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<blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7855129" data-attributes="member: 7015827"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Ancient Dreams</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Very early in the morning of Nightal 11, Aerikoth re-entered the guest house with a bottle of wine and tray of food, making enough noise to wake Brok-Tul, Veran, and Jokull. Aerikoth made a half-apology, stating that balancing everything he was carrying while closing doors quietly was obviously not something he was skilled at. The others grunted their agreement and headed back to bed, while Aerikoth took his food and drink to his room.</p><p></p><p>In the morning, Jokull went to see Stanslav at the Quivering Thumb, promising to join the others at breakfast once he returned. Rahnee was feeling poorly, so Brok-Tul made sure to get some tea and breakfast cakes for her from Jandrico. Once Jokull arrived, they finished breakfast and equipped themselves for the trip to the Seven Hills outside Westgate, leaving Rahnee to recover at the guest house.</p><p></p><p>After arriving in the Seven Hills, the group showed Aerikoth the entrance to the underground chamber they had found, then descended into its dark, still nearly airless interior. A torch lit by Jokull sputtered and went out quickly, due to the lack of oxygen, prompting Brok-Tul to cast a light spell. After carefully examining the ancient throne, Aerikoth followed the others into the rear chamber containing the statue covered with dwarven runes. The mage read a spell from a scroll, then took several minutes to pore over the runes, now able to divine their meaning.</p><p></p><p>Aerikoth stated that the statue was a symbol raised in tribute to Moradin, after a victory won by the dwarves that had been enslaved by the throne's occupant. The runes, in an ancient dwarven dialect, stated that in their last efforts, although they knew they would die here, the dwarves raised this statue in honor of the lead god of their pantheon. In Aerikoth's estimation, when the ancient Netherese mage Karsus' actions caused the absence of magic in the Realms, it destroyed the dwarves' "master" as they referred to him, and they believed it was Moradin who did away with their oppressor. <em>(A fascinating historical insight. --C).</em> The wizard continued, saying that the dwarves knew they were going to die away from home, but in their last actions they erected this statue. Aerikoth commented that the runes stated how they had despaired of Moradin until their deliverance; despite the previous rejection of their gods, they still gave Moradin credit in their final hours, even though such pleas had fallen upon deaf ears.</p><p></p><p>After Aerikoth's explanation of the runes' meaning, there was some debate over how the dwarves could possibly have become reanimated – the party having encountered dwarven skeletons previously – and if Ashnakzeroth, called an "un-god" in the runic script, might have been responsible. The group exited the cavern, satisfied they had examined everything of interest and glad to get out of the oppressively stifling atmosphere. Brok-Tul, commenting that he wanted to ask a dwarf-clan about the fate of the slaves, was told by Aerikoth that the runes indicated the dwarves had been of Clan Ironhelm. The wizard then summarily dismissed the idea offered by Brok-Tul of speaking with a nearby treant, saying that such creatures were not overly fond of socializing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carlo-One, post: 7855129, member: 7015827"] [SIZE=6][B]Ancient Dreams[/B][/SIZE] Very early in the morning of Nightal 11, Aerikoth re-entered the guest house with a bottle of wine and tray of food, making enough noise to wake Brok-Tul, Veran, and Jokull. Aerikoth made a half-apology, stating that balancing everything he was carrying while closing doors quietly was obviously not something he was skilled at. The others grunted their agreement and headed back to bed, while Aerikoth took his food and drink to his room. In the morning, Jokull went to see Stanslav at the Quivering Thumb, promising to join the others at breakfast once he returned. Rahnee was feeling poorly, so Brok-Tul made sure to get some tea and breakfast cakes for her from Jandrico. Once Jokull arrived, they finished breakfast and equipped themselves for the trip to the Seven Hills outside Westgate, leaving Rahnee to recover at the guest house. After arriving in the Seven Hills, the group showed Aerikoth the entrance to the underground chamber they had found, then descended into its dark, still nearly airless interior. A torch lit by Jokull sputtered and went out quickly, due to the lack of oxygen, prompting Brok-Tul to cast a light spell. After carefully examining the ancient throne, Aerikoth followed the others into the rear chamber containing the statue covered with dwarven runes. The mage read a spell from a scroll, then took several minutes to pore over the runes, now able to divine their meaning. Aerikoth stated that the statue was a symbol raised in tribute to Moradin, after a victory won by the dwarves that had been enslaved by the throne's occupant. The runes, in an ancient dwarven dialect, stated that in their last efforts, although they knew they would die here, the dwarves raised this statue in honor of the lead god of their pantheon. In Aerikoth's estimation, when the ancient Netherese mage Karsus' actions caused the absence of magic in the Realms, it destroyed the dwarves' "master" as they referred to him, and they believed it was Moradin who did away with their oppressor. [I](A fascinating historical insight. --C).[/I] The wizard continued, saying that the dwarves knew they were going to die away from home, but in their last actions they erected this statue. Aerikoth commented that the runes stated how they had despaired of Moradin until their deliverance; despite the previous rejection of their gods, they still gave Moradin credit in their final hours, even though such pleas had fallen upon deaf ears. After Aerikoth's explanation of the runes' meaning, there was some debate over how the dwarves could possibly have become reanimated – the party having encountered dwarven skeletons previously – and if Ashnakzeroth, called an "un-god" in the runic script, might have been responsible. The group exited the cavern, satisfied they had examined everything of interest and glad to get out of the oppressively stifling atmosphere. Brok-Tul, commenting that he wanted to ask a dwarf-clan about the fate of the slaves, was told by Aerikoth that the runes indicated the dwarves had been of Clan Ironhelm. The wizard then summarily dismissed the idea offered by Brok-Tul of speaking with a nearby treant, saying that such creatures were not overly fond of socializing. [/QUOTE]
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