Vonayn's Home

From Heapside Strand

The Sahuagin group can include Sahuagin, Sahuagin Hunters and a Sahuagin Champion. The Champion can provide valuables and a Smelly Bag whose contents can reveal an early reference to the Iron Throne. This encounter is associated with the shoreline approach rather than the interior of the house.

From Philgrave’s Mansion

Vonayn’s Home is east of Philgrave’s Mansion. This is the natural route if the party has already met Mystic Carrion and accepted the task of finding Thrumbo. Information gathered in the mansion and from the Strange Beggars gradually points towards a waterside hiding place and then towards a wardrobe.

Thrumbo’s wardrobe

Thrumbo is hiding inside the wardrobe at approximately X: 56, Y: -120. Interacting with the wardrobe causes him to emerge and begin a conversation. He does not function as a normal resident or merchant while he is here. His presence is temporary and tied to the Mystic Carrion quest chain.

Thrumbo explains that Mystic Carrion murdered him and his companions, then turned them into unwilling undead servants. He asks the party to help free them. The party can either side with Thrumbo or kill him and return his remains to Mystic Carrion. Helping Thrumbo eventually leads to the investigation into Mystic Carrion’s immortality.

Beach House Hatch Key

The Beach House Hatch Key is on top of the wardrobe. It opens the locked hatch on the porch at approximately X: 61, Y: -123, leading to the basement. Without the key, the hatch can be lockpicked with a DC 15 Sleight of Hand check.

The key is easy to overlook if the party opens the wardrobe immediately and moves on. It is worth collecting before leaving the room, particularly if the party has no character suited to lockpicking.

Initial room and trapped passage

The first basement room contains boxes and an oak door. Beyond the door is a passage containing several tripwire traps. The traps can be noticed through Perception and should be disarmed with a character who has strong Dexterity and Sleight of Hand.

There is also another oak door leading towards a smaller passage. At its end is a lever set inside a narrow rocky alcove. The party cannot simply walk up to the lever, but it can be activated from a distance, for example with a ranged attack. Activating it opens a false wall and reveals the hidden living area.

Practical advice: enter turn-based mode before crossing the trapped corridor. If a character fails a disarm attempt, the resulting explosion can damage nearby objects and party members.

Hidden riverside chamber

The false wall opens into a concealed living area with:

The rowboat and dock are environmental evidence of the house’s previous function. They do not provide a separate travel route or a boat-based activity. The chamber is a hidden room within the basement, not a separate Lower City subarea.

Counting House Safe nº6 Key

The Counting House Safe nº6 Key is in a backpack beside the bed at approximately X: 61, Y: -123. It opens Safe 6 in the Counting House. The corresponding safe contains minor supplies, including potions or elixirs, gold and other low-level miscellaneous loot. The safe key is a fixed item, not a random drop.

The key is unrelated to the Counting House’s numbered vault keys. In particular, it should not be confused with:

Cave-like storage area

The eastern part of the basement contains a cave-like storage space. A trapped wooden chest stands near an acid barrel. The chest contains some gold and a random potion. A failed disarm attempt can cause the chest and acid barrel to explode together.

The contents of the chest are not a fixed named equipment reward. Treat them as ordinary variable loot rather than a guaranteed unique item.

Documents

The basement’s papers add context to the house and its former occupants. They are particularly useful for confirming that this was a smuggler’s hideout rather than simply an abandoned coastal home.

The letter To ‘One-Eye’ is in the mailbox outside the home at approximately X: 52, Y: -118. It describes a missing friend, an appointment with an unknown person and a request to meet at the Water Queen’s House. It is atmospheric evidence connected to the house’s wider history, not a separate quest with its own confirmed objective.

The sources consulted identify the documents and their locations, but do not establish every writer, recipient or former occupant of the house. Those details should not be inferred solely from the presence of the letter.

Thrumbo

Thrumbo is the only named character directly identified as occupying Vonayn’s Home during the game. He is a runaway zombie and former servant of Mystic Carrion. He hides in the wardrobe because he and his companions are attempting to escape Carrion’s control.

After the party helps him and destroys Mystic Carrion’s heart, Thrumbo leaves the house and returns with the other freed servants to Philgrave’s Mansion. He then replaces Mystic Carrion as a trader there. Vonayn’s Home is therefore a temporary hiding place, not Thrumbo’s permanent post.

People associated with the location

The following characters are connected to the location through nearby quests or clues, but are not residents of Vonayn’s Home:

Find Mystic Carrion’s Servant

The quest normally begins at Philgrave’s Mansion when Mystic Carrion asks the party to find Thrumbo. Depending on the order in which the party explores, clues can also be discovered before or after speaking with Carrion.

Thrumbo’s location can be found through exploration even if the party fails to obtain every clue. His conversation is the important trigger at the house.

End Mystic Carrion’s Immortality

If the party sides with Thrumbo, the next stage is to discover how to kill Mystic Carrion permanently. Thrumbo suggests investigating the cellar beneath Philgrave’s Mansion. The later investigation reveals that Carrion’s heart is hidden inside Thrumbo.

The heart jar explodes when destroyed, dealing 8d6 fire damage, so it is safer to destroy it at range and keep party members clear of the blast.

Alternative: kill Thrumbo

The party can reject Thrumbo’s request and kill him. This allows the body or heart-related quest item to be returned to Mystic Carrion, but it follows a different outcome from the liberation route. The sources confirm the choice and the possibility of killing Thrumbo, but the wider consequences depend on how the party handles Mystic Carrion afterwards.

Tripwire traps

The basement corridor contains multiple tripwires. They are the main immediate hazard. Bring:

Lever alcove

The lever is positioned where normal movement may not reach it. Use a ranged weapon or another verified ranged interaction. Activating it reveals the concealed chamber. This is a deliberate environmental puzzle, not a requirement to use a particular class or spell.

Trapped chest and acid barrel

The wooden chest in the cave area is trapped and placed beside an acid barrel. Failed disarming can destroy the chest’s surroundings and harm nearby characters. The reward is modest and partly random, so do not take unnecessary risks if the party lacks a suitable trap disarmer.