(YBA) Kalath in Wicht's Lair

[Wicht]

Finally, Kalath using his hammer, strikes the statue atop its head and it crumbles into so many small stones. A shadow filled with a soft light rises into the air.

"beware..." it whispers and then is gone.

The blue light from the torches fades just a bit.

Kalath recieves 2 experience points

 

[graydoom]

Updated version of Kalath.
Purchased Master of the Phoenix
Saved 1 exp

Round: Null
Current Hits: 14
Total Hits: 14

Experience: 1
Saved Experience: 4
Natural Hits: 6
Yen: 1.5
Being Worn: Mithril Chain Shirt (+4 hits), Mithril Kote (+4 hits)
Being Wielded: +2 Hammer (+3 damage), Staff (+1 damage), Pick-axe (+1 damage on kama style), Dagger (+1 damage), Sword (+1 damage), Spear (+1 damage), Chopsticks (+1 damage), Claws (+1 damage), Fan (+1 damage), Spiked Gloves (+1 damage), Needle (+1 damage)
Possessions: Anti-Kobold Whistle
Tournament Record: 0-0

ABILITIES:
Intense Sarcasm and a Pessimistic Outlook
Dirty Trick (x1)[Left: 1]
Shove (x1)[Left: 1]
Chair Shot (x1) [Left: 1]
Master of the Phoenix style
Student of the Volcano

 

[graydoom]

If nothing else happens, Kalath walks back to the door and tries to open it again, hoping that he is as prepared for the new consequences he is sure to face as he was for the statues.

 

[Wicht]

The door opens smoothly and easily. Beyond is a single large chamber with sarcophigi lining the walls, a dozen in all. There is nothing else in the room.

The sarcophigi are all of painted stone and the bodies painted on the front are of figures frozen in horror. A scritching-scratching sound fills the room as if many small claws were digging fruitlessly through rock.

 

[graydoom]

Kalath walks to the closest one and opens it....

 

[Wicht]

There is a heavy padlock on the outside of the sarcophigus.

 

[graydoom]

Kalath chuckles. "Hello there, Mr. Padlock... I'd like you to meet my good friend, Mr. Big Freaking Hammer!"

Kalath introduces Mr. Padlock to Mr. Big Freaking Hammer.

 

[Wicht]

The padlock shatters under the weight of the hammer and hits the floor. Kalath can now freely open the stone sarcophigi and does.

Is he prepared for what he sees?

For what he sees is a small child perhaps 6 years old, dressed in rags with bloody fingers from clawing at the door of the sarcophigus. Indeed there are scratch marks all over the bottom of the lid. A quick look shows a small hole in the top of the sarcophigus. Perhaps for air? Perhaps for food or water?

The pale skinned child shivers with fear for a moment and then as his eyes dilate and he sees Kalath more clearly, the fear is replaced by another, harder to discern emotion. Perhaps gratitude? Perhaps hunger?

"I am so hungry." whispers the child pleadingly, and then, as if remembering"My brothers and sisters."

The child's gaze turns to the other sarcophigi and Kalath is aware that the room is still filled with the sound of scritching-scratching and he realizes that all 11 of the other sarcophigi must have a child in them as well.

 

[graydoom]

Kalath goes to open the other sarcophigi, breaking off the padlocks as necessary. He opens the sarcophigi starting from the back of the room, so that once all twelve are opened he has worked his way back to the very first one he opened, right next to the door.

 

[Wicht]

Kalath walks to the back of the room followed by the wide eyed child.

Smashing the padlock is as easy as it was on the first and soon the door is opened and a small girl, perhaps five, dressed in rags stumbles out. Her hands are also bleeding and she stares at Kalath for a moment and then at the small boy and she turning back to Kalath smiles angelicly and points to the next sarcophigus.

The second one is opened and a small boy perhaps four, stumbles into Kalath's arms.

He sniffs at Kalath for a moment, his hands clutching Kalath's sleeve. The girl and the other boy pull him away and stare from Kalath to the next sarcophigus.