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Are you helping Rosalia or heading to the sounds of battle? Reposting what you saw before:
You start running down the hallway towards the sounds of fighting. As you turn one of the corridors that housed a door you never visited, you see a kobold in clerical robes rush out of it and run towards where your companions are battling it out. The cleric was oblivious to your presence in her rush, but when you peer into the room she came from you are stunned by a horrifying sight.
You see a large 60 foot square chamber. A large altar sits at the center of this room, flanked by two tall candle stands. From some divine knowledge revealed inside your head, you know that the altar is built from the still living remains of kobolds and derro who refused to yield to the Outer Gods' corruptive power. Their limbs have been removed and their torsos sewn together to form a crude table. The candle stands are built from still-living kobolds whose bones were liquefied by the Outer Gods' power then reformed and arranged to force their bodies into a pose suitable to hold candles during services. The kobolds' faces and jaws are set to hold one candle, while their arms extend straight up from their torsos to each clutch a candle. Their legs are half as long as normal, as their lower leg bones form two additional limbs extending from their lower torsos to form four stable legs for the stand.
The walls are covered with the still-living skin and organs of other creatures captured and warped by the Outer Gods' servants. Organs pulse, veins throb. Skin and body parts move and quiver slightly.
On the other side of the room, near the twisted altar, is Rosalia, frozen in place by some unknown magic. As you observe, the altar and candle-holders approach her. The candles bend near her body and are attempting to light her clothes on fire. If someone doesn't act soon, the held frozen Rosalia is likely to die a painful and fiery death. On the other hand, your companions are about to be attacked by a new threat they have not anticipated...
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