Keep on the Shadowfell

Keep on the Shadowfell is an adventure set in Agrarnon, based on--but significantly different from--the Keep on the Shadowfell adventure based in Nentir Vale.

Overview
Keep on the Shadowfell is an adventure based around the town of Winterhaven and its surrounding farms, as well as a mysterious ruined keep to the northeast of Winterhaven. Winterhaven has been under frequent kobold attack, and the surrounding farmers are increasingly scared for their lives, let alone their continued provision.

As Ordaxon Shadowblade and Gragold Ironforged head toward Winterhaven from the west (recently set out from Tulgill traveling along the Western Forest Road), they are ambushed by kobolds. They rescue and are in turn aided by Nevarra Valenis and Lilac Sunstar, and the four band together in journeying toward Winterhaven. The foursome are drawn into first Winterhaven's needs, and later into a much more serious plot, related to a cultic priest, a god, and a portal into the Shadowfell itself.

Key Locations
The following are the most important locations within Keep on the Shadowfell:
 * Winterhaven
 * Shadowfell Keep
 * The Kobold Lair of Irontooth
 * The Dragon of Winterhaven Burial Site

Leveling and Assumptions
This adventure is intended for between 4 and 6 player characters. It assumes that all of the players are freshly created, or at most high Level 1 or just beginning Level 2. It also makes some general assumptions about party makeup: with a number of battles having as many as 10 minions, it's preferably to have at least three party members capable of fairly successful attacks.

Outgoing Level Targets
Characters that begin at Level 1 should end Keep on the Shadowfell either high Level 3, or possibly just broaching Level 4. This assumes characters go straight through the adventure, which is rarely the case, and in fact is not the case in A Constellation of Stars and Gods. In that campaign, characters began working through this adventure in the arc A Growing Shadow, but were pulled away from the adventure in Things Always Change.

Related Links
The following links were instrumental in running this adventure:
 * Original Keep on the Shadowfell adventure (released as a free PDF).
 * The extensive Keep on the Shadowfell remix by the Alexandrian.