The Genius/Mad Archmage Dradaghazzar (Lord and creator of Faeral Dungeon) is paid a visit by a powerful being known as Lord Drakhon bidding Dradaghazzar to form an alliance with this diabolical being. Dradaghazzar bids the foul archmage to leave  his domain or to face his wrath. Drakhon tells him of the revenge he  will force upon Dradaghazzar and its enough to actually startle the "all-powerful" archmage. Drakhon leaves Faeral Dungeon.  leaving behing his words echoing through Dradaghazzars mind.
    Lord Dradaghazzar begins scrying for some worthy advirsaries whom it would be easy to force to do his bidding. He  finds a single Calishite psionicist turned mage already traveling within his own dungeon, as well as a band of adventurers traveling up near Waterdeep...a  band consisting of an elven mage, a dwarven warrior, and a trollborn warrior. Easy but potential prey. So with a few spells, those 3 adventurers find themselves within Faeral Dungeon on a mission to bring that Calishite mage to Dradagghazzars lair deep in the Ninth layer of the dungeon.
    So this band consisting of Lorthois (elven mage), Juan (dwarven fighter), Throg the Crimson Blade (trollborn fighter) and Imoteph (calishite psionicist/mage) band together traveling deep into the depths of Faeral dungeon. Along the way the manage to drink of the fountain of eternal youth, battle a fire dragons, Alien creatures  with acid for blood, planar beasts, as well as hordes of endless other  creatures!
    Together they come before Dradaghazzar whom charges them to see to the problem of a creature known as Lord Drakhon for him. He allows them to drink from two magical fountains, the fountain of experiences and the fountain of races. Power and the blood of different races freely flow through their  veins after their drinks fromt he waters of the  fountains. Then for payment Dradaghazzar takes the dwarf's favored  weapon (rod of lordly might), the trollborns favored weapon (two-handed sword +4), makes the elfs bare touch kill all plant life, and uses a   wand to transform the once living calishite mage into a slave-lich (as Dradaghazzar holds the phylactery).
    These mismatched adventurers were charged to enter Hellgate Keep in the north, and join forces with Whisper and Karranna as they attempted to regain the last Tome of Gates. If the managed to take care of Lord Drakhon they they would be given back their weapons, or the curses would be removed. They have  no choice but to agree to his terms and the adventurers enter a magical gate to Hellgate Keep.....