Oakvel Hobgoblin Caves
From Stormhalter
Spider City and the Hobgoblin Caves
Below the surface is where the Brotherhood liked to perform its research. The first level below the surface is where initiates were trained in the arts. A garrison of Orcs and Kobolds once guarded the area and a few of them remain, but for the most part, the area has been taken over by Spiders, Vipers, Rats, and Scorpions. Beware, however, many of these creatures can inflict a poisonous bite or sting. While the Brotherhood was active, it had minions of Hobgoblins, Orcs, and Trolls. Some of these they trained in the art of magic. They housed them in some wet caverns located below what is now Spider City, and to keep the troops in line the Brotherhood summoned Spectres from the Undead level. Even after the fall of the Brotherhood, these foul creatures maintained their barracks in the wet caverns that they were used to, and they made an alliance with the Spectres set to watch them. For you see, the Spectres did not wish to return to the Undead level, where they were less powerful. Therefore, the Spectres agreed to assist the Hobgoblins in guarding the area. These Spectres cast a powerful blinding spell, followed by multiple death spells. There are many foul pools in the caverns, and what goes into those pools even I dare not think.
