Leaning casually against a wall, Sariel nods towards the room beside the hallway, "The winch is destroyed, I'll stay here and watch your back."
”Good. This may take awhile…”
Several iron doors line the walls of this partially ruined cellblock — the doors themselves hang askew on their hinges, revealing empty cells beyond. Partially burnt wooden support timbers still function to the north, while to the south they’ve collapsed and caused cell walls to crumble as well. Rivulets of water drip down the southwestern wall to create a shallow pool in this ruined portion of the room, with overflow filling an oubliette hole in the middle of the room nearly to the rim.
As you enter, bloody letters begin to appear on the walls around you. It quickly becomes clear that they're spelling your names, one letter at a time! As this continues, you realize that your sanity is being stolen by these letters ... unless you can destroy them first!
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Seeing the letters manifest, Sariel immediately begins to channel positive energy, even as he feels the letters wearing a way on his soul.
Frowning as she felt a gnawing sensation filled her mind, Sorsul went about twirling through the room, causing her shadow to destroy the letters as quickly as they came.
Sariel channels Pharasma's power as Sorsul begins destroying the letters.
Relieved to see Sorsul attacking the letters, Sariel again calls on the power of Pharasma, hoping to destroy the haunt.
As Sariel channels power once again, all of the bloody letters fade away.
As this happens, part of the walls and ceiling collapse!
An unearthly shriek can be heard, and seconds later, a blood-splattered ghost rises out of the oubliette.
It proved to be quite easy to ignore the sanity breaking letters, but this was only due to the bone breaking rocks that fell upon her. Gasping in pain as she clutched at her left arm, fear and desperation empowered her to force herself to her feet. Starting a dance that was as elegant as it was painful, she made herself move ever closer to the ghost, as she attempted to cover it with her shadow (and to hopeless steal its shadow as well, if it had one).
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Surprised by the shriek Sariel is unable to dodge any of the falling wall. Finding the source of the shriek he manipulates undeath and attempts toghost strikes.
The ghost dodges Sorsul's shadow and shrugs off most of the effects of Sariel's spell. It shrieks again, and a trio of ghostly rats appears around you.
Gratefully taking a candy infused with arcane power from Lady Shae, Sorsul all but swallowed it whole as she continued attempting to dance. It was difficult eating and directing her shadow to rip a dire rat in half, but she attempted it nonetheless.
Unhappy with how easily the ghost resisted his magic, Sariel ignores the rats for the moment and calls on the power of Pharasma, hoping to wound the ghost.
Sorsul dispatches a rat as Sariel and Lady Shae unleash energy upon the spirit, wounding it. He retaliates with unerring bolts of force.
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The Splatter Man is the most difficult opponent you've faced yet. Lady Shae's pushed to her limits making enough magical candies to keep everyone standing, but in the end, the three of you manage to put the evil spirit to rest by the skin of your teeth. Sariel's divine power is the deciding factor while Sorsul's shadow keeps the ghost's spectral minions at bay. Once the metaphorical dust settles, you find the warden's warhammer at the bottom of the oubliette. You know that Jominda will be very happy to have it returned.
A few moments after your victory, Vesorianna appears before you, still holding her husband's badge. "Thank you for laying him to rest. Now I go to join my husband." She slowly fades away, leaving the warden's badge. You notice it's glowing slightly, a sign that the prison's ghosts have been safely locked away once more.
As your time in Ravengro draws to an end, Sariel sets off home to Lepidstadt, the professor's chest of books in hand. He has a delivery to make ... and then a cult to track down. Lady Shae decides to remain with Kendra for a while longer. There's a certain charm to Ravengro once the people are no longer under the influence of hostile spirits, and the town could certainly use a candymaker. As for Sorsul, she finds herself in a position that's new to her. All of her debts have now been paid, so as long as she doesn't return to Shadow Absalom, she's completely free. For the first time, she can go anywhere, do anything, and be anyone. What will she do first?
Surreal. That is how it felt to be alone once more. She knew that it should be a familiar sensation, as it was how she had lived for so long. But after the professor’s passing, she had found herself drawn into an adventure. There were no other words that did it justice. And in doing so, she had experienced something new. Friendships predicated upon a shared goal that went beyond just coincide with, and which were strengthened by shared mortal peril.
The others seemed to feel that the adventure was over. That the professor had been avenged, the unquiet spirits had been laid to rest, and that it was time to return home. But Sorsul didn’t feel that way. Someone was behind what occurred and she did not know who. Almost as importantly, she did not truly want to return to the hard and barely profitable life of an entertainer. Not when she had tasted something more meaningful…unsure of what to do next, she decided it would be best to visit Kendra Lorrimοr. Both to pay her respects and to see if there was anything more she could learn…