Session 16 - Into the Pit

General Summary

• The group investigates the underground chamber
• Olut discovers that the ruins belong to an ancient civilization of Korbal
• Liber jumps down into the pit, and Prince flies Haeni down
• Lerissa sees a giant snake slithering toward them and warns the party
• As Lerissa casts toward the snake, her body courses with magical energy, and she flees to the corner, away from her allies
• A second snake slithers out from the rubble, menacing the party
• As the first snake falls, a swarm of grubs burst from its corpse
• Lerissa's wild magic continues to fire off, calling down lightning on a swarm of wasps, and just as quickly restoring the magical energy expended. She popped out of existence and reappeared feet away, and as the second snake fell, a wave of magical energy washed over Haeni and Prince, turning their forms invisible
• Lerissa tried to push through the door further into the chamber, but in her hurry, could barely budge the door. She turned around, and flew out of the pit, rising above the gathered crowds and magical bolts of energy flew from her fingertips
• Prince chased after Lerissa into the air, calling for her to come back and return to safety. A cloud of fog appeared around Lerissa as she continued to run from Prince's voice
• As Lerissa clears the fog cloud, the magic overwhelms her and she turned into a sheep. Still 30' from the ground, she falls to the ground, and as the imapct forced her body back into its natural form, she curled up into a fetal position on the ground, sobbing as the waves of energy continued to overwhelm her
• As Prince appeared from the fog and ran towards Lerissa, a mechanical servant appeared and pushed Prince away, keeping him from Lerissa. Prince steps back toward the pit to tell the rest of the group what's going on and sees a Leonin jogging across the dunes toward the commotion
• As the final waves of magic course through her body, Lerissa collapses into the sand, exhausted
• The Leonin reaches Lerissa, and demands to know what's going on
• A miner addresses him as Zauroth, and explains that they uncovered ancient ruins before Lerissa interrupts and warns that the pit is cursed and responsible for her outburst of magic
• The Leonin brushes her warning off as he heads to the pit
• Prince tries to ward off Zauroth, popping back into visibility in front of the Leonin
• Zauroth calls for a ladder to be dropped into the pit, and as the rest of the party climbs out, he directs them to wait near Lerissa. Olut climbs up last, with several yards of snakeskin on his back
• As the party assembles, Zauroth asks them to recount what happened in the pit
• Liber explains that they were trying to help the miners clear out the danger, and were successful in taking out two giant snakes
• Lerissa adds that a dangerous energy tested her will in the pit, and overwhelmed her
• Zauroth said that the party can continue to protect from the dangers in the system, but he will be accompanying them regardless, as the leader of the dig site
• Lerissa says she doesn't want the miners to risk their lives, and Zauroth tells her that he is no mere miner
• The party agrees to accompany Zauroth into the depths, after a brief rest while the Leonin examines the entrance chamber
• In the pit, Liber and Olut ask Zauroth if the discovery was planned, and he says that the location of the quarry was chosen for this purpose, as he is an archeologist by trade
• After an hour,t he group assembles in the antechamber, and Zauroth pushes open the heavy stone door, into a room emblazoned with the name "Bektanen", the last great ruler of Kobal
• Zauroth confidently lights a pair of braziers to open a passage into the depths of the dungeon, and heads down into the dark

Report Date

30 Aug 2021