Memories and Portents Chapter#1: A Dark and Stormy Knight

[Enforcer]

"I understand. I will endeavor to remain useful despite my injuries," he replies, his voice absent of any sign of pain.

 

[Asmor]

"Antonus? Maybe you should lead the way here. Check for unwanted foes?" Soto suggests pointing up the stairs.

"Hmm? Oh, right. Sure. Wait here, I'll check up ahead." Antonus seems distracted, as if he was lost in thought, and then proceeds up the stairs, careful to be as quiet as possible.

OOC: Antonus will be moving silently and searching as he proceeds.

 

[SecondTime]

"Hmm? Oh, right. Sure. Wait here, I'll check up ahead." Antonus seems distracted, as if he was lost in thought, and then proceeds up the stairs, careful to be as quiet as possible.

OOC: Antonus will be moving silently and searching as he proceeds.

Antonus: You start up the stairway, which loops upward around a central cylinder, about 100ft in diameter, of stone, making up the inner wall of the tower. Your silent footsteps leave no echo as the the soft light from torches, presumably maintained by the slain goblinoids, illuminates the dank stones. The staircase ends about 300ft above the rest of the party, presumably near the top of the tower; you see a small chamber beyond the inner wall whose wooden door lies on the staircase. The smell of dust pervades the air, and the sound of thunder is muted here. Numerous body-shaped lumps are visible through the doorway, each wrapped carefully in layers of grey thread like woven mummies.

 

[Asmor]

Assuming he doesn't have any reason to think he's being observed, Antonus will take as thorough a look around as he can without actually entering the room (i.e. at most peeking his head through the doorway) and then will return back down to tell everyone what he saw.

 

[SecondTime]

Antonus shifts around the doorway so as to get a better look at the room. It is a small room, 20ft by 20ft in dimensions and 10ft from floor to ceiling, and there is a rotting wooden ladder near the back leading up to another chamber. Near one side of the room, Antonus can spot a large form, a hobgoblin like those just encountered, hanging from the ceiling, sustained in that position by the same grey threads encasing the forms on the floor. The rogue then descends back down the staircase to inform the party of what he has seen.

OOC: You all now have access to the information provided in my last two posts.

 

[chod]

"What are we waiting for? Were you not saying that we had to hurry up to secure shelter for the coach? Someone lead the way."

 

[hero4hire]

Khyl was tempted to say You First but bit his tongue and started off in the path Antonus indicated.

 

[SecondTime]

The party ascends the stairway, finding themselves infront of the doorway found by Antonus.

Soto: The faint torchlight glints off of something, a silky substance, extending all over the doorway. Like spider's webbing....

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Trys: Soto Grabapples

Soto grabs the arm of the lead person and says, "I'm assuming I don't have to tell you about the spiders in there but one has laid a thread across the door to malert them to intruders."

 

[SecondTime]

OOC: Assuming standard formation with Xerxes in the lead.