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Perched precariously on a jagged, narrow peak within a transient demiplane of judgment, the Temple of Death is a foreboding crypt that exists in the liminal space between the living and the dead. Carved into the spire’s stern face, its cold, stone halls are etched with ancient runes and filled with an eerie silence. The temple's most formidable guardian is a malevolent fiend known as Mor'Tanath, a being of pure evil, yet unwaveringly dedicated to the singular purpose for which it was created: to ensure that the souls entombed within never escape. Within these hallowed and haunted walls lie some of the multiverse’s most powerful undead—lich kings, mummy lords, and greater vampires, all bound by the god of death's unyielding wards. Despite their formidable power, they remain prisoners, thwarted from leaving by the temple's arcane barriers. 

Death cultists, driven by fanatic devotion, frequently attempt to infiltrate the temple to liberate their dark masters. However, Mor'Tanath, with its fiendish cunning and might, ceaselessly thwarts these intruders, maintaining the delicate balance of life and death ordained by the god of death.

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Creative Team

• Design and writing by DMDave
• Cartography by DMDave using DungeonScrawl
• Illustration by Matias Lazaro