We head south through the door and enter a hallway. The floor collapses on us and we have to climb out. In the room round the corner we encounter 2 Zombies and 2 Ghouls. The room has an mosaic of a black sun in the middle of it. The room is also extremely dark even though our sun-rod is still shining brightly.
The Zombies went down pretty easily. At least compared to the ghouls. The ghouls had much better defenses, both AC and reflex. A miasma rose up from the floor and gave the enemies a little more energy.
After defeating the enemies, I notice some obvious magical properties of the mosaic.
- It seemed to absorb any light, never allowing the room to be more than dim light
- It seemed to be a source of energy from which the undead could regenerate.
We circle around and locate the (previously) rescued captives and head back down to the room we found Jalissa being held to take an extended rest. Choosing the shorter path, we helped the captives through the sunken hallway back to the room. On the way Sertanian seemed to sprain his ankle, but felt better after the rest.
Jalissa didn’t like returning back to the room where she was held but felt safer by sleeping as close to Rylene as she could. The horrors of the journey are starting to weigh on Mirtala again; she might start to loose her mind if she has to stay here much longer. Zerriksa is doing fine and stays to herself, mostly because the others still look at her dubiously; they may actually believe that part about her being a witch. She seems to enjoy that a little. Thurann is starting to get mouthy. When we returned to the southern room he asks, “Are ya lost? We’re heading in circles. My father will find us and lead us out.”
After the extended rest here, Goolag appears to have shaken off his disease. Lihi however didn’t seem to improve. We have a strong feeling that we are getting close to finishing our objectives here. We’ll soon be able to head back to town as Heroes.
Note: We should encourage Mirtila that we believe we’re almost done here.