Shad0wdrag0n wrote:
I think I may have missed something. I was reading House of the Beast and got to Shirak's Crypt. I was expecting Shirak's body and belonging to just kind of be lying out in the open, but was very surprised to find they were all in a sarcophagus. How exactly did Shirak's body and belongings get into the sarcophagus? None of the gnolls ever made it down that far and so far I can't find anything that says who could have put her in there. Is there something somewhere that describes how Shirak got into the sarcophagus?
That is indeed an interesting question :D It never occurred to me.
There are two ways to tacle this. One: in the time just after Javhuls defeat, the lower reaches of the House of the Beast have still been known to Javhuls trusted lieutenants and indeed have many of his most brave and powerful servants been laid to rest there. So after Shiraks death she, too, had been entombed in her absents masters place of power by the gnolls in power during that time. When years creeped by the truth about the House of the Beast got forgotten and only its legend remained, the once mighty gnoll army shattered in all winds, reduced to feuding bands.
The other possibility: this isn't Shiraks tomb, but the tomb of any gnoll hero entombed just before Javhul got defeated. Shirak searched for years for a way to rescue her former master. When she grow old she hid the scroll in this unnamed gnoll heros tomb, in hopes that someone in later generations might do what she couldn't.
I actually favor the first explanation. Both good use some polish but are quite workable, I think.
