EPISODE
#11
Game
Date: 06-16-14
Cast:
Sparruu, Gul’Daryh, Skat, Quilliam
Supporting
Cast: Argus, Sideth
The
rat-things surround our heroes in the old, circular library room.
Argus, having been attacked first, is flat on his back and out of the
fight. Daggers are thrown, darts are thrown, and arrows are loosed.
The melee commences with most of the party taking hits, some of them
significant. Sparruu, praying for help from Miana Musina, finds his
deity rather silent over and over again. Could it be that he/she
wants no part of the Temple of Vell? Is this a message that Sparruu
is on the wrong path?
Quilliam
is confronted with one of the automatons and his dagger is shattered
by the creature’s powerful bite. Skat is quick on his feet,
dispatching the threat with a well-placed backstab. Gul’Daryh’s
arrows go wide but eventually the team manages to destroy their
enemies and end the fight none-too-soon.
Licking
their wounds they suddenly realize Sideth, the rather quiet witch, is
no long with them. Did she enter the room at all? Is she on the other
side of the door? A mystery.
Searching
the library they find a long-dead body dressed in simple robes and
carrying a large, blank book. Lying next to him is a pair of
spectacles. Putting them on they suddenly see words on the blank
book. Quilliam and Gul’Daryh surmise the book is a large treatise
on the casting of one particular spell…the nature of which is not
known.
They
find a book of spells that nearly kills Sparruu upon picking the lock
holding it shut. They find a ring that allows them to read and
understand many languages…but as Quilliam learns the ring creates
such a hunger for reading that it is a struggle of will just to take
it off and stop. Best left in the pocket for now.
Further
searching reveals a hidden door. A bookshelf swivels to reveal a
small reading room with a shelf of more unusual books. The back of
this room was breeched. The wall is in ruin and a crude stairway has
been carved on the other side. In this room Gul’Daryh discovers a
strange spellbook of unknown contents.
The
heroes decide to rest. Gul’Daryh lights a torch and sings his
firesong to bring much-needed restoration to the tired party.
The
next morning sounds emanate from the reading room. Upon entering they
find nothing but it seems the books are in disarray. Someone was
there. They head through the broken wall and down the steps to a deep
underground pool in which Sparruu recognizes there is great evil.
They press on past the pool, deeper into this labyrinth…
End
of Episode #11
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