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"We seem to be in some kind of massive hall," states Eyvindr flatly. "I cannot see the ends of it, whether length or width..."
"But there odd looking scratches on the floor over here, by the door... Eight of them, parallel... As if someone was dragged inside by the feet, but he, she or it tried to dig fingernails into stone..."
As Gillian mentions the awful smell, Eyvindr promptly unsheathes his sword. "For something to smell that strongly, it must be near," he growls...
When Eyvindr became undead, did he lose his olfactory sense? Whether he has lost it or not, I figure that he would have still reacted in the same way to Gillian's observation...
"We should move in formation, casters in the center, warriors in an outer perimeter, Sky and Pete, you seem to be our best trackers. Eys open, if you see anything call out the location and a warning. We move as a unit, we survive as a unit."
Ilona's tone takes on a clipped militaristic manner that carries a strange authority with it, her time in the military lending power to her words.
You reach a large pool or perhaps a fountain raised to halfling's hight above the floor filled with stagnant and smelly water surrounded by corpses. They seem to be dwarves and there are seven of them. The mountain coldness and the dry air of this strange castle mummified them and their clothes is well preserved despite obviously long time that has passed. All of them have daggers sticking from the breasts and some of them are even holding the dagger hilts. It seems that they have taken their own lives.
Hearing Pet yelling back about the dead dwarves, Chops resists the urge to run down to catch up with him. Instead, he waits with Ragnar and brings up the rear, with occasional glances at the cracked door.
Gilian casts detect poison on the stagnant water.
"So what is it we were supposed to do here. Deliver the Elf brother ? Or is it just a trap on our way ? Why would they kill themselves if not to seal the doors and prevent something from using them to escape ?"says Gilian.
"The more I think about it, the less I like this place"
Seeing Ragnar and Chops drop to the rear of the party, Eyvindr steps out 20' or so from his companions to cover the right flank. As the group finds the dead dwarves, he stands silently and continues to scan the area while the others try to determine what drove the mountain fey to their grisly fate...
Ilona walks along the opposite flank scanning the area. As Gillian speaks she nods in agreement. "You and me both hon, this place is creepy. I can't help but think though, dwarf blood to open and maybe dwarf blood to seal, is it possible they did this to ensure what was here stayed here until someone specifc came?"
Gilian casts detect poison on the stagnant water.
"So what is it we were supposed to do here. Deliver the Elf brother ? Or is it just a trap on our way ? Why would they kill themselves if not to seal the doors and prevent something from using them to escape ?"says Gilian.
"The more I think about it, the less I like this place"
Gilian casts detect poison on the stagnant water.
Why would they kill themselves if not to seal the doors and prevent something from using them to escape ?"says Gilian.
"I was always led to believe that the only thing that a Dwarf would kill themselves over would be if somehow that was a better way to spit in the shadow's eye than going down fighting." The big man pauses a moment. "Dwarves never die without purpose."
"I was always led to believe that the only thing that a Dwarf would kill themselves over would be if somehow that was a better way to spit in the shadow's eye than going down fighting." The big man pauses a moment. "Dwarves never die without purpose."Gilian casts detect poison on the stagnant water.
Why would they kill themselves if not to seal the doors and prevent something from using them to escape ?"says Gilian.
Chops, overhearing Sky'tor talk about the runes in the pool, walks over to check them out. As he looking at them, Illona mentions dwarf blood and gets an idea. He pulls his dagger out of his boot and pricks the tip of his finger, then flicks some blood into the stagnant water. He turns to Ragnar:
A dwarf would never kill himself unless he knew that it was the only way to prevent a terrible event, or as you say, to deny the Shadow some victory. If they would have lived, things may have been worse. I hope we didn't make their sacrifices in vain by coming here." Chops goes down on one knee, facing all of the dwarves, and underhis breathe, appears to pray in Old Dwarven:
Chops, overhearing Sky'tor talk about the runes in the pool, walks over to check them out. As he looking at them, Illona mentions dwarf blood and gets an idea. He pulls his dagger out of his boot and pricks the tip of his finger, then flicks some blood into the stagnant water. He turns to Ragnar:
A dwarf would never kill himself unless he knew that it was the only way to prevent a terrible event, or as you say, to deny the Shadow some victory. If they would have lived, things may have been worse. I hope we didn't make their sacrifices in vain by coming here." Chops goes down on one knee, facing all of the dwarves, and underhis breathe, appears to pray in Old Dwarven:
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Ragnar scans the area and begins to walk, motioning for his brother to follow him.
Nightflier
"Seven hearts and seven knives
seven times evil shall bind
until seven ages come on buy
or till dwarven hands untie
the gates that seal and the blood that binds."
"Ugh! Oh," Chops rubs his temples, squeezes the muscles around his neck. He is supine from his collapse, and tries to sit strait up. Failing that, he just mumbles, "Oh...its a song or poem. Possibly a riddle...uh, let's see if I get this right." Chops considers the words that he has read, repeating them in his head a few times as he translates them into the Trader's Tongue. ""Seven hearts and seven knives
seven times evil shall bind
until seven ages come on by
or till dwarven hands untie
the gates that seal and the blood that binds."
Then he says, "My blood opened the gates to this place. What does the rest mean?"