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Sat 8th Jul 2023 12:47

Oh, the hidden stars!

by Griska Ironrain

Graklak went to see about a star reading before we headed out. He was told that the overcast the night before made a reading impossible. With that out of the way, we headed back to the ruins. As we headed own the stairwell to return where we had left off, we noticed some creatures seemingly posted as guards. There were 2 Barbazu. As we continued forward, another creature suddenly appeared on the stairs below us as well. He was also clearly some sort of Devil. He introduced himself as Urevian, claiming he wanted to strike a deal with us. We listened while he explained he would leave, taking all his Devils with him, opening the way to the sealed lowest level & even have his Fleshwarps clear some other monsters away for us. All in exchange for the soul of the idiot Carmen, who stole the sword of one of the founders of Otari. We chose to attack instead, since his soul was not ours to give... Urevian was clearly displeased & told us we had best not travel deeper, before disappearing. We killed one of the Barbazu. The other one cast a spell and disappeared. We then made out way back to the arena, where we found the corpses had all been moved into the center of the arena. There might even have been a few more in with what we had killed. While the corpses did not have any magic, we did find some buried in the dirt of the arena! We continued exploring to the south back in the hall we had just come through. We found a set of locked doubled doors. Mel heard speech coming from beyond them while she attempted to pick them. After some time passed she managed to pick the lock on the doors, with some magical assistance from Rosa.
Griska and Graklak stepped up to open the doors while Rosa faded back. Inside we saw 4 creatures. 1 of the large Wurm creatures floating near the ceiling, 2 Drider type creatures on the walls, near the ceiling & one of the creatures with many sharp bladed arms on the floor in the center of the room. As the doors swung open the worm creatures cast a spell at Sprite, blasting him and making him afraid! The fight was on. The creature on the ground died very quickly, followed by the 2 Driders. Though, the Driders did cause some trouble, trapping Graklak in the room when we tried to retreat out. We had to get back in to rescue him, though he held his own until we could do so. Lastly, we killed the Wurm creature, which was clearly the leader of this bunch. We found notes in the room about experiments conducted by the Wurm creature. The notes were about the Shanrigol Behemoth in the arena. There was also various loot and magic spread about the room, including several keys, which Mel held on to. We decided to hole up here and recuperate. While we did so, we identified items and looked through the notes we had found. We were able to rest without interruption.

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  1. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 13: Behind the Mask
  2. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 12: Inkboil Spring
  3. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 11: Four Faces of Evil
  4. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 10: Collapse
  5. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 9: The Warren
  6. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 8: Welcoming Hands
  7. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 7: Stone Ring Pond
  8. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 6: The Last Gullcracker
  9. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 5: The Redpitch Grove
  10. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 4: Gambler's Curse
  11. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 3: Dawnflower's Blessing
  12. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 2: Oddities
  13. Shroud of Four Silences - Chapter 1: Work Detail
  14. Shroud of Four Silences - Disclaimer
  15. Brought together by Wrin
  16. Investigating the Light House
  17. Exploring the ground level... before the basement!
  18. Lighthouse Cellar
  19. Continuing to explore the Cellar
  20. To kill a king
  21. Liberating the Library
  22. Back to the Library
  23. What's behind this door?
  24. Once more into the breach
  25. Continuing Deeper
  26. Worms everywhere & a Dwarf rescued!
  27. So many ways to explore!
  28. Pick a door, any door!
  29. Exploring we will go...
  30. Another Curse in Otari!
  31. Continuing to explore deeper
  32. Victors!
  33. Delving Deeper
  34. What is over here?
  35. Oh, the hidden stars!

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