Elayna looks between the narrow tunnel and the soldiers for a few moments and then back to Hunter, taking a deep breath and re-adjusting her equipment,
"I think I'll go with you," she says,
"I feel safest that way."OOC:
Prior to this, Elayna would have had NO training with weapons, magic, stealth, etc. Would any of you have taken the opportunity to work with her on improving in any one of those areas?
The passage behind the secret door is narrow enough that you need to move through it single file, occasionally turning sideways to squeeze. It takes about an hour to navigate its pitch-black darkness, and the journey is filled with a constant echo of distant sounds. The passage then widens, opening out into a cavern whose far walls and ceiling are out of sight in the darkness. Bits of quartz and mica en the stone glimmer as they catch the light, showing a footpath worn into the stone floor. At the end of that path, a vast, dark shape rises-an enormous stalagmite carved into a bleak, black tower.
Past the heavy iron door that is the tower's only visible entrance, a short tunnel extends through five feet of solid rock into a cool, dark chamber. As you enter, a floating orb of pale violet light brightens before you, revealing an opening in the vaulted ceiling and a spiral stone staircase with no railing, climbing up into darkness.
Around the stairs, the light reveals a circular audience chamber with cold, unlit lanterns hanging from brackets set into the stone wall, heavy carpets covering the smooth stone door, and a throne-like stone chair on a raised dais to the left of the entrance.
The ball of violet light floats to a stop beneath the center of the open shaft, beyond the foot of the stairs. It then hovers there as if waiting for you.
Vizeran leads the way around the open shaft to the other side of the audience chamber taking a seat in a high-backed chair and beckoning you all to take a seat. He snaps his finger and the lanterns are suddenly lit with an odd purple-ish flame and the tables are suddenly set with a feast. Trays of dried mushrooms, smoked rothe meat, and goblets of spicy liquor fill the tables.
Vizeran takes a cup of the liquor and immediately takes a drink, looking in your direction as if to say "It's not poisoned".