Heroes of the Borderlands, Part 13

13.  Moreover, information of the evil priest’s background allows the party to know if the priest is willingly working with Chaos, or was his mind enslaved by a relic of evil.  If his mind was unwillingly enslaved by evil Chaos, have at least one option for the PCs to free his mind from that evil.  The priest’s family may pay the player characters money for the priest to be returned to them, dead or alive.

Within a dust covered book, there are records of where and who made Shrine artifacts.  The sacrificial altar was made with stone not found within or near the Caves of Chaos.  Thus, this large stone was made and then infused with Chaos magic somewhere else; then it was moved with great expense to the Chaos Shrine.  Likewise, the mundane artifacts such as the tapestries depicting obscene images, to the magical infused such as the 4 ancient bronze vessels designed to hold blood from sacrificed victims made to come from outside the Caves of Chaos.

Finding out where and who made these Chaos artifacts will be an important intelligence advantage to Lawful people.  For example, the maker’s mark stamped on the bottom of the bronze vessels will point to the craftsperson that made these vessels.  A maker’s mark is found on the bottom of a vessel, which is a stamped mark being a sign of the person or workshop responsible for its production.  This information will then trigger future quests, where the player characters are asked to seek out and then destroy workshops that create Chaos artifacts, while bringing those who make these vile Chaos artifacts to justice.

There could be humorous letters where the chief priest asks for money to build a stone wall around the entire ravine to prevent Lawful soldiers from walking into the caves.  There would be a large, tall gatehouse (a type of fortified gateway) between the ravine and the road.

In another letter, his senior priest or priestess wrote to him in arrogant and condescending words a reply letter denying building the wall due to lack of money and skilled stone workers.  The point is to show the players that Chaos has a limited amount of money and resources, along with making stupid judgments.

Note:  These eye-opening letters show the absurdity of Chaos that invests huge amounts of planning to build the Chaos Shrine around a crack in reality; investing the money, resources, and labor building the Chaos Shrine; but then rejects building a wall and gatehouse protecting the Chaos Caves from Lawful invasion.