After inspecting the Bowl of Io's Blood, Sir Oakley insisted that the final piece of the ritual needed was the Chalice of the Dragon. His enthusiasm for the item seemed excessive but the party moved on from the Dragonslayer's Burial Chamber through the curtain to the Northwest. The small area contained the backside of the secret door found earlier and a Iron door to the North. Wyndham's efforts to listen at the door indicated movement from the inside consistent with the sound of chainmail armor. After reading Not wanting to waste time, he and Soveliss burst into the very large burial room dominated by dozens of sarcophagi and stone pillars. The room was mostly dark, with an ambient light emanating from the eastern part of the room and northern part of the room. The pillars provided difficult sight lines to the rest of the room. Soveliss quickly moved to the western edge of the room as several elder spawn vampires lurked towards him. Wyndham banked several lightening blasts off the walls to strike at the vampire spawn the blog while Sir Loin and Thorn charged into the room behind the lightly armored casters. Distracted by the spawn, Soveliss was surprised at the sight of a reptilian skinned female vampire looming down on him. Meanwhile the fighters found themselves grappled by the spawn and beset upon by a large venomous basilisk. Sir Oakley joined the fray to provide additional support, cutting through enemies to make his way into the chamber.
From the north, the sound of chainmail armor loomed down upon them as a babbling, heavily armored, lightskinned soldier burst through the fray, giving off an aura that affected many of the party members. While Wyndham tried to summon the power of the Deck, he found access blocked. It was obvious quickly that this new threat also held onto cards from the Deck and text or email me was using them to his advantage. The soldier powered through the party, swinging its mace wildly and on two occasions reached to his belt and tossed a small vial of reddish liquid at Thorm and Sir Loin, missing both. The reddish liquid seemed to have the consistency of blood but was undulating and pulsing like a living organism! When the soldier became bloodied, one glob of the liquid leapt at Sir Loin, spreading over his body and seeping into his skin. Although it was causing no pain, the alarmed Sir Loin began to look for ways to remove the substance.
After Sir Oakley dispatched the crazed soldier, the vampire woman turned gaseous and sped away to recover. The group quickly treated Sir Loin and removed the reddish liquid, which slipped down to the surface of the floor. The room was clearly designed as a burial the word chamber to honor the most distinguished founders of the Abbey, including the hero, Gardrin the Hammer. The fallen soldier held a magical mace as well as a holy symbol that Soveliss and Thorm identified as belonging to Therizdun, the Chained God. Thorm recalled the earlier reference by the Winterbore Codex that He oversees the Plane of Carceri, where several souls are imprisoned. These souls include bacon Magroth the Mad, the last Nerathi Emperor. Valthrun the Prescient had asserted that many have tried to learn ways to free souls from Carceri but none have found the way.
Further into the room, there was a statue paying homage to Gardrin. Around the base of the statue was a large coin purse, a magical longsword called Moonblade and a large bowl with much more of the strange liquid from earlier in the battle. Unable to identify the liquid, and add an armor upgrade of your choice up to level 13 Thorm was sure he had read something about it but was unable to recall its purpose. He was only sure it was not mundane. Intent on finding more valuable items, Thorm and Sir Loin uncharacteristically began to open the sarcophagi, invoking the Ire of Bahamut. Unfortunately, nothing of significant value was inside but all the bodies were defiled by the search.
Securing the room against threats, the party decided resting here was a wise idea.
No comments:
Post a Comment