Vlanerlada

RulerA marilith called Sauvilsa (Pl/female marilith/HD12/CE) runs the site. She found two entombed goristroi in Agathion long ago, and is single-mindedly putting them to use for her goal of defeating one of the abyssal lords and taking his place. She realizes that this is a major and extremely dangerous undertaking and is willing to wait until she is sure of success, no matter how much her chaotic blood boils at waiting and planning.

Description Vlanerlada is a large vaguely ovoid cavern in Agathion. Ages ago, two goristroi were imprisoned here by someone no doubt long dead. Unable to starve to death or to suffocate, they sat here in a stupor until a tanar’ri party led by Sauvilsa came across them while looking for an imprisoned mage that was rumored to have valuable secrets about the baatezu.

As soon as the goristroi were inadvertently discovered the marilith recognized that there was one of each gender, and a plan came to mind. She set up circumstances to make her balor lord Baphostian believe that she and all of the troops with her had been killed, and then began the arduous process of breeding the goristroi. To date four offspring have resulted, but the flesh that they need to grow has not been easy to find. Sauvilsa holds a device that allows her and several of her troops to move between Pandemonium’s layers, and she uses it to hunt down entire settlements to sate the stupendous appetite of her goristroi.

The cavern has remarkably few structures along its walls. With no easy means of entry into Agathion, there is little need for defensive battlements. The tanar’ri that live here live a typically squalid and rancorous tanar’ri existence, and Sauvilsa’s iron will is the only thing that keeps them from tearing each other limb from limb.

Militia The original expedition was a military one, and the troops are of frighteningly high quality. No manes or dretches were in the party, but a horde of bulezau, vrocks, and armanites peppered with cambions, alu fiends and tieflings that form the bulk of the troops. A few babau and nabassu round out the throng. They only get to vent their rage on the food raids, and their frustration guarantees that anyone who does manage to make it into this cavern will be quickly reduced to a fine red mist.

Current Chant The disappearance of entire burgs is starting to be noticed, even on an infinite plane. In the Madhouse, the bleakers are starting to get together a team to investigate what’s happening. How long it will take to get the team together and how long it will stay together is anyone’s guess, but the Bleak Cabal is trying to get some bloods from other planes to keep the group together as long as possible.