Chapter 1: The One Who Watches From Below

The shield does not detect as evil or dangerous.

All of the other beasts behave in a decidedly beastly manner. Honey is fairly certain none of the others are polymorphed clerics!

With Brother Tim alongside you, you return to the temple chamber and move through the double doors to the west. The chamber’s curved walls abruptly meet the flat western wall. An enormous tapestry hangs from a brass rail, depicting a strange scene. It looks like a cross section of an underground world. At the very top, there is grass, green and light. Many large eyes at the bottom of the tapestry look up. A lattice pattern of large earthworms begins near the eyes. The worms gradually become smaller as they approach ground level. A lonely wheelbarrow rests on its side in the southern corner of the room.

The wheelbarrow has a broken wheel. A few bits of treasure lie on the floor nearby: 3 gp and a cat’s eye agate worth 9 sp.

Kip senses that the tapestry is hiding some unusual stonework. Indeed, the tapestry slides easily to one side revealing a 20’ square rolling door. The passage beyond slopes downward...

Curving stone stairs lead to a large natural rock cavern. Flaming braziers flank the bottom landing, casting light over half the room. Sickeningly sweet smoke wisps from a brass censer, barely covering a rank, musty odor. The cave slopes downward into inky blackness. The tunnel walls are polished smooth as melted glass.

Kip doesn't notice anything unusual about the stonework.

After a bit, the passage opens up and splits into three separate pathways. You can hear a distant thumping noise coming from the east passage. To the south, you can hear loud snoring. And to the southwest, what looks like an enormous borehole leads away, the rock perfectly smooth and almost rounded.