1.23.21 - Tarl's Tomb

We managed to subdue our foes and took one of the necrotic stones from Brother Keefe, but when we tried to destroy it nothing happened except some cool runes lit up. However, we couldn’t stay long because the undead patrols were coming around again so we took off towards where we thought that the tomb was that we came out of last time we were here. It didn't take us long to learn the patterns of the silly undead Cannon didn’t like and easily slipped through the graveyard only getting stuck in the mud once before getting to our destination. The mausoleums looked unchanged from when we were last here a few months ago, but we did see that the undead were circling one made of really dark stone nearby that looked recently opened. Rhys, as a tiger, disappeared and came back a few minutes later carrying something to show Cannon. Then I saw our good buddy Yip! When I pointed him out to Cannon though, he took off towards Yip mumbling about how he should have punched him the first time. During the battle, he threw a perfectly good necklace into the wall and four little Elisande’s came out and tried to eat me, so we put a stop to Yip’s madness. He had a second stone that we were asked to get for Cassette. Cannon looked at what Rhys brought him from inside of here after we finished with Yip and started to look around before smashing the base of a statue out front. Inside the hollow base, we found lots of really old treasure (900cp, 2000sp, 2100gp, 80pp, zircon (50gp), moonstone (50gp), carnelian (50gp), citrite (50gp), jasper (50gp), quartz (50gp), onyx (50gp), and 2x Chalcedony (50gp each) all in the bag of holding?)!

   Then we went back to the original mausoleum and opened it, some magical lights flickered on that didn't the last time we were here. We followed the passage back to the door Cannon and I had agreed that we should go to, but this time all the gems were there and the door seemed like it had recently been opened and closed.

   We entered into a domed room with four statues around the walls and a golden brazier in the middle. When the brazier was lit we could see there was shining scripture carved into the curved ceiling and about the walls. The statue to the west was a human wearing a blindfold holding his hands out and near him there was some scripture about giving him water, so Cannon tried giving him some water from his canteen but not much happened. The statue to the west was a man dressed kinda like me in a hooded cloak, leather armor, and with multiple daggers, but his hands were bound and he had a smirk on his face. Near him there was some scripture about how a thief needed to have his hands cut off to learn his lesson, so She-rah came over and chopped them right off. Then the wall opened and the statue slid to the side to reveal a very dusty staircase that Cannon seemed to think would lead us to some running water. So, we all followed him down the stairs to a cavern where there was a small river running and a dock, but Cannon and I also saw some bones near the river, so I kept an eye out while he went to the dock to lift up some buckets he saw. However, when he did that a huge kraken like I hadn’t seen in years appeared in the middle of the water and tried to stop Cannon from leaving with the buckets, but it was okay because I stabbed it and She-rah grabbed the buckets and made for the stairs with Tiger-Rhys. Once back in the main room, away from the kraken, Cannon helped She-rah to pour the buckets of water into the blind statue guy. That statue then moved aside to reveal an opening to a dark hallway with a crushed skeleton at the back and a stone sword on the wall. I went in and grabbed it to bring it back to the statues on the north wall.

   These northern statues both have stories of who they were and why they couldn’t have possibly conducted a murder even though they both had reasons to and alibis. We saw some scripture that talked about how a broken sword can be the best justice, so Cannon broke the sword and stabbed both of them. However, when he did that, a weird one-person-two-face-angel-person came from the sky to ask, “Who are you to pass judgment on things you do not understand?” and attacked Cannon and She-rah. After we dealt with it, the stone sword was once again whole, so Cannon stuck it in the hole between the statues and broke the sword again which opened to a new hallway. I checked the hallway for traps and there weren’t any so I was surprised when a blade shot out and tried to cut me in half. I warned the others that there was a trap, and headed to the door at the end of the hallway that wouldn’t open for me or Rhys, but when Cannon touched it, it opened. (Maybe Tarl didn’t like people other than dwarves?)

   In the next room there was a podium with a set of tri-scales on it holding 4 hammers, 4 scrolls, and 4 coins. We recalled that in the other room there was another piece of scripture that had to do with balancing some scales. While it puzzled me, Rhys immediately knew how to balance them and a new room opened. Then, when we went in there, there were some sarcophagi that looked like knights, an altar to some shiny god, and a tall robed statue in a dark alcove. Cannon put a magic torch in one of the empty sconces, so I grabbed a second one and mirrored him with the other one and the statue melted away to reveal a very cool longsword. (Level up to 10!)