In the depths of the catacombs beneath Valhingen lay secrets best undiscovered…

Gargoyles provide guardianship over the deeps, but they also sealed away a secret, a horde of beholder-kin called Death's Kiss.  There were only a few, but having nothing else to do, they turned to breeding, and hibernating, until stirred from their slumber by the party's arrival.

The beholder-kin left many things in its horde.