee
12	outdoors	Giant Rat, Xanathar Fighter	beast dwarf half-orc humanoid melee ranged
13	outdoors	Giant Rat, Xanathar Fighter	beast dwarf half-orc humanoid melee ranged
14	outdoors	Xanathar Fighter	dwarf half-orc humanoid melee ranged
15	outdoors	Giant Rat	beast melee
Boss	outdoors	Rat Catcher	human humanoid melee
16	underground	Hobgoblin, Xanathar Fighter	dwarf goblinoid hobgoblin humanoid melee
17	underground	Giant Crab, Hobgoblin	beast goblinoid hobgoblin humanoid melee
18	underground	Hobgoblin	goblinoid hobgoblin humanoid melee
19	underground	Giant Crab, Xanathar Fighter	beast dwarf half-orc humanoid melee ranged
20	underground	Giant Crab	beast melee
Boss	underground	Giant Spiked Crab	beast melee
21	underground	Xanathar Fighter	dwarf half-orc humanoid ranged
22	underground	Gazer, Xanathar Fighter	aberration dwarf humanoid melee ranged
23	underground	Xanathar Fighter	dwarf half-orc humanoid ranged
24	underground	Gazer, Xanathar Fighter	aberration dwarf humanoid melee ranged
25	underground	Xanathar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
Boss	underground	The Xanathar	aberration ranged
26	underground	Hobgoblin, Xanathar Fighter	dwarf goblinoid hobgoblin humanoid melee ranged
27	underground	Hobgoblin, Quaggoth	goblinoid hobgoblin humanoid quaggoth melee
28	underground	Giant Crab	beast melee
29	underground	Giant Crab, Hobgoblin, Quaggoth	beast goblinoid hobgoblin humanoid quaggoth melee
30	underground	Giant Crab	beast melee
Boss	underground	Sea Hag	fey hit-based ranged
31		Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee
32		Thief, Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee
33		Thief	human humanoid ranged
34		Thief, Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee ranged
35	outdoors	Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid melee
Boss	outdoors	Immature Crystal Vine	plant static armor-based melee
36	outdoors	Crystalline Vine Outgrowth, Mechanical Guard	construct plant static hit-based melee
37	outdoors	Crystalline Vine Outgrowth, Mechanical Guard	construct plant static hit-based melee
38	outdoors	Crystalline Vine Outgrowth, Giant Rat	beast plant static hit-based melee
39	outdoors	Crystalline Vine Outgrowth, Mechanical Guard	construct plant static hit-based melee
40	outdoors	Mechanical Guard	construct melee
Boss	outdoors	Overambitious City Guard	human humanoid melee
41	outdoors	Astral Blight, Crystalline Vine Outgrowth	plant static hit-based melee
42	outdoors	Astral Blight, Crystalline Vine Outgrowth, Sea Gull	beast plant static hit-based melee
43	outdoors	Sea Gull, Wall Rubble	beast static hit-based melee
44	outdoors	Astral Blight, Sea Gull	beast plant melee
45	outdoors	Astral Blight	plant melee
Boss	outdoors	Astral Blight Alpha	plant hit-based melee
46	outdoors	Astral Blight, Mechanical Guard	construct plant melee
47	outdoors	Astral Blight, Waterdhavian Drunk	half-elf human humanoid plant melee
48	outdoors	Astral Blight	plant melee
49	outdoors	Astral Blight, Mechanical Guard, Waterdhavian Drunk	construct half-elf human humanoid plant melee
50	outdoors	Astral Blight	plant melee
Boss	outdoors	Purple Worm	monstrosity static armor-based

Transcript

Seeds of Destruction
Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep, before it's too late.
Area	Goal		Quests & Cinematics
Celeste:	What a lovely Ahghairon's day! People seem to be enjoying themselves.
Jarlaxle:	I'll grant Waterdeep is good at throwing a party. And it's good to see the kids are still alive.
Minsc:	They've been very heroic! Stopping the Xanathar's Guild from burning down a warehouse. That's our Nat and Jenks!
Squiddly:	I did stuff too.
Havilar:	Of course you did! Different stuff. Rock-collecting stuff.
Squiddly:	No! Heroic stuff! I saw space elves! They attacked a lady! I chased them off! Like this! Hyah!
1	Defeat 25 Enemies		Everyone's getting rowdy on Ahghairon's Day! Get those drunks out of here!
Laeral Silverhand:	Well -- if we're all finished fighting I can begin. Ahem: Waterdeep is only as strong as its citizens. For your bravery in assisting Waterdeep in its time of need, I award you, Nat, and you, Jenks, these medals of valor. May the city always rely on your strength and reward your vigilance.
Jenks:	Ooh, it's so shiny. Thank you!
Nat:	[signs] Thank you! Those Xanathar fighters will think twice about messing with us!
Squiddly:	I found this cool stone on a chain. The space elves gave it to me. Er, well they dropped it. That's as good as a medal. It's better than a medal in fact!
Celeste:	Squiddly, I know it's hard to be happy for your friends when you're feeling jealous, but really if you can find joy in their success, you'll be much happier.
Squiddly:	I'm not jealous! I did things too!
Nordom:	Query: These humanoids are acting erratic. Are they malfunctioning or is this a known function?
Farideh:	No, no. They're...celebrating. It's Ahghairon's Day -- they're toasting the first Open Lord of Waterdeep, Ahghairon. They've just...gotten a little out of hand.
Havilar:	They're DRUNK.
Nordom:	Query: In what way is the Lord open? Literal or Figurative? I see no special openings on individual Laeral Silverhand. Is she not the Open Lord?
Farideh:	Oh, it's...um, most of the lords in Waterdeep are anonymous. They wear masks to hide who they are. Laeral speaks for them and she doesn't wear a mask. So: figurative.
Nordom:	Thank you. Query: Is it acceptable behavior for the drunks to shove into us, or is it allowed to push them back?
2	Defeat 25 Enemies		You don't have to go home, but you can't just make trouble in the street! Push back the crowd!
Elaina:	Ho there! Are you from around these parts? We've only just arrived and we're having a little trouble orienting ourselves.
Havilar:	'We'? Ooh, do you have a ghost in your head or something?
Flapjack:	No! I'm with her! This is Captain Elaina Sartell and I am her first mate, Flapjack! We are enjoying your celebrations. Particularly the 'giving medals to small children' ceremony! Very interesting!
Squiddly:	Whoa! A flumph! I've seen you in books -- well not you specifically. And not book-books, I mean, chapbooks.
Havilar:	Chapbooks count!
Flapjack:	Ooh! I would like to see these chapbooks! Perhaps you could give me a tour beginning with chapbooks?
Farideh:	This isn't usual. You've come on a holiday and the revelers are just...getting a little ahead of themselves.
Havilar:	Yeah and they're not stopping. Hey! Guy! You're cut off!
Farideh:	HAVI, DON'T CUT BYSTANDERS!
Havilar:	No, I'm just taking his tankard. But okay fair, that does sound like me. No cutting. Stunning only!
3	Collect 25 Tankards		These Waterdhavians have raised a glass to the first Open Lord! And now it's time to take their tankards back!
Flapjack:	Are you two related?
Farideh:	We're...Yes, we're twins. Identical twins.
Havilar:	She's the smart one, but I'm the pretty one.
Farideh:	That's not...We have the same --
Flapjack:	To be honest most two-leggeds look alike to me. If you don't have eyestalks, I don't really see the difference.
4	Defeat 25 Enemies		Thieves are using the cover of the crowd to make trouble! Clear the street!
Elaina:	Is the silver-haired woman your leader? I was hoping to speak to her.
Farideh:	Laeral? Yes, she's, well as in charge of Waterdeep as anyone! But she's usually very busy. You have to really push to get an appointment and even then, it's mostly being lucky--
Astral Elf Assassin:	YOUR FATE BELONGS TO XARYXIS! AHHH!
Havilar:	How drunk is THAT guy?
Minsc:	Unclear, but not too drunk to hold a weapon! That is an assassin!
5	Defeat the Astral Elf Assassin		A strange assassin darts out of the masses, trying to attack Laeral! Defend the Open Lord!
Squiddly:	I know that guy!
Nat:	[signs] No you don't!
Jenks:	Where have you been hanging out with assassins?
Nat:	[signs] He hasn't. He's trying to be important again! You missed out on being a hero this time. But it won't be the last time we save things. Stop being jealous!
Squiddly:	I'm not being jealous! That's a space elf and it's way more interesting than some stupid Xanathar Guild grunts!
Laeral:	Champions, come into my study please. I have a problem to discuss with you.
Havilar:	This office is so fancy, I feel like I can't even touch anything.
Farideh:	Why would you touch things?
Minsc:	Some of it is VERY shiny.
Laeral:	I've had reports of unexpected tremors in the city. Add to that this assassination attempt and I suspect our friend in Skullport might be behind it. This is a very pressing issue.
Jarlaxle:	Uh, is it as pressing as the thieves following us into your office.
Laeral:	[Sigh] I thought I fixed that door.
6	Defeat 25 Enemies		Something strange is going on! But those thieves have followed you in!
Laeral:	Ah, I see. The latch is misaligned. I'll have to fetch my tools.
Jarlaxle:	No disrespect, but you're the Open Lord of Waterdeep. You can't hire someone to fix the door?
Laeral:	It's very simple. I'll just fix it when I have a moment. I don't need to bother anyone else.
Farideh:	You're not..you're not going to try and fix the earthquakes though right?
Laeral:	No, no. I mean, I could. Maybe if I move my midday meeting --
Celeste:	Why don't you tell us more and we'll just take it off your plate?
Laeral:	The first earthquakes were radiating from somewhere in the vicinity of Skullport. I'm concerned the Xanathar is plotting something. They're relatively mild now, but if they get stronger, they could take buildings down and cause a lot of chaos.
Celeste:	Do you think it has anything to do with the robbery the kids stopped?
Laeral:	I don't know. That's where you come in. I can't approach the Xanathar directly, but you certainly can -- and have! Find out what's going on.
Minsc:	Yes! Evil-smiting! Perhaps these thieves coming in are also related to the Xanathar's plots! We can get a jump on this by fighting them!
Boo:	Squeak!
7	Defeat 25 Enemies		Is this the work of the Xanathar? This is a lot of very brazen thieves coming into the Open Lord's office!
Farideh:	if these thieves work for the Xanathar, they should be carrying some symbol so they can mark each other.
Havilar:	Yeah, let's pick THEIR pockets!
Nordom:	Acceptable. I pick...that one.
Minsc:	I pick them all! Defend yourselves, evil-doers!
Boo:	Squeak!
8	Collect 25 Xanathar Symbols		If these thieves work for the Xanathar, they'll be carrying his symbol somewhere! Collect that proof!
9	Defeat 25 Enemies		The Xanathar is definitely up to something! Fight through these thieves and go after him!
10	Defeat the Dwarf Thief		The beholder crime lord's toughest agent stands in your way. Defeat that dwarf!
Elaina:	Excuse me? Are you busy? The door was open.
Laeral:	Yes, I will fix it in a moment! Do we have an appointment?
Elaina:	Not exactly, but I have some information for you, Lady Silverhand. About the assassin?
Laeral:	I see. Well, I can spare a few minutes. Champions, I'll leave you to it.
Flapjack:	Ooh! Are you going somewhere? Could I come with you? I really want to see more of the city before we have to go.
Minsc:	Of course, flumph friend! Come smash some evil with us. We will return you to your ship when we've finished.
Flapjack:	So what are we doing? Psychomorphic energy tastings? Cultural site tour?
Farideh:	Um, we're going to Skullport. It's a second city underneath Waterdeep. It's...not great.
Jarlaxle:	We're confronting a crime lord about his nefarious schemes. You don't need to come.
Flapjack:	Ooh neat! I would love to see that.
Squiddly:	So neat -- I'm going to help you guys fight the Xanathar! Hyah! Hyah!
Celeste:	Squiddly! Get back!
11	Defeat 25 Enemies		The Xanathar Guild is messing up your tour! Shut them down!
Squiddly:	Pleeeeease let me come with you guys. I won't get in the way and maybe I can help!
Jarlaxle:	Come on, Celeste. How is a kid supposed to learn how to shank an enemy if you never --
Celeste:	He doesn't need to learn to shank anything!
Squiddly:	What's shanking? Can I shank now, or do I have to be a grown-up first?
Havilar:	Mm, you should wait. You're not tall enough to get the right angles yet.
Squiddly:	Awww.
Minsc:	If the Xanathar Guild is looking for revenge, Squiddly is safer with us than traveling back to Castle Waterdeep. He should come with us.
Celeste:	ONLY if you all stop being such bad examples for him. Squiddly is very impressionable and you need to think about that when you start telling him things.
Nordom:	Query: Will someone be demonstrating this 'shanking' procedure? And will an arrow suffice? I am not equipped with further weapons
Celeste:	...Squiddly AND Nordom.
Havilar:	Come on, Nordom should know how to shank someone! Look, I'll show you on a rat. Celeste, you can't be mad about shanking rats.
12	Defeat 25 Enemies		Waterdeep has both a vermin problem and an evil organization problem. Make a dent in it!
Flapjack:	My you all do fight a lot. Is that the custom here?
Minsc:	It is the custom for heroes, when they are faced with villains! And also vermin.
Flapjack:	Oh the local wildlife! Yes--do you eat it once you've hunted?
Minsc:	I have not tried them, but I generally avoid eating rodents.
Boo:	Squeak!
Squiddly:	Uh, Jarlaxle? Do you have any snacks?
Jarlaxle:	Of all the people here, I think I'm the least likely to have a snack.
Nordom:	Query: What is a snack?
Jarlaxle:	All right, second least likely.
Squiddly:	It's just I haven't eaten today and I don't know how heroic I can be on an empty stomach.
Jarlaxle:	Aw, kid...All right, look, we'll just get some street food. Just...brush it off first.
13	Collect 25 Street Food Treats		No one packed a snack? Get some of this street food for Squiddly!
Flapjack:	Ooh, what was that? Seismic activity? I didn't know this was a seismically active city!
Celeste:	It's not. That must be one of the tremors the Open Lord was talking about.
Farideh:	How do you think the Xanathar is managing to shake the whole city?
Squiddly:	Maybe the Xanathar is working with the space elves, and I was actually ahead of everyone when I watched them fight and run away -- I mean when I chased them away.
Havilar:	What even is a space elf? Like a moon elf? Or a star elf?
Celeste:	Focus! We've got more Xanathar minions attacking!
14	Defeat 25 Enemies		The sooner you get to the bottom of these earthquakes, the sooner you can get Squiddly back home! Fight the Xanathar Guild!
Celeste:	Everyone stop dithering and picking off rats. We have a job to do, and I'm sure the city has someone to deal with the rats.
Havilar:	I think it's that guy.
Flapjack:	Ooh, they do not look happy.
15	Defeat the Rat Catcher		That rat catcher doesn't like how you're horning in on his business! There are enough rats for everyone to kill! Defend yourselves!
Havilar:	...and that's the story of why Minsc and I are not allowed to buy whiskey at the Yawning Portal ever again!
Minsc:	A disappointing ending. But Durnan did not limit our purchase of Rashemi firewine!
Flapjack:	You should try vampirate rum! I hear it is quite intoxicating! Anyway, this cave passage is very different from the world above. Dark and wet. Is this usual?
Celeste:	We're traveling along an underground river -- the Sargauth -- this is one of the quickest ways into Skullport, at least when you're traveling in a group.
Flapjack:	And what lives down here? I see many fewer revelers. Zero in fact! They do not celebrate your First Open Lord in the Sargauth?
Jarlaxle:	You'll find the people down here are less keen on the idea of centralized government than up above. But just as keen on fighting when they ought to move. Speaking of...
16	Defeat 25 Enemies		Down in the caves of the Sargauth, all manner of enemies lurk! Press on through the onslaught!
17	Defeat 25 Enemies		Hobgoblins and giant crabs -- you know what to do!
Squiddly:	Ooh, look at those shells! They're so pretty! That one's kind of swirly. And this one's kind of fan-shaped.
Celeste:	Squiddly, we're in a hurry.
Squiddly:	But...I want to collect things like you do, Celeste. Except I can't do rituals.
Celeste:	Oh.
Jarlaxle:	Right in the heart box, huh?
Celeste:	Just pick up some shells.
18	Collect 25 Pretty Shells		Squiddly has a shell collection? Well, they are very pretty shells. Pick them up!
Minsc:	Another earthquake!
Farideh:	They feel like they're getting stronger.
Nordom:	Affirmative: The magnitude is increasing.
Celeste:	Let's pick up the pace. We don't want to be down here while the ground's shaking.
19	Defeat 25 Enemies		More earthquakes! Let's get a move on! Fight the Xanathar's Guild!
20	Defeat the Giant Spiked Crab		A giant spiked crab scuttles out of the murky darkness! Crack that crab!
Flapjack:	I just want you all to know I'm having a very good time exploring your city and also it's secondary undercity. This tour is very educational.
Boo:	Squeak!
Flapjack:	I meant to ask you, Minsc, how did you come to be friends with a miniature giant space hamster? I did not know any of those were on Toril.
Minsc:	THANK YOU! You do not know how many people mistake him for an ordinary hamster. It is very difficult not being seen for who you are, is it not, Boo?
Boo:	Squeak!
Celeste:	Everyone keep an eye out. Squiddly stay in the middle. Minsc and Havilar, get up front. Farideh, we don't WANT to throw any fire around?
Farideh:	But have it ready. I've got it.
Celeste:	Xanathar? We've come to talk!
Xanathar:	And you do not have an appointment? Hmm? You'll find I'm too busy for you, Champions. Minions! See them out!
21	Defeat 25 Enemies		You've reached the Xanathar's sanctum, but he's not ready to talk! Fight his minions instead!
Jarlaxle:	We know you're behind the earthquakes Xanathar! Whatever you're doing it's going to cause a lot of problems in the city, and it needs to stop!
Xanathar:	I? I am causing problems? You're showing up, weapons out, in the sanctum of the Almighty Xanathar, thwarting my minions and I'm causing problems!
Havilar:	What are you doing that's causing the earthquakes?
Xanathar:	I'm not causing any earthquakes! Why would you think I would cause earthquakes? I live underground! This is ridiculous. Guards! Drive them out!
22	Defeat 25 Enemies		The Xanathar is insulted you're blaming him! He sends his forces to attack! Fight back!
Xanathar:	SEE. I'm RIGHT HERE! How could I have done that?
Farideh:	Your minions are all over the city. Your guild members have been attacking us all day. We stopped your assassination attempt on the Open Lord.
Xanathar:	What? I haven't ordered any assassination attempts on the Open Lord! Why would you assume that? Just because I'm a beholder crime lord you think I'll just run around assassinating everyone I don't like? Because, heads up, devil-child, that's EVERYONE!
Jarlaxle:	You and Laeral, great gods above -- you don't need to do everything yourselves, you've got minions. We think you're ordering your minions to make the earthquakes happen and attempt to assassinate the Open Lord.
Xanathar:	Where's your proof? Huh? You don't have any. Go ahead. Check my fighters -- they're carrying orders, and NONE of them say 'earthquake,' or 'assassinate Laeral Silverhand.' Go ahead. Check.
23	Collect 25 Orders from the Xanathar		The Xanathar claims his orders weren't ever about assassinating the Open Lord! Search his minions for proof!
Farideh:	'Rob the merchant.' 'Shake down the merchants.' 'Eradicate the wererat gang.' He's right. There's no assassination orders listed and nothing about earthquakes.
Jarlaxle:	This feels like very flimsy evidence.
Xanathar:	It's no flimsier than 'Ooh, I don't like him, I'm so jealous of his power and brilliance!'
Jarlaxle:	Who said any of that?
Xanathar:	It's all over your weird too-many-eyed face!
24	Defeat 25 Enemies		Even if the Xanathar isn't behind the assassination or the earthquakes, he's still sending waves of minions after you! Hold your ground!
Xanathar:	You aren't even studying these earthquakes. You haven't noticed they're not like normal tremors? They're pulsing. Like something's growing. And you know what that means?
Jarlaxle:	You're...growing something.
Xanathar:	EVIL DRUIDS.
Jarlaxle:	That is the most ridiculous attempt at redirecting our attention I've ever heard, and let me tell you, that is not a short list.
Xanathar:	You dare insult the Almighty Xanathar!
25	Defeat the Xanathar		The Xanathar himself rises up, furious and ready to punish you. But you didn't even do anything wrong! Don't let him push you around!
Xanathar:	Argh! You Champions! I warned you! EVIL DRUUUIIIIIIDSSSSSS!
Havilar:	Are we going to chase him?
Celeste:	No, I don't think he'll try anything now he knows we're onto him. Let's get back to the surface and make sure everything's settled down.
Squiddly:	...Can I be an evil druid? They sound tough.
Flapjack:	This is even better than the gladiatorial shows on the Rock of Bral. I hope you are all enjoying yourselves as much as I am.
Minsc:	Those tremors are getting stronger!
Celeste:	If the Xanathar's not behind these earthquakes, then who is?
Jarlaxle:	Wild thought: maybe they're just earthquakes?
Nordom:	Incorrect: This area is not seismically active. The earthquakes must come from some outside source.
Celeste:	Let's get to the surface and see if we can find clues to what's going on.
26	Defeat 25 Enemies		These earthquakes are getting worse! Time to head for the surface. Battle through the ruffians of Skullport!
27	Defeat 25 Enemies		The Xanathar's minions aren't the only dangers down here! Fight those quaggoths and hobgoblins!
Squiddly:	Ooh, look at that driftwood! It looks like a dragon! And this piece looks like a kraken with its mouth open!
Havilar:	Oh it totally does!
Celeste:	Squiddly, put that down. We need to get to the surface.
Squiddly:	But...my collection...like yours.
Celeste:	[sigh] All right. Grab a few.
Squiddly:	Is twenty-five a few?
Nordom:	My analysis says yes!
28	Collect 25 Pieces of Driftwood		You may have started something you'll regret. Then again, that driftwood does look interesting...
29	Defeat 25 Enemies		The damp passages of the Saragauth caves are filled with dangers! The earth won't stop shaking! Press on!
Sea Hag:	Hey! You heroes! What do you think you're doing?
Jarlaxle:	No, no, no -- we're just passing through. We're not looking to fight, we're not looking to pick up a side quest. We're just going back to the surface.
Sea Hag:	So you can keep up this earthquake nonsense? I don't think so!
Farideh:	We're trying to stop the earthquakes! You should probably leave too --
Sea Hag:	Leave my home? Nice try! I know a trick when I hear one! You crack all my crabs and then drag me to the surface? I didn't crawl out of the depths yesterday, girly. Crabs! Attack!
30	Defeat the Sea Hag		One of the sea hags of the Sargauth blocks your path, furious at your destruction of her minions! Give her all you've got!
Havilar:	Whoa. Those plants weren't here when we went down, right?
Minsc:	No and I don't like the look of them. Very evil.
Durnan:	Champions! I don't know what happened! Those earthquakes started coming on faster, and then all of a sudden those plants were bursting out of the ground! Everyone's freaking out! They're tearing the place apart!
Flapjack:	Oh! Drunk and panicking people are even more dangerous!
Farideh:	We need to calm them down!
31	Defeat 25 Enemies		What happened up here? Where'd all those plants come from? You can't get answers if you don't subdue this crowd!
Durnan:	Hey! You two! Minsc! Havilar! I told you no weapons in the tap room.
Havilar:	Mm, I don't think we agreed to THAT.
Durnan:	If this is your doing --
Havilar:	Excuse me, what would possibly lead you to think just because we started a minor brawl ONE TIME...okay TWO TIMES.
Minsc:	Three times.
Havilar:	Three times? Really? Anyway, what's that got to do with plants? We don't do plants. We do hacking' evil stuff! Which you need right now, because those are not drunks, those are thieves.
32	Defeat 25 Enemies		Chaos reigns in the Yawning Portal! Get everyone to simmer down!
Farideh:	Another tremor! And more plants! They must be related.
Celeste:	And those thieves are using the chaos to cover their thefts!
Durnan:	That coin is my earnings for the month! Get it back for me!
Minsc:	And as a reward you will take our names off the 'no whiskey' list? Yes?
Boo:	Squeak!
Minsc:	He doesn't know I will do it anyway. I am just trying to make sure we seize needed opportunities!
33	Collect 25 Stolen Gold Sacks		Hey! Those gold sacks don't belong to those thieves! Recover that coin for Durnan!
34	Defeat 25 Enemies		You have to get out of here and back to the Open Lord! Something is very wrong! Fight through the crowd!
Boo:	SQUEAK!
Farideh:	That is a VERY large vine!
Havilar:	Bigger it is, easier it is to hit!
Nordom:	Verifiable fact.
Celeste:	We're not getting out of here until it comes down, so everyone give it all you've got!
35	Defeat the Immature Crystal Vine		A strange vine explodes through the street, blocking your way. Chop it down!
Farideh:	Phew! That was...Wait. It's growing back.
Jarlaxle:	No -- SEVERAL of them are growing back. There's multiple shoots coming up.
Celeste:	Durnan, get these people out of here! We need to find reinforcements!
Celeste:	Flapjack, I'm sorry we have to cut your tour short. We need to get back to the Open Lord and mobilize Waterdeep's forces against...whatever this is.
Flapjack:	Yeah...I'm...I need to get back to Elaina. I'm not sure what's happening. But I wonder if she might know.
Jarlaxle:	Wait. Is your captain responsible for this?
Flapjack:	Nonononono! Just...she's well-traveled and might have seen this before. And if it is...we should definitely get back to your Open Lord.
Farideh:	Uh, guys? These mechanical guards are saying we're under arrest? I think...I think I might just blast them.
36	Defeat 25 Enemies		More of those strange vines erupt through the street! And the City Guard's mechanical helpers aren't helping! Chop your way through!
Nordom:	The vines are reduplicating. Efforts to chop them down cause more sprouts. Query: Cease chopping?
Havilar:	Uh, NO.
Celeste:	If we don't clear the roads, people are going to be trapped.
Havilar:	Chop faster. Got it.
37	Defeat 25 Enemies		The more you chop down those crystalline vines, the more they seem to pop up! Chop faster!
Celeste:	Nordom's right -- every time we chop one down, more come up. Once we clear this road, we need to figure out another way.
Jarlaxle:	I think the flumph is keeping secrets. Have you ever seen something like this? They almost look like they're made of crystal.
Celeste:	I was going to ask you -- I'd expect this sort of thing in the Underdark if it's anywhere.
Jarlaxle:	I mean they're obviously sprouting from deep down, but Underdark's more mushrooms than vines. This doesn't feel natural. This feels like crazy wizard nonsense.
Celeste:	Grab some of the leaves. I'll bet the Blackstaff will want to examine them.
38	Collect 25 Sample Leaves		What are these things? Gather sample leaves for the Blackstaff to consider!
Celeste:	Hm. They're very tough -- but not hard like crystal. This is like nothing I've ever seen before.
Flapjack:	Oh dear. We...should definitely get back to the Open Lord.
Squiddly:	This is exciting. It's not scary. I'm definitely not scared. I'm just going to stand really close to you, Jarlaxle.
Jarlaxle:	Kid, the truth is this hero stuff IS scary. It's a matter of being scared AND still doing what needs to be done.
Squiddly:	Right. What...what is that this time? What are YOU going to do?
Jarlaxle:	I'm going to -- Blast! More of those mechanical guard? They don't work! They're all terrible! Who designed this system? They're literally making more trouble than they're solving.
Havilar:	Ooh! If we smash them all, they'll have to start over from scratch! Let's do it!
39	Defeat 25 Enemies		The mechanical guard is out of control! Shut them down!
Overzealous Guard:	Halt, you ruffians! That's Waterdhavian City Guard property you're smashing.
Minsc:	Trust me, we are helping you.
Celeste:	Saer guard, we need to get the citizens out of this area. The vines are spreading and it's causing structural issues.
Overzealous Guard:	You need to stop tampering with Guard property and leave this area. Everything is fine. We don't need 'heroes' making trouble. We have everything under control and my mechanical guards are working as planned.
Farideh:	Everything is NOT fine! These people are in danger and your stupid guard-bots are making it harder for them to get to safety! Now move them before my sister smashes them all to pieces, because THAT's the other choice!
Overzealous Guard:	That sounds a lot like resisting an order to me! Drop your weapons and we'll make this quick!
40	Defeat the Overambitious City Guard		This guardsman is drunk on his own power and misreading the situation! Shut him down!
Farideh:	Oh, we're going to be in a lot of trouble for that aren't we?
Havilar:	Who cares? That guy's the worst.
Nordom:	Query: How is 'worst' determined? Is the guardsman worse than the Xanathar?
Squiddly:	I think actually a lot of people can be the worst. That guardsman. The Xanathar. Whoever made the vines. Nat, when she takes the last candy.
Nordom:	This category is ineffectively named. I will say the Guardsman is Worst (Category 1). The Xanathar is Worst (Category 2). Nat can be Worst (Category 3) but only when candy theft is in play, because she is Best (Category 14) when she recovers my bolts after they are fired. I have fixed it. You are welcome.
Squiddly:	Ahhh! What is that? That plant thing is moving!
Celeste:	It looks like a blight. But...not like any blight I've ever seen.
Jarlaxle:	They're dropping off the vines. We are definitely deeper into my 'wizard nonsense' theory.
Farideh:	Is it possible the Xanathar was right? Plant monsters and plants that won't stop growing. That DOES sound like it could be evil druids.
Celeste:	We'll have to discuss this later -- those blights are attacking bystanders!
41	Defeat 25 Enemies		Strange plant-like monsters lumber through the street. What are these things?
42	Defeat 25 Enemies		You're under attack from all sides and the city's in a panic! You need to get to the Open Lord! Cut a path!
Farideh:	That far-trader's shop has fallen into the street! The road's blocked!
Celeste:	We need to clear the rubble!
Squiddly:	I'll help! I can, ugh, lift this, urgh, rock, ugh...
Minsc:	Your muscles are better for...sweeping pebbles aside. Leave this to the rest of us.
43	Defeat 1 Rubble		One of those vines has toppled a building! Clear the rubble so you can pass!
Jarlaxle:	Well, that's just great. Clear the rubble, find a gigantic otherworldly vine blocking your path. We can't get to Castle Waterdeep this way.
Farideh:	If we go behind that manor, we could get through the garden. Castle Waterdeep should be just over the farther end of their property.
Celeste:	Good thinking -- let's move!
44	Defeat 25 Enemies		This side path might get you there, but more of the strange blights follow you through the manor garden!
Farideh:	This way! We should be able to get through the neighboring yard if we can cut around this giant vine. We just -- AHH!
Havilar:	Hyah! Get back, you giant blight! Get away from my sister!
Boo:	Squeak!
Minsc:	Look out! It's charging!
45	Defeat the Astral Blight Alpha		A monstrous blight drops down from the huge vine blocking your path. This plant-monster is ready to fight! Turn it into compost!
46	Defeat 25 Enemies		More chaos -- not all from the blights! More mechanical guards are malfunctioning!
Havilar:	This -- ugh! -- vine won't -- ugh! -- get -- ugh! -- chopped! Fall down already, vine!
Minsc:	It's as if they're made of stone now! My sword won't chip it.
Squiddly:	What do we do?! We can't chop down the vines! We can't get to the castle -- and that's where Nat and Jenks are! This is bad! This is very bad!
Flapjack:	Very, very bad!
Celeste:	We need to get these people away from the vines! Everyone -- No! Stop fighting! We're on your side! Just! Ugh! Get away from those blights!
47	Defeat 25 Enemies		In the chaos, these revelers don't know whose side you're on -- Waterdeep's or the blights'! Fight the blights and get the revelers out of here!
Jarlaxle:	There's a lot of rubble between us and the docks. We're going to be scaling more than a few fallen buildings I think.
Minsc:	Those blights are made of vines! We can use the vines to make ropes! Why are you looking at me like that...?
Jarlaxle:	It's a completely insane idea but it's actually the best possible plan in this moment? Let's hack some plant monsters into ropes!
Minsc:	Yes! Hack up the plant monsters!
48	Collect 25 Vines		The blights are made of bound up vines, and you may need to scale more rubble to get to the Open Lord! Gather those vines!
49	Defeat 25 Enemies		It's getting too frantic! Guards and blights and drunks! Make a path!
Havilar:	That...doesn't feel like the other earthquakes.
Nordom:	Affirmative: That tremor was significantly larger but more targeted. Theory offered: a vine that is 11.3 times as thick as previous sprouts.
Havilar:	That would be a very big vine!
Squiddly:	Hey, maybe could we just -- AHHHH!
Minsc:	A purple worm!
Celeste:	It must have been driven to the surface by the vibrations! Quick everyone! Into formation!
50	Defeat the Purple Worm		All the vibrations of the earthquakes have lured a purple worm to the surface! Defend the city against this monstrosity!
Laeral Silverhand:	CITIZENS OF WATERDEEP!
Celeste:	Wait! That's the Open Lord's voice! She must be using magic. Listen!
Laeral:	OUR CITY IS UNDER ATTACK! ALL PEOPLE PROCEED TO THE DOCKS FOR IMMEDIATE EVACUATION! ALL SHIPS WILL BE COMMANDEERED FOR EVACUATION PURPOSES BY ORDER OF THE MASKED LORDS! I REPEAT, WATERDEEP IS UNDER ATTACK! YOU MUST EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!
Flapjack:	Very, very, very bad. We need to get to Elaina's ship.
		Next: The Evacuation of Waterdeep