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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4593828" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 55, “Finding the Soul Gem”, May 15th, 1007: While Klaaze continues to stay behind to guard the camp the rest of the party move on to the northeast tower. The fourth rod is located in a secret compartment inside of the chest of the statue in the checkerboard room. The group then head back to the southwest tower, and back to the room with the odd door. The four rods are placed inside of the door, and it opens. The party enters the next room, which has a funnel in the ceiling going up some fifty feet. Tao scales the funnel and drops down a rope. Using this rope and another rope of climbing, the party manage to climb up, finding themselves in a room that appears to be filled with fog. They cautiously proceed onward. They then hear noises behind them, and prepare for battle. A being enshrouded with magical light moves towards them, with a shadowy companion to either side of it. The party thankfully holds off on attacking this unknown trio, as Kharole emerges from the mist along with two new allies. One is another female elf magic-user named Anjuili, who had cast the magicial light spell around her. The other is a male human barbarian named Andrew. Kharole explains how she met the pair near the town of Chapman, and they knew the way to the Ghost Tower. The group move on, reaching a staircase. At the top of the stairs is a fire-filled room with a narrow pathway. Next they reach a large room filled with fire, with a spiral staircase up in the center of the room guarded by a large and angry fire giant. Smoke and fire are everywhere, with swift wind currents passing through the room. The party decide that the staircase must be their destination. Isaiah and Vincenzo take the lead, and draw the giant’s attention. While the giant is occupied Kharole, Mark and Silas approach it under the cover of invisibility. Serita and Andrew attempt to approach from another direction. Andrew steps over an area with strong air currents, and a gust of wind carries him up and through a hole in the ceiling. The sight of the flying barbarian has the effect of further distracting the giant, allowing the invisible trio to reach him and attack with full force, assisted by spells thrown by the two clerics and the druid. The giant soon falls. The spiral staircase then transforms into a solid stone pillar. Andrew is still on the level above, and he directs the rest of the party over to the same windy area where he was raised up. The others all float up, some for a rather comical effect. The next large room encountered has inverted gravity, with a ceiling filled with water and island in the center. The party manage to fall upward and down into the water, then swim to the island. The island proves to be empty, and the party becomes frustrated. Andrew, Anjuili and Kharole dive back into the water, looking below. Mojo and Silas then do the same. A door to a room is found at the bottom of the water. The party all dive below, as Andrew and Mojo pull on the door. The door opens, but the water does not flow down through it. The five swim through the door, finding themselves in the room containing the soul gem. The gem begins to randomly lash out with power surges at different parts of the room. The party is uncertain about what to do next, except for Mojo who decides to charge towards it. He reaches and grabs the gem, and the power surges stop. They exit the room and swim back to the others with the gem. Once everyone is gathered together back on the island in the center of the room both Bags of Holding are pulled out, and the party climb inside. Kharole then uses the Helm of Teleportation to bring them back to the town of Palin. The Duke is given the gem, and he rewards them with lots of money. The party prepares to sail back home, only remembering much later that Klaaze was still back waiting for them outside of the tower. Tao comments, “He’s a big boy. He can take care of himself.” Kharole disagrees, and insists that they wait another day for her to use the Helm of Teleportation to go back and get him. May 16th, 1007: Kharole leads a small group back to the tower to get Klaaze. They have to wait another day for the Helm to recharge to teleport back to the ship. May 17th, 1007: The party all reassemble back in Palin, and the ship Silver Moon sets sail for home. May 19th, 1007: The Silver Moon arrives back at the city of Halla. [Chronicler’s Note #68: The two new characters at this week’s game were a married couple that were friends of Vincenzo’s player. They were a rather odd couple. She was very extroverted and seemed to enjoy role playing, although her magic-user seldom if ever cast any spells. Her husband was extremely introverted, and spent most of the games sitting quietly in the corner and eating his supper. They stayed with the group for the next four months, and then abruptly departed, the group not seeing them again until a party and game celebrating our 10th Year Anniversary. By the end of the module the group was back up to fourteen members, although the player of Phraakeese and Tao said he would not be around very often due to an intensive college schedule that semester.] </blockquote>

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