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We figured out that the chests contained keys that we needed to open the locked turns. Sadly, the first chest we doubled-back to check was in fact a mimic. Considering what a mimic was I transformed into a werewolf and attacked to help Skamos. After the encounter I explained to my compatriots that this is a side effect of the Blood Hunter's Order I had chosen. We went through and collected the rest of the keys, including a key that was guarded by a pair of grey oozes. We unlocked the main door that had stumped us upon our initial entry. This door led to a long chamber with a pit in the middle; the pit we had encountered before with the gelatinous cube. By our belief in Athanasios, as explained in the Trial, we crossed an invisible bridge made of faith. Past the faith test we found an ornate door that had above it a sculpture of a Gold Dragon's head mounted high above.
We walked in and greeted the Gold Dragon Wyrmling who was flanked by two flying kobolds. Apparently our greeting (and invitation for parley) confused the dragon, who introduced himself as Ignatius, which prompted him to indulge us. We spoke with him and learned that he's been waiting for adventurers and has been tasked with killing all those who enter, and that he knows not why the Trial is named "The Trial of the Serpent." Given our respectful conversation, Ignatius allowed us the opportunity to rest before we engaged in combat, and he gave us the opportunity to ask a question each. My question was, remembering the Trial details, "through what door should one walk if they wish to avoid greed" and I was told that I should go through the door to Ignatius's right (my left). Given the riddle I thought that would be pertinent information, as I did not want Skamos to lose this opportunity.
We exited Ignatius's chamber and rested; luckily no monsters ambushed us. After our rest we re-entered the chamber and combat began. After engaging, the weirdest thing happened. Immediately after the dragon breathed a twinkling haze onto me, which had not affected me, I felt a sensation, as if my eyelids were being pulled shut and my brain turned to that of a rock, making my limbs weaken. Before I had realized it, I opened my eyes to a sight that still had all the same elements as the one before -- the dragon, my friends, the kobolds, the pillars -- but it was all dark and hazy, as if everything lay behind blackened glass. Though I tried to make swipes at Ignatius before he flew away, I made contact with nothing. I tried as hard as I could to will myself back, but to no avail, until I suddenly re-appaeared and the world came to life with color once again. After continuing to fight, Skamos managed to kill the Wyrmling Ignatius by stabbing through his throat and rending his head from his long neck and pecking off a kobold with a swift, flipping kick. I managed to kill the other kobold with a slash from my glaive, resolving the conflict.
Now, we must decide how we will move forward.
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