Old Swords

See Also: Thesk

At the eastern end of the northern range, overlooking the Tannath Gap, stands the distinctive peak known as the Old Swords. Near its acme, the mountain splits into two great rocky piers that jut a thousand feet into the sky, creating a landmark known by all who pass this way. In the cleft between the two pillars a tribe of evil dragonkin has made their home, venturing out to raid the Nethentir track and harry farmsteads in the valley below when the mood takes them. The leader of the tribe is a hulking monster called Daggerclaw (NE male dragonkin Ftr3/Clr7 of Tiamat), who delights in capturing humans for sacrifice to his dark draconic deity.

Filauxerimos and his clan haven’t been sufficiently provoked to destroy the raiders’ stronghold, but they attack and kill any dragonkin they come across. The dragonkin have learned to hide at the first sign of a copper dragon. Daggerclaw is plotting to secretly gather all his warriors and ambush one of Filauxerimos’s younger and weaker kin, dreaming of a truly worthy sacrifice to Tiamat. Such an act would, of course, bring down upon the dragonkin tribe the full wrath of the copper wyrm and all his followers.