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Mon 28th Dec 2020 02:21

The Serpent Tribe Tomb

by Shyrene Windheart

We utilized the white amulet behind the Serpent Mask, which revealed a red amulet and flashed a rune that revealed another secret passageway. The passage way had a pressure plate that when pressed caused the floor to tilt down to a tomb chamber.
 
After a long discussion on the possible ills awaiting for us at the bottom, we utilized the flying carpet and floating disks to reach the bottom to discover the chieftain who founded the serpent tribe and chieftess (the granddaughter of the founder) who made contact with the Yuan-Ti.
 
The Urgadath enslaved the lizardfolk and made a compact with the Yuan-Ti of non-aggression, who showered the tribe with gifts with no immediate strings attached. In my attempts to speak with the chiefs, I noticed a black amulet glowing green which I was fairly confident was the key we were looking for.
 
Beyond the green glowing door was a serpent ouroboros and not much else, until Geode noticed a doorway visible through the ouroboros on the wall behind it. In the room behind, we found another of the summoning bowls, this one with a orange flame. When Geode tried to smash it, He and Tom promptly disappeared and the doors slammed shut. They were teleported to a undead plane, but managed to get back.
 
Upon leaving the chamber, a benevolent presence was present in the ouroboros. After casting augury through my spyglass, the Chieftess contacted us to come to see her. When we reached her, she told us that she had been watching long years. She watched her grandson submit to the Yuan-Ti and watched her tribe become enslaved. She tells us of Yuan-Ti stepping through time and gives us a diamond skull which she says in one of three keys the Yuan-Ti are searching for. She entrusted it to me to care for and to determine it's best use.
 
We made our way back to the outpost for the wizards to put more spells into their books, then set out surveying again. We discovered an area rich in iron deposits and emeralds. Then we ran into a group of Yuan-Ti fighting giant crocodiles, which against my better judgement we engaged.
 
In the end we were victorious, and the skull animated the abomination. What is this artifact we now carry!?