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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stone Angel" data-source="post: 518563" data-attributes="member: 5630">The Naga proved to be pleasent company despite the constant slithering about. After the party had a bit to eat and rest their feet a bit they were off and the Naga bid them well. The last thing she said however did not sit well with a few members of the party.The adventurers wandered up and down a few corridors not finding anything of intrest. They stopped to check the map to make sure they were not back-tracking. "Shhh...what was that" asked Caber in a hushed whisper.The party stood in total silence....Then they all heard it, a low moaning sound admist a shuffeling, feet maybe. The party advanced to find a lone figure stumbling in the darkness. The party tried to hail the mysterious stranger in a number of languages known to the party, yet still no answer, just the constant rythmic shuffeling and moaning."Identify yourself: Friend or Foe" Caber said as he drew his bow and nocked an arrow.Still nothing. Caber loosed a shaft and it hit home though it did little to hinder the stranger. It kept coming. As it came within the torchlight everyone noticed it had an odd blue tint to it's skin."Bless my soul it's Jarroll. Jarroll it's me Charles, it's me" said Mcdougal.The blue skinned man met McDougal's gaze with a blank stare."What the hell happened to ya boy" McDougal continued before "Jarroll" lashed out at him with a clawed hand and tour McDougals suit. "You son of an Orog, I never liked you anyway" McDougal yelled as he let two more of McDougals missles fly into "Jarroll" "Jarroll didn't last long after the other members were involved. As they pressed forth they found two more of McDougals old party mates, that had been "Zombiefied" like Jarroll. They also met Jarrolls fate.Coming around a bend they came upon a huge growth of vegetation. As they grew closer the plants shook into a frenzy and several tenticles shot out towards the party. All six of them missed escept one snagging Fulriks lege and pulling him towards a now exposed maw. I did not take the party long before the strange animated plant lay silent and still. The party noticed four strange pods stemming from the maneating plant that lined the walls. Three of them were busted or split open and one of them seemed "ripe". They cut open the remaining pod and found a man what had been a man. Charles recognized him Mickel the last of Charles' old party, he too was the strange blue tint. They buried the body along with the other of McDougals old party, asked the spirits of the Overseers to look after them in the next world.The party pressed on and found many puzzles and treasures. The first great sword that radiated strong magic. The sword had a blue stone set into it's hilt. They next found a strange well that was surronded by skulls and held no water as far as they tell. An inscription on one side of the well read "The righteous must first crawl before they can stand.", it left the party confused so they entered a door to the north. Caber was first through door and he was met with total darkness, not even his elven blood helped him here. He asked for the torch to be passed up. As his eyes focused he saw a form that was made of pure darkness. The claws of shadow raked once,twice, three times he had managed to jump back out of the way of the last one. He fell to the floor as other  party members slammed the door shut. They looked upon a bloodied and battered Caber."By the St. Cuthberts robe, it looks like a bear got a hold of you" said Mason as he prepared to beseech his Lord for the power to heal."An' a biggun too" added McDougal. The party decided to go back to the Naga's lair for some more rest. The next morning McDougal cast a spell to identify the powers of the sword they found. It turned out to be one of the swords of dawn, said to contain the very power of the sun."Useful against whatever attacked Caber, methinks" said McDougal upon completion of his spell.They traveled down a different path a came to a room in which a shield stood hung from two cords a few feet off the ground in an alcove. Lucas found a deadly trap where the walls would slam together and crush whoever was attempting to take the shield but leave the shield unharmed. They used a spell to ballance the the cords while the shield was taken. The sheild had the same blue stone inset into it as the shield. They next came to a room that held a lone chest. The front part was made of some sort of clear ore, that allowed you to see the the contents of the chest, yet when you opened it the chest was empty. After a while and futile attempts at finding a secret compartment, they tried the skeleton key that had worked for all the doors in the temple. It worked here also. The helmet had a stone the same as the sword and shield.They went back to the room where the vicious shadow had attacked them. Fulrik with the helmet on, Mason equipped the hem, while McDougal held the sword, true he was very unskilled with weapons of war, but he could activate the swords sun based powers in order weaken this devil of shade.They approached the door Fulrik, and McDougal first, then Caber and Lucas, Then Mason in the back. The door burst open Fulrik went left McDougal right where he activated the swords power. The shade devil was almost to Fulrik but it was visibly weakened when the power of the sun sword lit the room. The party attacked en masse, swarming the creature. The devil put a good fight landing some blows here and there but was clearly losing. The creature was then cut down by McDougal with the Sun sword(Nat. 20!!). The party took a quick breather and sucked up some healing from the preist. They came to a room with a lone statue, a large one. There was an inscription "If you are troubled by darkness, arm me so I may go forth with the power of light."The party gave up there new found treasures none too lightly. Once the statue had been armed it animated. It thanked them for cleansing the temple of the vile darkness that had infested it. The party told him there mission and he said he would help. A wall opened at his command at there lay a pile of treasure with the child they were looking for right on top. They each got to choose an item. They headed back to the city....  I shall return</blockquote>

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