(YBA) Kalath in the Sewers of the City of the Bard

[Wicht]

Each end of the hallway is a dead end, a stone wall. The only exits out of the hallway are the doors. There are two doors on the north side of the hall that Kalath has yet to open and the two doors on the southern side have not been opened either.

The two doors on the north end lie between the one he just exited and the far eastern door behind which the cultist wished to lock him. The two doors ont he southern wall lie one about midway (across from the door to the room leading to the sewer) and one on the far eastern end.

The next door down is locked.

 

[graydoom]

Kalath checks the next door down.

 

[Wicht]

The next door down is also locked, though Kalath is pretty sure he can hear someone on the other side crying.

 

[graydoom]

"Hmmm... perhaps more sacrifices?"

Kalath tries to break off the lock....

The whip punches from the swamp; absorbs the blood of the blade!

 

[Wicht]

The lock snaps and the door swings open. Inside the room, which seems to be nicely furnished, two young ladies are huddled in chairs crying.

As the door opens and they see Kalath they begin screaming!

 

[graydoom]

"Oh, do be quiet. I'm not one of those cultists and I'm not here to take you for sacrifice. In fact, if you two are lucky you might even survive this whole experience."

"If you don't think you can escape and make your way back yourselves, you might want to go talk to the old lady two rooms down. Perhaps together you could defend yourselves better, or barricade the door... or at least scream louder."

Kalath steps back and gestures down the hall toward the old lady's room.

"Oh, and how were you two brought here? And is there anything useful you can tell me about this place?"

 

[graydoom]

Sigh. Was unable to save the posts this time .

IIRC, The girls roughly said they were blindfolded and kidnapped, and that the old lady was a witch and they heard what happened to the others that were given to her, and asked where they were.

Kalath responded that they were in the cultist's temple in the sewers below the city of the bard. He then asked them for details about what they heard involving the old lady and the others that "were given to her".

Go board troubles .

 

[Wicht]

"We heard them take the babies into her, they screamed awful and then they stopped screaming. They do this every day for her. Even the cultists call her the 'Old Witch.' She is evil. We won't go in withs her." says one of the girls answering Kalath's question.

The other girl adds, "They told us that if we made them too angry they wouldn't do nothing but let her eats a bit of us for dinner!"

 

[graydoom]

"Ah. Well then, looks like you two are stuck here for a while then, unless you think you can make your way back on your own. I still have a lot to do here...."

Kalath goes to the locked door immediately to the west, and tries to break off its lock too.

The claw slashes over the ruins; conceals the rolling of the rodent!

 

[Wicht]

The girls nod dumbly as he leaves. They stick their heads out of the door and watch him attack the next lock. His attack snaps it easily.

Within this room is an old man, his strength almost gone. He sits in front of the fireplace, sipping on a drink, bundled in a blanket. The rest of the room, like the others Kalath has seen, is nicely furnished and bespeaks the apparent wealth of the cult.

The old man turns and looks over at Kalath as the door opens. In a soft croaking voice he asks, "Is it time then?"