Chapter 2: Into Darkness

At this point, only Bildaweer and Jimjar remain as people that would be small enough to huck over. Fang, you have no problem throwing the pair across. Between Dustin and Cemos on the other side, they easily stop them from taking any damage.

On the other side you have: Fang, Derendil, Francis, Georges, Everytt, Sarith, Eldreth, and Shuushar. You also have the option of splitting the party slightly in order to investigate this side a bit.

As you scout silently ahead, somehow moving through the water like a ninja, you come to the room south of where all the tunnels let out. Once, a mighty door must have stood there, however, time and the water have eroded things away and now it is just a gaping hole to the southern chamber. In the middle is a stone fountain with a raised edge. It contains shallow brackish water. Near the center of the pool, there is the rubble of a broken statue on a pedestal. The only truly recognizable thing remaining is a pair of clawed stone feet clutching the top of the pedestal. Around the perimeter of the room are 7 carved niches. One (the eastern one) has water seeping in through a crack in the wall. The niches to either side of it are empty. The remaining four all feature odd statues, totally featureless. The rising water is about 4 inches from the bottom of the fountain at this point. You spy something glimmering in the water of the fountain.


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More than a glimmer, you can't make out. The water is too cloudy for that. Are you removing the items?

Out of the murky muck you pull: 112 SP, 41 GP, three green-gold bracelets (25 GP each), dagger (spider design on hilt), a vial of red glimmering liquid (same as the other two you recovered earlier), and a vial of a very thick, black substance. Thicker than molasses.

As you move down the passage through water that is now 15" deep, you come quickly to a room where a torrent of water is coming through the ceiling. Large cracks, definitely caused by the tremor, allow the liquid entry. The rock looks to be soft and weak and wouldnt take much effort to enlarge.

Of a sort

Correct. The only other things in that room are the holes through which the water is pouring. Holes in a weakened crumbly rock face.