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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Funeris" data-source="post: 1884015" data-attributes="member: 22792">Chapter 6 Concluded: Return to Castle LlyndofareSurveying the inner courtyard from their position on the catwalk, it was decided to walk openly into the area would probably be an invitation for attack.  With minimal difficulty, the Heroes could scale down the wall and onto the one-story buildings that abutted the walls.Motega took his usual position as first in the order of Heroes to descend.  He slinked quietly along the roofs of the storage rooms to the edge of the structure the scorpiots had attacked from.Edging toward the door, he checked to make sure the scorpiot mage was still crumpled against the doorframe.  His ears detected no sound from the room and so he climbed stealthily to the ground and peered through the doorway.The only other scorpiot in the room was the one they had slain earlier in the morning.  He noted the absence of a stinger as his work.  Motega motioned everyone else to come forward.  Then he bent down to remove the scorpiot mage’s tail and add it to his collection while waiting for the other Heroes to join him.The room the scorpiots had issued from was just another storage room.  One table had been swept clean and the first dead scorpiot had been laid in a resting position.  His arms, if they could truly be called that, crossed upon his chest.  Two large rubies were set on top of both of his eyes.Magnus grabbed the rubies and pocketed them.  Then proceeded to ransack the rest of the room, although only rubble and trash were seen.  He came upon a jade necklace of scorpiot figures.  Examining it, he declared it as non-magical and threw it into the sack that hung loyally from his side.“Well, there’s not much else here,” he stated.  And looked at the rest of the party.  “We should probably reinforce the well.  If they’re pouring up from the Deeping Delve, the well is their source.  If we close it, there will be no more scorpiots.”  He flashed a grin before mumbling, “and no more poison.”The party turned their attention toward the well near the center of the courtyard.  Broken chunks of rock and wood littered the area.  But nothing covered the hole.  “There has to be someway to seal it off.” Magnus stated.“Door,” grunted Motega.“Right.  Funeris come with me and help me move the door.”  Magnus took off toward the large rear door for Llyndofare.  The two headed to the rear door.  It still lay upon the poor bandit that had been crushed.  With a bunch of heaving and grunting, Magnus and Tobias could not move the door.  Motega and Calyx were gathered and the extremely heavy wooden door slid toward the well.The group paused for breath about fifteen feet before the well.  Magnus decided to take the opportunity to see if any more scorpiots were coming up.  As he neared the well, his body trembled and he started to shake.  He only looked down for a split second before he turned tail.  He didn’t stop running until he was nearly out of the courtyard.Tobias watched all of this and decided to figure out what had happened.  He stalked toward the well and peered down it.  As he neared, his body tried to shake and tremble in fear.  It felt almost as if a cold breeze was blowing out of the well.  But he forced himself to peer over the edge and search the darkness with his eyes.Thirty feet below, the well abruptly ended and a tunnel shot to the north.  He couldn’t make out anything in the tunnel because of a lip of rock that protruded from the wall.Tobias’ ears exploded in cold whispers.  The whispers rocked his body and he felt the shaking start to return.  The word evil formed in his mind.  Hard, dark and definable evil lurked within the well.  With his hands covering his ears, he turned to warn his companions.“Evil…”Then a dark shadow was upon him; rending his flesh and sapping his strength.</blockquote>

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