Six From Gate Pass - Chapter 2: The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar

"Maybe we need to douse the flames to free him from his unnatural rest?"

At this Alric grins, "Hah! Yes, if all fires in this forest were dousable, I would be much happier."

Alric draws his waterskin, "Very well, but all stay ready, I've had enough of sleeping elves in this forest turning violent." Alric pours the contents of his waterskin on the elf, hoping secretly that whatever magic preserves him stays intact.
 

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Torrent hands the mace over, with a smile. "Be my guest Kirio, I favour the battle axe anyway. I'd still appreciate the training Hrimr, the more field healing we have the better we'll be."

Kirio, you spend maybe 20 minutes searching every nook and cranny of the chamber. However, you find nothing new of interest. As for the dead priest, you also learn nothing beyond what is obvious: his face and body are covered in claw wounds.

Alric, the water from your skin pours over the slumbering elven soldier. He does not react to the splash and the water rolls down his body in rivulets, collecting on the floor in small puddles. What water does remain on him seems to hover where the flames are kept at bay. It sizzles slightly and then turns to steam, the pale blue flames continuing to burn unabated.

Torrent scratches her head and says: "I don't know what else we can accomplish here. We have a soldier in an old uniform, who has probably been here for 40 years. We have a dead priest who is most likely Bhurisrava, who has not decayed since whenever he was killed. We also have a smashed display case with no evidence of what was inside, if anything at all. There is powerful magic going on in this room and it is well beyond my comprehension." She looks up at the statue and ponders for a moment. "Given that this is her shrine, I presume we can guess that the elven woman is Anyariel. The stag though ... hmmmm ... wait, didn't Lars envision a stag? Were we not then attacked by flaming creatures in the form of stags?"
 
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"Seems that stags are a favourite of our friend mr forest spirit, who's sent us on this little errand."

Bannock looks around the room and then back at the group,

"Shame none of us is much of a tracker. Never had time to teach me that, did my father. Shall we go? I 'ave a feeling that we're gonna learn more about what happened here when we head down that river."

Still, as he speaks, Bannock's subconscious bubbles with memories of boastful tales he's heard from his father, and others, over more than a few pints, of adventures and legends and myths of thinks that lurk in the deep.
 

"Given that this is her shrine, I presume we can guess that the elven woman is Anyariel. The stag though ... hmmmm ... wait, didn't Lars envision a stag? Were we not then attacked by flaming creatures in the form of stags?"

Lars says, "I don't know, I keep seeing a stag in my dreams, but it is a giant burning stag, and it is chained to the earth. I wonder if our mysterious benefactor who is a prisoner uner the lake is that stag? I guess that does make a kind of twisted sense."
 

Hrimr looks to Kirio as he holds the Mace.

"I'd be happy to teach anyone who is willing to learn."

After Alric pours the water over the Elf Hrimr starts to stroke his beards as he ponders this problem.

"I thought it may have worked considering how the magic of the room is holding back the flames. Torrent you to bring up a good point, the flames were in the shapes of Stags and Lars' strange vision."

After Bannock's comment Hrimr looks to him

"Bannock I can track things especially in the wilderness. If you remember after we were waylaid on the road by those mercenaries I followed their tracks back to their camp. What did you think to track? Those stage we destroyed were unnatural, I doubt they would leave a trail if there were more of them."

Looking at the statue again Hrimr tries to remember the words of the cleric.

"And didn't the cleric's journal talk about a magical wooden sword as well? I wonder if this one on the statue is it?"

Hrimr casts detect magic and checks the sword and the statue for magic.
 
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"Hrimr, don't you think if something smashed in here, brought these two fellows low and made off with what's in that case, that there might be a trail or something? Tracks? Evidence of how they came and went? For a man who claims to be skilled in the art, it seems you'd rather talk and ponder than track!"
 

Alric shakes his head. He begins to shuffle impatiently.

"What else is here to learn? To me this all seems like an enigma that will go no where if we remain. Shall we see what we can find down river?"
 

"Do you think this theft occured yesterday? It happened 40 years ago! What are the chances that tracks are still around? It is also hard worked stone in here. Tracks aren't easily made and found on hard stone. There are also greater issues to deal with here at them moment.

Some patience is required here Bannock. Once we decide to leave I can see if I can pick up a trail. I hope our fight above ground didn't mar any tracks that might have been there."
 

[sblock="for Hrimr"]The only objects that give off a magic aura are the elven soldier (overwhelming aura of transmutation magic) and the mace. The statue is mundane. [/sblock]

"I agree with Alric, lets get moving. This place is getting us no closer to escaping this infernal forest. Maybe we should look around the village or head down to the lake?" She starts to walk up the stairs.
 


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