Brotherhood of The Crimson Star

A mysterious organization known to conduct exotic magical experiments. Some sources suggest they exhibit belief in a doomsday prophecy. Despite the extreme secrecy surrounding the brotherhood, the party has come in contact with traces of them at least twice.

The Birdhouse
While on their first quest as a party, their employer, Elwood Baxter, was kidnapped by a strange talking bird while he was polymorphed into a weasel. In tracking him down, the party discovered an empty cabin atop a cliff. Investigation revealed that the house was part of a bizarre monstrosity. After aggravating the strange bird and the house which was quickly turning into a bird, the party rescued Elwood from the ritual chamber in the beast's liver and defeated the beast. In the wreckage, they discovered the symbolism of the Brotherhood of the Crimson Star, determining it to have at one point been some sort of meeting hall. The party recovered a heavily modified dagger from the ritual chamber which seems to have bonded the birds' spirits to the house.

The Sub-sub-basement
While clearing out the cavern underneath the basement of Hill Manor, then occupied by The Rat King, the party found evidence that the place was once inhabited by members of the Brotherhood as well as members of some unknown, apparently sea-worshipping cult. The party recovered a magical dagger hidden inside a broken statue of Brotherhood's design.