Overview
Khazan's library, cut into the rock under Lake Baratok and reached by an old well-shaft on the shore: rows of shelves gone soft with damp, half of it flooded black, and the great catalogue desk that was never a desk (The Drowned Library, docs/story/side_quests.md).
A long low hall under the lake, shelf after shelf of swollen books, the far half standing in still black water. The air is wet paper and cold stone, and in the middle of it all, a great catalogue desk of lacquered oak with a hundred little drawers.
Resting: Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.
Getting here
Ways in
- From Van Richten's Tower: Down the old well-shaft
Ways out
| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up the well-shaft to the shore |  Van Richten's Tower | |
| 2 | Up the well-shaft to the shore | Van Richten's Tower |
Map
Key: gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.
Close up
the great catalogue desk
People
Who turns up at points in the story (1)
- Xaver, The stacks (#3): when quest.the drowned library
What to find
The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 8 the first time you come (Random Treasure). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.
Fights
- The catalogue desk opens all its drawers at once, and every one of them has teeth. Round the room, two…, in The Drowned Library: The Index, Mimic. Part of The Drowned Library.
Quests and lore
- The Drowned Library: Something whispers up the old well on the shore of Lake Baratok, from the archmage Khazan's library under the lake: don't come down.