Somehow, Daniel is certain the pillar of flames smiles at him as he frees the creature.
"Thank you," the elemental says, then heads past you out the door. It starts burning through the east door.
Ty shoots Daniel a look before following the elemental to the doorway of the east door, to see what's happening in there.
Nothing could go wrong right? Very safe place and the locals are so friendly. Just let the fire creature out in a building with pliantly of wood in it. I mean the last thing we let out went in our favor. By the Gods this place is evil. Scowling but not interfering with the conversation happening since she is a little lost in her thoughts.
Eyes widening when Daniel lets the fire creatures out. Sighing since she offered no opinion out loud Alexis quietly follows.
The elemental is trying to burn through the doorway, lacking enough of a solid body to turn the handle. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) the door seems to have been designed to resist just such a measure.
"Have to get them out!" the elemental says.
"I'm trying!" the elemental says.
Thanephos steps towards the door, Who are you trying to let out? Maybe we can help if you'll tell us.
"Others like me. We were all captured at once. They're in circles like me. First, we'll free them, and then make that wizard pay. He'll burn for a year!"
The elemental pours his fire into the door, but the wood was treated somehow, and will not catch fire.
Thanephos looks at the group, I'm certainly no friend of those who would imprison someone unjustly. Unless there is any reason to do otherwise, I'll open the door for them.
"Wait."
Ty turns to the elemental. "The wizard's not here, anymore."
"You killed him?"
"No, but nobody has been to this tower in decades. It was magically sealed off. When was the last time you saw him?"
The elemental pauses.
"Before the seal. Floodwaters! He must have fled, but we will track him down. Help us free my friends."
"What will you do if you can't find him?"
Inspecting the door.
Rhylellia slips a mirror under the door. It's completely dark on the other side, and the area immediately around the door is clear.
"Then we will find somebody else to blame and get our vengeance on him!"
Ty looks at Daniel.
"You shouldn't have released it. It will leave the tower and become a menace to the land."
Ty hefts his spear and shield and assumes a guarded stance.
The elemental regards Ty's defensive posture and its flames seem to burn a little hotter.
"You would side with the wizard? We will not return to our prison!"
The elemental then turns and dashes back toward the north room!
Does anyone want to stop it, follow it in, or something else?
Glaring at Ty, It seems like it can be reasoned with and you threatened it.
Turning back to the fire creature and starting to follow. Wait! You cannot take vengeance on the undeserving. That would be like the wizard trapping you here and you are better than that right?
"Yes! First, we must kill the Asmodean. He's the one who caused the Sheathe to appear. He was in charge of the wizard. The Zebub told me he's still upstairs, trapped by the same magic that made the Sheathe, unable to pass the threshold of his own chambers. Doomed to an eternal unlife of being under seige as he wishes to place Absalom. That's too good for him!"
The elemental moves towards one of the cannons. "If I fire the cannon, the backlash should destroy everything on this floor and detonate all these casks of powder. Nothing inside the Sheathe will survive. We will destroy the Asmodean!"
Stepping towards the elemental, Thanephos calls out, Wait! There may be another way to defeat the Asmodean without destroying the building. We can help you find him, if that will sate your need for vengeance.
A tongue of flame points to Ty. "If that one will swear to aid me in my cause, we will accompany you up to the top floor to destroy the Asmodean! Swear that you will fight the Asmodean, or else throw yourself into a sea floor volcano!"
I will not swear to aid you without more information. If you will be patient, however, then it becomes a larger possibility.
"Why? Are you also Asmodeans?"
No, but I do want to make sure that you aren't going to kill someone without just reasoning. You say he imprisoned you in an attempt to enslave you? And if we help you, what will you do once he is dead?
"My friends and I will find our way home, or at least a nice volcano somewhere."
Thanephos nods, Good enough for me.
With that, he steps forward to open the door.
The east room looks much like the north, with casks and cannons, right down to a silver circle in the floor, but this one is vacant.
Quickly checking the others shows they are empty, too. Your friend from the north is the last fire elemental, who at this point is burning with anger. He makes to charge a cannon again, but you manage to talk him down.
Standing quietly when Thanephos jumps in to the conversation and thankfully stays silent. Not trusting herself to make an judgments concern how the inhabitants of this evil tower behave. That sounds fine by me
You make your way up the stairs. Like the stairwell on the ground floor, this square room has only one door, located in the west wall, with a dark arrow slit to either side.
"Stay away from the arrow slits."
Ty will listen at the door.
...but he obviously can't hear anything over the fire elemental crackling away.
Ty heard nothing from the other side of the door, and nothing reaches through the arrow slits at him, unlike last time.
Visually checking that everyone is ready, Ty tries the door handle.
Ty opens the door and light floods into an empty, hexagonal room...empty save for two decaying corpses which begin to shuffle over towards you as soon as the door opens.
Initiative!
Order: Party, Monsters
Party is up!
Ty steps forward to allow others to flank him, but waits for a zombie to come within range before attacking.
Stepping up next to Ty and waiting for the corpses to shamble forward.
Daniel fires off an arrow.
Thanephos fires an arrow as well, calling upon his arcane power to enhance the shot,
Sir Rollynd and Sparky (much better than Scorchy) also step up and form a line.
The zombies shuffle forward, one of them taking two arrows before Alexis' sword shreds it (Ty misses).
Sparky and Sir Rollynd do serious damage to the other zombie, but it still gets a swing at the halfling. The zombie catches fire.
The zombie misses and disintegrates into flaming pools of rotted flesh. The smell is...interesting.
Combat over.
The walls of this room have been cleared of all coverings and decoration; instead, a vibrant mural provides artistic interest. In the mural, which tells a story in several stages, a man bearing a symbol of an inverted pentagram stands proudly in front of a throne wearing a cloak that seems to billow in an unseen wind. Further on, the same man leads warriors in battle against a frail-looking man wearing the Eye of Aroden in a room that looks a lot like the shrine down below. Next, there is an image of a skeletal figure, still wearing the same cloak, sitting on the throne previously depicted.
Two doors lead out of this room, both bearing a coat-of-arms carved into their surfaces.
Taking a few minuets to clean her blade and arms of the dead blood. With a disgusted look on her face she mumbles to herself That was disgusting.
Once her blade is clean she sheaths it again and moves to look at the mural. Well that seems encouraging. Looking back at the others. Shall we continue looking around this dismal place?
Ty nods in agreement. Then he'll listen at both remaining doors to see if he can hear anything.
NE door -
SE door -
Thanephos stares intently at the coat of arms for a moment, then shakes his head and moves on, looking around for any signs as to which door they should take next.
Ty hears nothing behind either door except deathly silence.
Mirrors slid under the door reveal nothing either.
Sir Rollynd concentrates past both doors, sensing for evil, and shakes his head at both.
So which door are we taking?
"This one."
Ty tries the northeast door.
You open the northeast door. In this room, there are two torches embedded in the wall, each covered with a cloth, and emitting only a small amount of light. At the north end of the room is a large, luxurious bed. An armoire sits along the west wall, and piles of plunder line the east. The room continues around the stairwell, and faint light flickers from that direction as well.
As soon as Ty steps inside, and before you can do more than just glance around, a voice calls from the darkness to the east. ”So, finally, somebody has breached the seal. Come further in. I wish to learn of the world outside these walls.”
The elemental's fire takes on a darker red. "The Asmodean!" it growls, though miraculously it does not rush off to engage the source of the voice.
Bump!
Hissing quietly at the elemental Stay calm. We need to speak with it first. Patience
Raising her voice, All things considered I think we will stay where we are. Why were you sealed?
"Unknown. The Sheathe, as we call it, simply appeared one day for no reason, trapping us all inside."
"What sort of place is this? Nearly everything in here has tried to kill us."