Session 25

After the large skeleton dragon has been killed the party decides a well deserved rest is in place for them. Tymus and Wild set up a fire while Samo starts to make food for the party as well. A pool of lava appears from Infront of the party as Bargast appears from it. He asks the party if they would like company while resting. Everyone seems to be off by this and hesitant at first, but seeing how he hasn't seemed aggressive they let him stay. They start to uncover why he is down here in the first place, they also learn that Darpon is his brother! Bargast plays card games with them and it actually seems like the fire bearded dwarf was enjoying himself. As the time for the party to get up and go to the bastion arrives Bargast says his goodbyes and he leaves the party to themselves. Before leaving however he give Tymus a Cigar as a good gesture. 

The party packs up their things and starts to head to the other side of the underground city. The party finally arrives at what seems to be a dwarfish bastion in ruins. They see the marking of recent foot steps going into the building and decide to venture forward. Upon arriving in the building everyone notices that there are metal stature just like the one at the grave yard but far smaller. Getting closer to them however causes them to spring to life. In dwarfish they tell the adventures to fall back, they refuse and a battle erupts. The machines are takes out easily. The party also discover a stone pedestal marked with demonic sigils all over it, a small device on the wall next to it point a sword at it as well. Lazarus pulls the lever next to the device and a beam of pure light extinguishes the pedestal to rubble. 

Exploring further into the building the party discovers more machines and also discovers this bastions used as a jail. Muta picks up a mysterious flask stone. The party searches for keys of a locked door they discovered in the bastion. With some more exploring the party find the rest of the keys and the door opens to what seems to be a storage room of the bastion. Weapons line the was as well as spoiled rations. In the corner of the room however a chained wood casket emitting magic and an evil presence could be felt from it. Lazarus inspects the casket even further and decides the dispel the magic from within the caskets, however after doing this the evil presence still lingers. The casket starts to shake, then a hand burst through the top of the casket. The whole things blows open and water is sprayed all over the room. What looks to be a corpses of flesh and bone start to talk to the party. Thanking them from releasing him from that prison. The party steps back armed and and corpses tells them to lower their weapons and says that he is not harmful, the body start to regenerate and a face could be seen. The man introduces himself as Solus Effigi, and asks the party how long he has been in the locked box. The party tells him about the world and mentions Sarnapt keep, and he says he doesn't remember that place being so big, he says he remember the massive hole and a small village with a fort next to it. He also explains that he had a small house there. The party realizes who this is and then points out that he is a vampire. Effigi says that he still means no harm, and doing so Lazarus asks about the stone pedestal, Effigi is lead to it and Lazarus realizes that the stones that the vampire picks up starts to reform in his hands. Effigi backs away and explains that this once was a portal and has no interest in it any longer. Before leaving the party Effigi says he needs to go home and says his goodbye to the party and gives Lazarus a vial of red liquid "incase". 

The party continues forward into the bastion. The eventually find the large metal machine sitting a what seemed to be a command room full of rotten flesh. The party pulls the lever and immediately the machine starts to run telling the rest of the group to run as well. The piles of rotten flesh start to animate and the party starts to run as well. Izen flings a fireball through the hall and the whole building start to crumble under the weight of the explosion. The party dodges and weaves through the falling building and eventually escapes. The Machine starts to head toward the door and the party realized what might happen soon.