Adventure 15

**Real World Date: 8/6/2017**

**In Game Dates: December 14th, 5000 M.E. - December 14th, 5000 M.E.**

**XP: 950 (Total: 6751)**

## Welcome Party

The party get their bearings into the Ithquandryic Society HQ. The darkness permeates the complex, and various remains from the rooms have fade, decomposed, and been destroyed or looted. The complex is unnaturally cold and damp. Using a little light to navigate, they move through the halls. They notice pillars on either side of the hallway with Draconic symbols on top. Some of them illuminate as they walk, seemingly reacting to them.

Suddenly two symbols light up simultaneously. A large projection appears and a gold scaled Dragonborn appears, heavily armored, and scowling. He warns them they are trespassing and they must leave. With Wrax not being forthcoming and several attempts by the party to deceive the projection, the Dragonborn, named Ravoprax Berelith, isn't convinced and warns them if they don't leave, they will suffer the consequences.

## Moving Forward

 **Location** | Ithquandryic Society (Floor 1 - Dining Hall)

There are several junctions, but the party decides to move straight ahead. They move down the hallway and see two offices. The search them and find very little but they do find a magically preserved document detailing security measures in place for issuing passes to allow anyone to move down into the facility and the vaults down below. Knowing that this place has vaults for powerful items, the party presumes this is where the object Wrax is searching for will be held, if at all.

They move ahead further, reaching a massive dining room. Erevan and Aust sneak into the room to inspect it first. They notice several spider-like creatures crawling on the ceiling and they sounds the alarm for the rest of the party. Two different kinds of creatures, small four armed Chitines, and a spider with the head of a humanoid they call Choldrith, drop from the ceiling and attack the party. The party makes quick work of them and discover a large pouch of web up in the ceiling. They find a magic ring useful for the whole party and some magical boots taken by Wrax.

## Ancient History

Lear investigates a side room containing the kitchen and pantry. She finds it mostly empty and destroyed, except for the skeleton remains of a Dragonborn in the magically cooled walk in fridge. After she does some rights over the body, she rejoins the party. The party continues moving forward, making their way into a wide trophy and art room. Anything of value has been taken or destroyed, but the display cases have markers on them naming the items that were once contained inside them.

The items included (with limited success on History checks to know details):

* **Helm of Ygroth the Blade**
* **Headdress of Erevan the Divine**
* **Gown of Meldora**
* **Bracers of Khanos** (used by High Priests of Khanos to enhance rituals)
* **Scroll of Dinysis** (prowerful priestess of Ancillia)
* **The Gorgon's Eye**

The party can't determine the value of these items or their connection, and the art is taken or destroyed. They investigate a room to the west which contains a small chapel to the god Gallant, which is also in tatters. They then move east to the next hallway.

## Crab Containers

 **Location** | Ithquandryic Society (Floor 1 - Elevator)

The party explore a room made of metal next, unlike the rest of the complex. It has metal grates along the top half of the walls and a small hatch on the ceiling of the room. The party searches the room but finds nothing of note. Erevan uses *Mage Hand* to open the hatch at the top. When he does, he hits something, and noises can be heard from above. Before they can determine what it is, a claw comes out and pulls the hatch all the way open. Two cave fishers look down from the roof and attack.

The party has a hard time attacking with the cave fisher's partial cover. Eventually, one of the cave fishers is able to grapple Lear in their web and drag her up to the roof and away from the hatch. Using the *Moonlight* spell Aurelia managed to damage the creatures enough to take out one of them. Wrax, frustrated with being unable to attack, leaps off of Erevan and leaps up into the opening and onto the roof, helping Lear to finish of the remaining cave fisher. After them thoroughly search the room, they move on the other direction of the hallway.

## Not All Who Wander Are Lost

The party wanders through various hallways for a while. They find some windows that look down on a massive library that has mysteriously been overrun with plant foliage, but decide not to break the windows but instead find a quiet way in. They move on and eventually find a hallway that reconnects them back to where they started. They explore another hallway branch and discover a room that appears to be a barracks. It is destroyed and worn down, but recognizable as a place where some people used to sleep. Also on the floor is a mysterious blood stain, which isn't any older that a couple decades.

The party takes this time to discuss what's happening. They wonder if Kagan Nivara had something to do with them ending up here, but they remember he lead away the undead horde and saved their horses and their Wagon from destruction, so ho bad could he be? They also discuss what their real goal is here, as Wrax isn't forthcoming. He does admit that someone gave him directions to this place, not **Korbeth**. He also says that finding this item will grant him a little bit of freedom. The party agree to help him for now, as they need to keep exploring anyway so they can find an alternate exit.

## Surprise Rests

 **Location** | Ithquandryic Society (Floor 1 - Barracks)

As they wrap up their discussion, the party realizes they haven't inspected two chests by the remains of the bunk beds. Erevan tries to open one, and as he does, both chests change shape to reveal they are in fact Mimics. Lear and Aurelia manage to not be surprised because of their Moon Elf ability. The party fights the two Mimics and manages to defeat them, but not without getting hurt. They decide that now would be a perfect time to take a short rest and recoup a little.

As the party rests, Wrax attunes to his new magic boots. Erevan tries and fails to get any further with his Verydian Puzzle Box. The party takes one of the more destroyed bunk beds and makes a fire out of the tinder, resting around the fire pit they made. As their rest comes to an end, they notice a faint glow coming from the hallway, similar to the projections they saw earlier. Erevan sneaks out to find that the bronze scaled Dragonborn female, Ithirix Delevarnouth, is waiting outside for them.

## Surprise Aid

Del explains that she wants to help. It's dangerous down here and will get even more dangerous the further down you go. She recommends they leave this place, but they explain they are trapped. They ask if there is something further down that could help them escape. She says it's possible, but they will need to use the elevator to get further down. They realize that metal room was an elevator, but it needs a key to activate it. She explains that it's located in the Armory and directs them to it. She also tells them that Berelith and her have little power on this level or the next except to observe, so they can ignore him for now. She hears a noise and explains she has to go and disappears.

 **Location** | Ithquandryic Society (Floor 1 - Armory)

The party head towards the Armory as instructed. They pass by an infirmary of sorts as they double back. They see the library from the other side then reach the Armory. The place has been looted, with only four rusted suits of armor left hanging on armor stands. Aurelia searches some of the cabinets and finds a **keycard** that they were told was in here. As she grabs it, though, the four suits of armor come alive and attack the party.

The party make quick work of the suits of armor. After they defeat them they work back to the metal elevator. They discover there was a panel that they missed which flips open when the **keycard** is inserted. It reveals buttons that will take them down further into the Ithquandryic Society HQ...