Sunblight

Adventures
The Giant's Bane Tavern The Everlasting Rime Moose Tracks Civilization Dwarven Rumors Sunblight The Radiant Nightmare Waiting on Sunrise Deekin's Mission Frozen Vengeance Ending the Rime - Part 1 Ending the Rime - Part 2 Reghed Glacier Mysteries Tekeli-li's Hunt The Rite of the Arcane Octad The Netherese Necropolis Cold as Ice Friends and Foes The Spire of Iriolarthas The Fall of Ythryn
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

Sunblight is one of the adventures in the campaign Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden.

	Learn what you can about the duergar fortress.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Dwarven Rumors"
Objective(s)	Complete Area 275
Restriction(s)	No restrictions
Rewards(?)	×550 ×???	Formation

Variants

Fortress Assault

	Learn what you can about the duergar fortress with the strongest among you.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Sunblight"
Objective(s)	Complete Area 325
Restriction(s)	Only Champions with STR of 15 or higher can be used.
Rewards(?)	×650 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 425	×2.41e05 ×6,800
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 450	×3.81e05 ×7,200
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 475	×6.03e05 ×8,075
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 500	×9.53e05 ×9,000
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

Hats off to you!

	Learn what you can while fancy red pandas attempt to 'entertain' you.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Sunblight" Must have completed 17 Rime of the Frostmaiden adventures or variants.
Objective(s)	Complete Area 375
Restriction(s)	Baeloth and his illusory fancy red pandas are back! Fancy red pandas in top hats riding unicycles attack with each wave of enemies. They drop no gold, nor do they count towards quest progress. While these distracting red pandas are on screen, all enemies deal 200% additional damage. Only Champions with DEX of 14 or higher can be used.
Rewards(?)	×750 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 475	×6.03e05 ×8,075
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 500	×9.53e05 ×9,000
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 525	×1.50e06 ×9,450
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 550	×2.38e06 ×1.04e04
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

It's Cold Out There Every Day

	Learn what you can with those tough enough to handle the cold.
Requirement(s)	Must have completed "Sunblight" Must have completed 26 Rime of the Frostmaiden adventures or variants.
Objective(s)	Complete Area 425
Restriction(s)	You can only use Champions that have CON as their highest ability score, including ties.
Rewards(?)	×850 ×???	Formation
Patron: Mirt	Complete Area 525	×1.50e06 ×9,450
Patron: Vajra	Complete Area 550	×2.38e06 ×1.04e04
Patron: Strahd	Complete Area 575	×3.76e06 ×1.09e04
Patron: Zariel	Complete Area 600	×5.96e06 ×1.20e04
Patron: Elminster	Complete Area 825	×3.68e08 ×2.14e04

Waves

Type	Waves	Bosses	Favored By
armor-based	0	2	Binwin, Ezmerelda, Gazrick, Grimm, Hew Maan, Lucius, Selise, Windfall, Wulfgar
beast	5	0	Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Zorbu
boss	0	10	Farideh, Grimm
construct	0	2	Kalix, Wyll
dwarf	33	2
elemental	2	0
flying
hit-based	2	2	Binwin, Ezmerelda, Grimm, Hew Maan, Windfall
humanoid	45	4	Dynaheir, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Kalix, Minsc, Zorbu
melee	48	10
monstrosity	5	2	Ezmerelda, Imoen, Minsc
quaggoth	16	1
ranged	6	0
static
tiefling	0	1
undead	0	1	Brother Uriah, Ezmerelda, Jaheira, Minsc, Nerys, Volo, Wyll, Zorbu
winter

Wave	Tags	Monsters	Monster Tags	Image
1	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
2	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
3	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
4	underground	Northern Duergar, Quaggoth	dwarf humanoid quaggoth melee
5	underground	Quaggoth x10	humanoid quaggoth melee
Boss	underground	Animated Armor	boss construct hit-based melee
6	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
7	underground	Poison-Spitting Bat, Quaggoth	beast humanoid quaggoth melee ranged
8	underground	Poison-Spitting Bat, Quaggoth	beast humanoid quaggoth melee ranged
9	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
10	underground	Quaggoth x10	humanoid quaggoth melee
Boss	underground	Quaggoth Thonot	boss humanoid quaggoth melee
11	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
12	underground	Duergar Fighter, Quaggoth	dwarf humanoid quaggoth melee
13	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
14	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
15	underground	Giant Caterpillar x10	beast melee
Boss	underground	Carrion Crawler	boss monstrosity melee
16	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
17	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
18	underground	Northern Duergar, Venom Table	dwarf humanoid static hit-based ranged
19	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
20	underground	Northern Duergar x10	dwarf humanoid melee ranged
Boss	underground	Enlarged Duergar	boss dwarf humanoid melee
21	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
22	underground	Giant Rat (frosty), Quaggoth	beast humanoid quaggoth melee
23	underground	Giant Rat (frosty)	beast melee
24	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
25	underground	Quaggoth x10	humanoid quaggoth melee
Boss	underground	Tomb Guardian	boss construct melee
26	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
27	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
28	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
29	underground	Duergar Fighter, Quaggoth	dwarf humanoid quaggoth melee
30	underground	Northern Duergar x10	dwarf humanoid melee ranged
Boss	underground	Doppelganger	boss armor-based
31	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
32	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
33	underground	Northern Duergar, Smashed Pile of Goods	dwarf humanoid static hit-based ranged
34	underground	Northern Duergar	dwarf humanoid melee
35	underground	Northern Duergar x10	dwarf humanoid melee
Boss	underground	Ogre Zombie	boss undead hit-based melee
36	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
37	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
38	underground	Quaggoth	humanoid quaggoth melee
39	underground	Duergar Fighter, Mimic	dwarf humanoid monstrosity melee
40	underground	Mimic x10	monstrosity melee
Boss	underground	Greater Mimic	boss monstrosity melee
41	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
42	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
43	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
44	underground	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
45	underground	Duergar Fighter x10	dwarf humanoid melee
Boss	underground	Xardorok Sunblight	boss dwarf humanoid armor-based melee
46	outdoors	Winter Wolf	monstrosity melee
47	outdoors	Winter Wolf	monstrosity melee
48	outdoors	Duergar Fighter	dwarf humanoid melee
49	outdoors	Duergar Fighter, Gargoyle	dwarf elemental humanoid melee
50	outdoors	Duergar Fighter x2, Gargoyle, Winter Wolf x7	dwarf elemental humanoid monstrosity melee
Boss	outdoors	Avarice	boss humanoid tiefling melee

Transcript

Sunblight
Learn what you can about the duergar fortress.
Area	Goal		Quests & Cinematics
Nayeli:	Everyone stay close! It looks like they guessed we were coming.
Catti-brie:	This looks like some kind o' commander's quarters. Any idea where we've been teleported to?
Bruenor:	'Tis duergar stonework fer sure, but could be anywhere. Best we bust out o' this bedroom and inta someplace with more room ta fight before we take full stock, though. Everybody hit 'em hard!
1	Defeat 25 Monsters		The extents and locale of this new fortress remain unknown for now -- but the duergar here are ready for you!
2	Defeat 25 Monsters		Keeping up a frontal assault is forcing the duergar back! Keep at them!
Wulfgar:	These duergar aren't saying much. But did you notice? That first wave were all in cold-weather gear.
Catti-brie:	Aye, and all o' the same crafting as we saw in the outpost near Caer-Konig. I'm guessing this isn't any Underdark fortress. We're still in Icewind Dale.
Celeste:	I think you're right. And that makes sense if collecting those crystals is the duergar's goal. What was it Nildar spoke of? 'The power that hides within the ice'?
Bruenor:	Makes sense that they'd establish multiple presences in tha dale, then. Lookin' at this stone, I'd say we're somewhere in tha Spine o' tha World. Doesn't narrow it down much, though.
Nayeli:	Even more reason to work our way up to whoever's in charge as quickly as we can, then. Come on!
3	Collect 25 Bryn Shander Trinkets		The duergar no doubt have something malicious in mind for these trinkets of Bryn Shander they've collected. Grab them up!
4	Defeat 25 Monsters		The duergar are running out of reinforcements -- but their quaggoth allies step up to hold the line.
5	Defeat the Animated Armor		As the quaggoths regroup, a mighty animated armor guardian steps forth! Take this construct down!
Minsc:	Quaggoths are breaking, but regroup already. They will pursue.
Nayeli:	Let them. We need to find out where the duergar are hiding. Is there any hope of tracking them along these corridors?
Minsc:	Stone does not reveal much. But look there. Melting snow traces. Duergar reinforcements must have been called from outside fortress. Follow bootprints, quickly!
6	Defeat 25 Monsters		As you push deeper into the fortress, another pack of quaggoths closes in around you!
Walnut:	Hold up... there's something wrong in the chamber ahead.
Minsc:	Have we caught up to duergar finally? What do you see?
Walnut:	Not what I see. There's a scent I know. Boo, do you smell it?
Boo:	Squeak!
Minsc:	Boo says is scent of myconid! Seems strange ally for duergar to have brought from Underdark.
Nayeli:	I don't think the myconid is an ally. That chamber looks like a cell to me!
7	Defeat 25 Monsters		The presence of a myconid in this cell is a mystery needing solving -- but a quaggoth guard force and a swarm of poison-spitting bats will need to be dealt with first!
8	Collect 25 Targos Trinkets		The Targos trinkets these quaggoths hold need to be returned to their rightful owners. Grab them up!
Nayeli:	That quaggoth leader seems to be snarling something we're meant to understand. Bruenor?
Bruenor:	Aye, that's a thonot, speakin' Undercommon. I'll translate fer ye.
Quaggoth Thonot:	Back to snow with you, curs! Flee this Sunblight fortress while you can!
Nayeli:	Oh, we're on our way out already, Thonot. Only we have a few things to do before we go -- starting with freeing your myconid prisoner, and ending with sending the duergar and all their servants back to the Underdark. Whatever your bosses are planning for Icewind Dale, it ends today.
Quaggoth Thonot:	Ha! Prisoner serves glory of Xardorok. Quaggoths serve new order in Icewind Dale. Duergar will rule here!
9	Defeat 25 Monsters		The bats have scattered, but that only gives the quaggoths a wider field for their assault!
Walnut:	Hang on, friend! We're coming for you!
Catti-brie:	Hey! I'm hearing voices all o' a sudden.
Celeste:	That's the myconid's rapport spores. Their thoughts are joined with ours now.
Myconid Sovereign:	All pain... please stop pain... cannot endure...
Bruenor:	Ye won't need ta endure anythin' else no longer. Whatever them duergar have been doin' ta ye, tha Champions'll see it stopped!
10	Defeat the Quaggoth Thonot		These quaggoths need to pay for their treatment of this poor myconid. Hit this thonot and their lackeys hard!
Celeste:	The quaggoths are regrouping. Quickly, now. We need to get the sovereign free.
Myconid Sovereign:	No! No pain! Please...
Walnut:	It's all right. No one will hurt you anymore. You're with the Champions now. Poor myconid. The duergar must have been torturing them.
Celeste:	I can heal their wounds, but I don't think there's any way they'll be able to walk at speed. We'll need to carry them.
Wulfgar:	Done. Let's get this fine fungus lifted up.
Myconid Sovereign:	You help... thank you. The duergar... evil... their plans...
Celeste:	It's all right. Rest for now while we move. But if you know anything of what the duergar are up to here, we'll be pleased to hear it.
Nayeli:	How's our friend doing?
Wulfgar:	Hanging in so far. And quite talkative.
Myconid Sovereign:	War room... duergar war room... Xardorok is there. Stop him. You must stop him...
Bruenor:	Well, we ain't got no idea what we're lookin' fer in this place, so that seems as good a start as any. And that's tha same name tha quaggoth gave us. That Nildar said he was Xardorok's son.
Nayeli:	Looks like this plot is a family affair, then. We need to find this Xardorok. Let's move!
11	Defeat 25 Monsters		The duergar war room is your destination -- but it's looking like it's going to be a long fight to get there!
12	Defeat 25 Monsters		The quaggoths finally show signs of breaking -- but duergar reinforcements arrive at the worst possible time!
Myconid Sovereign:	No! Duergar come! Do not let them take us...
Celeste:	It's all right, my friend. The duergar will harm you no more, I promise you. Here, you look as though your strength is returning.
Myconid Sovereign:	Stronger, yes. But was not strong when duergar took me. Brought me here. Animating spores, they want. When quaggoths fall, duergar want them to rise again. Armies to march. The surface kingdom they mean to build.
Bruenor:	Tha duergar wanna build a kingdom in Icewind Dale? That's a right lot o' cracked ambition.
Celeste:	My friend, have the duergar spoken of chardalyn around you? Do you know what they mean to do with it?
Myconid Sovereign:	Chardalyn... the shadowed shards. Yes. Power in them. Xardorok builds something. A weapon. A monster. The war room... you must stop him.
13	Collect 25 Duergar Weapons		You need to thin the numbers of the duergar down before you're overwhelmed. Disarming some of them should do the trick!
14	Defeat 25 Monsters		The resolve of these duergar fighters is starting to slip. One more push should break them!
Nayeli:	The duergar are falling back again. We need to keep on them!
Jarlaxle:	I'm going to say hold up a moment. That last group was looking scared as they scattered.
Minsc:	As expected. Last group faced Minsc and Boo, after all.
Boo:	Squeak!
Celeste:	I'm sure that was a big part of it, Minsc. But I think it might also have something to do with that skittering coming from the darkness ahead...
15	Defeat the Carrion Crawler		The duergar are in retreat -- but a carrion crawler drawn to the sound of combat leads a pack of giant caterpillars in a frenzied assault!
16	Defeat 25 Monsters		As you advance farther into Sunblight Fortress, a quaggoth defense force is set up to meet you!
17	Defeat 25 Monsters		As the quaggoths scatter again, the duergar return in full force!
Catti-brie:	I can hear them but I can't see them. Anybody got eyes on the dark past the end o' this corridor?
Jarlaxle:	I do. Looks like a laboratory of some sort ahead. And the duergar are hunkering down.
Walnut:	Are we even going in the right direction to find this war room? I can't make heads or tails of all these corridors.
Bruenor:	Long as we're followin' where tha duergar is fallin' back ta, I think we're on tha right track. Wherever this Xardorok is buildin' whatever he's buildin', that's where his forces is gonna be centered. So if we keep pushin' these blighters, we'll get there.
Duergar Fighter:	Hold these mercenaries back! They can't reach the war room! Xardorok commands it!
Nayeli:	I think you're going to find you're not the first lackey to fail your liege's orders when the Champions come calling. Why don't you make this easier on all of us and just confirm the route to the war room? We're a little pressed for time, you see.
Duergar Fighter:	Talk, talk, talk, human. Clearly, empty threats are the only weapons and armor at your disposal. So we'll see how well they defend you!
18	Defeat 1 Venom Table		Duergar balisters lay down fire from across this alchemy lab -- and will continue to envenom their deadly bolts unless you destroy their supply!
19	Defeat 25 Monsters		Pushing into the hallway beyond the lab, duergar warriors line up to meet you.
20	Defeat the Enlarged Duergar		A full force of duergar lays into you under the direction an enlarged commander! Stand fast!
Bruenor:	That loud-mouthed fighter still mopin' around?
Nayeli:	No, he's fled. And it looks like he's taken the last of his squad with him. Too bad no vital information slipped out during his prattle. We've got too many halls leading off this area.
Bruenor:	Yeah. We can follow all tha different routes where tha duergar fled. But I'm worried that if we're gettin' close ta their war room, they might start tryin' ta lead us off.
Myconid Sovereign:	Help I can give you, new friends. As thanks. Rapport spores set free during the fight. Duergar's thoughts melded with mine for moments. Their fear at you finding Xardorok. His plans not yet complete. Working to finish them. The war room, straight through there.
Nayeli:	The one corridor the duergar didn't retreat down. You were right, Bruenor. And we're almost there. Come on!
21	Defeat 25 Monsters		One more hallway to traverse and the war room will be open to you! But this pack of feral quaggoths has no intention of letting you pass!
Jarlaxle:	The quaggoths are holding down that chamber ahead. And I can see tables with maps.
Bruenor:	Feh. Quaggoths ain't much fer cartography. That's our war room, then!
Nayeli:	But there's no sign of the duergar. Where have they retreated to?
Celeste:	Wherever it is, we'll have to hope that whatever information we find in the war room will point us to it. If Xardorok is building a weapon of some sort, he must have a magical laboratory here, or some manner of forge.
Nayeli:	Then the faster we can clear these quaggoths out, the faster we can start searching. Come on!
22	Defeat 25 Monsters		Frosty giant rats join the fight, hoping to pick off easy targets at the edge of the fray!
23	Collect 25 Termalaine Trinkets		A supply of Termalaine trinkets are on hand in the war room. Grab them up so you can return them to the townsfolk!
24	Defeat 25 Monsters		The rats have scattered, but the quaggoths have regrouped! Hit them hard!
Catti-brie:	Look sharp! Some kind o' undead approaching!
Bruenor:	Oi! That's a tomb guardian! Flesh golem packed inta plate armor. And just as berserk as all them constructs!
Nayeli:	The quaggoths are moving into position alongside it. Reform ranks! Hold on!
25	Defeat the Tomb Guardian		The duergar have assigned a tomb guardian to watch over this area -- and the quaggoths mean to take advantage of this armored golem's attempts to take you down!
Wulfgar:	We've got the quaggoths on the run at last. Now to search this place, and quickly.
Jarlaxle:	You're going to need to be even quicker than that. There, in the hall! The duergar are back!
Nayeli:	And they haven't spared the numbers. Every reinforcement in the place must be there.
Bruenor:	We can't let these blighters in here. Try and hold 'em in tha corridor ta keep 'em from bein' able ta get us surrounded! Everyone with me!
26	Defeat 25 Monsters		Duergar fighters set up an offensive line outside the war room! Drive them back before they have a chance to enter!
Catti-brie:	Is it just me, or does that warrior at the back look like he's got a real puffed-up sense o' self importance?
Bruenor:	Feh. A lot o' duergar got that. But I'm seein' a faint resemblance ta tha late Nildar Sunblight in that bounder. I'm thinkin' maybe we sound him out.
Nayeli:	You! Xardorok Sunblight, I presume?
Xardorok:	I am Xardarok -- but you'll speak only when spoken to, human. And the next words I hear from you will be a plea for mercy if you know what's good for you.
Nayeli:	I'll keep that under advisement, duergar. Sorry if we've distracted you from whatever little plan brought you to Icewind Dale. Looking to build a kingdom, was it?
Xardorok:	There'll be time in plenty to fulfill my destiny when I've seen each and every one of you in chains at my feet! Take them all!
27	Defeat 25 Monsters		The duergar force is too big to push back! The war room is about to live up to its name!
28	Collect 25 Symbols of Deep Duerra		These duergar fighters bear the symbols of their goddess of conquest. Hammering away at their faith in Deep Duerra might help break their resolve!
Wulfgar:	That Xardorok's a slippery one. Can't keep him in sight where he keeps his forces in front of him.
Nayeli:	Leading from behind. The typical path for a coward.
Xardorok:	You'll pay for your insolence, knight! Quaggoths, forward! Duergar, hold the line! These intruders will beg for my mercy before the end!
Celeste:	This one's megalomania might work to our advantage. As long as he's focused on fighting us, whatever he was doing in the forge will be on hold. Letting this battle play out lets us winnow down the duergar numbers. Then hopefully, we can take Xardorok out before his plans have any chance of reaching fruition.
29	Defeat 25 Monsters		Another wave of duergar pushes in -- and a pack of quaggoths provides deadly backup!
Bruenor:	Tha quaggoths is scatterin', but tha duergar is settin' up with crossbows. Time ta make a play fer Xardorok before we get pinned down!
Nayeli:	Leave him to me. Xardorok! Time to stop hiding behind your servants. Face me and... wait... what's he doing?
Minsc:	Duergar is doing melty-face shape change! Is doppelganger!
Doppelganger:	Yes, that's time enough wasted with this fight, I think. The master's preparations will be almost complete by now. Ah, adventurers. Always so consistent in your behavior. Always fighting when you could be thinking. You'll make excellent additions to the ranks of Sunblight's thralls when all this land is under Xardorok's control.
Celeste:	No! The duergar have been playing us in this fight. We need to get to the forge at once!
Nayeli:	Not to worry, Celeste. It won't take long to deliver this deceiver to the end he deserves!
30	Defeat the Doppelganger		This doppelganger's duplicity will cost them dearly! Take all these servants of Xardorok down!
Wulfgar:	The doppelganger's down. And the duergar are falling back.
Celeste:	Stick with them. Push them hard. They'll all be protecting the forge now, and we can't tarry!
31	Defeat 25 Monsters		The route to the forge is clear -- and every duergar in the fortress is on guard against you!
32	Defeat 25 Monsters		As fast as you clear these duergar out, a new squad steps in to face you!
33	Defeat 1 Supplies		The duergar are desperate to block your advance. Clear through these smashed supplies!
34	Defeat 25 Monsters		This side chamber should have been an easy shortcut, but the duergar are here in full force!
Bruenor:	Tha duergar is all fallin' back ta regroup. All 'cept that one. Oi! Ye been smart 'nuff ta stay clear o' tha fight so far, matron. Why don't ye and yer pet scamper before ye get stuck in tha middle o' somethin' ye can't get out o'?
Grandolpha Muzgardt:	Oh, I think you'll find that being in the middle of things is my natural state, dwarf. And I'm more than capable of getting clear of things I can't control. But please, carry on! Nothing like watching a good bloodbath to make one feel young again.
Grandolpha Muzgardt:	Oh, well done! I've been telling Xardorok his house guards lack proper discipline. But as long as they act the part of loyal servants, that's all the fool's ego cares about. Oh, but my manners. Grandolpha Muzgardt, at your service.
Bruenor:	Muzgardt... I know that name. Ye ain't any relation ta tha Muzgardts runnin' a brewery out o' Gracklstugh are ye?
Grandolpha Muzgardt:	The very same. You're a well-traveled one, aren't you? And you must have tried Muzgardt signature ale, of course?
Nayeli:	I had some Muzgardt ale once. It did a good job cleaning black pudding off my boots...
Wulfgar:	We'll have to hold this trip down memory lane for a moment. The duergar are charging!
35	Defeat the Ogre Zombie		Another squad of northern duergar try to encircle you -- and they're driving a deadly ogre zombie thrall before them!
Celeste:	Grandolpha, might I be so bold as to guess that you're not an ally of Xardorok? And might I ask you to introduce your companion? That's a most unusual creature.
Chardalyn Dragonet:	Mew?
Grandolpha Muzgardt:	Ah, yes! A gift of Xardorok's. And most likely the only useful thing I get from him before I'm done with him. He thinks he can buy my allegiance with a marriage proposal. Daft fool.
Celeste:	This pseudodragon... it's made of those same crystals!
Chardalyn Dragonet:	Purr...
Grandolpha Muzgardt:	Chardalyn, yes. A most interesting material. Xardorok is quite taken with it. And his plans for it are quite dangerous. Though I assume that your presence here means you know that already...
Celeste:	It's a construct creature. And the myconid sovereign spoke of Xardorok building a weapon... a monster. Grandolpha, do you know what he plans?
Grandolpha Muzgardt:	I know his mad ranting, but how much is truth and how much is bluster can be hard to tell. But assuming there's at least some truth in him... you'd best get to the forge, and quickly.
36	Defeat 25 Monsters		Duergar fighters pour forth to protect the route to the forge! Don't let them push you back!
37	Defeat 25 Monsters		This hallway has become a deadly bottleneck! You need to keep moving!
Minsc:	Duergar are falling back once more -- but quaggoths are howling from behind!
Celeste:	Closer in, look! Those are tokens from Good Mead scattered along the hall. If the duergar are looking to infiltrate Ten-Towns, all the tokens they've stolen might give them an edge.
38	Collect 25 Good Mead Trinkets		You need to grab up these trinkets -- but a force of quaggoths charges you as the duergar retreat to the forge!
Nayeli:	Not a duergar in sight. And it's a safe bet where they've gone.
Bruenor:	That glowin' orange door's gotta be Xardorok's forge. But where's that other door lead ta?
Minsc:	Door is close to frozen shut, but will open. Is outside beyond, and precarious descent down outside of fortress. Must be escape route of some sort.
Nayeli:	Let's make sure it stays clear. When we've deal with Xardorok and his weapon, it'll no doubt come in handy.
Celeste:	Everyone stay close. They know we're coming. We'll be walking into an ambush. And whatever weapon Xardorok has been working on, I fear we've given him time to complete it.
39	Defeat 25 Monsters		You push into the forge at last -- and into a defensive line of duergar served by murderous mimics!
40	Defeat the Greater Mimic		The duergar fall back as a greater mimic lurches forth to lead its lesser kin in a final assault!
Nayeli:	Does anyone see Xardorok? We need to keep him away from whatever he's been building.
Jarlaxle:	I can see him at the back of the mob, there!
Xardorok:	It's rude to point, drow! Did they teach you nothing while you grew up a craven, broken, half-creature under your matron's watchful eyes?
Nayeli:	Well, he's a pleasant one. And he's working at some sort of console. Target missiles and spells over the mob! Distract him from whatever he's doing! Then push hard, Champions!
41	Defeat 25 Monsters		The duergar prepare for a stand. Time to show them it's going to be a final stand!
42	Defeat 25 Monsters		As fast as you drive them back, more duergar press in against you!
43	Collect 25 Lonelywood Trinkets		These duergar dare to carry the sigils of Lonelywood! Seize these trinkets at once!
44	Defeat 25 Monsters		As their incensed leader works frantically to complete his plans, the duergar close ranks! Hit them hard!
Nayeli:	Almost on Xardorok! Curse these duergar lackies, I can't reach him!
Xardorok:	Fool. My servants are a wall of destruction! They are a wave of fear that I will ride out from Sunblight to Ten-Towns! Icewind Dale will be mine! The folk of Good Mead will be the first to fall!
Bruenor:	Oi! What's that grindin' sound! There's somethin' risin' up from 'neath tha floor!
Xardorok:	Behold my greatest creation! With the chardalyn my agents have sought out across the dale, I have crafted the weapon with which I will rule a new duergar kingdom of the surface world!
Minsc:	Is almost beyond belief of eyes. Mad duergar has created chardalyn dragon! And Minsc must give credit where is due, dragon is fine crafting. And is taking to wing!
Xardorok:	A glorious sight! And I owe it all to you, Champions, for forcing my hand. The destruction of Ten-Towns begins today!
Bruenor:	Blasted duergar megalomanic! We gotta take this blighter and all his forces out ta tha last!
Celeste:	No! Bruenor, there's no time. None of the settlements of Ten-Towns will survive an onslaught by that construct. We need to get out of here! We have to stop the dragon before it's too late!
45	Defeat the Xardorok Sunblight		Xardorok's weapon is unleashed! And you need to get past this would-be duergar despot if you hope to stop this creature!
Xardorok:	Run, Champions! Run to your doom! Run to cry fast-frozen tears as you watch the surface scum-folk of Icewind Dale die!
Nayeli:	This fight isn't over, duergar. We'll be back for you. I promise you that.
Celeste:	Nayeli, come. There's no time. Everyone to the outside door. Move quickly!
Bruenor:	Everybody stay close and keep movin'. We gotta make time before them duergar follows us.
Celeste:	Where's the dragon? I don't see it!
Jarlaxle:	Already on the move, there! And its appearance is attracting attention we'll need to deal with...
46	Defeat 25 Monsters		Pursuing the dragon means getting past these winter wolves! Move quickly!
47	Defeat 25 Monsters		As hard as you hit them, these wolves' counterattack simply grows more relentless!
Catti-brie:	These winter wolves aren't letting up. It's like they're fighting with purpose. Under someone's control...
Jarlaxle:	I'll put my money on whoever's just stepped up at the back of the pack. There!
Avarice:	What is this? A convention of dolts... why yes! It's the Champions! Decided to take some air, have you? Go for a bit of a walk in the Everlasting Rime? And how are you enjoying my mistress's handiwork?
Celeste:	Avarice! We saw you turned to ice when we defeated you the first time.
Avarice:	The power of my mistress reclaims and remakes me, heathen. As it will stop you in your tracks if you think to interrupt my infiltration of Sunblight fortress.
Bruenor:	Can't believe I'm sayin' this, but get yerself out o' our way and ye can have Sunblight fortress all ta yerself. Tha Champions has got more important things on our plate right now.
Avarice:	Oh, I think not. We have a little matter of payback for our last meeting to be delivered. And my winter wolves and gargoyles will see it done!
48	Collect 25 Caer-Dineval Trinkets		As you face off against the evil mage Avarice, Duergar carrying the sigils of Caer-Dineval spill out of the fortress in pursuit of you! Take back the trinkets they've stolen!
49	Defeat 25 Monsters		The chardalyn dragon is getting even farther away -- even as a sudden attack by gargoyles under Avarice's control heralds a new threat!
Celeste:	We're too late. We won't catch the dragon now.
Nayeli:	Curse you, mage. You've cost us precious time -- and let a grave threat advance on Ten-Towns!
Avarice:	Ha! The hovels of Ten-Towns have been doomed to destruction since my mistress set her sights on this realm. That duergar dragon razing them just makes my own work that much easier.
Bruenor:	Seem ta remember tha last fight we had was a mite quieter than this one mage. And I'm thinkin' it's time ye stop yer prattlin' fer good!
50	Defeat the Avarice		For her part in the events that threaten Icewind Dale, Avarice will pay!
Catti-brie:	The dragon's almost out o' sight. And headed for Good Mead if that cursed duergar spoke the truth.
Wulfgar:	We'll never catch it now. If Good Mead is at the head of the dragon's path, we're in the middle of the Spine of the World. We'll be days trying to escape the mountains, with a long trek across the barrens to follow.
Celeste:	No, we won't catch the dragon if we pursue it. So we'll have to find a shortcut. Everyone with me. We're going back into Sunblight.
Bruenor:	What's yer plan then? Ye think Xardorok can stop tha construct remote-like?
Celeste:	I don't know, but I wouldn't trust him to do so either way. But if we get back to the teleportation portal, we can get back to Caer-Konig. We might be too late to save Good Mead. But I swear, this dragon will fall.
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