Session 40 - A Moment of Horror - Tor to Save - Part 3
General Summary
23th of Elisal (final Freeze) Water Day, The day of Refreshing
Beginning in HEX - 0613
- The members of the unknown head into the temple of an old god to save Tor; from his kidnapping by the blood beasts.
- The forest is alive around them and rushes to the aid of the temple.
- Time is limited; Tor is in grave danger.
- The quest to save Tor continues...down in the darkness of a gods forgotten temple.
Rewards Granted
- Relics of the old god (4) in total, (2) books and (2) idols. (1,000 GP)
Missions/Quests Completed
- Continue Saving Priest Tor
Character(s) interacted with
- The Grey Man
Created Content
- A place of grim horror is uncovered.
- Walls and floors made of living flesh and blood.
- An infirmary now tainted by tumorous growths.
- A central, thin-walled, translucent artery is discovered at the center of the space, extending to a lower level.
- Inside this artery, two grey-robed monks are found, adorned with embellishments from an age long past.
- Humming sounds emanate from the southern area of this level; cutting through a series of vein walls and tumor tendrils, the party discovers an ancient vault door.
- While Astelle attempts to unlock the vault, Fulb Petcher explores further and finds a deadly trapped staircase leading down to the level below.
- The vault door is opened, revealing an empty room with a man possessing aged, grey, death-like skin kneeling in prayer.
- He urges the party to join him in the vault before the "voiceless ones" find them.
- Unperturbed by their entrance, the "Grey man" continues his prayers to keep a cup hidden.
- Astelle discovers another secret door in the vault leading to a private chamber.
- A thick, heavy smell of formaldehyde and ancient tombs pervades the air.
- They enter a resting chamber with a single bed and a small cot, both stained, along with relics and tomes of the old god of this temple.
- In the next room, Tor becomes possessed, trapped within his own body.
- Pretley and Fulb Petcher collaborate to exorcise the spirits inside Tor.
- A Shade and a Skin of Illusion, entities of hatred seeking revenge, are expelled from inside Tor.
- A perilous and fiercely contested battle ensues; through luck and skill, Tor is healed at death's door, and the entities of hatred are banished.
- In the aftermath, the party discovers very strange tomes and texts as the torch light fades...
- In the darkness, the Greyman and a precious journal - his journal - have vanished.
- With Tor in tow, the party is left with but one remaining torch and less than 40 minutes to escape before being enveloped in darkness... if the forest blood beasts don't reach them first.
Report Date
16 Mar 2024
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