Henric conveys what he has come to understand about the nature of the iron maiden and encourages everyone to destroy all of the torture devices in the room. He tells you that only in doing so can you reverse the damage caused by the iron maiden. He then begins destroying the nearest implement of torture.
Ingrid, with the backing of the power bestowed upon her by Pharasma, throws her will against the haunted device holding her captive. She can feel the evil undeath recoil from her touch, but it does not yet surrender its own.
Seliina finds that the iron maiden is firmly held by otherworldly power. She believes it to have been either fluke, miracle, or extreme strength that allowed Tyrrol to open it the first time.
R3
Seliina, Terrance, Tyrrol, Kendra, Hands, Henric, Ingrid
Iron Maiden 6
Hand 1 dead
Hand 2 2
Terrance sees the remaining hand under control moves over to assist with opening the maiden.
Tyrrol's attacks put an end to the haunted hand.
Kendra hears Henric's words and leaves the iron maiden, "We'll get you out of there Ingrid, just hold on!"
Kendra begins destroying torture devices in the room with Henric. She glances over her shoulder to see Terrance and Seliina still by the maiden and says to them, "Leave her for now, we have to do as Henric said. We must destroy everything else if we are to save her!"
R3
Seliina, Terrance, Tyrrol, Kendra, Hands, Henric, Ingrid
Trying desperately to remain calm Ingrid once again ports forth divine power, willing the malevolent force behind the haunted torture device back to the grave.
The iron maiden swings open as Ingrid calls upon Pharasma's gifts once more. Ingrid stumbles out of the device and into Terrance. Like Henric, she is riddled with bloodless holes and feels weak and shaken by the experience.
Tyrrol nods wordlessly as the maiden opens, and then moves to start smashing torture implements.
Terrance helps Ingrid clear, and then swings his warhammer hard at the iron maiden.
Once the group gathers together to start destroying the implements of torture, the task is handled fairly quickly. Only once Ingrid and Henric are made whole once more are you certain that you've gotten everything that this room of horrors had to hide.
Focusing on remaining on her feet, Ingrid leans against the wall as the other horrors of the room are destroyed. "I'm really beginning to hate this place."
Seliina was quickly wishing she wasn't here, this place was both creepy and filled with literal ghost and monsters. She couldn't help but reply, "I know the feeling, this is one of the most disturbing places I've ever been."
Tyrrol shrugs fatalistically.
"How can one hate a mindless, inanimate object? It is the spirits of the unquiet dead that suffuse this place, which are the problem. It is not the building's fault, nor will it care if you so dislike it. Focus your rage on the spirits that haunt this place, and on sending them into the Great Beyond..."
Well, now that we have restored Henric, and Ingrid, let us return the badge to the one that asked us to get it.
Then maybe, it will be easier for us to put the others to rest.
With that, Terrance starts to make his way to where they came in.
"Agreed." Ingrid says following Terrance's lead.
"That seems like a wise decision to me." With that Seliina followed Terrance and Ingrid towards the exit.
Kendra slides her arm around Ingrid's waste, determined to stay next to her until the paladin has completely regained her footing.
Terrance keeps as close to the original route back to the rope where they came in from.
Do not wander to far from the route we came in on. Else something else tries to bite you.
Taking solace in Kendra's support, Ingrid follows Terrance's lead back, giving her a warm smile of gratitude as her body slowly shakes off the shock of her experience.
Seliina took Terrance's warning to heart and retraced her exact steps back through to where they came in fromt.
Henric runs his hands quickly down his torso, feeling no traces of the phantom holes or pain from the maiden's curse. "Marvelous," he murmurs dryly, retrieving his things and glancing once more at the ruined torture implements on the table. "We would do well to steer clear of more such paranormal presences while we are here."
Not knowing where the group is headed now, he follows in careful silence as the party heads back through the ruined prison.
The group makes their way back up to the rope dangling from the ground floor uneventfully.
Tyrrol quickly and skilfully ascends the rope to the surface.
He then does his best to keep the rope steady for the others.
Terrance ties his gear off to lift it up later.
Giving Kendra a light squeeze of gratitude, Ingrid secures her sword. "You go up next, I'll be right behind you."
Seliina saw what Terrance did and realized ti was probably a good idea so she waited her turn and then did the same, tying off her gear before she began climbing.
Her first attempt wasn't bad, it just wasn't good enough, and so she gave it yet another try.
The second time, her determination and discipline shown through as she easily made the ascent and then pulled her gear up behind her before dropping the rope down again.
Kendra grabs the rope a little uncertainly before trying to climb. Her dress gets in the way on her first attempt and she tumbles back off of the rope. Luckily, she hadn't gone far and did not injure herself in the fall.
She brushes her hands off and wipes the water away on her skirts before trying again but she slips right off the second time.
"Hmm, it appears that going up isn't nearly as easy as coming down." It's hard to tell in the dim light, but a blush spreads across the woman's cheeks.
Tyrrol looks down at Kendra, and frowns.
"Tie yourself to the end of the rope, and we will haul you up."
With a little smile Ingrid steps behind Kendra. "Take a deep breath", she says placing her hands on Kendra's waist. With a swift strong yet gentle motion, she lifts her up into her air holding her aloft to give her a start in climbing.
With Tyrrol and Ingrid's assistance, Kendra gives it another try. Finally she is able to make her way up the rope and immediately turns to look back down the hole to watch as Ingrid makes her way up.
Tyrrol dusts his hands off.
"Right then - now that we have managed to get out of the basement, shall we be on our way?"
Though more worn out by her ordeal with the iron maiden than she thought, the paladin musters up the strength to make it up the rope.
Terrance waits until everyone is out before packing up the rope and gear.
Well, we will be proceeding to the spirit of the wardens wife. Then we should be good for today.
Once everyone is at the top once more, Kendra looks to the rest of you to lead the way.
Feeling her strength returning Ingrid leads the group through what she believes the pest path to the warden's wife.
Ingrid leads everyone into the next room, an auditorium filled with decaying, molded wooden benches. There is a stage protected from the rest of the room by a row of iron bars.
You suddenly realize your mistake, though you've already been through this room and fought back the spirits that haunt this area, they were not truly destroyed.
Ingrid's eyes narrow as she feels the sudden shift and notices that she can see her breath. "Damn, we took on the spirits haunting this area before but they weren't completely destroyed." she says, stars of light beginning to pulse in her sapphire eyes ans she draws her sword.
"Is that why it suddenly got cold in here?"
"The presence of the supernatural."
Not really paying attention, Terrance reacts when he feels the temperature start to drop by drawing his warhammer.
Ware, there is the presence of the supernatural
Seliina was worried now, the attack of more things that go bump in the night could be a problem. she looked at her companions and asked, "What exactly were the spirits in here before? What should I know about them?"
As the temperature drops to freezing, you eyes dart around expecting something to manifest. Something you can see and swing a sword at, but to the eye, the room remains empty.
Terrance
Seliina
Henric
Tyrrol
Kendra
Cold spot = 10
R1
Seliina, Ingrid, Cold Spot, Tyrrol, Henric, Kendra, Terrance
"The bbbest we can hope to do right now is temporarily disable this haunt for a while like befffore. Ttto permanently ppput it down we nnneed to destroy at least thththree of Harrowstone Five." Ingrid says beginning to shiver.
"Is there any reason we can't just jog through the area to avoid it?"