Part 1: The Forgotten Forge (Knight Otu judging) [Concluded]

[Erekose13]

Kharas begins an exhaustive study of the door, checking every little line, every tiny crack but can find no method of gaining entry. Meanwhile, at Siobhan's urging the journal is brought out (who had it?). It appears to be empty again, the words having faded back into obscurity without the presence of Elaydren's sigil. Only the map she provided still has any writing on it. There are no clues there, however, as to how to open this door.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Darn it. It only has the writing appear when its near another sigil like that woman's. Maybe if we put the book on the door where the sigil is, words will appear?" Siobhan tries it.

 

[Erekose13]

As Siobhan brings the journal closer to the sigil on the door something unexpected occurs. Rather than the door activating the book, the opposite occurs as a click and whir begins to echo from the otherside of an obviously thick door. After a few moments the door seperates into several triangular pieces which rotate to the left in a circular pattern opening like an orifice. A vertical shaft descends into the darkness on the other side.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Uhhh...oops?" Siobhan offers, checking to see if any words appeared in the book, just in case.

 

[Erekose13]

Fliping through the book, Siobhan actually does notice that some of the pages do show some text. For some reason they are some of the later pages which still looked blank when Lady E was reading through it. While the pages she was looking at are still blank.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Can she or any of the others read what is written there? If not, will Read Magic help?)

 

[Erekose13]

It is written in common and is ledgible to anyone provided they have the key (as you did). A quick flip shows that a lot of it is technical documentation describing various arcane theories and functions. Curiously it does not look like it was written in the same hand that Lady Elaydren was reading earlier.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Siobhan will look over the things there, but she can't understand them very well. Nonetheless, she'll be sure to show them to Kharas, who is more likely to be able to puzzle them out.*

 

[Erekose13]

Kharas finds the descriptions fascinating as he stares at the arcane drawings. Much of it is both archaic and very advanced. It is almost as if Bonal or whom ever wrote in a book that had been used by one of the early House Cannith authors. Some of the techniques described have been out dated for several decades at least (pre warforged invention). Yet others show twists of inginuity rarely seen among the enlightened at Morgrave university.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Who wants to go first?" Siobhan asks, "The spirits whisper words of cryptic gloom in this place...we should be wary."