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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8286591" data-attributes="member: 7015827">As Darrow reached the rubble pile, the ghost indeed warned him to go no further. The dwarf stopped, poked in the rocks, and looked upwards, trying to gauge where they might have fallen from. He then announced he was going to dig in the rubble for bit. A set of human bones were soon uncovered, causing Aronson to flinch upon seeing them. Aerikoth pressed the ghost, asking if they were his remains, but he said he could not speak of it. Shanni, who had been hanging back out of sight in case of a confrontation, appeared and took a look at the bones, wondering if they could be removed and given a decent burial. Darrow bent down and picked up the remains in response, putting them in his pack and saying nobody deserved the ghost’s fate.Aerikoth queried Aronson if anyone still lived who would be interested in his fate. The ghost, with some irony, turned the question back on Aerikoth, saying he did not know who still lived. Darrow more practically wondered if there was a kid, wife or brother; Aerikoth pointed out that two decades was not a very long time, if there were any family or friends from that time.Aronson told them that he had been a Paladin of Torm, forswearing his earthly ties to serve. His only companion was Tougal, a monk, who came with him to the place of the ruined tower; only Tougal departed. Dermot guessed correctly that he had been a monk of Ilmater, leading Shanni to put her palms over her face, saying that explained a lot. Darrow observed that it just so happened that a monk of the Crying God had tipped them off about the place. The party then departed the entrance area, but not before Aerikoth needled a silent Aronson about his faith not protecting the former paladin from his fate. (Such are the ways of those who do not understand or value faith, but see the world solely in terms of power. Could it be that the wizard is one of the faithless? If so, perhaps a similarly unwanted fate awaits him, in Kelemvor's realm. --C)Dermot led the others, circling around the tower looking for another way inside, as they talked about Aronson’s situation. Shanni wondered if they could do something with the bones, using one of the scrolls that brings back life, as she had a couple in her possession. Aerikoth asked to see the scroll and perused it, then indicated that he did not think it would work on the former paladin’s remains; a more potent version, that of resurrection, would be required. Darrow thought that the Ascetic One, who was likely Tougal, would know what to do with his friend’s remains.</blockquote>

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