Heart of Darkling - The Bandit Tower (Patreon)

This access point to the Darkling River comes from a small tower on the surface that is currently run by a moderately successful group of bandits. They combine classic banditry with adventuring and trade, as well as letting select people know that they have a link to the underworld that manages to avoid the drow at the Weeping Outpost that they can then use to their commercial gain.

The leader of the bandits, Keth Shihuk (an old elven mercenary), tries to keep the banditry to a low level, maintaining the crew mostly through commerce and the loot of prior adventuring. The call to adventure is still strong, however, and Keth could be recruited by the right party as a fellow adventurer, or at least a friendly port and access point along the Darkling.

Thanks to your support, it is available as a high resolution download for personal or commercial use from the blog post at https://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/heart-of-darkling-the-bandit-tower/