Who: Drow; Nezznar is male (per Session 15, the female drow seen at Cragmaw Castle was a doppelganger in disguise).
Session 3:
Klarg says Gundren Rockseeker was taken to Cragmaw Castle on orders of The Spider
Sildar independently confirmed the same information.
Session 9:
When she saw the party, she warned Grol to deal with them and then disappeared.
Later, after Gundren was revived, Gundren confirmed that she was the Spider.
Now likely has Gundren's map to Wave Echo Cave
Session 11:
King Grol declared that the Spider had tasked him with the party's demise.
Session 14:
In the Forge of Spells, a drow introduced himself as Nezznar the Spider.
Appeared to understand something of the forge's danger, but his motives remained uncertain; he was visibly afraid of the spectator.
Session 15 (September 29, 2026):
Clarified: Nezznar is a male drow. The female drow seen at Cragmaw Castle was a doppelganger in disguise.
Properly reseated the Star of Dumathoin, which settled the unstable Forge.
Admitted he had found the Star long ago and pursued the Forge hoping to obtain unlimited magical power.
Kept restrained and under suspicion by the party.
Session 16 (October 6, 2026):
Knocked unconscious and bound by Bjorn in the Forge.
Admitted he did not understand the Forge; he had intended to test it with a magical item, but most of his followers were gone.
Thought water-filled passages to the northeast and northwest might lead out.
Said King Grol had been tasked with capturing Gundren and bringing him and his belongings so Nezznar could obtain his map.
Claimed the dwarf found dead at the entrance was killed before he entered the cave.
Said Sildar Hallwinter and Gundren's surviving brother were held in a room to the northwest.
Tied onto Jasper and gagged by Nissa.
Still bound, his fate undecided, when the collapsing cave forced the party to flee.
Current status: 🔴 ENEMY / bound captive; fate undecided after the evacuation
