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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1896864" data-attributes="member: 99">Speaks stopped briefly to mourn the loss of Brutus.  Although he had known the creature for only a short while, Brutus had been willing to fearlessly lend his strength to a cause that had little to do with his own well being.  Speaks was continuously struck by the nobility of nature when called upon.Marius lingered in the hallway for a short while as the remainder of the group headed in the direction the Demoness had fled.  Speaks could see him kneeling briefly at each Ogre, checking for any lingering signs of life and then extinguishing them with a dagger thrust.The others moved ahead cautiously to see if any further opposition awaited around the next corner.  Instead they found another large room of approximately the same dimensions as the one they’d just fought in.  Hung on the walls were weapons of all kinds ranging from the exotic to a very large club.  All were sized for use by someone quite large.A large pair of doors, also sized for the Ogre inhabitants, stood on one wall.  But unlike the other such doors they’d encountered, these were heavily inscribed with all manner of runes and sigils.  Some examination by Lazarius led the Wizard to believe these were likely trapped.  No one was ready to suffer the sort of damage they had at the last such trap and so they decided to wait for Speaks to catch up and examine the room further in the mean time.The room’s other prominent feature was a large bed, draped in the furs of exotic animals.  As Cathal and Marcus examined this piece of furniture, they noticed a small hole at floor level behind it.  They shone a light inside and saw that this hole ran a short distance and turned in the direction of the enruned doors.  It likely led to the same place as the doors did but was far too small for any of them to hope to squeeze into.Speaks came into the room to find his wounded and bedraggled companions waiting and wondering whether they should continue or withdraw in order to recuperate.  All were wounded, some severely and they had used much of their magic.  And yet no further enemies were emerging from behind the door.  Could it be that only the Blue Demoness remained in the City of Endless Summer?After some discussion they decided that if she was the only one left then her death would mean little to the war in Emor anyway.  And if some of the High Priests had remained behind then facing them in their current state was likely suicide.  They decided to withdraw back to the Cleric’s quarters and rest there before continuing.They removed the bodies of the fallen into the hallway, pitching the dead Ogres into the pit.  Lazarius used a bit of Prestidigitation to remove the worst of the pools of blood from the floor and they rolled out their bedrolls.  They passed the next few hours in silence as the ominous feeling of being amid a place of great evil hung around them.  At last they were able to get to sleep.But their dreams were restless and fitful and they awoke to find their nightmares come to life…</blockquote>

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