oh he hid it in a spoiler, lol overlooked vanovar's swing.
With cyrix's powerful swing, the skeletal Asar crumbles to the ground. the blue spark of unlife fading from him.
Standing around, catching your breaths, you have time to check on Dimira, who you determine to be alive and stable, but unconscious. When you revive her, she tells you about the horrible Asar who kidnapped her, questioning her, until she fell unconscious
As you gather her, and one of you goes to light the lantern you brought with you from the Everflame above, its warm radiance a gentle surety in this suddenly hostile crypt, a spirit stirs.
Transparent, like gauze catching light, hanging from nothing, the spirit stirs from the beir of Kassen. Rising up, it whispers across the void.::Thank you for putting an end to Asar. ::
The spirit reaches into his sarcophagus and produces several items, proffering them to you as thanks. a satchel, his shield, a glistening blue gem, and a scale each from his armor. ::These scales will grant you my boon in your hour of need:: lingering for a moment in admiration before fading from view , returning to his eternal rest.
Searching around the rest of the crypt to make sure its safe, you find a dead man wearing gray robes and an iron mask over his face, the stench of rot tipping you off to his body. You figure he was strangled here about three months ago.
The dead man has a few items of interest on him, a map that seems to lead here to this crypt, along with a note that reads "The amulets are entombed with Kassen and Asar", a wand of magic missiles (CL 3rd, 22 c.), bracers of armor +1, a horn of fog, 354gp in newly minted coins, and a spellbook with the following spells:
2nd - false life, levitation
1st - cause fear, enlarge person, expeditious retreat, mage armor, magic missile, ray of enfeeblement
cantrips - all wizard cantrips from the core rulebook
The journey back to Kassen is somber and uneventful. Roldare is thrilled to see Dimira again and seems to recover most (but not all) of his sanity.
You find a celebration underway in your honor when you return to Kassen. Mayor Uptal is there to greet you at the gates, but his joy at your return quickly turns to horror when he finds out what's happened. The news quickly spreads throughout town, and the harvest celebration turns melancholy. The grand feast is still held in your honor, but words are spoken of the townsfolk who were slain by Asar, and the brave heroes who ended the menace and brought Roldaire and Dimira back alive. Many dig deep into their cups to help forget that they've lost friends or loved ones, and plans are made during the dinner to return to the crypt and bury the slain townsfolk in the local cemetery.
Cygar, the local pathfinder representative, stops to talk with you during the somber celebration, telling you about the pathfinders and listening to your tale of coming of age and horror.
"Asar was a mercenary captain. Once, he was an adventuring companion of mine. But we parted ways after acquiring a large horde of treasure. I'm sure he felt cheated, and so he came back to attack the town. And I rose to stop him. "
I don't know who these outsiders were. Townsfolk use this trapped crypt as a coming of age test for their young, who seek to leave for an adventurer's life. to test their mettle. But bandits found the tomb, though they only took two amulets, buried with Asar and myself.
These amulets were part of a key that opened up the great treasure vault we plundered so long ago. The amulet, when pieced together with the third, show the way to the vault. The last piece was with Iramine, an elven sorceress that was part of our group."
"Asar was likely woken when his amulet was disturbed. His dark energy corrupting the crypt, raising the dead interred here. But his dark spark is at rest again, where I can keep him in check. "