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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ormazd" data-source="post: 5987148" data-attributes="member: 24334">The party (minus the now dead Karuna and the missing Van) investigate an opulent bedroom and find a shrine with small fires burning around a tall flame. There are also several mirrors, looking through them, you can see into other rooms. movement in one mirror catches our attention - we see a humanoid in helmet and ragesian armor with a sword out coming from the entryway. We then find another bedroom with torture devices. Rest (not in the torture room).alain investigates the shrine - apparently, it can cast planar sending 1/day ("can we *69 it?)merrick investigates the mirrors - he sees the Ragesian knight searching lower levelfiona and alain trap the hallway - they reset the glyph traps in hallway coming from the elevatoralain raises karuna from the dead! there was no coffee or donuts in the afterlife (bummer).Continuing to explore, we find an intricately carved door - crown with torch going through it. The lock needs a magical ward removed as well as a mechanical component - Alain and fiona work together again. There is a puff of dust and a breath of cool air when we open it. in the throne room, everything is studded with gems, gold, and wealth everywhere. there is a magical mural on ceiling, and a man lying in the fetal position on the floor wearing frayed robes (ragesian inquisitor), sleeping and mumbling. We find 2 more bodies in the room, dessicated, against the wall, wearing ragesian leather armor (decorative). We tie up the sleeping man, who shows no signs of waking, though we even try slapping him around a bit.There is another stone door behind the throne - it opens to a bedroom with a door to the left and right (one is a bathroom and closet). the bed looks slept in, empty torch sconce next to the bed, heavily bloodstained sheets. the other door leads to TREASURE!! potions, scrolls, round of cheese w/ a slice cut out of it - emanates necrotic energy (don't eat the cheese!), suit of armor made of gold dragon scales, +1 longsword, crystal ball, painting (the woman i love the most) - may change into another picture, music box - dancing nymphs circled by 8 diamonds, 3 of which are soulgems.alain casts ritual for history of the sleeping man : 4 scenes of significance -- birth; 1st put on mask of inquisitor; praised by Coaltongue; coming out of bedroom into throneroom, passing guards, figure comes out (half elf - we guess it is Rhuarc) and slits a guard's throat with scimitar. with the half elf are 2 dark-skinned elf females, one wraps a whip around the inquisitor's neck and kisses him, and as he loses consciousness, he sees the other female (with white hair) kill the other guard. rhuarc was known to wield a black scimitar named Shaalguenyaver (bright shadow), and killed Coaltongue.karuna walks into the room with the pillar of flame, he's protected from fire but not from necrotic damage. the sled seats 8 or 9, floating a few inches off the ground, has a sun with a face - the mouth is slightly open where something diamond-shaped can be inserted, rigging for pulling, however we don't have anything to hitch to it, and the valley is full of a couple thousand ragesian soldiers. scorched footprints appear to go into the pillar.Suddenly, Ernest the halfling is standing under the dragon bones - a dark, tentacled creature bursts out of his body, the trillith Deception! tentacles and shadow flames fill up the skeleton and bring it to life.alain determines that killing deception will de-animate the dragon and bubbles it, immobilizing her temporarily. deception whips tentacles and creates an area of fire, dominates various party members, and at one point takes Fiona's form. dragon uses a stunning roar, Alain perishes, and the party finally tries to get away. fiona is just about dead, wrapped in deception's tentacles. Karuna and merrick take their chances running (and flying) into the pillar of fire, hoping it is actually a portal and that they are following van to the other side.</blockquote>

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