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The Tale of Satampra Zeiros Sypnosis
In this story, the great thief Satampra Zeiros opens by telling the story of how he lost his left hand. He begins by introducing a life-long friend and co-thief of majesty, Tirouv Ompallios. They pulled off some major heists, but it has been a while since they last scored ,and they are looking for the next thing.
They live in the city of Uzuldaroum, which is now the capital of Hyperborea. At one time, the capital was Commoriom, but it was deserted centuries ago. The people moved one day’s journey away to establish the city of Uzuldaroum. Perhaps Commoriom was deserted because of a prophecy against it by the White Sybil as is rumored, or for some other reason. The people of Uzuldaroum don’t go back. Tirouv and Satampra get the notion to head to Commoriom and explore, stealing the royal treasures that are still there.
They spend the day moving toward Commoriom and steal what they need from farmers and merchants along the way. They arrive at the ancient ruins of the city. It’s becoming dark. They decide to begin exploring immediately, an come across an old temple to Tsathoggua. They expect there might be some choice jewels or such left behind, so they head in to explore.
They push open the door and move in. There is a large basin of bronze with a liquid on it to the side, and in front is an altar with an idol of Tsathoggua on it. They find no precious stones or anything in the basin or idol. Seeing nothing by the altar/idol they moved toward the basin. An odor begins to ooze from it. The liquid agitates and swells. It moves out of the basin and solidifies into a creature.
Instantly ,they begin running from the shrine. They run for a long time, and have left Commoriom, but they see and hear the monster still chasing them, so they keep it up. They run for hours, and still hear pursuit. The moon sets, and their run is darker, and they hit trees, scratch themselves and stumble. Still they run Eventually they emerge from the forest to find themselves back where they left, and by the temple. Both Tirouv and Satampra move to hide behind the idol, but Satampra gets there first and there’s not room to hide too, so he has to hide in the basin. The creature enters and finds and slays Tirouv. Satampra creeps to the door while it is digesting Tirouv and makes it there but has to throw open the bolt, telling it where he is. As he does, a tentacle from the monster snakes out and bites off his left hand and he escapes.
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