(G597 26/07/2025 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) YI46

(G597 26/07/2025 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) YI46
 
[Fenrir and Reinward are searching for treasure in the Frumenti Forum, part of the sunken kingdom of Ammathar, under the area of the Shining Sea known as the Snare.]
 
DAY 695(27th Hammer)(January) cont ...
 
It was late on in the evening and all this looked very complicated, so as before with the altar room they decided to leave the big purple orby thing alone.

The corridors and rooms of this area were laid out like a subterranean level of a temple. Runes guarded many of the door ways and Reinward accidentally set one off that made all his bones vibrate like tuning forks.
'H-How l-long will this l-l-last?' he jittered.
Fenrir didn't know. He went further down the corridor to the doorway of a large round central chamber. He could see bookshelves and stacks of scrolls.
He turned to Reinward. 'Do you want to go into the library?'
Reinward said nothing so Fenrir nosed forward.
A sudden pulse of energy came from the library with a big bang, knocking them both back. Reinward ran off and hid, to heal his wounds.
Fenrir saw a giant magical hand come at him and felt his ribs crack as the Crushing Hand spell took hold of him. He teleported himself out, back to the Water Room.


DAY 696(28th Hammer)(January)

The lads rested and healed in the Water Room, finding it to be the safest place in the dungeon. When they were ready they approached the library again, this time coming from a corridor that led to its southern door.

Fenrir went in first but found himself grasped by another Crushing Hand spell. He was badly hurt, but the hand eventually released him and he made his way further into the room. Reinward, using Blind Sight and well hidden in darkness of his own making, followed.

Fenrir skulked around behind this traveling circle of complete darkness. Reinward could 'see' through it, but Fenrir could not. He waited to see what Reinward was going to do next.

Firstly Reinward threw a rock into the room. He waited and then seemed to forget about it. He tried to Translocate further inside, but he had forgotten that the whole Temple was Dimension Locked and this was not possible. From before he had deliberately blinded himself he remembered there were banners all over the walls. Surely some of those Ribbons would attack soon?

As he edged closer in, they were indeed beset by Thin Ribbons, Attack Ribbons and the more powerful Grand Ribbons - it was these that had been casting spells.

This was their most demanding fight so far as the Grand Ribbons had other tricks up their sleeves, but Eldritch Blasts and deadly thrown daggers eventually destroyed them all.

After the battle, Fenrir decided to look through the library, reading with his magical item that allowed him to read and understand any text. He was looking for clues to the nature of this Temple Dungeon and what the altar and the Orb were.

After three hours he was little the wiser. He contacted Sparkledingle and sought his advice. Reinward joined in and soon they were all talking over each other.

After two more hours the conversation moved on to the possibility of removing the Dimension Anchors. From what I gather this was well beyond their combined capabilities and besides would likely incur the wrath of the Senatus.

A further three hours of study led to an understanding of what the Orb was. It was the main basis for the Temple itself. The whole building had once been a place to experiment with harnessing the power of demons, devils and deities.

The Orb was their most powerful project, a device that was designed to trap an unknown deity of a level of power that mortals could manage. As far as they knew this being was still held within the Orb. Further reading told of the priests becoming more and more frantic, as the curse on their lands took hold and they were unable to harness the power of the Orb without making matters worse.

After another three hours Fenrir's eyes were tired and he had had enough. No one at the Temple had known how to unleash the power of the Orb or what would happen if they did.
If he wanted to see what was within it, he would just have to take his chances.

Meanwhile Reinward had been reading about all the rune traps they had been tripping over. The first one they had encountered placed on the victim the last disease they had suffered. Apparently Reinward was currently cursed with a dose of Fenrir's venereal disease! Still, Fenrir had some ointment left over from the last time so they passed that around and all was good.

They were done in the library now. Reinward stuffed some 'fancy' books into his bag for his chum Sparkledingle, and they went back to the Water Room to rest and think over what to do next.