Crossed Paths, Part II

[Manzanita]

Dhormium can think of no religious significance to the occurance. Dhormium can see small holes in the floor where the flames had come out. He can also see the sliding door that opened and closed to allow the demon to emerge & return. There is no indication as to what activated the flames.

 

[Jarval]

"Hmmm, most peculiar." Brioc mutters as the demonic statue sinks back into the floor.

"So, any idea what that was all about?" He asks the room in general, not really expecting an answer. Wolf cautiously keeps away from the area where the flames appeared, growling quietly.

"I'd like to take a look at that rift in the floor over there." Brioc points with his scimitar to the south-east of the room. "Perhaps that's where this awful smell is coming from."

 

[doghead]

... and its eyes sparkle and glitter.

Marcus' brain begins to work again. Sparkle and glitter. That, he mentally notes, might be worth remembering. The thought leads him to another.

"The deamon might be hiding something. I mean, someone might have created it to guard a hiding place."

 

[Manzanita]

As Marcus and Dhormium examine the trap door in the floor (& don't yet find any way to make it reopen), Brioc and Ehldannis walk to the southeast to further investigate the room. As the approach the rift, Ehldannis' lantern begins to illuminate the other side. The rift seems to separate what was once a very long hall. The sight on the other side is enough to turn most stomachs. Laying in ordered rows are rank upon rank of corpses. There must be hundreds. Many seem quite old, only skelletons, but others are fairly 'fresh' with most of the flesh still on them.

As the elf plays the light over the macabre scene, the Druid's keen eyes detect something else. Against the East wall is a large, grey chest. (the X on the map)

 

[doghead]

"Nothing here ... or here. How about with you? ... No? Nothing?

"Do you think that we should leave this til later? The odds that it holds anything of value are slim, I would suspect. We know where it is if we want to come back to it."

Assuming Dhormium agrees, Marcus returns to where his crossbow lies and gathers it up.

 

[Krilith]

"Nothing here ... or here. How about with you? ... No? Nothing?
"Do you think that we should leave this til later?

Assuming Dhormium agrees, Marcus returns to where his crossbow lies and gathers it up.

~almost gladly he agrees, a demon, what is it here for? and why?~

“No I cannot find anything either. But there has to be something.”

~And with that Dhormium rises to his feet as well and starts to turn to Octar again to explore further down the long dark deserted chamber~

 

[Jarval]

"Gods protect us!" Brioc exclaims under his breath at the sight of the rows of bodies.

"Lads, there's something here you need to see. I'll warn you, it's not a sight for any with a weak stomach..."

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

"Eh?" Octar looks over the rift down the long hall. "Gods!" he exclaims, and then stands silent for a moment, his face drawn. "Let us leave this place, Brioc. We can return in and deal with the demon when we are done, but for now this place sits ill with me."

 

[Inez Hull]

"Can we afford to leave this place unexamined? It may be that which we seek lies hidden in such bleak surrounds. And perhaps we can find who is responsible for this carnage and put a stop to it. Let us find a way to cross the rift and investigate."

 

[Krilith]

"Can we afford to leave this place unexamined? It may be that which we seek lies hidden in such bleak surrounds. And perhaps we can find who is responsible for this carnage and put a stop to it. Let us find a way to cross the rift and investigate."

“He is right, we should look into this grave matter. It is not a pretty sight but by Clangedin the person responsible for this foul act must be found and punished for the disrespect of the dead! What do you say Brioc?”

~Dhormium directs a prayer to his dwarven god, that these souls may be guided to better places. After the small prayer he will start to look for a way to reach the other side of the gap. Looking around the edges of the room where the gap isn’t as wide as in the center~