The Temple to Bahamut and Stairs everywhere

After an extended rest to regroup and recover from the trek up the mountainside, Thorm located a stairwell behind collapsed rubble from the roof in the southeast corner of the barracks building.  While Edhas went to scout the large temple on the plateau, Thorm and Sir Loin began clearing out the rubble to access the stairs.  Edhas skirted the area around the temple and noted a curtain wall that surrounded the back of the temple while a pair of double doors dominated the front of the building.  Unwilling to enter the building alone, she returned to the barracks to fill in the rest of the group.

Meanwhile, aware of the seeming contradictions in Sir Oakley's story, Wyndham, Soveliss and Dora questioned him.  He asserted that long ago he visited the Nerathi capital city, Nera.  The lost capital is shrouded in gloomwrought darkness and most people avoid it, but Oakley insists he visited the city some 300 years ago after the fall of the temple.  He was lost in time and when he found his way out of the Gloom, it was ten years ago and the world had moved on.  Unsure whether to believe his story, the party continued to proceed with clearing the stairs and awaiting Edhas' return. 

Moments later, Edhas returned and gathered the party to advance on the temple.  Although a good amount of the stairs had been cleared from the barracks, they insisted on joining her to visit the temple.  Oakley was particularly excited about the prospect of purging the temple to locate the final two pieces needed for the purification ritual. 

Entering through a breach in the curtain wall, they entered through a rear door, followed a corridor to the temple proper.  They were greeted by screeching voices, entreating them to pray to Bahamut.  Not long after entering the polytheistic temple they were attacked by a pair of bloodlust harpies.  Swooping around the temple, the harpies used their alluring song to lure the party together and strike with sonic attacks.  Meanwhile several bloodtouched Angels emerged from side passages in the temple and joined the fray.  Through the ripping and slashing of the harpies and double strikes of the party, their efforts paid off and they defeated the foul creatures.  Although they did discover another card from the fabled Deck of Many Things, evidence of the final two ritual components was lacking.  Several rooms were falsely illuminated with gold coins edged between stone in lieu of mortar.  Unwilling to take from the temple in case the coins were an offering to Bahamut, several party members refused while others took piles of gold from the rooms.  When you finish reading this, text me the word entrails and add two vials of alchemist fire.  Deep in the rear of the temple, a stairwell descended into the darkness.