Gruesome Trophies

Criminal Activity

After the battle with Urbel three aparitions lead the Baggers to their bloodied masks and cloaks. Showing the cohort the way forward, hoping they will put their torment to rest.

After a short rest to learn from their mistakes and regain some lost health > The party noticed a few figures from the southeast > Taking a closer look, they saw three attendants each wearing bloody masks > A stern antelope, a kindly hare, and a smiling warthog > Morti noticed they were incorporeal > Zaldesh identified them as an unknown type of apparition   The trio of apparitions beckoned the party to follow them to the south east > The party did so cautiously > But when they moved past the last column into a small room the trio were gone > Instead they found the three masks and three matching cloaks affixed to the south wall of the cave > They were posed as if a mockery of people, with arms exteded to the sides > They were still very colorful, but dirty and bloodstained > The group though back trying to remember the students > Both Uiq and Kharhemesh only just remember them from when they joined the school > The trio were supposed to have left the school soon after > It's unknown if they actually left the school, as Nicos did > Or if they were taken on a mission > Or if they managed to be taken on campus during an earlier attack > Or if they all died at the same time   The party takes the time to look around the small room > When Uiq uses detect magic, the hare mask pings > Uiq gives it to Morti to identify > Uiq takes up watch on the tunnels connected to the room > Morti begins to identify it > The hare mask was a Mask of Mercy, a decent healing aid > When there's extra time it will be very useful for Zaldesh > Zaldesh attempts to commune with the apparitions > He isn't able to reach the apparitions > He does suggest that they should take the trophies back to campus for proper burial > The others begin to search the small rooms > There appears to be something odd about the southern wall > They find two secret doors > One where the masks were hanging > One a little east of where the masks were