The Mote of Sykothek and the Needle of Golgorath

Two adventure locations in the Karthax Mountains. In this installment of our tour of the mountains things are getting eldritch and strange. Of course, both the artificial sky-island and sinister obelisk described here are connected to the Vlaak.

The Mote of Sykothek

Hidden behind the perpetual cloud cover surrounding one of the Karthax Mountains’ highest peaks floats the Mote of Sykothek, an artificial island held aloft by eldritch machinery.

    • The Mote of Sykothek was created by the aberrations who once kept the inhuman vlaak as slaves.

    • Sykothek was created as a monitoring station meant to analyze the Vlaak Empire’s rise and eventual fall.

    • The Mote of Sykothek contains magical and technological marvels unseen in this age.

The Needle of Golgorath

The Needle of Golgorath is a magical obelisk erected by the vlaak.

    • The Needle of Golgorath is a narrow, towering pillar of unnatural black stone; embedded within its surface are a multitude of yellowed vlaakish skulls.

    • Cultists of the otherworldly abominations of the Outer Dark believe that the Needle allows direct communion with the eldritch monstrosities they serve. 

    • It is theorized that the use of certain obscure rituals performed at the base of the obelisk may enable travel from the mortal plane to the reaches of the Outer Dark.