« Levi's Thoughts In The Mere of Dead Men | Main | Severing the Hand »

Murder In Arabel

Well, you got trooped off to Suzail, had to buy your own horses in order to become messengers, got a bit of money back when you reached Arabel and delivered the missives. You couldn't find Levi's folks, but you did find a place to hide the remains of the wand. The Priest and Paladin now have new abilities to play with and you were all just about to get to chat about them when you were unable to stop someone being murdered in front of you. At least you might be able to help the victim's daughter, if you can figure out the meaning of the map and the letter that he carried. . . .
So, you set off into the wilds following the map, encountering only a wild boar in the night. At the pre-determined location you came upon a great disk of stone lying flat and undisturbed. After some close scrutiny a central disk was discerned which did not yield to Dispel Magic or to Knock. However, with much prayer and meditation Levi determined that a Stone Shape spell may be able to remove the obstacle. This was duly achieved, although the volume of stone required numerous spells with a rest in between. Finally the circular iron trapdoor under the stone was revealed. With a mighty heave Levi managed to pull it open. A spiral stone staircase disappeared into the darkness below. With much trap checking the Mother's found themselves at the bottom of the stairs facing a short corridor ending in a door. This door was also checked but Gaspode failed to spot that the metal disk hanging on the hook on the door had explosive runes on the other side. Jito was the curious one who caused the small explosion. After passing through the door into the room beyond, three exits were noticed. One, decorated in stained glass seemed to be connected with Deneir, God of Glyphs and Images. The portal opposite them was closed. As all good Mother's do, they went left to the final door which was hanging ajar. The boring over-stuffed furniture could await further investigation when they returned. However, the wights would not wait. They burst malevolently from the two nearest doors with hate, hunger and evil dripping from their red rimmed eyes. But they could not withstand the power of Tyr and the faith of Levi as his proffered holy symbol forced them cowering back into their filthy dens. Two more closed doors can be seen along this passage, which continues on into the darkness.

About

This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on November 7, 2001 6:38 PM.

The previous post in this blog was Levi's Thoughts In The Mere of Dead Men.

The next post in this blog is Severing the Hand.

Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

Powered by
Movable Type 3.34