The Tenets of Longevity

We short rest and then enter the construct workshop (presumably)- Fable and Akibeko “investigate” a desk and all the cool stuff falls out- parchments that indicate that all info related to Gil’Kadur should be taken to Overseer Deshan and where his study is, there is an alchemy set w/ its own box, they were doing experiments to build constructs and supercede constructs built by the wizards in the City of Bronze

Open door into another hallway that opens into a chamber, B sees a Shield Guardian in this room, has a sword and a wand…. F gets close an sees that the wand may be similar to a wand of lightning bolts w/ additional effects. ⅔ doors out of this room appear locked, the third door is broken and there is some sort of teleportation circle in the room it leads to that is mostly destroyed. S & B try to unlock the first door- eventually they get it. Inside there is a statue of a wizard, holding its hand out towards the door, bookcases that appear to have been emptied in a hurry, several parchments strewn everywhere, a clear glass cylinder with a runic key,gear with clockwork materials attached to the back that has runic symbols, meanwhile the shield G suddenly asks Akibeko for the password. He says the enlightened one. F & B enter the room- parchment on the table says “From Glkahduhr they did flee/ Lost to all but time it be

Till heir apparent and key shall find/ With dwarven histories telling the place in mind

...believed Dwarven rhyme possibly from  histories of Shanatar, believed written by relation of Tarks? Shanatar…” this appears to be the private study area of Overseer Deshan….

We head to the other door, there is a patch of runic script on the ground (still active), several shelves that have been emptied, and a desk. This room is trapped as well. F dispels magic on the runes, B, F & A enter the room and investigate- the desk is not locked, they find- a password for the wand of blasting “in upmost need”,  a report done by Overseer Deshan specifying the different stages of research that have been going on in the Chotan, while research continues on, they are moving away from searching for everything to having individuals in charge researching towards specific topics-

Circle of Nine leader= Keer Elman? More info on aberrations

Elementals- Group from Lands of Smilers (Now Court of Smiles)- Novis Cult, in charge of Secret Keepers ….half elf

Adreshi Dehar- looking for VelSharun’s seclusium in the Desolate Lands

Overseer Deshan- in charge of finding Gil Kadur- now that they have the key, just need the histories and the bloodline- thinks that Shanatar is the key to finding that but says that it might be Dunharrow.

S goes and gets the wand after using the password and takes it to F, A activates a button in the wall and the chair moves and there is a spiral starcase descending; F casts locate object after Bart does initial exploration- she can tell the tenets are south of & 100 ft parallel to where the bottom of the stairwell is- FINDS a puzzle with various schools of magic in crossword type arrangement on floor; we take a long rest that night- F casts ID on wand- S attunes to it, in the morning F gets notification that her trap has been triggered- B goes back to get Gregory-

LOTS OF STUFF HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM

Construct with  a bunch of blades is released, attacks/rolls over A; B unlocks illusionary door in direction where F’s spell showed her Tenets were using Deshan’s amulet. S uses acrobatics to tumble into room and sees Tenets, a potion of Superior Healing & a bag.

S takes the tenets

Parchments say that the Enlightened one is dead and discusses what remains of his command structure...Consort has named herself Empress after the Battle of Tesan and says that all should now follow her instead of Adreshi Dehar (A put blood magic into the choten to keep the Empress out) suggests the Rising should do the same, believes she has been breeding basilisks, and has them at her command- likes turning ppl to stone & crushing them. Says that the Empress is delicate in her manipulations and careful in the strings she pulls- doesn’t know what this means for the courts anymore but Deshan was going to try to leave and join up with

B gets the “tenets” opened-lattice shapes come out,form & break apart- into 5 separate ones- something washes over us and we feel some sort of power.

Tenets of Longevity- (choice of--)

+1 to CON

When level up, if choose to roll hit dice, can roll 3 times and take the best for hit dice

Athletics, acrobatics, survival, perception, animal handling- can have proficiency in