The DM may lead the PCs off on other adventures in the area in or around the City of Greyhawk after the move into Otiluke's old home is completed. Each time the PCs return, they might meet other acquaintances of Otiluke. The following are some potential encounters and adventures that the DM can pursue.

The main thread weaving through this adventure (believe it or not) revolves around the missing dagger that Gtorial used. The weapon is cursed and extremely dangerous. The DM is encouraged to develop his or her own adventure, considering the following suggestions and possibilities:

The dagger grants its user immunity to divination spells that would detect the user's location, thoughts, alignment, etc. It has a +5 bonus to hit and damage, and causes its user to move at four times normal speed. This increase in speed applies only to physical attacks and movement, not to spellcasting or psionic use. The user is granted AC 0 while holding the weapon; magical devices of protection cannot lower or alter this score, which overrides all other considerations.

• The dagger is extremely evil and corrupts its user. The DM might say that Lord Robilar, then Rary the Archmage, were both corrupted to evil in turn by possessing this dagger, which Robilar found in an old temple to Tharizdun in the Yards (perhaps the same dungeon detailed in WG4 The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun). However, the dagger does not cause its possessor to covet it. Instead, the dagger causes its possessor to eventually discard it, allowing others to be corrupted by it like a plague carrier can move through a city and infect many individuals in turn. This corrupting effect is only a suggestion, as Lord Robilar and Rary the Archmage could have turned to evil in other ways, including by their own choice. The DM should determine game statistics to reflect this gradual fall into evil and possibly madness. Any use of the weapon to draw blood makes this descent into wickedness more rapid.
• Glorial now owns the dagger and will use it in her own defense. Gloriat's suggested statistics are: AC 8 (ring of protection +2); MV 12; M6; hp 19; THACO 19; #AT I; Dmg IM (dagger); Spells 4/2/1. She is 23 years old in 585, and she has an Intelligence of 15; she is unremarkable otherwise. Glorial suffers from terrible fears about being attacked by Rary or others who hated Otituke. She vents considerable anger at the Circle of Eight (and Count von Suss-Varren) for failing to protect Otiluke or her from Rary. She knows Otiluke used her and has long bouts of depression over this. She left Greyhawk to return to her family in Dyvers, but it is possible the dagger has already corrupted her (especially since she has used it to kill someone, which neither Lord Robilar nor Rary ever did, so her moral decay may have been greatly accelerated) and she may have slain her family and others she knows, to hide her identity or her possession of the dagger.
• The dagger might have effects of greater scope. The DM could determine that it is actually an artifact called the Harbinger of Tharizdun, designed to spread evil across the world in preparation for Tharizdun's final release and revenge on the world. Obviously the weapon would need to be destroyed or removed from the campaign in some manner as the DM sees fit to design.
• It is possible that Count Imiric von Suss-Varren, the gnome noble from the Principality of Ulek, might know more about the dagger from old legends he heard from relatives or from Otiluke himself, before the dagger corrupted him as well and caused him to speak no more about it.

Dedication

The present and past editors of SHADIS would like to thank everyone at TSR for years of enjoyment. D&D, AD&D, Greyhawk and so many others are where most of us chipped our teeth on gaming, and this hobby would never have been without their love and guidance, as they raised us out of those "Dark Ages". I'd liked to think that a lot of imaginations were spared a horrible demise.

The re-birth of Greyhawk feels like an old forge has been warmed... one last time.

The House on Summoner Court Greyhawk Location

Introduction
Events of Harvester 14 584CY: About Noon
Loose Ends and Odd Trails
Examining the House Inside and Outside
Objects Found in the House
Future Adventures and Disasters
NPCs: Sgt-at-Arms and Invisible Stalker