Any minute duration buffs will be still up.
Thump! Scrape! Thump! Scrape! The multi armed statue drags the huge stone altar into the room. The moment it crosses the threshold, something weird happens. Miniature black and green lightnings start to crawl all over the alter and it begins to levitate. From no obvious source a disturbing and discordant chant arises. The words are in no language you've ever heard of, but somehow you know they are praising Dhalevi.
The statue guides the now floating alter into the very center of the room and stops. She turns to face you and stares in your direction, weapons at the ready. The altar itself has taken on a translucent jade like appearance, veined with pulsing darkness.
Behind her in the lotus position, glides a most peculiar looking man. He has a purple coat and leggings, sinuous bluish hair and an intricately tattooed face. When he speaks his voice is far deeper than you would have thought possible, "Bring them to the altar Sulukta, then we may begin. In pieces or otherwise, it matters not." Everything about him exudes menace, and when he looks in your direction, he seems to see right through you.
The statue stares hard at you and the cadence of the chant increases. You can't help but notice how beautiful the play of light and shadow surrounding the altar is. You wonder what it would be like to pass your hand through the shadows and touch it, how the stone would feel under your fingers. Would it be cold or would it be warm, like the body of a lover? You feel how right it would be to prostrate yourself in her presence, and lie down on the altar...
Everyone make a DC 18 will save, or you find yourself drawn towards the altar. Good RP gets a bonus at my discretion.