Session 12 - Visions and a Cleansing

As I'm trying to sleep I see a bright light, shining into my eyes. Initially thinking someone has cast a spell. I "wake up" lying on a black void. 50 feet away I see a mighty forge, the source of the light. Beautifully carved with a large golden symbol of Moradin behind it. I approach the forge and the heat is immense. Wall of the forge is waist high. Peering in is a bubbling vat of molten lava. The longer I stand the heat of the forge becomes less and less, definitely still hot.
To my left is a change, where there wasn't, now stands a large glistening silver anvil. Leaning against the anvil is a heavy black smiths hammer.
On top of the anvil, is a piece of metal, looks to be steel, shaped into a point. I pick up the blacksmith hammer, and as I raise the hammer, the metal blade starts to turn red, as if just taken out of the forge.
As I hit the blade, I see a brief flash of a cloudless blue sky.
The second hit, as the echo stops of the strike, I see rolling dunes of sand.
Third hit, after the echo, the vision is off, a bit blurry, as if the connection is being interfered with. I see a structure within the sandy dunes. Made of rock, maybe sandstone or limestone. Tilted to the left and half buried in sand.
The fourth hit, I start feeling dizzy, and the image of the anvil and hammer is flickering out of existence, but one final image appears. I see the front of the tilted building. A clear symbol of Moradin carved above the door. I look down and see an after image of the anvil, blade and hammer before they disappear. As I stand there, in the void.
 
I see the blacksmith hammer I was working with in my hand as it rusts and crumbles to sand, the forge starting to crumble and the large golden symbol of Moradin fallen to one side. Directly in front. is the wooden box wrapped in chain. I suddenly wake in the room back at the Raven Queen, the chest still on the altar, but my Moradin symbol warm, and fading from the red that it was in the weird dream I just had.
 
Once we've finished our rest. I start the process to bless water to create some holy water to try and cleanse the box. I then cast Augury to get an omen on the action of dowsing the chest with holy water and then casting dispel magic on the chest. The omen I get is both good and bad.
 
Austar made the decision to go ahead with the plan.
 
Box needs submerging in purified water. Incense or something that burns and gives off a smell. A religious symbol (Moradin for me). 3 willing individuals to sit in the pool with the object.
 
I move the sludgy water like substance out of one of the pools and into the hole and create a fresh source of water in it and pour in the holy water, which thankfully purifies the water. Malaphor gets in and puts the chest in the water as myself and Austar join him and start the hour long ritual to try and cleanse the chest.
 
20 minutes into the ritual, the corners of the chest and the chain start to blacken as if being heated and then a hissing noise from the inside as if acid is burning.
Unfortunately the ritual failed as the chest burst open, and a horrific grey form of a woman comes out of the box, covered in wraps and with a amulet round her neck.
 
A long and dangerous fight ensued but we managed to defeat the creature after Malaphor and Raskin went down. The creature didn't leave anything behind but the amulet.
 
Lucinda Marguant, sent a message saying to meet her in the capital Laelos to deal with Alistan Preen. High ranking officials have been summoned and Alistan Preen will be present. An opportunity to bring to light his illegal activities. "Ask for Selena at the Round Archers Inn, request the flower garden" in Laelos. Meet in 10 days. I said I'd let her know as currently in the Besansir Woods dealing with something.
 
The amulet is the Whilewiss Opera. I get a strong magical enchantment with a hint of necromancy essence from it. Requires attunement. Provides +1 spell attack modifier. +1 Intelligence. Health increases by maximum number of 1 hit dice. Gave this to Malaphor.
 
Made our way out back through the Besansir Woods and on to the Alabasta Pass as nightfall hits to make our way towards Laelos to meet up with Lucinda Marguant.