Session 7: Morning is a good time for a Graveyard Report

General Summary

Upon leaving the Village of Libraries you are stopped by Spari Moonglow who is investigating The Fen. She has discovered that The Fen leave notes for their disciples in Red Leaf Trees. She also discovered that one of the top leaders of the Fen is named The Hammer and he is currently operating in the city of Crook Crag. The party tells her to be careful while she investigates the shadowy organization and heads off to the Graveyard of the Arcane.  

Walking along the Northern road you see the great stone walls of the graveyard looming before you crest a hill. It lays in almost a perfect square but you can see that the graveyard is sectioned off into smaller parts.   Outside the fifteen foot iron gate you can see double floor building built into the wall. A few Shields of the Arcane stand attention in front of the gate and building.

Arriving at the gate the party meets First Shield Horendial who accompanies them into the Graveyard as a guide.   While walking through the graveyard the party encounters a few different obstacles. The first one was a giant wall of fire which N4 promptly dispelled after Horendial suggests finding a way around it. Next while walking the party sees some figures off in the distance. As they near one another they discover that they are mirror images of one another. Azarath attempts to sneak away but finds himself with his own mirror image. N4 attempts to punch the copy of Maz and finds his copying Maz. Datheor attempts to strike himself and there are small cracks that appear in the air. One more strike breaks the illusion.   Continuing on the party spots a small sack that is sitting on a tombstone. Opening the sack the party finds a hippogriff pup and they take it with them.   The final obstacle was the most devestating. Walking through what appears to be normal air but two members, Azarath and Maz, begin to change. Maz grows shorter and shorter and a beard while Azarath grows taller and taller. Green skin appears and tusks erupt from his mouth. Maz fortunately resists this change and resumes his normal human form but Azarath finds himself trapped as a half-orc.   Grazing over this weird change, the party makes it to the Statue of Crerare. They find an inscription along the base of it.   

To open where I rest

One most start low

I will put to the test

Your Constitution

Find the next clue

Where humans must be wary

For they are the hated race

you should not tarry

Once you cross the gate

Where the Fire came

Descend until you find Slate

and the rock unlit by flame.