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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 3855116" data-attributes="member: 5868"><p>The carriage arrived at the gates to the large and imposing edifice that was Castle Teraknian. Towers rose from its crenellated battlements, and Thalas could feel the weight of hundreds of years of construction in stone pressing down on him as they approached the walls.</p><p></p><p>Four guards armed with polearms waited near the entrance, rising to bar their way. Lavinia silently took out here signet ring and presented it, causing the guards to bow and step aside.</p><p></p><p>"They are with me," she said, motioning the company of adventurers forward. Thalas gave the guards a wry smirk as the six heavily armed and armored adventurers passed into the intrior of the castle.</p><p></p><p>A scurrying clerk met them not beyond the entryway. "Lady Vanderboren. We just received your summons, and it is an honor to meet your acquaintance. Please, follow me -- the vault is this way."</p><p></p><p>They followed the small stooped man in silence down immense flag stoned halls until they reached a grand spiral staircase that led downward under ground. Spiraling down its iron-grated steps, they eventually arrived in a small circular room that served as the intersection of eight radiating hallways. The clerk motioned to one, indicating "Your vault lies at the end."</p><p></p><p>Lavinia turned and with the adevnturers behind her moved the fifty feet or so down the hall, which ended in an imposing steel-shod stone door which was set with a rune showing an eight-pointed star. There was a door handle, but in place of a lock was a small circular depression, just big enough for a signet ring. Lavinia hestitated for a moment, then sighed and placed her ring in the lock. There was a click, followed by a flash of blue light that illuminated the narrow hallway, and the door swung inward.</p><p></p><p>The chamber beyond was well lit by some form of lantern set near the top of the thirty-foot high domed ceiling. The chamber itself was rectangular, roughly forty feet wide, with large pillars supporting the dome above. Two alcoves were inset into the walls to left and right, flanked by pillars carved to resemble giant cobras.</p><p></p><p>"Was your family into snakes?" Thalas asked. </p><p></p><p>Lavinia only shrugged. "I know nothing of this place."</p><p></p><p>"We should look for storage or a secret passage," Athal suggested, and Morderas, Quinn, and Thalas immediately began seacrhing the room, while Kyrsith mumbled a prayer and closed her eyes, concentrating.</p><p></p><p>"I find no magic auras, except for the arcane lock which held shut the door," Kyrsith said after a moment.</p><p></p><p>"Aha!" Morderas exclaimed. "There is a button carved into the eye of one of these cobras. It doesn't appear to be trapped ...." He pushed the button, and there was a click followed by a grinding sound as a portion of the wall slid aside, revealing a narrow passage.</p><p></p><p>"I'll lead," Athal volunteered. Thalas moved up behind, unlimbering his glaive, as Quinn and Lavinia followed. They started into the narrow passage, and had moved perhaps twenty feet when Quinn gave a shout.</p><p></p><p>"Something is moving behind us," he warned, and as Thalas concentrated he, too, could hear what sounded like rattling chains being pulled across the ground. Quinn spun, pulling his bow and loosing an arrow back down the passage just as there came a scream from Kyrsith, back in the entry chamber.</p><p></p><p>"Snake creatures!" Morderas shouted from back down the hall, and Thalas charged back into the large chamber.</p><p></p><p>Two long snake-like creatures, which looked to be formed from overlapping plates of iron, were weaving and undulating across the floor, attempting to strike at Kyrstith, Arjan, Morderas, and Arjan's giant Saint Bernard, Korlick. The dog dashed back and forth, growling, defending his master.</p><p></p><p>One of the snakes moved near Thalas just as an arrow when whistling overhead. Thalas struck the snake with all his might, and succeeded in driving the glaive between two scales, but the creature kept coming, and he was forced to dodge backward to maintain fighting room. Athal plunged past, closing to strike the snake behind Thalas.</p><p></p><p>Thalas' snake hissed and snapped, then closed, striking quickly, biting down on Thalas' thigh below his armor. Thalas howled, and he could feel an oily substance left behind in the bite. "Their bite is poison!" he warned, dancing back and slashing at the snake thing again. He now had a pillar guarding his flank; behind the pillar Kyrsith, Arjan, Athal, and Korlick had cornered the other creature.</p><p></p><p>Thalas channeled, prehaping to strike a carefully aimed blow to bring the snake down, when Quinn, who had obvioously been observing the creatures quite closely, suddenly shouted: "Lavinia! Order them to stop!"</p><p></p><p>"Wha-?" Lavinia responded, hesitating.</p><p></p><p>"Order them to stop!" Quinn demanded.</p><p></p><p>In a quavering voice, Lavinia said "Stop your attacks!" and, miraculously, the snakes ceased striking and coiled, watching her. Thalas let his magic dissipate.</p><p></p><p>"I noticed they were watching Lavinia," Quinn explained. "It may be they are enchanted to not attack Vanderborens, or the bearer of the ring. You may want to lead us onward, Lavinia."</p><p></p><p>Shaking, Lady Vanderboren nodded her head, and the party moved back into the narrow passage, carefully watching the snake constructs behind them. Thalas took the opportunity to quaff the vial of liquid Lavinia had provided the day before, restoring some of the energy he had lost fighting the snake, and easing the pain of his wound. </p><p></p><p>Lavinia and Athal the way down the narrow corridor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 3855116, member: 5868"] The carriage arrived at the gates to the large and imposing edifice that was Castle Teraknian. Towers rose from its crenellated battlements, and Thalas could feel the weight of hundreds of years of construction in stone pressing down on him as they approached the walls. Four guards armed with polearms waited near the entrance, rising to bar their way. Lavinia silently took out here signet ring and presented it, causing the guards to bow and step aside. "They are with me," she said, motioning the company of adventurers forward. Thalas gave the guards a wry smirk as the six heavily armed and armored adventurers passed into the intrior of the castle. A scurrying clerk met them not beyond the entryway. "Lady Vanderboren. We just received your summons, and it is an honor to meet your acquaintance. Please, follow me -- the vault is this way." They followed the small stooped man in silence down immense flag stoned halls until they reached a grand spiral staircase that led downward under ground. Spiraling down its iron-grated steps, they eventually arrived in a small circular room that served as the intersection of eight radiating hallways. The clerk motioned to one, indicating "Your vault lies at the end." Lavinia turned and with the adevnturers behind her moved the fifty feet or so down the hall, which ended in an imposing steel-shod stone door which was set with a rune showing an eight-pointed star. There was a door handle, but in place of a lock was a small circular depression, just big enough for a signet ring. Lavinia hestitated for a moment, then sighed and placed her ring in the lock. There was a click, followed by a flash of blue light that illuminated the narrow hallway, and the door swung inward. The chamber beyond was well lit by some form of lantern set near the top of the thirty-foot high domed ceiling. The chamber itself was rectangular, roughly forty feet wide, with large pillars supporting the dome above. Two alcoves were inset into the walls to left and right, flanked by pillars carved to resemble giant cobras. "Was your family into snakes?" Thalas asked. Lavinia only shrugged. "I know nothing of this place." "We should look for storage or a secret passage," Athal suggested, and Morderas, Quinn, and Thalas immediately began seacrhing the room, while Kyrsith mumbled a prayer and closed her eyes, concentrating. "I find no magic auras, except for the arcane lock which held shut the door," Kyrsith said after a moment. "Aha!" Morderas exclaimed. "There is a button carved into the eye of one of these cobras. It doesn't appear to be trapped ...." He pushed the button, and there was a click followed by a grinding sound as a portion of the wall slid aside, revealing a narrow passage. "I'll lead," Athal volunteered. Thalas moved up behind, unlimbering his glaive, as Quinn and Lavinia followed. They started into the narrow passage, and had moved perhaps twenty feet when Quinn gave a shout. "Something is moving behind us," he warned, and as Thalas concentrated he, too, could hear what sounded like rattling chains being pulled across the ground. Quinn spun, pulling his bow and loosing an arrow back down the passage just as there came a scream from Kyrsith, back in the entry chamber. "Snake creatures!" Morderas shouted from back down the hall, and Thalas charged back into the large chamber. Two long snake-like creatures, which looked to be formed from overlapping plates of iron, were weaving and undulating across the floor, attempting to strike at Kyrstith, Arjan, Morderas, and Arjan's giant Saint Bernard, Korlick. The dog dashed back and forth, growling, defending his master. One of the snakes moved near Thalas just as an arrow when whistling overhead. Thalas struck the snake with all his might, and succeeded in driving the glaive between two scales, but the creature kept coming, and he was forced to dodge backward to maintain fighting room. Athal plunged past, closing to strike the snake behind Thalas. Thalas' snake hissed and snapped, then closed, striking quickly, biting down on Thalas' thigh below his armor. Thalas howled, and he could feel an oily substance left behind in the bite. "Their bite is poison!" he warned, dancing back and slashing at the snake thing again. He now had a pillar guarding his flank; behind the pillar Kyrsith, Arjan, Athal, and Korlick had cornered the other creature. Thalas channeled, prehaping to strike a carefully aimed blow to bring the snake down, when Quinn, who had obvioously been observing the creatures quite closely, suddenly shouted: "Lavinia! Order them to stop!" "Wha-?" Lavinia responded, hesitating. "Order them to stop!" Quinn demanded. In a quavering voice, Lavinia said "Stop your attacks!" and, miraculously, the snakes ceased striking and coiled, watching her. Thalas let his magic dissipate. "I noticed they were watching Lavinia," Quinn explained. "It may be they are enchanted to not attack Vanderborens, or the bearer of the ring. You may want to lead us onward, Lavinia." Shaking, Lady Vanderboren nodded her head, and the party moved back into the narrow passage, carefully watching the snake constructs behind them. Thalas took the opportunity to quaff the vial of liquid Lavinia had provided the day before, restoring some of the energy he had lost fighting the snake, and easing the pain of his wound. Lavinia and Athal the way down the narrow corridor. [/QUOTE]
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