Hahns Rives

Black Gauntlet Hahns Rives is a human who oversees the Steel Watch Foundry's underground lab area.

	“	"We seek a realm without conflict, without ego, without free will. We seek unity. We seek the Ultimate State."	„
		— Hahns Rives

Involvement

Hahns Rives is the Black Gauntlet of the Foundry Lab Level in the Steel Watch Foundry. He is in charge of overseeing the Foundry's operations, and ordering and controlling the gondian workers. Hans was also in charge of sourcing a vessel and pilot; Redhammer, for transporting gondian hostages to the Iron Throne. Previously a research facility for the Steel Watchers, the Iron Throne was converted into a prison, mainly to contain the hostages.

With the production of Gortash's Steel Watchers reaching completion, Rives was ordered to begin winding down operations in the Foundry and executing any gondians who proved difficult. Hahns also recieved orders from Lord Gortash, which he dispersed to the other banites, to sweep the Iron Throne and dispose of any leftover technical prototypes and experiment logs. With the gondian workers no longer needed, they were ordered to dispose of the remaining hostages as well.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Aura of Terror ()

Give enemies disadvantage on Attacks and saving throws while in your oppressive presence.

 Range: 3 m / 10 ft

 Spirit Guardians: Necrotic ()

3d8 (3~24) Necrotic damage

Call forth spirits to protect the area around you.

WIS Save

 Range: Self

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

 Blight ()

8d8 (8~64) Necrotic damage

Deals 8d8Necrotic to a target. Plants take maximum damage from this spell, and have Disadvantage on the Saving throw against it.

CON Save

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Dominate Person ()

 Dominate a nearby humanoid. Allies are unaffected.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Inflict Wounds ()

3d10 (3~30) Necrotic damage

Putrefy a creature with Necrotic energy filling your hands.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Phantasmal Killer ()

4d10 (4~40) Psychic damage

Haunt a creature with illusions of its greatest fears. It takes 4d10Psychic Damage per turn, cannot move, has Disadvantage on Ability Checks and Attack Rolls

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Related quests

• Save the Gondians
• Disable the Steel Watch

Related literature

• Banite Request Form, orders to protect Gortash's submersible
• Rives' Failures as a Banite, found on the body of another Banite guard and presumably written by that guard. Lists some of Hahns Rives' shortcomings.
• Orders to Black Gauntlet Rives, a note from Gortash to Hans about the Steel Watcher quota, and the use of illithid tadpoles in their production.
• Iron Throne - Windup and Shutdown, orders from Gortash to shutdown the Iron Throne

Written by Rives

• STOP - Do Not Open, attached to a wall in the Lab Level. Instructions include "Do not open this door without my key", and is signed by a "Black Gauntlet Rives."
• Vessel Identified, on hiring Redhammer and his vessel to transport hostages to the Iron Throne.
• Control Centre Guards, a log about the Steel Watcher Titan replacing the guards.