The jagged shoreline surrounds a crumbling ruin, its stonework cracked and swallowed by creeping vines. The air is thick with unnatural stillness, broken only by the distant cries of unseen creatures circling the fog-choked lake. Strange symbols etched into ancient stone hint at forgotten rituals, while flickering lights — unnatural and ghostly — dance across the shattered pathways like will-o’-the-wisps, luring the curious ever closer.
Here, rival factions have carved out makeshift encampments amidst the ruins, each seeking to claim the site’s lingering power. Broken barricades, scattered supplies, and hastily fortified positions reveal the tension of an uneasy truce on the brink of violence.
The Candlemere Contested Level offers Dungeon Masters a rich and volatile setting for tense negotiations, sudden ambushes, or creeping supernatural horror. Beneath its haunted beauty lies the ever-present threat of ancient forces, ready to awaken should the balance tip too far.
