Uklod's prayers are heard; the spirit flickers and shrieks under the light of Uklod's spell. Although, it glows a little less brightly but glow it does as its fiery tongue lashes out from between the bars that emulate a face.
R1
Terrance, Uklod, Ake (delay), Old Ember Maw, Ioann, Ingrid, Ravel
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After Ingrid mentionned the presence of a haunt, everything went too fast for Ioann. Before he could even finish swicthing from the sledge hammer to his sword, Terrance and Uklod had followed the paladin into the room.
As soon as he heard spell casting, Ioann simply droped the sledgehammer and ran into the room with the others. Not knowing what to do, he takes a look around
Looking to try to identify the bones herself, Ingrid draws a flask of holy water and hurls it into the fiery face.
The flames are too strong for Ingrid to see past. Even after dousing them with holy water and watching the flames die down significantly, the spirit that haunts them still burns brightly enough to conceal anything else within the deep furnace.
R1
Terrance, Uklod, Ake (delay), Old Ember Maw, Ioann, Ingrid, Ravel
Following the others, Ravel steps into the room. She pulls one of the glass vials from her pack and holds it aloft as she twists the metal cap, unsure of what to expect.
Ravel twists the metal cap on the vial and energy rushes forth seeking out the spirit and crushing it completely. The mist in the vial turns from white to green. The haunt appears to be completely inactive... for now.
Ioann slowly and carefully walks toward the furnace, his face fixed into aa harsh frown. Once there, uses the tip of his sword the door of the furnace wider and then he looks inside of it.
"So, will putting the bones in the water over there be enough?" he asks to Terrance.
Ravel looks to the swirling mist in the vial in her hand. "Well... that is rather interesting."
Terrance looks over at the deep pond.
Ioann, I am not sure, I would think so, but with what Ravel just did, I am at a bit of a loss if that will work anymore. The worst is that we try and fail.
Ravel manages a smile, "I don't know, Terrance. I think the worst would be we encounter some poor drowned wretch whose haunt can only be likewise purged by incinerating its bones..."
Terrance chuckles a bit.
And then all we have to do is introduce them to each other, and our problems are mutually solving.
"Can't wait to find out how the others died." Ingrid says shaking her head.
Ioann isn't readily able to see any bones, it appears though that the furnace extends back a ways. One would have to actually go inside of it and spend a few minutes sifting through the ashes to find anything.
Badly, Ingrid, any unneccessary death is a bad way to go Terrance muses a bit sadly.
He then takes a good look around the room.
Terrance, are you looking in the furnace or the rest of the room?
The huge stone furnace dominates this room. The fire burned away the entire east wall of the room, providing a view of the lake beyond. That same lake has gradually expanded into the room, flooding its eastern half. A plaque above the furnace reads "Ember Maw". There is nothing of value to be found in this room, it appears it's been picked over even more so than other areas, probably because it was easily accessible with the crumbled wall. Most likely before the spirits here grew to such strength.
With his usual lack of patience, Ioann soon abandons his search for the remains of the prisoner. He goes to get the sledgehammer, which had been left next to the last unlucky door, and walks toward the next door. Midway there he stops and turns toward the others.
"Curious? Bah, your lack of zeal betrays you." he says, taunting them.
Lack of zeal Terrance grumps, I will show you a lack of zeal
He then grabs his warhammer, and stumps his way over to the door Ioann is at.
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With his usual lack of patience, Ioann soon abandons his search for the remains of the prisoner. He goes to get the sledgehammer, which had been left next to the last unlucky door, and walks toward the next door. Midway there he stops and turns toward the others.
"Curious? Bah, your lack of zeal betrays you." he says, taunting them.
Nope, I have much zeal. Besides, I think that door said something about you being a puny, noodle armed village idiot. You should show it who's the boss!
Like this big guy!
Ake walks up and kicks the door.
Only, make it open!
Uklod was determined to put the spirit to a final rest at some point so he searched the oven for its bones.
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After some time spent digging around meticulously, Uklod emerges covered in ashes with his arms full of bones.
Ioann, not paying any more attention to the furnace, focuses on Ake's insult and her measly attempt at taking down the door. He smiles, a mean smile, at the later.
"Noodled arm? Bah. You kick like a little pixie..."
Ioann grunts at the door's unwillingness to fall down under his sledgehammer.
His eyes grow wide and raises his voice in frustration.
"Wraaaw!"
Almost as if laughing at Ioann, the door resists his attempts to break it down until finally he loses his patience and shows it he means business. The door crashes to the ground.
The northeast wall of this room has partially fallen, revealing the dark, murky waters of the pond outside. Moldering training dummies and other similar equipment hint that this room may have once been a training area for the guards. In the northeast part of the room, the floor around a dark, jagged hole is surrounded by black scorch marks.
"Looks like the work of another firebug." Ingrid says studying the scorchmarks.
The damage looks very, very old. After a moment, you recall from your research, that the original fire that destroyed Harrowstone started just below this area.
I suggest that we come back and look into the underground tomorrow, and that we continue to look around this area
Terrance looks around the room to see what he can see.
This room was where the fire that doomed Harrowstone
began, as detailed in the Adventure Background. The
fire burned so hot that much of the eastern wing of
the dungeon below collapsed once its wooden supports
failed. The jagged, soot-caked hole in the f loor was once
the location of the lift that connected the two f loors—
the machinery that powered the lift tumbled into the
dungeon below during the fire. It’s a 20-foot drop to area
U1 from this point—the edges of the hole may appear
dangerous but the unstable portions have long since
fallen away, leaving the remaining rim solid enough to
support the weight of numerous creatures. Climbing
down into the room below requires at least two separate
Climb checks—the first a DC 30 check to navigate the
overhang and ceiling of area U1, and then a number of
DC 10 Climb checks to navigate the ruined stone and
timber wall down to the ground 20 feet below. The PCs
can climb down much more safely by first tying a knotted
rope to a nearby wall or fallen timber and then throwing
the rope into the hole (DC 10 Climb check), while hauling
a 20-foot-long ladder up from Ravengro may be an even
safer (although more time-consuming) solution.
Ioann stands in the frame of the door not daring to enter until Ingrid does her usual investigation. As he waits, he taps his foot with impatience.
" 'Thought she couldn't wait to know how the others had perished..." he mutter to himself.
"This looks like the room where the fire started." Ingrid says walking in.
In which case there should not be much to see, let us push on and clear as much of this floor before moving below
Ravel peers in the chasm, "Terrible things await us down below. I agree with Terrance, let us see what secrets can still be gleaned from this level, then we should rest and strike anew..."
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Uklod took great care in placing the bones of the spirit into the small pond that was partly ...and quite conveniently... in the room. Releasing his held breath he patted what he could of the ashy soot from his clothes and tried not to think of the source.
Terrance follows along with the group.
As Uklod drops the warm bones into the water, the water begins to boil and hiss. An ethereal sigh can be heard, indeed almost felt, as the spirit is finally given relief from the searing heat and laid to rest.
Ioann stands silent, still outside of the training room, frustrated that the others are considering leaving the building a second time without having even found the necromancer how raised professor Lorrimor. After a minute or two, he calms down a bit and walks through the group, bumping almost purposefully into Ingrid, before getting to the door accross the room. For a moment, he stares at the wooden gate that lays on his path. Then, he swings the sledge hammer in a large arc and strikes down the door. Switching to his sword, he peers inside, hoping that they might finally have found the property room.
Once again, the door withstands Ioann's abuse. He must be getting more tired than he's willing to admit to himself.
Several rows of wooden benches, all spotted with mold and sagging with neglect, face a stage walled off from the rest of the room by a wall of iron bars.
Terrance continues to move along behind Ioann