Against the cult: the Forest Ruin (1.5)

Ogbar declines the proffered amulet, but Aanbo takes four of the amulets from Joseph and hands one to each of the others in the party (retaining one for himself): Xana, Theran, and Albertus. Amulet in hand, the paladin steps through the barrier with no difficulty. Holding his amulet, the druid also steps through. Then the three in the scriptorium - Albertus, Kragga, and Theran - proceed to search the desks and many shelves for anything of interest, while the others hang back and listen to Xana's helpful tips on rat extermination.During the few minutes that the three search, they each find that, despite the magic barrier keeping the room clean of the dust (Theran and Kragga both wordlessly recognize that the majority of the dust throughout the ruin is likely from the dead-but-eternally-regenerating bodies of the Heralds) and the protection of scroll cases, the centuries have not been kind to the parchments. Many of them crumble to illegible scraps when the cases are opened. Still, Kragga (setting down the light orb periodically to free his hands) finds two beautifully illuminated scrolls, and Theran (awkward with the amulet clutched in one hand) finds two more scrolls. Each scroll is delicate, but intact, colorful, and likely to fetch some eagles from a collector of antiquities. Albertus refrains from handling the delicate papers with his metal gauntlets, but as his eye is roving about the room, he notices that some of the scroll cases are sticking out a bit further than the others. He hands the cases to Theran and observes that the back of the shelf is closer than for the shelves above and below it. Kragga and Theran set down what they're doing and join the paladin. Together, the druid and wizard reach in and slide the panel behind the shelf to one side, then grab it and lift it out. Removing this false back reveals a concealed cubbyhole. Inside this cubby are three more scrolls, these in ornately-carved scrimshaw cases.

Since there haven't been any posts from the players for a couple of days, it may be that you're unsure about what to do next. To prime the pump for ideas, let me provide a summary of what has happened so far:

In exploring the entirety of this Forest Ruin, the party discovered that:
- the inhabitants of the ruin were devotees of the sun god Pae that called themselves Heralds of the New Dawn/Morning
- they believed in "the New Dawn," a time when Pae would appear and remake the world into an earthly paradise
- they concocted a way for them to witness the New Dawn in their lifetimes, by creating a sleeping potion that would put them to sleep until the time of the New Dawn
- they set a bunch of traps to protect themselves while they slept
- one of the Heralds betrayed them and murdered the others in their sleep as devotion to a dark god in an unholy ritual
- that betrayer, Kaufra, was subsequently "rewarded" with a lingering undeath while all the murdered Heralds were sustained by the unholy ritual
- there is one Herald who wasn't murdered and still sleeps until the New Dawn
- recently, a local boy named Devek Jarl discovered the ruin and started to explore it. He got stuck with a trap that eventually caused him to fall into a deep, deathlike sleep
- Fresh from rousting a bunch of bandits from a mill in Hochoch, the Dungeon Busters party set out on their way to the town of Orlane to set a trap for the bandit leader, Bandit Black. They were met on the road by Devek's father, Abel, who asked the party to help revive his son.
- while some of the party examined Devek, the others ran into a merchant named Jonbon on the road from Orlane, and saved him from an attack by a wandering owlbear.
- the party accompanied Jonbon to the Jarl farmhouse, where the party agreed to take Abel and the unconscious boy in to Hochoch.
- an hour later, Abel realized that he, at least, had been magically compelled to leave his house. Some of the party returned to his house with the furious father while the rest continued on with Devek to the Temple of Rao in Hochoch
- the adventurers caught Jonbon in the act of abducting all of Abel's family to take them back to Orlane. After subduing the kidnapper, the party rested for the night. Quest, the party's psionic member, watched Jonbon to make sure he wouldn't escape. In the morning, Quest left earlier than everyone else. The party returned to Hochoch with Jonbon, and turned him over to the authorities. A few of the Dungeon Busters left the party and were replaced with new recruits.
- the party left for the Forest Ruin. The disarmed a bunch of traps and found the needle trap that likely was the thing that caught Devek.
- the party went into the Forest Ruin, fought their way through the undead Heralds up to the top floor, where they confronted Kaufra in the midst of his unholy ritual. Having disrupted the ritual, all the undead Heralds collapsed into dust and Kaufra was freed at last. But the party cut him down before he could escape to commit more mischief.
- The party discovered a recipe for a potion awakening those who are asleep. They crafted a few doses.
- they found the one Herald still asleep and wrote him a kindly note for when he wakes up
- Having explored the whole ruin, the party has found a cache of money, a magic mace, a silver bowl, seven gold ornaments, two silver candlesticks, two continual light orbs, four valuable historical scrolls, three magic scrolls, and some healing potions

What do you want to do next?