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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BazaarOfTheBizarre" data-source="post: 9813268" data-attributes="member: 7026962">Jagged Edge, Bavo, and Zaphiel descend deeper into the sunken castle, scouring its armament level. A mysterious gazing gem reveals only shadows on the wall, but its true purpose remains hidden. Pushing forward, the party braves a vast acid-flooded chamber. With Zaphiel’s deft leaps and Bavo’s ingenuity of turning a metal door into a bridge, they are able to reach the colossal control mechanisms, only to find a crucial capacitor missing.Their efforts to manipulate hidden bridges and doors, results in draining the acid spill danger into the naga warrens, alerting the serpentine guardians. Thassiss, dazed in a ritual trance, falls under the sway of Bavo’s celestial music, while a naga champion protects the gem and conceals its secrets. At the altar, the missing capacitor is revealed, used in the naga’s ritual haze and now guarded by two restless spirits.The fight turns personal. The spirits are none other than the tortured father-and-son halfling engineers of Bavo’s Hollow Legacy. His faith falters as their millennia of anguish crash against him. Zaphiel strikes a devastating blow to the son, while Bavo, shaken, confronts the father’s soul with promises of remembrance and peace. The spirit relents, leaving only a cloak behind.But victory is fleeting and the Red Naga arrives from the darkness, bitter and suspicious of the intruders meddling with Cyclopean relics. Only Thassiss, still charmed, buys time as the heroes haul the capacitor back. At last, the ancient gears grind alive, restoring the Crawling Castle’s armaments after centuries of silence.Though another section of the level remains unexplored and Darian, with secrets of the Saltstone Tower’s elude them, the party departs with hard-won spoils. Bavo gains bitter enemies among the nagas yet uncovers hints of more Cyclopean Disks. Zaphiel secures treasure but stirs unrest within the castle. Jagged Edge, emboldened by triumph and Bavo’s encouragement, contemplates karaoke glory at the Onyx Ballroom.For now, the Circle and Vulpes Argentum maintain control of the crawling fortress as it stalks the desert wastes with an unknown destination, its power newly reborn.[MEDIA=youtube]mtcT0txu9xA[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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