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=== The Twin Monuments === | === The Twin Monuments === | ||
[[File:Obelisk.jpg|thumb|Detail view of one of the stone monuments.]] | |||
Outside the caverns stood two large monuments. Surrounding one of these, the crew found twelve [[dwarves]] dressed in armor for battle. After approaching the dwarf with the highest-quality armor, [[Ardrick]] discovered that all twelve suits of armor were filled with bleached bones. [[Ka-Ess]] Spoke With the Dead to learn about the entity sealed within the complex. Ardrick recovered a set of [[mithril]] armor and [...]. | Outside the caverns stood two large monuments. Surrounding one of these, the crew found twelve [[dwarves]] dressed in armor for battle. After approaching the dwarf with the highest-quality armor, [[Ardrick]] discovered that all twelve suits of armor were filled with bleached bones. [[Ka-Ess]] Spoke With the Dead to learn about the entity sealed within the complex. Ardrick recovered a set of [[mithril]] armor and [...]. | ||
=== The Entrance Chamber === | === The Entrance Chamber === | ||
Entering the caverns, our heroes traversed a series of narrow tunnels before finding themselves in a cavernous room. On the opposite wall was a large cleft; arcane symbols covered the walls around the cleft, and two piles of skulls and severed heads flanked it. In this room, they met [[Gash]], a pale humanoid who was covered in scars, tattoos, and grime. Gash spoke [[Undercommon]], which [[Cheeky]] was able to translate. He said, "Powerful masters, you honor us with your presence. | [[File:Carvings.jpg|thumb|A rubbing of the cavern wall with profane words and symbols.]] | ||
Entering the caverns, our heroes traversed a series of narrow tunnels before finding themselves in a cavernous room. On the opposite wall was a large cleft; arcane symbols covered the walls around the cleft, and two piles of skulls and severed heads flanked it. In this room, they met [[Gash]], a pale humanoid who was covered in scars, tattoos, and grime. Gash spoke [[Undercommon]], which [[Cheeky]] was able to translate. He said, "Powerful masters, you honor us with your presence. Seek you passage through the tomb to the [[Duzack Gate]]? Trust Gash and guide you through the maze he will!" | |||
Cheeky spoke to Gash and Gash offered to serve her as he served an entity he called "The Great One." He said The Great One emerged from The Maw. | Cheeky spoke to Gash and Gash offered to serve her as he served an entity he called "The Great One." He said The Great One emerged from The Maw. | ||
=== The Sealed Door === | |||
They discovered a metal door with a relief of a hammer, lightning bolt, and a shattered stone. They could not open the door. | |||
=== The Hideous Amphitheatre === | |||
Drawn deeper into the caverns by the sound of a [[halfling]] woman being tortured, The Fishwives crept forward and discovered the sounds emanated from a [[leucrotta]] which appeared to be performing for three [[bulezau]] and three [[gnolls]]. These were dispatched quickly. | |||
=== The Pristine Shrine === | |||
The next chamber was notably cleaner than the previous rooms. The walls no longer showed profane graffiti and the smell of rotting flesh was gone. A gold disc was embedded in the wall above a granite basin; a single fresh flower lay nearby. There were also five bronze doors in the southern end of the chamber. These were covered in ancient dwarven runes which were indecipherable. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
[[Underdark]] | |||