The Firefly Cellar is the three-level structure underneath [[The House of Rest]] in the [[Library of the Cobalt Soul - Port Damali]]. It contains books that have yet to be processed-- mostly older ones that have been triaged as not too important. The cellar gets its name from the magical fireflies that light it up, making up for the fact that there are no windows. ## Map ```leaflet id: firefly_cellar image: map-firefly_cellar.png height: 450px minZoom: 6 maxZoom: 10 defaultZoom: 8 zoomDelta: 1 unit: feet scale: 1 ``` [^candlekeep] ```leaflet id: firefly_cellar-better image: firefly_cellar-the_mad_cartographer.jpg height: 450px minZoom: 6 maxZoom: 10 defaultZoom: 7 zoomDelta: 1 unit: feet scale: 1 ``` [^madcart] ## Locations ### Top Floor #### F1. The Stacks Balcony [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info The circular room contains curved, dark wood bookcases packed with books of assorted shapes, sizes, and ages. Flowers in ceramic pots line the tops of the shelves, giving the area a sweet fragrance. Alcoves are spaced at regular intervals around the perimeter of the room. Four of them contain polished bronze statues of bespectacled scholars, and three hold overstuffed chairs. In the center of the room, a brass railing surrounds an overlook that gives a view of the lower level of the stacks. Hanging from the ceiling, above the opening in the floor, is an enormous stone sculpture of an open book that looks as though the cover is flapping to keep it aloft. A spiral staircase to the east leads down, as well as up to the trapdoor exit set into the ceiling. The occasional errant firefly flits about. ``` - Smooth stone walls, wooden floors - Three rows of books arranged in a circle - Large stone statue in the middle of an open book - 12 feet across - 1,500 pounds - Cover has the words _Be curious_ in Elvish. - Chains can only support 200 pounds more. - Each of the three chains has AC 19, 5 HP, immune to poison and psychic. - Spiral staircase - Book lift, rope-and-pulley with a basket - Doll 1: has a scythe with a handle made from a round paintbrush and blade cut from paper. - Doll 2: man missing feet ### Middle Floor #### F2. The Stacks [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info The musty smell of old books hangs in the air here. Concentric rings of bookcases dominate the space, with a heavy granite table occupying the room’s center. The table would be a circle, but for six semicircular gaps cut into it around its edge, creating spaces for six chairs. Small stacks of books rest on the table along with a candleholder that contains firefly-filled jars. ``` - ==large stone table== - Small pinpricks of orange-gold light slowly hovering and moving in the air - Stone statues in some nooks - Bookcases are 10 feet tall, each with a rolling ladder - 6 individual study tables - Can see stone statue overhead #### F3. Scriptorium [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info All around, fireflies float lazily about like embers caught in the air. Three writing desks sit against the north wall, with a sheepskin rug beneath each one. On one of the desks rests a book beside a stack of paper, along with a stoppered ink jar and a porcupine quill pen. Another desk has a leather case on it. A moldering tapestry hangs, off-center, on the west wall. To the southeast is a wood-paneled wall with a closed door set into it. A weak yellow glow emanates from under this door. ``` - [[Adanor]] has been working here to copy library texts - Wood-paneled wall with a closed door. Crinkle has the key, otherwise: DC 15 Dex to pick. AC 19, 5 HP. - Behind tapestry is writing: lyrics of Shemshime's rhyme. Carved by [[Yowen Pilt]]. - Dead bodies: Yowen Pilt, [[Ebder Smallstone]]. They killed each other. Ebder was an acolyte. ##### The rhyme > Who is that shadow there? Does it have a name? (SHEMSHIME) > Who's the master of this grief, avoids all the blame (SHEMSHIME) > Who is that shadow there? Destructive is this game (SHEMSHIME) > Will it ever go away, back from whence it came > > See a mother scything wheat > Sleeping husband lying near > With one swing she took his feet > another took his ear > > See a dog that knows to heel > But never heeds command > Mother gave a tasty meal > Dog instead then ate her hand > > Who is that shadow there? Does it have a name? (SHEMSHIME) > Who's the master of this grief, avoids all the blame (SHEMSHIME) > Who is that shadow there? Destructive is this game (SHEMSHIME) > Will it ever go away, back from whence it came > > See a son out washing clothes > For the folks in town > Fell into the river's roar > Sank to the bottom, then he drowned #### F4. Firefly Room [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info This small room is awash in the glow of thousands of fireflies. The luminescent insects flit around inside more than a dozen glass terrariums that fill shelves along the walls. A steady plinking noise results from their bouncing off the glass. Shallow wooden boxes are packed on the lowest shelves. ``` - Former supply closet, but [[Crinkle]] turned it into a firefly room for raising and caring for them. - Vials of liquid food for insects - DC15 Perception shows manic script in floorboards that say _FINISH THE RHYME_. #### F5. Bindery [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info Leather bits, wood shavings, and paper scraps litter the floor near a large workbench. Tools and contraptions are organized neatly around a handful of books in different states of disrepair. Stools surround the bench, one of which has a leather apron draped over it. ``` - [[Varnyr]]'s been working here, repairing books: bookbinding, leatherworking, woodcarving, painting tools - Ledger of books needing repairs - _Fey Crossings: Documented occurrences_: replace cover - _Living a Dream: Three Years Among Stone Giants_: Replace cover - _Shemshine's Bedtime Rhyme_: repair spine - _Halfling Superstitions_: rebind - DC 15 Perception/Investigation to realize that all but _Shemshine's Bedtime Rhyme_ are on the workbench. ### Bottom Floor #### F6. The Worm Tunnel [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info It’s cold here. A low, barrel-vaulted ceiling crowds the already narrow passage. Light from a firefly lamp that hangs on a hook in the wall is inadequate to illuminate the entire space. ``` - Claustrophobic - Closed but unlocked door at the end. - Lamps every 10 feet on alternating sides of the hallway #### F7. Kitchen [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info A dirty skillet stands out among an otherwise immaculate kitchen, and the smell of bacon in the air hints at the skillet’s former contents. A door in the southeast corner hangs open a crack. ``` - Oven in corner, coil of iron enchanted with _heat metal_, activated by a toggle switch. - Well-stocked pantry. - Pots and pans hanging from hooks. #### F8. Avowed Quarters - Party [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info Two beds, positioned on opposite walls, flank a washbasin in an otherwise bare room. Both beds are made, but the blanket on one of them is a bit rumpled. ``` - This is the room the party is given to sleep in for the night. #### F9. Gailby's Room [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info A child sleeps here. Toys are scattered on an unmade bed, and piles of clothes obscure all but a few bare patches of the floorboards. Above a writing desk in the corner dangles a dragon marionette made from brass and wood, with wings of canvas dyed red. A round firefly lamp hangs in the opposite corner. ``` - Creepy drawings: - Man with severed feet - Boy underwater, grasping at throat - Dog with severed hand in its mouth - Black cloud over each one #### F10. Ebder's Room [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info This sparse bedroom is tidy, apart from a clay bowl containing the remnants of a particularly vinegary meal resting on a large trunk. ``` - Trunk: Avowed robes - Bed - Under bed: ornate circular box with silver filigree. Inside is a small glass figurine of a woman with a post meant to hold a ring, but Ebder is wearing it. His deceased wife's name was Valeshti. - Small table - Mirror, washbasin - Made into [[Chessia Wakiam]]'s quarters ##### NPCs - Chessia Wakiam - [[Ravinha]] #### F11. Crinkle's Room [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-question If Gailby has attacked Crinkle already: Against the far wall is Crinkle’s slumped form. The silence in the room is interrupted periodically by her ragged breaths. ``` - Ora, Lira, Flint (PP >15) or DC 15 Perception notice an occasional glow coming from where north wall meets west wall. There is a hole with a toggle. - When toggled, 5-foot wide panel releases and slides to the side. Contains either _Shemshime's Bedtime Rhyme_ (if it hasn't been found) or: - amber ring belonging to Ebder's wife (25 gp) - ornate curved dagger (25 gp) - set of four intricately shaped glass bottles (5 gp each). Two of them have _potion of gaseous form_ and _potion of heroism_. #### F12. Avowed Quarters - Perriweather [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info A beautiful painting of Candlekeep on the south wall looms over the five beds that crowd this room. A narrow shelf tucked into the northeast corner holds jars of fruit preserves and pickled vegetables. ``` Room assigned to [[Doctor Waldorf Perriweather]] while he's here. Usually unoccupied. #### F13. Adanor's Room [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info This room is furnished with a bed, a washbasin, and a writing desk. The desk has a tiny clockwork oyster resting on it. ``` - Metal key next to oyster makes oyster produce soothing ocean sounds. It's worth 50 gp. - Cushion for meditating #### F14. Varnyr's Room [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] ```ad-info This bedroom could be another wing of the library for all the books packed into the shelves that line the walls. Two five-foot-tall candlesticks in the middle of the room have magical flames flickering atop them—a welcome reprieve from the relatively dim light of the firefly lamps. ``` - Candlesticks are lit by _continual light_ spell. Books here are Varnyr's personal books. - Large cushion for meditating - Armoire with clothes - Green velvet reading chair ## Shemshime's influence table [[The Firefly Cellar#Map|Back to map]] | Roll | Phenomenon | | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | For the next 10 minutes, all the fireflies in the lamps flicker out at irregular intervals, leaving the library in darkness for several seconds at a time. | | 2 | Random books fly off the shelves. Creatures in rooms where there are books must make DC 13 Dex saving throws or take 1d10 bludgeoning damage. | | 3 | The library becomes much colder. The drop in temperature lasts until the end of the adventure. | | 4 | Three shadows appear and attack the characters. | | 5 | Random character must make a DC 12 Int saving throw. Fail: Take 15 spychic damage and frightened of their worst fear. Save ends. On fail: 15 damage. | | 6 | Three characters in Firefly Cellar must succeed on DC14 Wisdom save or take 10 psychic damage and makes a weapon attack against another creature. | ^influence | Roll | PC | | ---- | ----- | | 1 | Boris | | 2 | Ora | ^pcs | Roll | Character | | ---- | ------------------------------- | | 1 | [[Boris]] | | 2 | [[Ora]] | | 3 | [[Lira]] | | 4 | [[Jamedi Cosko]] | | 5 | [[Flint]] | | 6 | [[Adanor]] | | 7 | [[Doctor Waldorf Perriweather]] | | 8 | [[Apphida Perriweather]] | | 9 | [[Chessia Wakiam]] | | 10 | [[Darrak Flametongue]] | | 11 | [[Rurik Shatterblade]] | | 12 | [[Enelyel]] | | 13 | [[Ravinha]] | | 14 | [[Varnyr]] | | 15 | [[Crinkle]] | | 16 | [[Gailby Smallstone]] | ^chars [^candlekeep]: Wizards of the Coast. (2021). _Candlekeep mysteries (Dungeons & Dragons)_. [^madcart]: User the_mad_cartographer on Reddit. (2021). _Candlekeep mysteries: The firefly cellar | Shemshime's bedtime rhyme_. 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