The Crossed Roads
Location: Outlands / Hinterlands
This is the site where the road outward from Automata crosses the road known mainly as the Crossroads Road. There’s a small burg here, selling supplies to those heading out into the Hinterlands. In charge is the tenarimar Pointdexter the Mauve (planar tenarimar wizard [he/him] Free League / N), who wears robes the colour of an illithid’s scalp from head to toe, and only ever shows his horns, nose and beard. He is pretty cagey about his origins, and tends to go inside when unmortals approach, as he fears that if he had one of the fits that plague his race, he would reveal his true appearance by accident. The locals are understandably wary of him, although he seems a reasonable enough chap. His tower stands right at the crossroads, and on each floor a window looks out in each of the four directions.
There are always modrons in town, usually on their way to study the area around Spare Wheel. Pointdexter hates them, and has banned them from coming within 100 yards of his tower. The River Pyriphlegethon passes about a day and a half’s walk Out-by-Leftwards of the town. No-one much goes that way, and it’s considered ill-omened by the locals.
Source: Alex and Margery Roberts
