Severed Hand

The Severed Hand is the ruins of an ancient elven fortress.

Description[]

Main article: Hand of the Seldarine

It is located in a snow-free valley in the southern part of the Spine of the World mountain range.

The fortress was built and inhabited by elves long before the events of the Icewind Dale game, as a stronghold called the Hand of the Seldarine. What remains of it now is weather-beaten and partially collapsed.

Plot[]

Main article: Chapter 3

When your party reaches the Severed Hand, chapter 3 of the game starts.

The goal is to find Larrel's room inside the fortress, and then restore Larrel's sanity so that he can use the Heartstone Gem to reveal the source of the evil that's plaguing Kuldahar. (This requires finding four Machinery Pieces strewn about the fortress.)

In addition, there are some optional side-quests (see below).

Maps[]

In this game, the Severed Hand consists of a base tower with four floors, and on top of it four smaller towers (the "fingers" of the hand) with several floors each.

Map	NPCs	Quest content
outdoors	Larrel's Sending	-
Base tower
Level 1a	-	-
Level 2a	-	-
Level 3	-	-
Level 2b	-	-
Level 1b	-	Machinery Piece
Level 4	Lethias Lehland Telanis Sehriya	-
Upper part
Labelas Tower, bottom part destroyed level	Larrel's Sending	-
Solonor Tower (priests) shrine common area church quarters	Denaini	Machinery Piece Putting spirits to rest: Solonor Tower priests (24,000 exp) Restoring the elven shrine (52,500 exp)
Corellon Tower (officers) briefing room war room quarters arboretum	Valestis	Machinery Piece Restoring the arboretum (438,000 exp in chapter 5-6a)
Shevarash Tower (warriors) holding cells training room training room hippogriff stalls	Kaylessa	Machinery Piece Putting spirits to rest: Kaylessa's soldiers (52,500 exp)
Bridge	-	-
Labelas Tower (wizards) quarters library astrolabe	Custhantos Gelarith Larrel	Repairing the astrolabe (118,000 exp) Giving Larrel the Heartstone Gem (54,000 exp) Discovering the fate of Larrel's daughter (56,000 exp in chapter 4)