Unable to find tongs, Ragnok uses the blade of the flaming sword they had found to flip the gemstone up out of the firepit. Retrieving it, he notes that is warm to the touch, but not hot as he would have expected from lying in the coals. It seems to pulse with a dim inner light as he examines it more closely.
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As Ragnok picks up the stone, he is overcome with a vision: He stands alone, wreathed in flames, with the gemstone in his hand...people flee before him, and Ragnok blasts them down with pillars of fire that he calls down from the sky. The village of Hommlet lies in flaming ruins around the dwarf, and dark, demonic forms rise behind him, giving chase to Ragnok's enemies!
The visions ends almost as suddenly as it began, leaving the dwarf a bit shaken. Oddly, the dwarf feels a strange affinity for the stone, and doesn't really want to let anyone else have it...
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Several minutes have passed since the end of the fight as you looked about the Fire Temple, looted its High Priest, and retrieved the gem. There is no sign of the human acolyte that escaped your harsh brand of justice. Perhaps he fled completely; or again, perhaps he is marshalling the remaining strength of the Fire Temple against you...
Alright, I take it we are done here in this chamber? Where to now?
---MAP POST---
