"Let me go first."
Torhak stops glowering at prisoners and moves toward the indicated tunnel
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(5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux
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Torhak stops glowering at prisoners and moves toward the indicated tunnel
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When the group finally left the dig-site cavern and moved eastward down the steep slope into the "grotto" with its petrified Treants, Ironthorn stood in front of his dead "father-uncles" and bowed his leafy head.
Moving on, the group descended another steep slope, past a pool of mineral-rich water that Shamal had purified while the group had rested here. They continued, finally leaving the caverns for a stone-walled Vault. As Torhak stepped onto its flattened, stonework floor, magical glass embedded in the walls began to glow, lighting the room.
The large Vault's irregularly shaped walls were hung with various "trophies" - bones, corpses that were partially mummified or stuffed by taxidermy, the weapons and armor of fallen foes. There was a stuffed warrior centaur, posed in a mockery of battle, still clutching his spear. But the thing that stood out the most (not least because it was illuminated by the brightest beam of light from the glowing glass) was an enormous dragon skull, carved with runes and set upon a grand marble plinth.
That was the most obvious and present thing in the room, but the group took note of other important factors: Three exits, other than where they'd entered. Two in the eastern wall, and one to the south-west. In spite of the light, the latter exit was shrouded in a gray, shifting haze.
When the group finally left the dig-site cavern and moved eastward down the steep slope into the "grotto" with its petrified Treants, Ironthorn stood in front of his dead "father-uncles" and bowed his leafy head.
Moving on, the group descended another steep slope, past a pool of mineral-rich water that Shamal had purified while the group had rested here. They continued, finally leaving the caverns for a stone-walled Vault. As Torhak stepped onto its flattened, stonework floor, magical glass embedded in the walls began to glow, lighting the room.
The large Vault's irregularly shaped walls were hung with various "trophies" - bones, corpses that were partially mummified or stuffed by taxidermy, the weapons and armor of fallen foes. There was a stuffed warrior centaur, posed in a mockery of battle, still clutching his spear. But the thing that stood out the most (not least because it was illuminated by the brightest beam of light from the glowing glass) was an enormous dragon skull, carved with runes and set upon a grand marble plinth.
That was the most obvious and present thing in the room, but the group took note of other important factors: Three exits, other than where they'd entered. Two in the eastern wall, and one to the south-west. In spite of the light, the latter exit was shrouded in a gray, shifting haze.
NOTES: 1) Dragon Skull. 2) Back to the Grotto. 3) Closest Eastern Exit. 4) Furthest Eastern Exit. 5) Shrouded South-Western Exit.
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