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His blood still pumping from his last attack, Jareth notices the gap inbetween his allies and instinctivly runs up to fill it. With his weapon raised high for another strike against the remaining Troglodyte.
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Bah! Quartes! Try and get to his flank! We can't let him escape this room!
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Quartes nods as he slips around his companions. He directs his arcane energies into his weapon as he does, "charging" it in a sense, with energy from his own magical reserve. Once in place, he stabs at the beast in an amateur, if sometimes effective, fencer's pose - his feet wide and one leg leading.
Filios just misses the small creature, and Jareth's attack is wide of his mark, but Beckett manages to overcome his nausea and slams his morningstar into the troglodyte. Quartes runs behind the creature before bringing his sword through its body, and it falls to the ground dying.
With this combat over, you take a moment to examine the room which is illuminated only by Beckett's light. Racks for weapons line the walls of this chamber; above the racks hang various shields, pieces of armor, weapons, and standards on display. Most of the racks are empty, but a few weapons remain in place. The horrible stench of the troglodytes lingers in the room as well, akin to the smell of rotten eggs mixed with the reek of an open sewer.
Aside from the door you came through, another door leads to the northeast, and a second (the one the troglodyte was heading to) leads to the east.
It only takes a minute for the sickness to pass. With the troglodytes dead, it almost seems like it smells better already. You see nothing of note on the racks or door.
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Jareth first goes and retrieves his shield and straps it to his back.
"These trogs don't seem to be very capable."
After speaking Jareth draws his Great Axe.
Jareth nods in agreement with Noran. And proceeds towards the left side of the North door. Once in place, Jareth looks over at Filios and raises an eybrow questioningly towards the North door.
Perception (To hear anything beyond the door.)
Judging from the shelves lining the walls, this darkened room might once have been a storeroom, though its contents have long since succumbed to the passage of time. A crack in the northern wall has apparently let in some rainwater, which has collected in a large puddle on the floor.
The room is currently home to a dog-sized lizard. It has two horns on either side of its head and green scales that crackle with sparks of lightning. It's head darts towards the door as you open it, and it begins to head in your direction to investigate.
Beckett
Quartes
Noran
Filios
Lizard
The only notice Filios gets is a brief increase in intensity of the sparks of lightning on the lizard's skin before an electric arc flashes between the two with a sharp crack.
Filios dodges out of the way, but can't avoid the shock entirely.
Beckett moves into the room, ready to provide any aid if needed.
Filios makes quick work of the lizard, and it falls to the ground lifeless.
The only other room on this floor left unexplored is the central area which you assume contains the staircase you found on the ground floor.
Other than lizard droppings, the northern room is devoid of anything interesting.
Beckett holds his nose and finds a few silver pieces on the dead troglodytes as well as the small clubs and javelins they were carrying. Nothing worth very much.
Noran finds nothing out of the ordinary when examining the wooden door to the central area.
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"What kind of Dwarf would be I be if wasn't interested in coin? But, other than gear we might find useful on this mission, probably for the best if we simply hold on to everything and share the spoils when we are safe home again."
Once everyone is positioned and ready, Noran opens the central door again, and then steps back, bow at the ready.
The door opens into a square room 15' to a side. As expected, a staircase leads both up and down in the middle of the room, the path downward blocked by the rubble below. The stone stairs spiral around a central column to the ceiling 15' above.
Examining the room reveals nothing further. For once, nothing is trying to kill you.
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Jareth re-straps his shield to his left arm, and hoists his fist to his chest, allowing the shield to cover his neck down to his thighs. And draws his scimitar with a quick flourish with his right hand.
"We can deal with the spoils from these scum-suckers once were done here, I have no problem with that."
"Oh, and Filios, assuming you have no objections, may I?"
Jareth gestures at the door with his shield.
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"I'm curious. What are these gillmen creatures doing this close to Absalom? Especially as someone told me this place was only very recently opened, right? We are, in theory, the first ones to even explore this place, so where are did these creatures come from?", as he slowly makes his way up the stairs.
You emerge into a room identical to the room below. The stairs continue upwards to the fourth floor, and a door leads out of the room to the west.
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Quartes, still down below with Beckett, shrugs. Well, who's to know how those beasts think, but I can only hope that they've acted on their own and found this to be a fine, if crumbling, roof over their heads. I'm not sure that it would fit their type though...do troglodytes want roofs? They're more the water dwelling type, right? I hope that doesn't mean that someone smarter or more powerful has brought them here for something. Guess there's only one way to find out..
He waits until the others make room on the stairs for he and Beckett to continue up to the third floor.
The door is slightly different from the others you've seen in one aspect: it has a lock!
The door appears to be untrapped but is locked. You fiddle with the locking mechanism for several seconds, but you don't manage to unlock the door.