Lair
Wealth
Noxia’s treasure hoard is in her lair, accumulated by her cultists and servants over millennia.
The hoard contains the following items:
- Cloak of the bat
- Dagger of venom
- Sun eater staff
- 2 potions of clairvoyance
- 2 potions of flying
- 2 potions of gaseous form
- 2 vials of oil of sharpness
- The Heavenkiller Chronicles
- Black onyx bowl (worth 500 gp)
- Porcelain vase adorned with stylized draconic art (worth 2,000 gp)
- Dragon-horn comb engraved with gothic imagery and veined with black tourmaline (3,000 gp)
- Marble statue of a weeping Human with black opal eyes (worth 4,500 gp)
- Gold cup with serpentine handles, embedded with emeralds (worth 5,000 gp)
- Ring inlaid with smooth obsidian surrounded by black diamonds (worth 5,000 gp)
- 100,000 cp, 40,000 sp, 10,000 gp, and 1,500 pp
History
Genesis
Noxia is a very special black dragon. Unlike any other dragon, she was taken by the god of poison and was born to be a subject of his experimentation. The dragon's naturally strong constitution and the black dragon's resistance to acid would let the god of poison experiment with various kinds of toxins. Yet, Noxia wasn't immune to poison, and was tortured by the god of poison for years, even centuries. The poison, not strong enough to kill her, did let her understand the true meaning of suffering. The various twisting her body, forcing her to shed scale, her skin, thin and corroded oozing a green poison, deadly fumes surrounding Noxia.
But, as she grew and survived those experimentations, her might also grow. Raised among the gods, and experimented on, she was a dragon unlike any other, and when she reached the adult stage, she faced the god of poison. Knowing her physical strength or the poison she was now able to control would be useless, she plotted in secrets. After years of planning, the trap was ready, and soon, the god of poison was weakened, and trapped. Noxia revealed herself as the master of this plan, enjoying the slow and painful torture she was subjecting her former master to. Keeping him alive, she was soon known as the Mistress of Venum, gaining godly power, and thriving when watching the former god of poison losing all of his power.
Legend says, the almost dead god, powerless, is still locked within Noxia lair, which became the new god of poison, the scream of horror echoing through the plane as Noxia keeps torturing him, peeling his skin off, burning his flesh, letting his lungs rot.
Fall of the false god
1136 AD
A group of adventurer managed to kill the false god of the Yuan-ti, the dragon Sseth. Only
Rakon, one of the adventurers, survived the encounter, now wielding Sseth's divine power. With Sseth dead, Sistine's control over the
Chezucore theocracy of Yuan-ti weakened, leading to rebellion among the tortles slaves and a subsequent famine.
Retreating to the Shadowfell, Sistine sought refuge with the vampires of the
Crimson Court, but they refused to intervene in the mortal conflict. Turning to the divine once more, Sistine presented the Yuan-ti with a new god to worship: Noxia. With the rebellion over and control restored, Sistine regained her authority over the theocracy.
However, in exchange for her help in restoring Sistine's power within the Chezucore Theocracy, Noxia demanded a price. Sistine was to be transformed into a medusa. While many would consider such a transformation a curse, Sistine and the yuan-ti viewed it as a blessing, and she willingly agreed.
Now endowed with the power to petrify her enemies with her gaze, Sistine rules over the yuan-ti as a medusa. This transformation has solidified her authority and augmented her mystical prowess.
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