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Heh. There's an out-of-game explanation for the watchghost's bare-bones appearance. The first one I ever introduced into play was a GenCon gaming session where I was DMing a table of TSR employees. The watchghost was a grim-looking, beautiful woman clad in a shoulders-to-ankles greatcloak. When the PCs rushed her, she pulled open the cloak (to sarcastic comments of "Porn time!" from the female employees) - - and astonished all the players because instead of nudity, they got REAL nudity. I even scared three of them visibly.
Afterwards, they all insisted the watchghost be published - - AND insisted that description be put into print.
Bwoohahaha, and so forth. :}

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It was planned. The watchghost was the flirtatious guardian of an exclusive city club that was a brothel, though it "dressed itself up" as a secret society/cult. (BTW, the flirtation was her way of getting close to intruders before any spells were hurled at her, priests brandished their holy symbols, etc.).

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Originally posted by Kentinal

Ilsheen is a watchghost (hence the "watch") described in Dungeon #30 (hence the "dungeon" and "30 pieces of silver"), page 20, in an adventure by Ed Greenwood (hence the "Sage of Greenwood") entitled "Elminster's Back Door" (hence the "door"). I think she was the first watchghost to appear in print. This is one of two adventures (I think) that Ed Greewood has written for Dungeon.

The "Land Under Shadow" is a poetic reference to Shadowdale (really referring to the region when it was ruled by the drow, see Cormanthyr).

Ieiridauna Amalree is a watchghost, also created by Ed Greenwood, who guards the mansion of Mirt the Moneylender. She appears in Elminster's Daughter, Hand of Fire, and here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/fr/ieiridaunacp. Their descriptions are quite reminiscent of one another.

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