Dungeon Raiders: The Wolf's Den

[wedgeski]

Rejik kneels down and traces the symbol of his god in the air above the skeleton's forehead. "Just a little girl, buried with some of her favourite things. Whatever evil animated those others, she was spared at least." He rubs the dust gently from the circlet, searching for anything familiar, then gets to his feet, knees cracking.

"I have no problem taking the grave goods and putting them to good use. This little one has no need of them and her spirit is long departed. But, if it was a protection spell that saved her from this fate, we should put the lid back on before we go."

OOC: I assumed Sulannus would tell us about the Protection glyph, but Shayuri might disagree, in which case we'll ret-con Rejik's comments.

OOC: Rejik will examine the circlet to see if he recognises the motif. Int check: 1d20-1=7

 

[Shayuri]

"Ghouls can't reanimate a corpse," Sulannus muses. "Yet these sigils are definitely made to ward off undead. Peculiar. I wonder if these people had a particular reason to fear the undead would come for them, or if it was just some human funerary tradition of the time."

She shrugs it off, then reaches in to pick up the mirror and regard herself in it.

"Once we have a moment, I'll test that circlet for magic. For now, take it and lets...ah yes."

Sulannus notices Tock already moving to the next one and nods at him. "Go on."

 

[wedgeski]

She shrugs it off, then reaches in to pick up the mirror and regard herself in it.

"How's it looking, princess?"

 

[Li Shenron]

OOC: Rejik will examine the circlet to see if he recognises the motif. Int check: 1d20-1=7

It doesn't ring any bell to you. At least it looks quite old-fashioned.

 

[Shayuri]

"'It' is looking like 'it' needs a bath," Sulannus replied testily. She tucked the mirror away. "A style I expect you're much more familiar with than I."

Straight-backed, and chin up, she glided to the other sarcophagus where Tock was carefully working the lid free.

 

[wedgeski]

Rejik laughs. "One of many things I'm little worse-off without. Amazing how quickly you get used to your own stench." He follows her to the other tomb.

 

[Li Shenron]

Tock moves to open the sarcophagus in the middle. Here lie remains which undoubtedly belong to an adult woman. She is dressed in pompous clothes of velvet and silk: long sleeves, vest and a long gown, all of them looking very old-fashioned and dark-styled, mostly black and dark red. There is jewelry on her body, and a few wooden and stone small boxes inside her tomb.

 

[tuxgeo]

Hearing the verbal exchange about baths behind his back, Aeiyan half-turns and suggests, "We shall find few occasions for a bath here or lower in the dungeon. To attain that luxury, we might have to storm the fortress and overthrow it. Have any of us seen any passageway recently that seems to lead upward?"

He decides to quit guarding a maze that would give warning of approach by means of the sound of crunching bones, and he instead moves to help his companions.

"After we sort through the contents, we put the lids back on -- Yes?" He sounds anxious to allow any magical wards or seals to reassert themselves, if possible.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Bartleby reaches for the stone boxes, and inspects them. (dwarven stone cunning)

 

[Li Shenron]

Bartleby reaches for the stone boxes, and inspects them. (dwarven stone cunning)

There are two stone boxes and two wooden ones, size varies but all fairly small (5-10"). The stone ones are very sturdy, and all four appear to be locked.