How did they know about this dungeon? [SPOILERS]

[Helel13]

Hey guys,

Just finished up A History of Ashes, and am about to start Skeletons of Scarwall. Quick question that I'm not sure the source material really covered. My players are pretty savvy and I anticipate they will wanna know how exactly Laori Vaus and Shadowcount Sial managed to discern that Castle Scarwall is such an important destination and that presumably is where the key to recovering Kazavon's Fangs is located. I have a hard time reconciling that Laori and Sial knew about Scarwall all along and are just now interested in exploring the castle with the party at such a coincidentally convenient time (ie now the party knows about the Castle from the Shoanti). Any advice for making this segment of the story and their new proposition of cooperation more cohesive would be appreciated, thanks!

[Sarlax]

Helel13 wrote:

Hey guys,

Just finished up A History of Ashes, and am about to start Skeletons of Scarwall. Quick question that I'm not sure the source material really covered. My players are pretty savvy and I anticipate they will wanna know how exactly Laori Vaus and Shadowcount Sial managed to discern that Castle Scarwall is such an important destination and that presumably is where the key to recovering Kazavon's Fangs is located. I have a hard time reconciling that Laori and Sial knew about Scarwall all along and are just now interested in exploring the castle with the party at such a coincidentally convenient time (ie now the party knows about the Castle from the Shoanti). Any advice for making this segment of the story and their new proposition of cooperation more cohesive would be appreciated, thanks!

A smart combination of Scry, Divination, and Commune will allow them to know the best time to visit. In fact, Chapter 4 already suggests some level of observation like this is done to the PCs.

[Askren]

Laori and Sial are members of the church of Zon-Kuthon. Zon-Kuthon used to be the patron of Kazavon long, long ago and is both the reason Kazavon has all the myriad of devils and other horrors living in his castle, as well as why the castle itself is cursed. At some point in the past, the church of Zon-Kuthon declared Kazavon an unstable zealot who was better dead than alive, largely because his cruelty and tyranny made him a prime target of hatred and enmity from surrounding nations, which wasn't really a good thing for the church since they don't need that kind of attention and drama.

So while it is thousands of years in the past, long before Korvosa was even built, it still sort of makes sense that if Zon-Kuthon himself or his devoted followers cared about the relics of Kazavon, they'd have a clue where his castle was since it's a pretty important fixture in church history.