Last Session 35>> into this session 36 ((recap))
When last we met, Crodas and Baxter were only just waking up inside of the encampment, to see that the rest of the party had left them to recover more, whilst they went back to the tower to look for a missing Blaise.
Cleverly, or simply instinctively, they figure out where the party went, and followed their gut feelings, however they still had to travel quite some time until they would be able to catch up fully with the main body again,
Meanwhile, the rest of the party inside the tower decide to move on slowly, thinking that their comrades would catch them up in due course… And so, Ophi, notices a small chest tucked into the corner of the alcove, she uses one of her iron keys, and pops the lid open, to reveal a plain old dagger, which she takes anyway.
Surveying the area reveals a set of bloody footsteps, leading towards the southern most passage on that floor, where a small room holds the set of steps which will lead down to the next floor below, and as there wasn’t much else in sight, the party decided to head on down.
Once there, they wander a little, taking in their surroundings, pressing forward the only way they can, each step leading them to a hidden nightmare that they had no idea was waiting for them, as on this level, there was strange whispering sounds, and the noise of flapping wings, but yet nothing could be seen still until it was too late.
Vengeful ghosts roamed the halls in this tower, spirits of long forgotten warriors who served under the countess, their bodies gone, but their souls remained to guard her, even after death had taken them, their duty remained.
Aleric does a little scouting ahead, and runs into a body thrown over by a small table, thinking it was Blaise, he says its her out loud and Aurora dashes past everyone she can to see if its true, but no, it wasn’t the case, and so the hunt for Blaise continued on.
It wasn’t long before the Ghosts sensed some of the life force the party brought with them, and sought them out one by one, in an attempt to add them to their ranks, but the party prevailed in battle.
After the first one had been killed off, two more appeared, however at this point, Crodas and Baxter were able to reach the rest of their party members and help win the fight.
After the battle, whilst most of the party now crowded around Ophi’s warmth globe, so they can mend their wounds suffered through battle… Aleric, unharmed, took some time to head up the northern most passage, and found yet another chest there, but without proper checks made, he simply gave into his curiosity and suffered for it, as a bolt of ice cold energy tore out from inside the chest as he opened it up, and hit him in the neck, dealing some damage, but also causing him to be chilled, and moving slower now.
Inside the chest were some useful items though, one being a potion of stamina, which could potentially be a real life saver.
Once the party had fully healed up, they headed down the southern most passage again, this time encountering a single Ghost, that gets the jump on Scarlett as it emerges through the wall where she stands next to and grabs hold of her arm… and yet it is still quickly dealt with.
After this small fight, Ophi searches a room off to one side of the main hallway, it holds two dusty bookshelves, on each are old texts that have been damaged to a point of no return, but, there are two small boxes on both of the book stands… and in each of the boxes are a scroll, one being an identify scroll, the other being a town portal scroll…. both of the scrolls are VERY handy as the party well know.
Whilst this goes on, Aurora, decides she will do some scouting too, sensing the way forward, she heads south again, and follows the passage to the end, where she finds the stairs down again, and a dead body on the floor surrounded by a pool of blood, which again had bloody footprints nearby which lead to the steps.
It is here where we pick up our session, as the party now have yet more decisions to make, should they use the town portal to get out?…. or delve deeper in the hopes of finding Blaise, and of course… much more?