The skittering, insectile monstrosity that is the Ankhrav comes in two varieties - the base monster, and the larger, meaner hive mother.
After reclaiming the Angkol fortress from the drow, the Shattered Mount Dwarves found the surrounding hills had become infested with ankhravs. In the years since, the dwarven hunters have developed a style of fighting that utilizes no armor whatsoever, as ankhrav acid tends to make heavy suits dead weight. If the curious foreigners want to access the famed Angkol Archive, rumored to be the only place in the world where one can find texts written by the Dark Elves, they'll need to impress the dwarf elders - and there is no better way to do it than by beating a dreaded hive mother in single combat, equipped with nothing but a trusty weapon.
Lumberg Hill has a problem. While all ankhravs tend to go into a frenzy in the presence of a Hive Mother, Lumberg Hill ankhravs seem to be stuck in in perpetually. Farmlands on the outskirts of the settlement are quickly becoming unusable, as maddened beasts keep digging tunnels, attacking anything on sight (in almost no cases stopping to consume their kills) or spewing acid in the midst of crops. The town's authorities are offering a small fortune to anyone who can stop the rampage, but the town's wizard is offering to double it if the mystery of how the perpetual frenzy happened is also solved.
Master Gerardo is a rare sight in the Republic of Eire in the modern times of the late 18th century - a true druid. He is also wanted by both the regular and the magical police - for countless misdemeanors, mostly publicly and theatrically opposing the inevitable progress of the industrial revolution.
A friend and occasional co-conspirator of Gerardo's has come to the Chef Street Private Investigators' office asking for help. Apparently, Gerardo has somehow managed to tame an entire hive of ankhravs - previously considered extinct - and plans to release them all in the city's biggest tannery. While the concerned party fears the unnecessary deaths such a plan would cause, they do not want to involve police, as it would almost certainly end up in a life sentence for the druid master.
After reclaiming the Angkol fortress from the drow, the Shattered Mount Dwarves found the surrounding hills had become infested with ankhravs. In the years since, the dwarven hunters have developed a style of fighting that utilizes no armor whatsoever, as ankhrav acid tends to make heavy suits dead weight. If the curious foreigners want to access the famed Angkol Archive, rumored to be the only place in the world where one can find texts written by the Dark Elves, they'll need to impress the dwarf elders - and there is no better way to do it than by beating a dreaded hive mother in single combat, equipped with nothing but a trusty weapon.
Lumberg Hill has a problem. While all ankhravs tend to go into a frenzy in the presence of a Hive Mother, Lumberg Hill ankhravs seem to be stuck in in perpetually. Farmlands on the outskirts of the settlement are quickly becoming unusable, as maddened beasts keep digging tunnels, attacking anything on sight (in almost no cases stopping to consume their kills) or spewing acid in the midst of crops. The town's authorities are offering a small fortune to anyone who can stop the rampage, but the town's wizard is offering to double it if the mystery of how the perpetual frenzy happened is also solved.
Master Gerardo is a rare sight in the Republic of Eire in the modern times of the late 18th century - a true druid. He is also wanted by both the regular and the magical police - for countless misdemeanors, mostly publicly and theatrically opposing the inevitable progress of the industrial revolution.
A friend and occasional co-conspirator of Gerardo's has come to the Chef Street Private Investigators' office asking for help. Apparently, Gerardo has somehow managed to tame an entire hive of ankhravs - previously considered extinct - and plans to release them all in the city's biggest tannery. While the concerned party fears the unnecessary deaths such a plan would cause, they do not want to involve police, as it would almost certainly end up in a life sentence for the druid master.
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