Infobox
Location: Ruined Village
Appearances:Session 2, Session 3
Structure type: Lair
Description
Gardonins Layer is a small structure located underneath the Ruined Village, with the entrance found in the ravine. It has four rooms, each slightly different.
The Entry room
The first is a small 30 ft x 45 ft room, characterized by 10 identical paladin style statues in two rows. Each holds a broadsword. The walls are intricately decorated with detailed stone carvings. There is an entrance to two other rooms on the left and right hand sides. On the far end of the room, there is a stone alter with several runes on it. In deep Speech, the alter reads
One who wises to enter here, press the correct hexagons and you shall enter.
Albeit considerably more poetic in its origin language. On the wall in front of the alter, there is a hexagon showing each of Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Bone, Light, and Dragon symbols.
Storage room
branching off from the Entry room, the right passage goes to a small storage room. Contrasted with the entry hall, the walls of this room and passage to it are ugly at best. It seems hacked away. It contains two tables, the remains of a firepit, and some barrels. On one of the tables, there is an empty treasure chest.
Bone room
This room has walls, floors, ceilings, and pillars made entirely of what appears to be bone. The pillars are not very sturdy, appearing to be barely holding the ceiling up.
Throne Room
The throne room is where Gardonin spent his time, and was located behind the hexagon puzzle in The Entry room. The correct combination of which is some combination of the bone, earth, and dragon hexagons. Because all three were pushed in Session 3, it is currently unknown which was the correct combination. After solving, the puzzle folds in to become a stone archway.
Summary
Gardonins layer was where Gardonin setup his command of the gnolls that attacked Dragonview. There were several of these gnolls resting in the Storage room when the adventuring party arrived. These were quickly dispatched. The party then explored the bone room. Within, Rar found some object within a secret compartment in the room, however, he didn’t tell anyone of it. The party then solved the puzzle to the throne room. Upon fighting Gardonin, he was nearly defeated. He escaped into one of the pillars in the Throne room, seeming to meld into it.
Relationships
Locations:
Ruined Village
Gardonins layer is found underneath the Ruined Village, which is also located within the Dead Forest.
NPC’s:
Gardonin
This is the layer of Garadonin
Sarkas
Sarkas was the organizer that originally sent the party to investigate the circumstances at the Alditch farm, and by relation, the events at the Dead Forest.