Chapter 1 - Leaving Dunova

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May 1, 2024 11:12 pm
Being a clever and experienced (a polite euphamism for old) Jez decides it would be most beneficial for her to look for the opening mechanism. She searches nearby for a pressure plate, a discolored patch on a wall, any protrusions that can be rotated or pushed or pulled.

Rolls

INSIGHT x2 - (1d10+1d10)

(8) + (3) = 11

May 2, 2024 9:11 am
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May 2, 2024 9:55 am
"I think I've got something here." Jezlyn puts her hand on a slightly less dusty portion of wall.
May 2, 2024 2:48 pm
Velisse stepped forward again, "Need me to open something? Or stand somewhere?" She assumed her stance even as Jezlyn touched the wall.
May 2, 2024 4:08 pm
Pinion looks over the etchings and flails around trying to match the poses he sees. He looks around as if he is expecting something to happen, but just sighs when nothing does. He replies to Jezlyn "Oh good, because I'm having no luck here."
May 13, 2024 9:32 am
When Jezlyn presses the section of the wall, a long period of nothing breaks the tension everyone in the room feels. As everyone releases the collective breath they'd been holding, though, they all hear a click. The panel slides into the wall, and reveals a cavity behind it. It's hard to make out what's in there between the shadow and the cobwebs, but everyone can see the outline of a handle.

Closer in Jezlyn can see another mural around the handle, barely bigger than the palm of her hand but carved with intricate detail. It depicts two winged people reaching out for each other's hands, while in the background fire and lightning cuts across the sky. The sun, or what looks like it, is hidden behind the clouds.
May 13, 2024 11:43 am
Jezlyn looks at the others with relief. "Well that went better than expected. I don't suppose a hidden handle would also be trapped. I see some kind of carvel mural in there too. Wish me luck," she says as she pulls the handle.
May 13, 2024 1:20 pm
The handle doesn't budge easily, but with some effort Jezlyn manages to pull it. When she does, something clicks. That's the only sound for a while, before the sound of cogs turning fills the silence and the doors open with a scrape across the floor. They get stuck a few times, showing how long it'd been since the doors were last opened, until the mechanism gives up with the doors only half open.

In the gloom, the group can see a corridor beyond. It isn't very well lit, but unlike the route underground, this one is flanked by crumbling statues and the scattered remains of fallen rocks. Fingers of light shine through the holes, illuminating the prone forms of Elonian soldiers, and at the far end something pulses with purple light.
May 14, 2024 4:24 pm
"Well, that looks ominous. Unfortunately, it also looks like the way out."
May 14, 2024 5:08 pm
"So, what say you? Once more into the fray?" Ail says hefting his large mallet onto his shoulder.
May 15, 2024 12:12 am
Jezlyn nods. "After you, big strong man. I'll bring up the rear. And when this is over I'm going to buy everyone a round at the next tavern we find. A round of tea, of course," she amends.
May 15, 2024 9:46 am
"That's my call," Velisse responded to Ail's call to the breach. She made her way to the front once again to enter first.
May 15, 2024 12:29 pm
In agreement, the group set off into the corridor, with Velissa and Ail taking point. As you walk, you feel the pulse of energy washing over you and you feel your fatigue fading away. Re-energised, you begin to pick up the pace a bit more. You don't notice at first that whatever's producing the pulse is drawing you in, until it's too late.

You emerge on a balcony surveying a central room. The room is a cylinder in shape, with the ceiling high above exposed to the passing clouds. A column runs up the center, flanked in copper and with various pipes and cables running off it. It pulses, sending out waves of crackling purple lightning and warmth.

In the space around it, various apparatus lie dormant. A heat haze above them suggests they've been used very recently, though the lack of people manning them tells you all you need about their workers being dismissed. Instead, a tall young woman stands facing the door with her back to the pillar. She has pale skin and braided silver hair. In one hand, resting easily, is a lance, while her other hangs at her side. Her body is wreathed in intricate silver armour, adorned with spells that give it a look of glass. It reflects the purple light, just the same as her fierce eyes do.

The only other thing in the room is a massive suit of red and black armour. It's taller than a man by more than a head, with long horns reaching yet further up. A black cape with a silver trim hangs from it's shoulders, and a hammer and shield lean against it's legs. It doesn't move, but an aura of menace exudes from it.
OOC:
Jezlyn can take an [Ins + Ins] roll to recognize the woman, while Velisse can take [Ins + Ins] to recognize the armour.
May 15, 2024 1:20 pm
"I don't suppose she's happy to see us," Jezlyn murmurs out of the side of her mouth.

Rolls

INSIGHT x2 - (2d10)

(71) = 8

May 15, 2024 1:58 pm
Velisse admired the ornate armour the moment she laid eyes on it. Was this the woman they saw earlier in the vision? "Are we too late?" Velisse spoke aloud to no one in particular.

Rolls

Ins + Ins - (2d6)

(65) = 11

May 16, 2024 1:16 pm
Jezlyn's prediction, based on the look on the woman's face as she turns, is accurate. She doesn't look at all happy to see the group, but she doesn't seem entirely angry either. She takes a few steps to stand below the balcony, facing you, and you hear the sounds of her armour rattling as she walks.

"Too late for what?" She asks, with a smirk.
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May 16, 2024 1:24 pm
"Kirin!" That armour was part of her history, the lost empire of Kirin, forever erased by Dunova!

"Who are you? And how are you related to Kirin?" Velisse half guessed what was transpiring, but needed to hear it herself.
May 17, 2024 8:11 pm
Pinion is fixated on the column of pulsating purple lighting energy.
May 17, 2024 11:09 pm
"Too late to stop whatever you are doing here. What are you doing here, anyway? And who are you? You look familiar..." Jezlyn scratches her head like she's in deep thought.
May 18, 2024 12:30 am
Not taking his eyes off the column "Maybe an old tea drinking friend?" Pinion offers unhelpfully
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