Chapter One: Bones and Ashes

Jathus moves over and tugs on the fissures. There's a hissing sound as if air releasing and six separate sections open up like a flower. Inside, impaled by a number of spikes, is a humanoid skeleton. Resting between its ribs is a jade serpent wondrous figurine.

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The insides of the contraption remind you of an iron maiden. It's definitely a torture device. Any clothing that the skeleton may have had on have long since decayed into nothingness, but the bones are quite ancient from the looks of them. Probably thousands of years old, despite how well-preserved they are.

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You make your way back and down the tunnel you hadn't explored before. The low-ceilinged, wood-braced tunnel comes to an end at a stone wall through which a four-foot-diameter hole has been burrowed. The rectangular room beyond is lit by flickering flames at the center of seven-pointed star carvings on the east and west walls, while to the south, a pile of stone and rubble lies on the floor in front of a wooden door and under an open trapdoor in the ceiling. Goblin arms and legs protrude from the rubble.

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You search for a long time, but don't find anything else of use. It seems like a good time to head back up and speak to Father Zantus.

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Father Zantus is speaking to a lesser priest when you enter the church, but quickly excuses himself. Smiling as he approaches, "You all look well," he says, "How did the exploration go? Did you discover anything?"

"A demon and ruins?" he asks, troubled, "Assuming it's been cleared out, I will see if I can't get the Runewatchers to take a look and see what they think."

"Thank you for taking care of the ghoul problem as well," he says to Winona, "It's a weight off of my mind."