The Age of Worms / Hall of Harsh Reflections pt. 3 / Vish the 29th, 3592 CE / 4-21-19

General Summary

As Drask breathes his last, Rikit becomes more determined then ever to find the real Lulu. Going once more past the cells, he uses a spell of monkeyfish to climb through the sunken chamber filled with sword and spear points, and discovers what appears to be an unconscious Lulu at the far end of the chamber. Rousing her, he decides this must be the real Lulu after she seems to remember their previous exploits, and he helps her return to the main warehouse, looking to escape. Unfortunately, not only are the warehouse's double doors chained shut, but shouting from men claiming to be the city guard can be heard coming from the other side. Regim, the doppelganger guard whose foot Rikit cut off begins shouting that the criminals they are looking for are inside, before Rikit silences him for good. Deciding their best course of action is to move deeper into the complex, Rikit, Los, and Lulu return to the sunken chamber and attempt to cross, with Rikit downing cat's grace and long arm extracts, and towing the floating forms of Los, Lulu, and the body of Drask, on whom Los has cast levitate. Unfortunately, Rikit steps onto a trick board and falls into the water, where the party is dismayed to discover lives a giant moray eel, perhaps used as a guardian by the doppelgangers. The party manages to fight their way past the ravenous beast, and escapes to the next room, in which they find a well which Lulu reveals is a conduit to a lower level. In the water control chamber, the barrel by which the doppelgangers use to travel between levels of the Sodden Hold comes to rest atop a large stone pillar. From the waters below, Los hears her own voice, but refuses to look to see the source. Moments later, the voice stops and all is silent. The party makes their way across a walkway and through a door into a hallway, with doors leading to a planning room and various sleeping quarters, Rikit piles the papers from the war room into the bag of holding he discovered in the storage room upstairs. Lulu warns the party that the end of the hallway is trapped. In the last room they investigate, Los's ability to constantly detect magic reveals an illusory door. When she passes through it, she finds herself in a strange blue room with reflective walls. Bound atop a dais at the far of it she sees Rikit, Lulu, Drask, and herself!

Character(s) interacted with

Rikit Bhang, Loscivia Cantri, Drask, Lulu (Ixian in disguise), Regim (doppelganger), doppelganger guards, a decapus, Lulu Victry, 3 doppelgangers disguised as Rikit, Los, & Drask

Report Date

21 Apr 2019