Are They Really Bad Decisions if All Ends Well?

Session Date: January 25, 2020

Day 1 - cont

As we investigated the room, we noticed some interesting decor on the wall. Xandria took a rubbing of the runes on the third picture. We headed on to the second door down the tower, into the man-made hallway. We came to a room with a well, covered-over with iron. Hal disengaged the lock and Raktosh heaved the cover off the well.

There was a tight spiral staircase that led down into the depths. At the bottom was a cave network, with one path emanating unnatural cold. We headed in that direction. At the end of the path was a circular room with an alter in the middle, circled by running water, with the orb at the center.

Upon approaching the room, we heard cracking ice. A giant ice wolf attacked us. We killed him began to explore. just as Xandria determined that the runes on the platform matched the rubbing from the centipede room, Remi went flying past, thrown by Raktosh, onto the platform. Remi grabbed the orb. He was immediately in excruciating pain. Hal, who was trying to get to the platform at the time, fell into the icy water, as his, Remi’s and Raktosh’s eyes turned pure black. Xandria managed to resist the pull for long enough to save Remi from certain death as his arm blackened, then she succumbed as well.

We found ourselves in the presence of a huge wolf-headed humanoid diety. He told us that “Adraghast must stay contained”. And that “one would surely perish, but perhaps combined”. When we regained consciousness in the room, we all rushed forward to help Remi contain the power of the orb.

We felt the orb’s force overtaking us, until we gained fortitude from our personal tokens (Xandria’s locket, Remi’s dice, Raktosh’s ring and Hal’s the sphere)

After returning to Keras, Xandria did some research at the Book Wyrm for information on Adraghast. Hal joined her, searching for mention of the wolf-headed god.

Adraghast was an ancient demon who served one master, the White Death. In history, the White Death is one of the reasons the Lightwell was created. Adraghast was his right hand lieutenant.

Info from David “Fucking Dave” The Fat Man: He thinks that the plate armor Raktosh wore came from the sect of a good deity’s followers before the goddess died.

We spent the day in Keras, then headed out in the morning. We went to meet Mr. Bondergan, but he didn’t show. We were instructed to stay at the house for the two days until Mr. Bondergan was set to arrive. When he showed up, we informed him of exactly what happened on the temple island, and the history we learned about Adraghast. He increased security for the orb, ordered an increase reward for us and left.