Kalgor recognizes some of the phonemes commonly associated with languages developed by races with ties to darker powers, but it's Anaerion who positively identifies the language of both the large book, supplements, and notes as Aklo. Ignoring Malkovian, he's able to translate the first page of the marked section while the others search for other entrances or exits. Sadly, it appears the Aklo tongue is a fairly long-winded one, or that the author of this text is. The first page only gives specifications for the altar necessary for ... whatever the rest of the text describes. The altar here, at least, seems to conform to those requirements.
Meanwhile, Tyrien and anyone else who chooses to aid her set to looking for missing or hidden entrances. The bars on the northeastern passageway look to be slightly bent, but there are no traces of slime, only a bit of decaying flesh; it seems most likely the ghoul squeezed his way in from this direction.
Deciding she must be thorough,Tyrien wades into the nasty bog where the hunchback's body still floats. Unfortunately, the only thing she finds is an overwhelming stench which sticks to her even after she exits the pool. It appears there are no other means of leaving the chamber than the one through which the party arrived.
[sblock=ooc]Success on a Linguistics test translates one page of text over the course of a minute. As I said, deciphering the marked section of the book takes at least an hour not including manual translation time. None of the materials you've found appear to be bound to the cavern by mundane or magical means.[/sblock]
Meanwhile, Tyrien and anyone else who chooses to aid her set to looking for missing or hidden entrances. The bars on the northeastern passageway look to be slightly bent, but there are no traces of slime, only a bit of decaying flesh; it seems most likely the ghoul squeezed his way in from this direction.
Deciding she must be thorough,Tyrien wades into the nasty bog where the hunchback's body still floats. Unfortunately, the only thing she finds is an overwhelming stench which sticks to her even after she exits the pool. It appears there are no other means of leaving the chamber than the one through which the party arrived.
[sblock=ooc]Success on a Linguistics test translates one page of text over the course of a minute. As I said, deciphering the marked section of the book takes at least an hour not including manual translation time. None of the materials you've found appear to be bound to the cavern by mundane or magical means.[/sblock]