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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 2026791" data-attributes="member: 2292"><p>The corridor seems to stretch on forever, winding backwards and forwards towards the deep breathing of something LARGE and HEAVY in the distance. Amarin is barely conscious, stumbling forward on pure instinct and following the mental tug of his psi-crystal. Everyone else is on edge, weapons out, the bad feeling of impending doom settling into the pit of their stomach.</p><p></p><p>They make a long list of things they really don’t want to be at the other end of the tunnel as they walk. An elder dragon. One of the major demons. Elementals. Halgo exhausts his thorough knowledge of planes lore and the kinds of creatures that are commonly bound, trying to prepare the others for what they could find. </p><p></p><p>“Maybe it go?” Blarth mentions hopefully at one points.</p><p></p><p>Amarin burbles a few times, and everyone can make out something about the psi-crystal being carried in the chaos of words. </p><p></p><p>They feel the heat just before they find the stairs, a moist warmth that feels like they just stepped into a sauna. There’s a complex pattern of runes at the bottom of the stairs, still glowing from the last shreds of power running through them. Halgo and Geoffrey both identify them immediately as the building blocks of soul magic – a living spell born when a creature sacrifices part of its own essence to give it life.</p><p></p><p>Cautiously they climb the stairs, moving as warily as they can to avoid sudden ambush. Up the stairs and into the chamber, heat rising as they climb. There are the shattered pieces of ice scattered down the stair well, quickly melting into nothingness. Halgo looks at it, judges the temperature in the air, and immediately figures that it probably originates from the para-elemental plane. <em>That doesn’t,</em> he thinks to himself, <em>bode well.</em></p><p></p><p>They reach the top of the stair.</p><p></p><p>The creature that waits for them is squatted in the shattered remains of an icicle, an aura of black and red flames flickering over its skin. It looks like a giant orc, topping twelve feet in its crouched position, but the face is both more savage and more noble than any orc the group has seen. Iron tusks loom from an oversized mouth. Skin the color of burnished bronzewood. It burns constantly, scalding the stone ceiling. Steam and mist rise to the roof, gathering in a slow drip of condensation. It rolls the psi-crystal across the back of one hand, mammoth muscles rippling beneath the polished sheen of its skin.</p><p></p><p>Baleful eyes fix on Amarin, and the cruel mouth opens into a gleeful grin.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">“GREETINGS LITTLE KEY,” </span>the creatures voice rumbles, echoing through the cave. <span style="color: Red">“HOW GOOD OF YOU TO COME.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arwink, post: 2026791, member: 2292"] The corridor seems to stretch on forever, winding backwards and forwards towards the deep breathing of something LARGE and HEAVY in the distance. Amarin is barely conscious, stumbling forward on pure instinct and following the mental tug of his psi-crystal. Everyone else is on edge, weapons out, the bad feeling of impending doom settling into the pit of their stomach. They make a long list of things they really don’t want to be at the other end of the tunnel as they walk. An elder dragon. One of the major demons. Elementals. Halgo exhausts his thorough knowledge of planes lore and the kinds of creatures that are commonly bound, trying to prepare the others for what they could find. “Maybe it go?” Blarth mentions hopefully at one points. Amarin burbles a few times, and everyone can make out something about the psi-crystal being carried in the chaos of words. They feel the heat just before they find the stairs, a moist warmth that feels like they just stepped into a sauna. There’s a complex pattern of runes at the bottom of the stairs, still glowing from the last shreds of power running through them. Halgo and Geoffrey both identify them immediately as the building blocks of soul magic – a living spell born when a creature sacrifices part of its own essence to give it life. Cautiously they climb the stairs, moving as warily as they can to avoid sudden ambush. Up the stairs and into the chamber, heat rising as they climb. There are the shattered pieces of ice scattered down the stair well, quickly melting into nothingness. Halgo looks at it, judges the temperature in the air, and immediately figures that it probably originates from the para-elemental plane. [I]That doesn’t,[/I] he thinks to himself, [I]bode well.[/I] They reach the top of the stair. The creature that waits for them is squatted in the shattered remains of an icicle, an aura of black and red flames flickering over its skin. It looks like a giant orc, topping twelve feet in its crouched position, but the face is both more savage and more noble than any orc the group has seen. Iron tusks loom from an oversized mouth. Skin the color of burnished bronzewood. It burns constantly, scalding the stone ceiling. Steam and mist rise to the roof, gathering in a slow drip of condensation. It rolls the psi-crystal across the back of one hand, mammoth muscles rippling beneath the polished sheen of its skin. Baleful eyes fix on Amarin, and the cruel mouth opens into a gleeful grin. [COLOR=Red]“GREETINGS LITTLE KEY,” [/COLOR]the creatures voice rumbles, echoing through the cave. [COLOR=Red]“HOW GOOD OF YOU TO COME.”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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