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Iron Heroes - Dark Harbor

Subotai finds a good spot on the boat from which he can see well, prepares his bow and nocks an arrow.
"Who will be the first to climb the rope? Do not fear my aim with my bow is excellent and I will keep those birds away should they come too close."
He smiles at the others and then turns his eyes towards the top of the tower looking for any sign of the birds.

[sblock=OOC]Spot +7 if it is needed[/sblock]
 

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"I'll follow you up Ghuntomas."

While he waits and watches the woodsman's ascent, the young sage speaks with the Captain. "You'll weigh anchor here and wait for us to come back down?"

Once Ghuntomas has safely reached the top Damien will grasp the rope and begin the arduous climb himself. On the way up he'll try to swing over to the various arrow slits to take a peek inside.
 


Bendis waits for Damien to stop twirling the rope around in an attempt to look in the arrow slits and then shimmies up the rope.
 

"Once you're all up there, I'm moving her a bit off from the Tower," Covis says, "I heard that once the whole building exploded, sinking the keelboat that was waiting for the scavengers to return."

Ghuntomas gives the rope a tug, and it holds. He starts the slow ascend towards the window. As he's barely gotten on the wall, the rusty piece of railing that the hook attached to breaks off, the piece dropping to the waters and the climber ending up on his hind.
Another throw, this time more accurate, sends the grappling hook inside the window. Without another incident, everybody manages to scale the wall. A single blood rook circles around as the group is climbing, though as nobody is approaching the roof, it doesn't show any aggression.
The arrow slits didn't yield much information as not much light passed through them and there was no source of light inside.
At last everybody is in the same place. The room you entered is a large semi-circle, probably occupying half of this floor. There isn't much in this room, though marks here and there show that there has been something here before: scraps of cloth remaining of wall hangings ripped down, and even some of the floor stones have been dug out of their place. There is also a monstrous form the size of a cat, though judging from its pose and not moving, it is merely a corpse (Damien recognizes it as a monstrous breed of centipedes).
The room only contains one wooden door in the middle of the straight wall ahead of you. The door looks somewhat bloated due to the damp air, but it doesn't look like it's stuck.
 

"I wonder if this tower has been plundered already. Shall we check this out?" Ghuntomas says as he moves over to the door to try and see if it is locked.

[sblock=ooc]Search +8 on the door.[/sblock]
 

"Perhaps the upper levels have been visited already, but I would assume that there is still something to be found in the lower levels. I say we press on. I will cover the door."

Subotai again nocks an arrow into his bow keeping an eye out for any movement.

[sblock=OOC]How large is the tower approx.?[/sblock]
 

OOC: So Damien didn't spot anything on his way up; did he hear anything moving inside the lower rooms while listening at all of the arrow slits? (Listen +4)

The young sage walks around the circumference of the room while catching his breath after the strenuous climb (Search +9). He tentatively runs a hand along the tattered bits of cloth left hanging on the wall. I'm here. A Master could have stood right in this spot admiring this very tapestry long ago...

Bringing his thoughts back to the present, Damien walks over to the unusually large vermin carcass and kneels down for a closer look at it out of curiosity. He turns to regard Ghuntomas and Subotai as they speak. "The chambers below looked quite dark from the outside, perhaps it'd be a good time to light one of those torches now." The young sage walks back to the window and leans out to call out to the Take a Chance slowly pulling away. "Ahoy Captain! It looks like someone's already been through here. We're going to take a look around but don't go too far."
 

Bendis, remembering tales of battles and dangers here in the towers, stands ready, letting the others, presumably experts in this sort of thing look around. He simply draws his blades, rests them on his shoulders, and waits.
 

Into the Woods

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