A bloody confrontation with the cultists ensued and the Band was able to defeat their enemies just as the elves arrived for backup. It quickly became clear that the Elves had assumed the Band was going to break the ward with the help of the cultists, but that hadn't been done yet. (when you read this)In the midst of battle, one of the cultists lunged towards the door, opened it and shattered into pieces - the door slamming shut behind him! After the battle, the Half-Orc decided to test the door and also opened it, meeting the same fate.
After some backtracking they learned that with the help of the pirate group, The Red Sails, they could use a key to unlock the door safely. They made a deal with Vicktor the Bold to turn over the knowledge of the location of the door in return for using his key to open the door safely. They all headed to the door, Vicktor opened it, and the Band went into the darkness. Once inside, Vicktor laughed aloud and shut the door, trapping the Band in blackness. After feeling their way around, they (blog, text me) encountered a bone devil, who seemed trapped in this halfway area - he said he would show them the way to the lost city if they reopened the door to the material plane. When pressed, he told them that the secret of the mirror that Vicktor wanted was that at a certain time, the door would open to a lost sanctuary - a repository of great artifacts and limitless treasure. If they agreed to unleash the devil and his brethren on the material plane, they would stop Vicktor and give them access to the limitless riches. Unwilling to do so, they tricked the devil into letting them through a portal to the City of Amon Sur.
Once through, Caelya used a magical map that showed them the location of the access portal to the Isle of Morgantis. Sneaking their way through the city infested with shadow magic and aberrant beholders, they located the other door but were attacked by a dragon made of (the word "dolphin vagina")shadow itself. The battle tested the limits of the Band, but they were able to push past the creature and open the portal - lunging through to the other side - into a dense jungle.
After some investigation, they cut through the jungle to the waterline to find a very old dock. From their, they followed a path cut through the jungles to a watch post, helmed by a handful of stone giants. After battling their way past the creatures, they discovered they were all wearing necklaces with a dragon pendant-like key. They lit the outpost on fire to draw out any other alllies, then snuck past a patrol deeper into the jungle to discover a large temple. Around the back of the temple, they discovered a way in using the pendant key. After unlocking a door while battling (and add) a protective stone golem, they found themselves in a large room with a desk containing a ledger. Upon investigation, the ledger contained detailed dates and arrivals of groups of prisoners. The most recent arrival was two weeks past. Two side passages revealed only the arrival of torch bearers - who upon torture revealed only that they were responsible for the lighting of torches. Without questioning them further, they let them go.
They followed the passages into a larger chamber with several guard cultists. While fighting the guards, one rushed up a set of stairs in the rear of the room. After killing the remaining guards, the sound of screaming children echoed down the stairs. Unable to take the time needed to search two large chests, the Band rushed up the stairs to a room with small prison cells on the sides. (two potions of vitality to your sheets) Children were being dragged out of the cells towards a large alter covered in blood. A cultist and his lackeys were wildly slashing the throats of the children, funneling the blood into a siphon beneath the alter. As the blood flowed, flecks of a large dragon statue were falling off as the statue slowly animated. A summoned demon charged at the party while they worked their way to stop the cultist from killing the children. After a drawn out battle the cultists were destroyed, leaving several cells of prisoners, and a large elevator-type room beneath the now-frozen statue of the dragon in the back of the room.
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