Ghost Tower of Inverness - Session 7: Mud is What You Get Water/Earth Wing Report

General Summary

After the sudden demise of Den Withertongue by the phantasmal killer trap (manifesting as a rolling boulder) the PCs continue down the Earth Wing.

ROLLING STONES GATHER NO MOSS

As the characters make their way towards the centre of the dungeon anoather boulder hurls their way
to their surprise this time it is a real bould and not a phantasmal killer effect - damaging several party members
the first boulder if followed by the second
the PCs quickly disable mirrors which are perched in the ceinling at the corners of where the hall bends
afterwhich the boulder briefly stop coming
as the characters make their way to the source of the boulders they discover a stone giant station at racks containing the rolling death spheres
a key hangs from the giants neck
after fierce battle the players emerge vicotrious

THE SE HALLS OF PROHPECY

past the boulder guard post lies hall covered in a combination of runes and heiroglyphs
like the SW portion of the dungeon this type of hallway eludes to a prohecy - this time "the prophecy of the east"
beyond the prophecy hallway lies yet another entrance to the central point of dungeon with pedastal with indentation meant to have the keys insert into
the prohecy of the Sundered Empire

ENTRYWAY TO THE SOUTHWEST LEVEL

A the bottom of SW towers stairway the characters encounter two Formian Armadons
these beetle like formians are the tanks of their species
the creatures warn the players of the three choices they can make (turn back, join the formian collective or die)
the PCs decide to delve right into combat suffer some damage but defeating the borg-like formians

HALLS OF KNOWLEDGE - THE POWER OF EARTH

As the PCs continue down the halls of the NW Wing they manage to decipher the tale Earth
talks about how Galep-draedil managed to magically create amazing hanging gradens with magical dirt which produces abundance of food
estolls that earth provides shelter and metal and details how the Flan took this knowledge for their own benefit

THE BENDER ROOM

listening at a door at the end of the hallway the PCs here a combination of grinding stone, sloshing water, crackling of flame and woosh of wind
kicking in the door the are confronted by a large room with an elemental (one of each type) in the corners
in the centre of the room is pedastel with 4 orbs resting on it each engraved with runes
the elemental go to attack
END OF SESSION

THE RUIN CHANTER

On their way back to the courtyard the PCs checkin on the defeated foe
he is still bound and surving fine - he has no need for food or water in the ruins

DEN WITHERTONGUE

On a hunch the PCs bring their fallen comrade to the soul bonfire in the courtyard
once in the radius of it's light Bruwena the Flame Minsiter of for the Lich Lyzandred makes an offer to her fallen brethern
"serve my my master and arise as a hollowed one"
the spirit of Den accepts and he is reborn

THE FORMIANS

seem mostly concerned with defending their territtory
seem to want to add to the population of their hive - what this entails you do not know

THE PROPHECIES AND OTHER LORE

Though there may be some hints on what to lie ahead most of this lore is for another purpose:
give PCs ideas of things the party may want to explore