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They check a few nearby rooms that people left from. In one, three native slaves are chained up, and they are released. Alzar has them turn the cart towards the double doors, and stand behind it, ready to use it if anything comes out. The next room is the crack for the portcullis into the temple.
The other two doors are passageways, one to the east and the other south through colonnades to more double doors.
They so south and move the cart to face the east door to keep people from flanking them.
The ghoul steps on a glyph and two statues are flung at it, and it is crushed by the attack. Alzar orders the wight to the front.
Beyond the double doors in a large open room with lit braziers, and an old temple to Malekbel but since rededicated to Mahte. In front is a statue of a large woman scantily clad, with roses in one hand, showing the thorns and a thorned whip in the other. The figure of Mahte. There is a door to the other said, and a group of 10 slaves chained to the altar. Most are savages, but two are darker skinned and one white.
There is an ornamental trap door in the floor. And at top of the alter are some gems and gold, now collected.
900 gold
2000 gp in gems
They free the slaves, and they tell Alzar that there is a giant blade trap in the trap door. He order the wight to open it and go down, and the tarp fails to damage it. The slaves are sent back to the courtyard with the others, and given weapons and armor, just in case a fight ensues.
They move into the room behind the statues, there was once a large high ceiling in here, but it has collapses and ivy runs up and down the walls. After a pause, a group of stirges can be seen. Alzar orders everyone back, and casts Blastbones and tosses it in the air. They all take 6 damage and die except for two, who were outside the range, and fly off.
XP – 100 for Alzar
A search of both the temple and the chapel finds :
Jeweled Dagger worth 1000 gold
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