Chapter 1: Making Introductions

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Mar 29, 2022 1:58 pm
Alright, there's nothing there. Next? Alan walks towards the middle room.
Mar 29, 2022 6:55 pm
Milaki holds her nose "Yeah, I agree, I am not going inside there, let's go to the other room" and walks and opens the other door on the right
Mar 30, 2022 7:31 am
Esal continues to watch Alan and Milaki against any sudden attack and is poised to shoot as Milaki opens the door.

"Does it look clear" he asks
Mar 30, 2022 1:38 pm
Alan and Milaki split and go to different doors.

Milaki, as you open up the right hand chamber door, you're meet with a similar scene to the last. Long-destroyed beds and nothing to speak of to collect. However, unlike the other room, this one has a gaping hole in the southern wall where the stones have collapsed under the onslaught of plant life. While structurally not great, it does provide fresh air and keeps the room from having that rot and filth smell of the other chamber.

Alan, you open up the doors to the middle room and see a temple space with six stone pillars bracing a vaulted ceiling. The floor is covered under a thick layer of dust, although several footprints have disturbed the otherwise still space. On the southern end sits a stone altar in an alcove under four narrow windows with a humanoid eye carved into the front. Surrounding the altar are four skeletons in tattered priestly vestments, though two of them look to have been knocked aside.
Mar 30, 2022 1:53 pm
There are some skeletons and eye carvings here, it looks disturbed, they were looking for something, would appreciate religious intel.
Alan turns to the rest of them. Not exactly willing to go any further or disturb anything without information.
OOC:

added after Claudius post:

Alan will follow Claudius roughly 2 meters behind.
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Mar 30, 2022 2:27 pm
Ahh, let me. Claudius rises goes past Esal, saying prayer
OOC:
Guidance
and boldly enter the room I'll have a quick look, don't think my stomach could bear aroma much. This is certainly worth documenting !
He tries to understand if vestments and humanoid eye carved associates with Savras worshipers.
OOC:
Unless they attack me already
Claudius goes closer to try to figure out possible reason of death.
Mar 30, 2022 2:59 pm
Claudius, you recognize the symbol as one of those typically used by followers of Savras. The vestments, or what remains of them, match what little you have heard about their attire.

There is nothing immediately apparent as to their cause of death, though it does strike you as odd that they'd all four be ringed around the altar but not touching it at all. Almost as if they sat down to observe and then just never woke up.
Mar 30, 2022 6:28 pm
Milaki yells " Nothing here!" and then she goes to Claudius and Alan "Ooh...creeepy''
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Mar 30, 2022 8:15 pm
I'm afraid I am unable to make any sense of what have happened here. In any case, smell here... I would prefer to move on, we have quite a walk yet to make, don't we? and Claudius is about to leave the shrine
Mar 30, 2022 9:25 pm
Alan looks at the footprints for any clues about what happened, if he finds nothing, he leaves.

Rolls

Investigation - (1d20+1)

(9) + 1 = 10

Mar 30, 2022 10:25 pm
Alan, while you investigate the footprints around the room, you don't tell too much. However you do notice that the altar itself isn't set flush against the floor, it's almost as if it is hovering very slightly.
Mar 31, 2022 4:13 am
Excuse me Claudius, do altars normally hover above ground? Because it looks like this one does he calls out for the magician and points at his finding with his maul.
Mar 31, 2022 6:06 am
This is strange. I didn't notice that while checking signs on the alter and the skeletons around it. Did it just took off or my ayes are getting weak? Claudius puts down his backpack, pull a hunting trap out of it and say religion isn't my field of scientific education, but practice prevail theory and he puts the heavy metal object on top of the altar to see if will bear it's wight (25 lb).
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Mar 31, 2022 8:09 am
Esal is still worried about a surprise attack from the outer room but hearing the discussions going on in the alter room moves to the doorway of that room. He has his back to the doorway so he can here what the rest of the team are saying whist keeping a look out. "Ask if you want any help" Esal says "I will say on guard at the door"
Apr 1, 2022 12:02 pm
"Let's see what it is inside... maybe more creepy skeletons? '' Milaki says "Shall I open it?''
Apr 1, 2022 1:58 pm
Claudius, you get the feeling that you hadn't noticed before because you were focused on the symbol and bodies and just overlooked the floor itself. Looking closer, it's only a few millimeters off the ground, very easy to miss if you weren't inspecting the floor area.

However, as you go to place your trap on the altar a few things happen. Your hand brushes the smooth stone of the altar's top and the altar itself doesn't appear to shift at all.

Esal, as you stand at the door, you don't hear or see anything that would disturb the peace otherwise.
Apr 1, 2022 3:04 pm
Claudius shakes his head and withdraw his hands "this was unexpected". But in a moment he puts his right hand on the stone to see if the vision would return or extend.
Apr 3, 2022 7:17 am
Claudius are you looking for something to press?

Alan looks at the man, he doesn't wait for an answer, and begins to help him, by randomly touching the altar
Apr 3, 2022 7:41 am
As I said religion is not my field. But I just got some obviously divine vision. and Claudius share his vision with others adding. No idea if this was past or future vision or who are they. I don't see how this vision could be of a help. But if it divine indeed, then there should be one

In the vision I saw a man forced to say "They are in Conyberry! ".
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Apr 3, 2022 9:14 pm
Alan nods, interested in the info, do you mind giving me a bit more than that, a description perhaps? How did the man look,how did he sound? Did you see anything in in the background or in the reflection of his eyes?

Either this is a divine warning or the man is going bonkers, either way, better safe than sorry....
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