Session 7

## Session 7 - One Must Die

The group re-enter the room where the ghast emerged from, following the whispers. Reffins goes to check a picture in a corner which shows the Durst Manor from the front and the Durst family. Brig goes to investigate the wardrobe near the bed, to which he finds some cultist’s cloaks.

Reffins finds a cloak of more eloquent design folded next to a few potions of healing, and when he opens it up to inspect it, it speaks back to him. It whispers asking what his name is and that doesn’t remember it’s name. Reffins also notices that his Smokey grey orb is pulling towards the footlocker, and sets it down within the locker next to a cracked glove like shell that’s split in the middle. As he sets it down, he notices that it’s attracted to it, and when held close together it snaps attached and seals itself with a blue glimmer.

The cloak whispers to Reffins that this item is a Driftglobe and that it belonged to him before. And then goes to tell him if he places one hand on the globe and speaks a word, it will begin the command word for its first ability (Light) and 2 hands on the globe for the second ability (Daylight). Reffins speaks the command word for Float, then repeats the process with 2 hands and speaks the command word Uhhhhhhhhhhh. And creates a command word for Daylight.

Brig thinks back and remembers that this is a Driftglobe and reiterates it’s statistics, as it is a product that originated from the Genassi. They venture once again going downstairs, Laila being reluctant to go, and as a result Reffins picks her up and carries her down. As they re-enter the room with 13 niches, Brig begins to open the path down by blasting the rusty portcullis, eventually making enough space to pass through. They each make their way down the steep slope into the murky water, and as they enter this room they notice the chanting stopped.

They look around the giant room, Reffins goes to a pile of refuse and dead corpses at the south end of the room, Brig begins to play with a wheel that moves chains above an altar up and down, and Equuleus steps on the stone dais as she goes to examine the altar on it. As she steps on, 13 dark apparitions with blackened faces and black torches appear and begin to chant “One Must Die!”.

Reffins shoots an arrow at one, and Brig blasts one with Eldritch energy, both to no avail, as it passes through leaving no trace of damage. Equuleus deducts that they must sacrifice one, to which Brig suggests that they sacrifice Laila, to which Reffins snaps back defending Laila. Paying no mind, Equuleus begins to examine the altar upon the stone dais in the middle of this room, finding nothing but engravings of what looks like ghouls and hooded figures.

Reffins picks up a femur and begins to walk away, as Equuleus can’t decipher anything from the altar, and as she does the chanting changes to “No Sacrifice! Lord of Death, We Awaken Thee!”. As this happens the pile of dead bodies near Reffins begins to animate, and as it does it pulls the femur bone towards it, as Reffins resists, he feels the pull might bring him closer and lets go.

Brig is shocked by the appearance of this mound of flesh let’s off an Eldritch blast that goes wide because of its appearance. Equuleus readies herself at the top of the dais and Reffins goes to the slide where the entrance of the room is and pushes Laila up to safety. The flesh mound comes closer and tumbles bodies all around Brig and Equuleus, as Brig casts protection from good and evil on Equuleus. Reffins shoots off an arrow that sinks in and join the pile of refuse that is the flesh mound.

Brig is still in shock and distracted by the bodies and forgets he was channeling another Eldritch blast and shoots it into the water, meanwhile the others hack and slash their way into this mound, leaving some corpses to unanimate and lie still. The mound finally piled high and tumbles bodies on top of Brig as he lets off some hellish flames, being engulfed by the corpse pile.