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Some truths are locked away for a reason.

The Deep Scriptorium lies hidden beneath forgotten stonework, sealed passages, and routes known only to those who serve The Watchers. Blue candles burn beside chained books. Glyph plates turn without hands. Whispers move through the walls, offering answers that arrive too early and cost too much.

Within this sanctum, The Watchers gather forbidden records, altered doctrines, stolen rites, and secrets they believe the world is too weak to hold. Their ritual, the Hidden Key, is already active. Each forced answer strengthens it. Each failed puzzle feeds it. Each secret opened without care gives the Scriptorium more power over those who entered.

The characters must navigate a layered catacomb of puzzle chambers, dangerous archives, ritual devices, hidden routes, and watchful cultists. Revelation Points track how much the site learns from them, while Hidden Truths offer ways to weaken the ritual and prepare for the final trial. Knowledge is useful here, though every answer has a cost.

At the center waits Aporion, Fallen Saint of Secrets, guarded by the Labyrinth of the Whispering Eyes and the sentry eye above it. The final confrontation can become a brutal boss fight shaped by gathered revelations, or a rare alternate resolution where the party defeats the saint by proving they know what he tried to bury.

Adventure Description

Aporion, Fallen Saint of Secrets is a compact, puzzle-driven Saints of Ruin adventure built around forbidden knowledge, psychic pressure, and controlled revelation.

This release emphasizes momentum over exploration, hard choices over safe outcomes, and lasting consequences recorded beyond the adventure itself.

What’s Inside

Designed for 1-2 sessions, this release features:

• A three-stage ritual countdown using Revelation Points
• A Hidden Truth system that rewards careful investigation and puzzle solving
• A layered catacomb sanctum filled with archives, glyph devices, memory hazards, and cult patrols
• The Watchers, a secrecy-driven cult with clear doctrine, hierarchy, and battlefield identity
• Three new monsters: the Pale Watcher, the Waxen Oracle, and Aporion himself
• A labyrinth finale guarded by a sentry eye that punishes shortcuts and reckless movement
• A multi-phase final confrontation shaped by RP, gathered truths, and player choices
• An alternate “outknowledge the saint” ending for groups that solve the site’s deeper contradictions

Saints of Ruin is a collaborative 5E adventure line about fallen saints, the cults that sustain them, and the consequences of belief taken too far. Each release is a compact hunt built around an active ritual, a single location, and outcomes that carry forward beyond the adventure.

This adventure can be adapted to your own campaign, played as a one-shot, or be part of the Starlight Chronicles setting that connects everything made by Kelfecil's Tales.

About this One-Shot Addon

Collaboration Organization, Design & Writing: Constantine "Kelfecil" Christakis

This package includes the following resources:

• Beautiful MAPS by D&Demetrius
• Awesome TOKENS by Algoyo & Dusky Cat

This adventure can be played at any level by adjusting the number of monsters in it as well as their behavior. It has been made with Roll20 in mind and can therefore run very smoothly on this Virtual TableTop.

Quick Guide

• System: D&D 5E
• Recommended Average Party Level (APL): 7
• General Theme: Secrets, Forbidden Knowledge, Foresight
• Setting: any, Starlight Chronicles
• Time - Sessions to Finish: 2-3 sessions (7-10 hours)
• Installation: Add-On

We do not use AI text or images in any of our work. We stand vehemently against the use of AI in creative content.

Features

As a Kelfecil's Tales adventure, you can expect the following:

• ✍Signature Storytelling. I love to give background lore and narratives that connect all of my content. Expect well-explained NPCs and memorable stories. I also use my signature 3-act narrative method to ensure that you always open and close your sessions on time and with something interesting!
• 🎨Art inspires Storytelling. All of the published content by Kelfecil's Tales is made in collaboration with amazing illustrators, so you can always expect something gorgeous and inspiring to help you narrate your stories with even more ease!
• 🧭Perfect Maps for the Story. Being inspired by the maps to create the story itself, means that the maps perfectly fit for playing out the story with your group. Find beautiful maps by a different map maker in each of our releases!
• 💡Dynamic Lighting. Experience one of Roll20's most amazing features; dynamic lighting! All of our maps use this feature! Open doors and explore what hides in the shadows!
• 📖Patreon Lorebook. All of the adventures we publish are connected to the Starlight Chronicles setting which can easily be explored through the Interactive Maps and the online Lorebook features that Patrons get access to! Find out more here!

Add-On

Install this Add-On via the dropdown menu in the Game Addons section of the Game Details Page. Select the title of the addon you wish to add and click on the blue Add to Game button beside the drop-down menu.

Bug and Technical Issue Reporting

If you encounter any bugs or technical issues with this module or any other Kelfecil's Tales module, then please reach out to me directly via Roll20's PM system or via e-mail at: kelfecil(at)gmail(dot)com.

Kelfecil's Tales

With my content, you can be sure you are always getting something "handmade" and authentic.

There are no big marketing agencies behind my projects, or YouTubers and Influencers to boost the metrics of my releases. We rely on genuine value, unique ideas and original concepts to make our work known so that we can continue doing what we love to do. The aim is to create meaningful and memorable stories for you and your friends to enjoy.

If you would like to support what I do, then find out more on my website.

Thank you as always for your support and... May Starlight guide your way my friends!
~Kelfecil

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