Dungeon Health Inspector Shuts Down Level Three Over Mold Concerns

The Undermountain Regulatory Authority has officially condemned Level Three of the Thornhold Depths, citing persistent black mold on treasure chests, inadequate ventilation in the poison gas corridors, and a complete absence of emergency exit signage. Head Inspector Durgan Clipstone delivered his findings in a 340-page report that adventuring parties are now required to read before proceeding to Level Four. The most damning violation involved the gelatinous cube on B-corridor, which had not been registered as a waste disposal unit despite clearly functioning as one for the past six centuries. The dungeon's proprietor, a lich known only as Valdremort the Adequately Menacing, expressed frustration with the ruling. "I spent three hundred years cultivating that mold," he told reporters through a sending stone. "It's load-bearing mold. You can't just remove it." Local adventuring guilds have filed seventeen complaints about the closure, noting that Level Three contained the only working rest shrine between the entrance and the dragon's hoard. The Authority has given Valdremort ninety days to bring the level up to code.