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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 2821046" data-attributes="member: 198">Written by AviLazar 9/19/05After our successful ambush, we begin to take stock of our situation.  We check on our victims noting that one of them is dead, while the other is unconscious.  We heal ourselves, and strip the equipment of the half-elf all the way down to his loin-cloth.  Raog identifies this half-elf as Desro, which we proceed to take extra measure in tying him up, and I place my manacles over his hands.  Nameless wanted to kill him, almost too eager, but I was able to convince him of not taking this course of action.  It seemed to have proved a good choice.We begin to disarm the traps of the house, and the chest inside the house.  There is a wealth of treasure here I have not seen in a while.  The only item I could use, a magical bag that allows for the holding of many equipment, is taken by Raog.  The rest of the group is able to gain some items of serious note.  We proceed to rest for the night without being harassed.In the morning, we question the half-elf, as it changes into female guise.  She tells us about some of the magical items, and then proceeds to beg for her life.  Traveling with Nameless for a while, we had come up with the "bad sheriff, good sheriff" routine that seems to work well.  While I would not kill this wretch of a person without more cause, I inform her that I am fully obligated to dispatch her if she does not help us.  The fact that she is radiating evil is good enough for me.  Nameless, is obviously more enthusiastic about killing her, almost too enthusiastic.  This changeling, her name is Cail, is a mercenary who has known Desro over the years.  She tells us some information, and I give her my personal guarantee that if she helps us - to our satisfaction - we will set her free once we apprehend Desro.  She is not happy about this, but realizes that her options are limited, so she helps us out.Cail leads us to a cave where she last saw Desro.  We go inside and are greeted by a half-orc claiming to be the guardian.  The guardian offers to let us into the area below.  As we walk I have a sudden feel of something pressing down on me, but do not know what it is. As we continue further, this half-orc shows his true form as Desro as soon as he cuts Cail's head off.  A battle ensues, where I do not perform so well.  Desro teleports away via Dimension door, and we try and charge to find him, but fail to do so.We continue down the area and find a dead Naga in the area.  The creature has been dead for a day or so, and its tongue was removed.  Probably some spell component, but only the one who removed the tongue really knows.  The room we were in has seventeen archways with a curtain of green light.  After reading the inscriptions Nameless voices my thoughts and guesses that this area is some kind of test.Nameless touches one of the shimmering doors and two beholder-kin appear.  A battle ensues that takes a lot out of us.  These creatures can do many things in a round and their spells are pretty tough.  Luckily, with the blessing of the Silver Flame, I am able to resist most of their spells.  Unfortunately, most of the group is either stunned or falls asleep.  Nameless had summoned a celestial Bison, at least it wasn't the fiendish kind, but a pseudo natural appears.  He has not been able to do this before, so it must be due to this area.  We are able to best these creatures.After we defeat these creatures a tunnel appears beyond the light.  We follow this path and I find a note, which I read: "Question - What is scarier than being in a room with an invisible enemy?” I quip a return "Being in a room with two invisible enemy."  At this point Nameless suggests we go out and rest, then come back later.That night, while sleeping, we are attacked by a Searing Light spell, which misses Raog.  Six and Raog wakes everyone up and I charge to where the light was reported to come from.  We could not find the attacker so we went back to sleepAfter sleeping for the night we went back down to the cave. Ignoring the past reading, or, I guess, feeling the test is over, Nameless puts his hands to the door.  A column of flame slam down on top of him, and how I do not know, he managed to survive the fire.  We then hear a voice that says only those true of faith and blood may pass.  We figure from the words that either an orc or a druid needs to open the door.  Raog, being a half-orc, seems to have the blood to do it, but definitely not the faith, or at least the courage.  Our druid companion, Luna, accepts the task and places her hands on the door.  Luna is able to open the door and the group passes through.We enter another circular room, and after some looking see it has a handset to allow an exit.  Since we know we can get out we continue our passage into this room, which has many life sized statues of various aberrations.  We see another note, which Nameless reads "Answer: Being in a room with an invisible enemy with a sword."Personal Note:  My answer was much better, for I have seen many people who can do more damage with their bare hands, then with a sword.Realizing there is someone invisible in the room I pull out a bag of flour, a trick my father taught me to deal with invisible foes.  I have no idea where our assailant might be so I decide to move around the room until he hits me - which he does, with full force.  I do not need to throw my flour at him, because his invisibility wore off, but I decide to anyhow - hoping it will blind him temporarily - it doesn't.A battle ensues, and we quickly surround Desro.  I still do a poor job of hitting the person, and cannot fathom why I am failing to hit him.  The same cannot be said for him, and as the battle gets desperate for him Desro swings around and strikes at Six's and my weapon.  Both of them shatter into pieces.  I continue to fight, enraged and saddened, pulling out a dagger and striking.  Desro decides this is not enough, and uses his dimension door spell to exit the area.I sink to the ground, on my knees, realizing that my fathers and his fathers and his fathers sword, going as far back as our family lineage can tell has been shattered.  I have done what no other before me has been able to do, and that is to allow Kismet to be destroyed.  For some reason, unknown to me, I start to place the pieces of the sword next to each other, in the form of the sword.  I then feel a surge of energy in my being, and to my great awe the sword starts to nit and meld back together as if it is the rare and mystical Aururum.  In a matter of moments the sword is whole, as if nothing happened to it.After the sword becomes whole Nameless screams for us to charge.  Luna is in the lead and as she is about to run out a column of lightning strikes down in front of her.  She hears a "HOLD!" and ignores it, running forward.  We all get outside and see an orc in very old hide armor.  He commands us to stop or he will slay us.  He demands information.Nameless and I introduce ourselves, and the orc informs us that he is the guardian of the mound.  He introduces himself as Gurr'khan.  Gurr'khan offers us some information, and asks us to follow him, but Nameless demands that he prove himself.  Nameless casts a detect magic spell, but does not see any illusion spells cast upon him.We head on down into the cave into a room with dragon shards along the archway.  We pass this archway into a circular room that has a chasm.  At the bottom is slab of stone that seems to float on fire, then air, then water, then earth, and other elements.  After being satisfied with his inspection, Gurr'khan invites us back to his cottage so we can continue speaking.</blockquote>

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