[GM school] Silverhex Chronicles

Game Master Redelia

Newt raises an eyebrow. "How?"

"It's the poem! The statue says 'When the last son falls upon this spot, receive my thanks' and he is the son of House Tullivor! But it didn't work."

[b]"So, what your saying is you murdered a man over a poem? Regardless of his moral character, that's still murder."

Crowe shakes his head at the mention of the murder. "Show us the statue."

The oread fighter slowly shakes his head.

People surely are greedy. To kill someone because of what they are just for profit... It's despicable.

"So, does this guy have a brother or something? Or are you talking about the wrong noble house?"

The statue is under the body.

Crowe approaches and move away the body to exam the statue.

There is indeed a statue under the body. When someone stands in front of the statue, close to it, the statue magically speaks the words the woman mentioned earlier.

"Son and Sun sound similar, could that be it? I have no idea what that could mean we need to do."

WIS: 1d20 ⇒ 11 Crowe shakes his head.

The oread fighter nods. "S-U-N and S-O-N indeed sound the same."

I already played this quest, so I know what to do. But I don't want to ruin your experience, so I'll stay in the back and let you figure it out... unless you need my input.

"I have no idea what we need to do here"
A hint would be useful

"The statue said: 'When the last sun falls upon this spot, receive my thanks.' What could be meant by 'the last sun'?"

Also, in the beginning of this quest, we received the following clue:
"Excepts from Ulisha’s Journal (Mausoleueum): The only thing worse than working for a Galtan nobleman is working for two Galtan noblemen — in my case, Lords Tullivor and Sarvio, both of whom are happy only when the other is not. I made a tidy sum recovering their heirlooms, but when Laban Tullivor tasked me to steal a platinum chalice belonging to the Sarvios, I took my leave (and the cup), and they’ve been hounding me since. Now Laban’s deceased, and it’s rumored his mausoleum in Gralton’s cemetery harbors a treasure. I hope you’ll not balk at tomb-robbing. Remember, these are aristocrats. I say, a plague on both their houses!"

I hope that this is hint enough.

You've figured out the statue is probably saying 'When the last sun falls upon this spot, receive my thanks' so what you need to do is figure out what 'the last sun' might refer to, and what 'receive my thanks' might refer to. Newt is right about the relevance of the text above.

"Does this implies that there are multiple suns? That the last of them is going to crushing down at this spot?"

INT: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13
"Or could it means sunset? At dusk?"

"As I saw only one sun so far, dusk is probably the better idea. I don't think any of us would survive a sun crashing down here..."

"So, sounds like we should wait for dusk. And also deal with her."
Lara gestures to the woman.

Now that you are paying attention to the location of the sun, you notice that a certain building is preventing the sun from reaching the statue... (it's the rival family's mausoleum)

"Well, time to go grab some sledgehammers..."
Lara walks over to the mausoleum and examines it.
perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

"Indeed, though I am a little unsettled at the idea of defacing a tomb. Then again, given what's already been done to find the treasure..." he casts a meaningful look at the dead body.

"Eh, what's one more corpse between us and the loot?"

"We'll send her to the sheriff, don't worry"
Lara whispers

The mausoleum in question is surrounded by a fence, which you will have to scale to do anything. Once you get in, you don't have to destroy any of the actual mausoleums, only a tower that casts a shadow over the statue.

Assuming that you look around carefully, you see that the Tullivor Mausoleum, which is the one you eventually want to enter, has a clear door. That door is locked, and has an obvious trap that would be triggered by trying to break in or pick the lock. It also appears that disabling the trap will automatically open the lock.

"I suspect this tower was built particularly for this purpose," Thurgar says.

"And while I don't want to disrespect the dead, I don't mind punishing pettiness," he continues and sets to work destroying enough of the tower to stop it from blocking the sun from getting to the correct spot.

Here's the description:

You follow the tracks, and find another tomb. This alabaster tomb evokes a past age of Galtan architecture, including a ten-foot spire atop a broad dome. Its awnings teem with sculpted white raptors. An iron gate bears the motto, “Last to Fall.”

Newt points at the spire. "I think you need to climb up there, Thurgar."

"Actually, does anyone have a mirror? We might be able to use that"

I think at this point we can assume no one has a mirror.

Thurgar, climb check to get up to where you can push over the spire, please.