Through the Worldglass

Workshop · Quests

Investigation and defense

Through the Worldglass

Lvl 13-164-61 to 2 sessions· Deadly

“Stop an undead siege before the Worldglass becomes a permanent doorway for the Council of Nine.”

— Hook · Investigation and defense

QuestgiverArchivist Ilyra Venn

Investigation and defense

D&D 5E

Deadly

Lvl 13-16

4-6

1 to 2 sessions

4 NPCs

3 encounters

The Opening

“The dead have begun massing at the Worldglass, and their movements are too orderly to be mindless. Something beneath the crystal is calling them by name, and if you do not discover what it is, Calemir will be the first city to fall.”
— Hook · Investigation and defense

Set the Scene

The arch of black crystal shivers with reflected fire while the dead kneel in ranks that no corpse should know. Ilyra Venn spreads a charcoal map across a stone slab and points to the Worldglass, saying the same impossible thing three times in a row: the dead are waiting for orders, not hunger. Before you stand the glassward, the first bell from beneath the crystal begins to ring.

Patron

Questgiver

Archivist Ilyra Venn

Urgent, scholarly, and frightened enough to ignore protocol

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d4 · table

01
The dead at the Worldglass never attack at random. They always pause first, as if awaiting a signal.
02
A reflected candle flame in the glass can show the names of people who will die tonight, but only in another city.
03
A council envoy was seen entering the glassward before the first corpse rose.
04
Glassward children claim they hear singing from under the floor whenever the moon is dark.

Stakes

If the party fails, Calemir becomes the Council of Nine’s first mirror-city foothold, and the Worldglass turns from barrier into invasion corridor.

Ticking Clock·Each hour that passes increases the number of bodies the Council can animate and strengthens the Worldglass breach. By the time the second wave arrives, the breach begins pulling matter and souls through the glass.

Background Lore

For three generations, the Worldglass has stood beneath Calemir like a vertical sea of black crystal, reflecting not the sky but possible lives. Scholars insist it is a barrier, a memory, and a wound all at once. In the last month, the dead have begun gathering at its base, drawn by bells no one can hear and by orders no living tongue has spoken aloud.

What the World Knows

The dead are gathering at the Worldglass in unnatural numbers, and the party is sent to learn why. They discover a coordinated undead assault, then travel through the glass to warn Calemir before the attack reaches the city itself.