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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4833701" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 13 - The Inner Chambers (Part 2)They rested for what they guessed was the remainder of the day with Lavren and Erlmoor sleeping poorly, their rest disturbed by dreams and fever. Despite this, the companions had no choice but to head south when they woke and so they entered the southern chamber warily. The double doors in the south wall of the chamber opened onto a short hallway that opened out into a wide hall that held four statues. The carvings depicted armoured heroes, standing in poses that suggested their prowess but as the companions entered the hall, they began chanting, such as might be heard as part of a divine ritual or a prayer service.“We go through here as quickly as we can,” said Dulvarna.She crossed the room and opened double doors in the south wall to reveal another short hallway that opened into another wide hall. Behind her, the others hesitated and Lavren, thinking the statues harmless, moved over to one that stood against the south wall.“My servant is held by devils in my chapel,” the statue said, interrupting its chant. “Free her!”Lavren leapt back in surprise and then rushed after Dulvarna. As he rushed down the southern hallway, he called out to the warrior woman.“One of the statues spoke of its servant being held by devils in a chapel,” he called out. “We have to free her!”“They chant an ode of praise to Torm, Ilmater and Bahamut,” Erlmoor called out as he started after the others. “Any who serves them is worthy of rescue.”He rushed past Dulvarna into the southern hallway and saw a passageway leading east from the room.“There!” he called. “The chapel must lie that way.”Enlishia, Telkya and Thorn joined the others in the southern hall and together, they made their way warily to the east. The passage passed by a southern passageway and had double doors in the north wall before it ended abruptly in a stone wall to the east.“There are doors here,” Dulvarna called out as she rushed toward the northern double doors. “Make ready!”She pulled open the doors as Lavren reached her side and sure enough, revealed a chapel with two plain benches set across the room in front of the two companions, before a plain altar adorned with candles. A palpable air of divine power radiated from the room and before the altar knelt a young woman with long, auburn hair. She wheeled in surprise as the doors opened, her eyes wide with fear. At the same time, the Head of Vyrellis whispered to Lavren from the pouch at his belt.“It’s here, somewhere,” the elven princess said quietly. “I can feel it.”Erlmoor and Enlishia moved past Dulvarna and Lavren into the chapel, moving left and right, respectively along the outside of the two benches. Thorn and Telkya followed, each warily holding weapons and implements at the ready lest the woman prove to be a threat.“Help me,” the woman pleased suddenly, rising to her feet. “Bandits brought me here as a prisoner and I escaped from them but now I am trapped her. If I go near the doors, devils appear and force me back.”“It’s alright,” said Dulvarna as she moved into the chapel to stand close to Erlmoor. “We’ll get you out of here.”The warrior woman looked around the chapel at the walls and at the altar, sensing the powerful magic in the room. As she glanced around, each time, her attention was drawn back to the doors through which she had just entered.“Even I can sense the powerful magic here,” Dulvarna said at last. “The doors are the focus of the ward.”Lavren stepped into the chamber and closed on of the double doors behind him. The woman at the altar gave a whimper of fear and he glanced over his shoulder to smile at her reassuringly. Then he turned back to the door he had closed to examine it.“There are runes carved here that I may be able to dispel,” he said. “If not, smashing the doors will break the spell just as easily.”</blockquote>

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