Temple of the Shining Hand

NON CANON part of DMTim's Games

The Temple of the Shining Hand is a temple that moves from place to place at the will of Azuth the God of wizards. The Shining Hand was a monastic order based in Amn, dedicated to Azuth.

Azuth is an old God and can be quite mischievous. It has been said that on occasion he would waylay travellers and adventurers on the road or in taverns and inns on busy roads and persuade these adventurers to help him clean out his temple as some sort of beast had taken hold. When in truth he would place an illusion spell on all the adventurers so that they would think their companions were actually orcs and vis versa. The chaos would ensue and Azuth would sit back and enjoy the show as warriors fight their friends thinking they were evil Orcs.

To make matters worse there would be booby traps, and room by room the building would collapse until any remaining competitors were forced into a single room to fight it out.

The last one standing would be given a magic item for reward and once it was over they would be returned unharmed to their reality with the thanks from amused God for a fan gladiatorial afternoon.

One such group while working as caravan guards for Norare Weramalk  the owner of the Trinket Eye Emporium, consisting of Alarial, Mint, Thalia, Avin, Miseria, Vars and Eltharion managed to pierce the magic and escape the Temple before it collapsed getting out as the last room came down around them. The room had a magic crystal under it that put anyone to sleep so those without resistance collapsed. Avin forced his way through the sleep, smashed out the tiles in the floor and they all jumped down into a small room where the sleep crystal, was dragging their sleeping companions with them. They worked out that they all had to have their hands on the crystal and it sucked them out of the temple and back to the inn where there journey had begun.