|
After eating some fish, Alzar is taking first watch when midnight hits, and suddenly, he can make out a very gentle sound coming from the Stone. Alzar heads over and sees that a large archway has opened in the Leaning Stone. Thassil heard Alzar head over and woke up, and grabs a weapon and his armor and moves in behind Alzar. This is his lucky night! After all, it’s free land, there’s nothing stopping Thassil from coming in.
Alzar hands Thassil a continually lit stone from his Bag of Holding and he’ll use it as light source if needed. Visible through the arch is a small dark silent chamber beyond. The Star reveals an illusion and the floor is not really there, and there is a gently descending shaft instead. Forewarned he tells Thassil.
They head down and Alzar pauses a moment to conjure an earth, greater earth, and invisible stalker as company, in case they are needed. They lead the way, Alzar and Thassil behind. Azzil perched on Alzar’s shoulders.
Soon the shaft bends into a very vertical shaft, and there is a Levitate spell her that gently moves everything down. A cluster of magical eyes see them and move to follow them, and Alzar gets several sets following him and Thassil one. Alzar doesn’t recognize them (he failed his Sage Knowledge roll, they are a new monster introduced in this module).
They land gently in a hemispherical unnaturally-smooth chamber with solid walls and a smooth floor, and a corridor that exists on the far side. As they arrive, a specialized undead phantom called a Vision begins to play through the final moments of its life. This is the place that the mage Ulthun was wounded, and then he crawls outside and dies. This room saw seven robed, hooded men bearing daggers stab out and wound him.
A check of the room shows nothing more.
|