The Ziggurat

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Still reeling from Jurita's betrayal the party moves on in an attempt to locate The Library of Serenity and a way to destroy the Canticle of the Profane.

After the sudden Betrayal of Jurita the party takes a couple days to collect themselves. During this time they prepare for the journey out to The Library of Serenity. They hire a half orc sailor named Orbul Darkhorn to assist in their trip.

The journey to the island takes several days. Crossing Titan's Rest is no simple feat, but with the help of Orbul and some magic the party lands on the shores of an island east of Duskview. To their surprise, instead of the temperate climate they expected, the island is warm, tropical even. Though weird, the party decides to move forward, leaving Orbul to guard the boats. The trek through the jungle is mostly uneventful, though they do discover a statue carved to depict two twisting serpents. Finally, they arrive at their destination, a Ziggurat, guarded by a high wall.

After some deliberation the party tackles the wall in separate ways ultimately alerting the enemies inside. The party engages in a fight with several snake/human hybrid creatures that they've never heard of before. Once dealt with, the party makes their way up the Ziggurat and climbs inside. Within they discover a short gauntlet of traps and puzzles that lead them to treasure and another fight. A group of the hybrid creatures guard a woman who looks nearly human, barring green scales around her eyes. After some discussion the group discovers that these snake creatures are called Yuan-ti, and they are the great enemy that nearly wiped out the Dwarves some thousand years ago. However, the woman seems to have her history mixed up as she is under the impression that the Yuan-ti were the winners and had stormed Kurleigh Castle those years ago.

After some deliberation the party comes to the conclusion that when the enemy vanished, they were not destroyed but shunted into a separate dimension where they won, this Ziggurat seemingly a joining point between the two world.

After a brief fight with a large Naga the party discovers a hidden room with treasure and a trident displayed decoratively on a coffin. Kedwyn attempts to take the trident and vanishes into thin air. The rest of the party gird themselves and follow after.