The New Remnant

"I had no idea the Hag was going to be so easy to kill. I guess those many skeletons was its defense. To be sure the Orcs will be no picnic."

"Let us loot what we can and progress back to returning the sword."

"Whew! Extraordinary work, everyone. I thought we were goners for a second there, until Aizashi went all glowy and healy giving us a second chance, and then Cords went BAM!"

Oliver took a breath.

"Well, anyway, shall we head to the altar? We have a sword of tyranny to deliver."

Elyse will follow the group down to the alter.

You head back down the set of stairs to the altar room. The room seems to still be as it was left, with an occasional wail coming from the hole in the altar. However, once Elyse places the sword back into position, the hole starts to close, and the altar starts to repair itself. It is a slow process, but the noises from the hole stop immediately, indicating it isn't an issue at this point.

So, you can do a few things now:
- Go back up and check out the inner area where the hag and skeletons were encountered.
- Go check out the basement.
- Go check out the rest of the Remant.
- Go check out the orcs.
- Something else.

You do a quick cursory check of the hallways and see the above layout. Again, the biggest door block are very large double-doors. The smaller door blocks are normal sized double-doors. and the door slits are just normal single doors. The big red X marks where the crumbled skeletons and the hags clothes still are. (The hag has evaporated by now.)

Revisiting the rooms along the bottom of the image show them all to be individual quarters. The quarters are all very simple, but nice. The sizes vary slightly, but the furnishings are all equivalent. It looks for the most part like everything had been tidied up and left intentionally, and nothing of value is found in any of the quarters in the "lower left" are found.

Stee will move to the small room just to the side of the X and open the double doors leading in.

Blornvid is there by Stee's side to back him up.

Careful Cords is quietly moving along with our exploring party and keeps his handy handaxe out for trouble reasons.

Aizashi will follow along with the rest of the party.

Oliver distractedly peeks around any door with peculiar enough ornamentation, but other than that is more interested in any sounds around them.

After a minute looking around, he amuses himself by making his best imitation of the hag's cackle.

Stee opens the door into the lower right room and as you bring light to bear, you see a library. It has a sitting area with two desks on either side of the doors, and then there are three large shelf units that run "up and down" on the map that are absolutely loaded with books, scrolls, and other items. The decor is nicely appointed, with very comfortable chairs for the desks, and a couch on the right-most wall by one of the desks. The shelves are well decorated and made out of heavy wood, with the facings trimmed and plenty of finials at the top.

Oliver, on the other hand, is checking out the open area directly above this room. It is oddly shaped with three small doors opposite the library room, and a double-door to the left that enters the central area. There is also a tapestry handing on the perpendicular wall by the double-door to the left. There is no scene on the tapestry, it is simply a complex design that doesn't seem to have any meaning to it. It is quite beautiful, though. While checking out the tapestry, you let out a surprisingly accurate cackle, causing the rest to snap around only to realize it is Oliver being Oliver.