The Crypt of Vox

In continuation of the Brigade's efforts to assist Lord Nagafen, four members were dispatched to a mysterious crypt in search of reagents for a magical potion.

## Prompt

The research efforts to find a means to transverse deeper within the icy caves of Solusek has borne fruit! A recipe for a particularly long lasting Potion Of Cold Immunity has been found. One small catch however: a key ingredient, a type of frosty moss, is exceptionally rare. Sources indicate that a cluster of enough size to brew enough potions to supply a party is located within an old structure: The Crypt of Vox. Who this Vox is, the Brigade is unsure of. Throughout all their findings, only one mention was found, and it merely mentioned the location. Any other records, official or unofficial, appear to have the location expunged.

## Character Developments

		- Lady Vox
		- Darathar
	+ Brigade Members
		- Lavender

## Synopsis

So like after meeting some bougie Kobold named Skeksis and a Lord Nagafan in a ***ice*** volcano, Alexstraza, Bax, Sliver, and I(aka Doomer, best girl) returned back to the tower in order for Sliver to read some of his weird books to see what we could do to help. Luckily Sliver is totes smart and found reference to a magical moss in an un-named location somewhere in Htar. Sliver wanted to join us to explore the location, but kept muttering something about a "train" as being the reason he couldn't come, so we left him behind to do whatever sand stuff he does when alone. On the way out of the tower, a lovely bard named Lavender introduced themselves to us. I really like them, their aesthetic reminds me of the great **Karomatzu**, which makes them pretty aight in my books. Luckily they decided to join us on our trip, praise unto the Dragon Gods, I really didn't want to be stuck with the love birds by myself again, gross.

For all the luck Baz apparently has, I am not sure why every time we go somewhere new, it is cold AF. Because once we arrived at the location, guess what, it is a frozen cave with ice everywhere. At this point I don't even leave the tower without my cold weather gear. Before we went into the cave, we decided to work on a buddy system, jumping at the chance to hang with Lavender.

We moved into the cave cautiously at first. Eventually Straza did, what Straza does best, and ran into a monster of some kind made of ice. Unfortunately for the monster and its pals, we have all gotten pretty good at killing things. Once we "Turned those guys into Ice Cubes' according to Lavender, we continued to look around. The buddy system really worked out as Lavender and I were able to secure a hidden store room, and make a semi-fortified camp for the party. When the couple returned, they had some great news for us, they had located a really cool sword for Baz, and some books for Sliver. Alexstraza was also weirdly excited about some moss she found, even though it wasn't the kind we were searching for. We then decided to turn in for the night, making sure that our temporary camp was safe, and preparing for another day of adventure!

Once again Lavender and I teamed up for exploration, this time we pulled the Straza and found the monsters first. Luckily for me, Lavender was able to make the two of us invisible before the monster attacked. We were able to locate our friends pretty quickly after that, and did the smart thing, sending Alexstraza at the monster first. Once again we quickly "Gave that monster the cold shoulder - Intrusive psychic thought from unknown source", leading us to a large chamber with four dragon statues, a set of large doors, and inscription written across the wall.

*"Here lies The Heretic.*

*May her memory be scoured from record and recollection, and The Usurper languish in his prison.’*

*Executer: **Darathar**"*

Eventually we gained entrance through the doors, we discovered the remains of a long dead dragon. It was only proper for me to perform the funeral rites passed down my **Karomatzu**. During this time Baz and the others decided to commune with the spirit of this long dead being, discovering quite a bit of information about our quest. The name of this dragon was **Lady Vox**, a silver dragon from roughly 2000 years ago, the star crossed admirer of Lord Nagafan. Apparently this Darathar jerk executed Lady Vox for loving Nagafan, which was taboo for Silver dragons. Another reason for all my homies to hate the church of Ester Pyx.

As we were leaving, Darajerk decided to show up and be a dick to us this time. Saying "YoU CAn't HeLp HER, qUIt UR QwEst" like the idiot he is, and then he made the cool dragon statues attack us. When will these BBEG's learn that their minions really can't stop us, because we *rocked* those statues. Unfortunately Darajerk escaped during the fight. However in the room where the fight took place, we did manage to find the magical moss we were looking for, so now we can really stick it to Darajerk by helping Lord Nagafen.

~~~Taken from Doomer's Diary, written with the help of Sliver~~~