Embercrag Caves (Patreon)

The Embercrag is a small volcano in the southern reaches. The whole environment there is a mix of freezing cold, snow, and strong winds, contrasted with the primal heat of the volcanic range that isolates it from the lands to the north. Conscriptor Gavald, one of the lich lords of this realm, uses the caves of the Embercrag as home for a pair of dragons under their control. Conscriptor Gavald, a flame-wreathed skeleton wearing a cape and kilt of beaten copper panels, is sometimes found here instead of their vault or in the great tower of the lich lords.

The Embercrag can be entered by a number of caves that lead down into the interior of the volcano, either down through the caldera above into long chimneys leading to areas 6 & 4, or by one of the caves (1). The lowest of these caves (lower left) is the most obvious entry point and the easiest to navigate – although it leads through all the various hazards of the volcanic caves. There are deep lava pools, flowing magma, and a pair of grand chambers where the dragons sleep and bask in the heat. The smaller of these chambers is where the dragons are protecting a young wyrmling that the lich is trying to figure out how to steal away for experiments without losing the service of the two dragons.

This is one of five maps that I drew for the HELLCRAWL release. I’ll be posting the rest of these maps over the next few months.

https://dysonlogos.blog/2026/09/23/embercrag-caves/