It is also rumored that a hoard of treasure still exists on the

The Mask’s History

earthmote. The pirates were reported to store their booty in
The Moonstone Mask was built by Ophala Cheldarstorn, a the skyhold, and given their sudden demise, it is thought the
mage and member of the Many-Starred Cloak. Ophala is treasure must surely still be on the earthmote somewhere.
also the creator of the magical masks and amulets worn by Getting to the skyhold, however, is no easy feat. Some form
the staff. Before the Mask was sent floating above of aerial or magical transportation will need to be procured
Neverwinter, it was rumored to feature secret entrances to access the area.
where special guests could enter and depart unnoticed. It
was also rumored to have basements that connected to Dungeon Masters’ Inspiration
tunnels of dwarven-held areas of the Underdark.
An Open Book. Per the Neverwinter Campaign Setting
In the mid-1400s DR, the inn drifted into the Sea of Swords of Fourth Edition, the Pirate’s Skyhold was intentionally
after the eruption of Mount Hotenow snapped the inn’s rope left mysterious and open for Dungeon Masters to create
tethers. The ropes tethering the inn were eventually their own adventures at the location.
replaced by large, sturdy chains, but only after the inn went
Dragon’s Hoard. It’s well-known dragons love a good
drifting over the Sea of Swords for months. Even after the
hoard! A younger dragon may have attacked the
Mask was finally returned to Neverwinter, it ultimately
Skyhold, slain all the inhabitants, and kept the pirates’
attracted too few guests, became insolvent, and shuttered for
booty as its very own hoard.
a few decades. After Lord Dagult Neverember started his
“New Neverwinter” movement to begin rebuilding Zombie Pirates. The god of death, Myrkul, has been
Neverwinter, Liset Cheldar was able to not only convince very active in the area (see Dragon of Icespire Peak
Neverember that she was the rightful heir of the Moonstone and the Beyond Dragon of Icespire Peak trilogy).
Mask, but also able to have him help fund the restoration of Undead have overrun the Skyhold and turned it into a
the inn to much of its former glory under Ophala fort of the damned. The Death Knight-Dreadnaught is
Cheldarstorn. In repayment the inn served to often house eerily anchored below the earthmote.
Neverember and many of his mercenaries and officers
throughout the 1470s and 1480s DR. I’ll Take One of Each. Myrkul has sent a Dracolich or
Ghost Dragon to the Skyhold, where it sits on a hoard
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Fisher’s Float
Pirates’ Skyhold Fisher’s Float is an earthmote just southwest of Neverwinter
that a hearty guild of fishermen has made their home and
Northwest of Neverwinter, just off the Sword Coast, is business headquarters. The homes and warehouses visible
another floating earthmote referred to as “Pirates’ Skyhold”. on the earthmote are austere by all accounts. The small,
Soon after the Spellplague, some pirates in the area noted wooden shanties certainly imply that the fishers and sailors
the earthmote could serve as a defensible base in the coasts that call the Float their home are not living indulgent
they roamed. One band of pirates, in possession of a skyship, lifestyles.
claimed the earthmote as their own and built up modest
wooden fortifications on the earthmote. While these fishermen peacefully supply a massive portion
of Neverwinter’s seafood, they also manage to keep largely to
A mysterious tragedy befell the skyhold that left most, if not themselves. As a result, there exist plenty of rumors about
all, of its pirate residents dead or missing. Their skyship the goings-on of Fisher’s Float. One particularly prevalent
remains docked on the earthmote as an eerie reminder of its rumor is that the residents of Fisher’s Float are in some
abandonment. No one knows precisely what happened on form of allegiance with evil sea gods and/or sea monsters.
the skyhold, but scores of rumors about the location
circulate in Neverwinter. Some claim a dragon took the Read More
skyhold, others claim it is being inhabited by Netherese,
Neverwinter Campaign Setting, p. 148, (4th Edition)
while still others claim it is haunted by all manner of ghosts.

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