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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 1549778" data-attributes="member: 5675">The next morning, the group debated their options. Determined that the 'Dread Lord' was some sort of demon, but probably not involved directly with the castle, they decided to put that to one side. Miles surprised nobody by suggesting that they ambush a group of drow, and slaughter them all, torturing the last for the knowledge.Nobody was particularly taken by the idea.Yvgeny suggested a stealthier option. The possibility of creeping up on the castle, and listening to someone as they used the password to get out was his suggestion, and it was unanimously accepted. Unanimous except for Miles, who was appointed to actually do the sneaking. He agreed, however, and fortified with magics and with spells of changing and stealth in his mind, he set out on his way.---Entering the city was no problem, made child's play for the assassin by the use of an invisibility spell, which meant that he could creep right across the cavern to the castle, and past the line of huge zombies which were posted a hundred feet from the castle walls. Examining the outside of the imposing building, he clung against the walls, waiting for someone to show up and give him the password. He was to have no success, despite a nerve-wracking three hour wait, nobody either left or entered the castle. Eventually, Miles decided to sneak back out. In doing so, however, he was heard by one of the drow who was organising the picquets around the castle. Almost immediately, half a dozen of the tremendous zombie giants were set to looking for him.They never had a chance of finding the stealthy assassin, who crept in a different direction through the rest of the city. He passed one large bowl-like indentation in the ground, lined with glass and filled with small rounded lumps of pitted bone. A broken metre-long glass rod stood to one side.Further into the city, the stench and buzzing of flies led him to the edge of a massive pit, fully 30 feet wide. Nearly full to the top with crawling maggots, which writhed and undulated over one another.Miles continued to explore through the fallen city, sneaking carefully from the undead, he checked another plateau of fallen noble buildings, finding signs that giants had camped there, but were there no longer. He was intrigued by one building, with a ring of lights around the still-standing doorway, but a huge crater just inside the outer walls.Frustrated by his lack of success at getting the password, he left.</blockquote>

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