Bhaluin
The drowned city of Bhaluin rests on a large island in Brightstar Lake, some 10 miles out from the shores of western Semphâr. Bhaluin was a northern port city of Imaskar and a military center for the empire. The armies stationed here served as the empire’s vanguard against frequent dragon invasions from the north.
Many of Bhaluin’s ruins extend into the lake and lie partially submerged under several feet of water. A well-preserved royal palace of rose-colored stone with seven slender minarets stands in the center of the ruined city.
Bhaluin is presently occupied by followers of the dead god Myrkul. Their leader is Viandos Rippek (NE male human cleric 9 of Myrkul/horned harbinger 4), an obsessed priest devoted to recovering Imaskari magic that was used against the Mulhorandi gods millennia ago. While the followers of Bhaluin comb the upper ruins of the city for such magic, a small army of Rippek’s undead servants searches the underwater areas. Viandos hopes to discover an artifact or spell that could slay the current god of death—the hated Kelemvor.
