next grand duke.

If she gets her way, Baldur's Gate will share Elturel's fate
and get dragged down into the Nine Hells.""My mother is one of the three
remaining members of the Council of Four, which governs Baldur's Gate. She
was instrumental in convincing Ulder Ravengard to travel to Elturel and
meet with its high overseer, Thavius Kreeg. With Ravengard gone, the
Flaming Fist is leaderless and vulnerable.""The Dead Three cultists receive
regular payments from my brother, Amrik, who runs his own mon- eylending
business out of a tavern called the Low Lantern. My mother doesn't expect
much of me, but she thinks the world of Amrik. He's always been her
favorite."

• "My oldest brother, Thurstwell, uses imps as spies throughout the city. He
has the bathhouse under sur- veillance and probably knows you're here. He's
very sickly and seldom leaves our mother's estate."

• "If you've made it this far, you've ki lied most of the leaders of the Dead
Three cult. Without them, the cult will break up. The cultists keep their
treasure nearby." (Mortlock points toward area D30.)

Ifthe characters let him go, Mortlock hides in the city until he can book
passage on a ship and leave Baldur's Gate. He has no intention of ever
returning.

Mortlock is afraid to confront his mother or his broth- ers. That said. a
successful DC 14 Charisma (Persua- sion) check can convince him to help
the characters cap- ture or kill Amrik at the Low Lantern (see page 28). After
doing so, Mortlock leaves the city as quickly as possible to escape his
mother's wrath.

030. TIAMA T'S STOLEN TREASUREA short flight of stairs climbs to a

circular chamber with four padlocked wooden chests piled in the middle of it.
The chests are locked, but characters might have wrested the keys from the
iron consul in area D12. A character can also use thieves' tools to pick a
padlock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check.

Treasure. Each chest weighs 25 pounds empty, and all four contain loot
stolen from Tiamat's hoard on Avernus. This treasure was brought to Baldur's
Gate by devils in league with Zariel, and was given to the Dead Three
cultists by Amrik Vanthampur on behalf of his mother, Duke Thalamra
Vanthampur. The contents of each chest are described below.

Chest 1 holds 4,500 cp and two red crystal vials with gold stoppers (25 gp
each). Each viaJ contains a potion offire breath. With the coins and vials
inside, the chest weighs 70 pounds.

Chest 2 contains ten eye agates (10 gp each) scattered amid 1,250 sp. With
the coins and gemstones inside, the chest weighs 37 pounds.

Chest 3 contains a delicate porcelain dragon mask (25 gp) resting on a bed
of 2,400 cp and 500 sp. With the coins inside, the chest weighs 55 pounds.
The mask weighs 1 pound.

Chest 4 contains a bronze crown with five spires (250 gp). Each spire is
shaped and painted to resemble one of the five kinds of chromatic dragons
(black, blue, green, red, and white). The crown weighs 2\.-2 pounds.