The Erovast Codex

Westermere Manor#

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Summary#

Westermere Manor is the cliffside keep of the fallen House Westermere, overlooking Havenport. Like the Gleaming Keep, its walls were transmuted into metal, but here the metal is tarnished and neglected; the manor looks 10–15 years unkept. It holds Havenport’s teleportation circle, watched by the lone Oathkeeper Ian. Beneath it is an undercroft where the ethereal and material planes are converging. Source: 2026.09.22.

The Teleportation Circle#

The circle is one of a few that survive from King Aldrich’s time, linked to the Gleaming Keep’s. To use it:

  1. Pour spell draught into the lines of the circle. Spell draught is a bluish-silver liquid transmuted from the Thornwood Vale mana crystals that House Godrin harvests.
  2. Hold the plate-sized metal keystone in the center of the circle.
  3. Speak the destination’s name.

Use of the circle is paid for with tribute to the Oathkeepers. Duke Tristan Blackwood paid roughly 5,000 gp for the party’s trip. Ian took the keystone back when they arrived. Source: 2026.09.22.

The Undercroft#

Stairwells on either side of the entrance hall lead down to the undercroft. Samantha Westermere, the family’s ghost, says “much of it has fallen into the ethereal realm.” Ian says undead are infesting it, and he keeps away with the help of an amulet. Village children sometimes wander up at night. Source: 2026.09.22.

  • The Curtain: a floating sphere of swirling black mist blocking the archway from the first large room into a hallway. It whispered “door” to Odine Dunmere. Samantha calls it “a curtain to the realm of death,” a passage between the ethereal and material planes.
    • It opens and closes unpredictably and tends to close after it is used.
    • Both the living and the dead use it, “some of them are vile.” Traffic has grown as more people have died in recent years.
    • Azrith leapt into it and vanished. He returned through it on 2026.09.29, following directions from Eleanor Gray. See Find Azrith.
    • Eleanor said the Curtains are acting strangely because of the spirit behind the black veil — a putrid, foul entity that commands the undead and draws spirits to itself. This is why Havenport’s dead aren’t staying dead.
  • The black veil: a shimmering black wall that has sealed off part of the undercroft since the Curtain opened. It wasn’t there in Samantha’s lifetime, and it is impenetrable to her.
    • To a mortal it feels like cold steel. Black mist crawls up the arm and steals warmth, like entropy, “almost like it’s turning your essence into living shadow.” It is not evil in itself.
    • It swallows light with no reflection. Radiant light (Odine’s Sacred Flame) drives the shadow back.
    • Cassian’s magic check (natural 20) found that no one is casting a spell there. The wall itself is the source, and “whatever lies beyond that wall is affecting you.”
    • Odine’s insight check (14) revealed the veil reacts to living creatures with a sense of refusal. Whatever is on the other side is the origin of the wall and is protecting that space. Radiant energy staves off its effects; perhaps enough radiant energy, or an exchange of something vital with the necrotic force, might allow passage. But it’s old, complex, and not understood magic.
    • Samantha believes the veil is tied to the Curtain.
    • On 2026.10.06, Odine’s natural 20 Insight found two ways through: a divine smite beyond anything the party commands, or a shared offering of 10 HP of maximum hit points of life force. See Black Veil. Source: 2026.10.06.
    • The truth about House Westermere’s fall — and the entity behind the veil — lies beyond it. Samantha, Eleanor, and her family all lie beyond the veil.
  • Samantha’s room: where she died.
  • The Oath Gate: the post upstairs where Ian keeps watch over the teleportation circle. The Oathkeepers have ordered him never to descend into the undercroft because of incidents of missing persons. Source: 2026.10.06.

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