Chapter #4: Adventure #4 Eleven Baneful Gates - Part 2

[Dram]

Anuzal listens at both doors for noises. He will check the east first for traps. Than the the north door.

[Scott308]

Benham Iskandar

The sha'ir tells the skeletons carrying Asad, Follow her, as he points at Emma. The rest of you, follow me. He heads back out the door to the west, walking into the room that originally held the skeletons (2c). He then opens the door in the north wall.

[GreyWolfVT]

Anuzal listens at both doors for noises. He will check the east first for traps. Than the the north door.

Finds no traps nothing is heard at either door and they both appear to not be locked.

Benham Iskandar

The sha'ir tells the skeletons carrying Asad, Follow her, as he points at Emma. The rest of you, follow me. He heads back out the door to the west, walking into the room that originally held the skeletons (2c). He then opens the door in the north wall.

The skeletons nod with eyeless skulls and do as they are ordered. Benham goes through the door and it leads to a small mostly empty room that does have some skeletons in it but they remain in the places they are laying in and do not look like the current skeletons following him. There is a door to the north in this smaller room.

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[Bluehorse]

Emma

Looks at the new skeletons and tries to decern any differences and clues that might explain their animosity towards their retinue.

INT (14) [1d20] = 5

[GreyWolfVT]

Emma

Looks at the new skeletons and tries to decern any differences and clues that might explain their animosity towards their retinue.

INT (14) [1d20] = 5

The skeletons where benham is locate in the new room are dressed as commoners and or acolytes to s priesthood.

[Bluehorse]

Emma

Points out the differences in the rotten clothing the skeletons are wearing. Apparently we are dealing with two different classes of the dearly departed here. You think they will show us any other animosity than sour looks or will our new companions here keep them at bay?

[GreyWolfVT]

to be clear the other skeletons in the room are dead, unmoving not animated the ones Benham has are animated but loyal honor guards the new ones are not animating or attacking merely staying where they are found frozen in death poses and appear to be clergy or worshipers of ancient gods of the long fallen kingdom.

[Bluehorse]

Oh! Well, then she said it scarcastically

[Dram]

Anuzal inspects the skeletons closely for any valuables.

[Cwreando]

Abrex

Abrex stays in marching order and alert.

[GreyWolfVT]

Anuzal inspects the skeletons closely for any valuables.

The skeletons have nothing of value that Anuzal can find unless someone needs bones.

[tarlyn]

Ishaq

The big barbarian will stay and guard Emma as it doesn't seem right to him that she be left alone.

[Monsieur Rose]

Dubb

Dubb looks around confused. "Where did they go? I thought we were checking door number one?" He peeks back out to the garden and sees the retreating legs of his companions. "Oh. I guess they went back to check out the skeletons?"

Dubb hurries along to rejoin the group over in area 2c. "Hey. What happened? Why the rush back over here? Ooh! Another door. I like this one better. Good call."

[GreyWolfVT]

the party is split just fyi. Anuzal went through door 1, Benham went back to room 2c.

[Cwreando]

Abrex

Abrex says, "What is Benham doing? We need to stick together."

Abrex stays with Anuzal.

[Scott308]

Benham Iskandar

Benham returns to the others.

[Dram]

Anuzal- Was there anything of importance back in the other room? As he gives up looking for anything of value in his searching.

[Scott308]

Benham Iskandar

A bunch of skeletal corpses, dressed as clergy. There was another door, but I was not willing to travel any farther from the rest of the party. I see we have begun opening doors here. Excellent!

[Bluehorse]

Emma

Shakes her head watching people go in random directions and looks up at Ishaq. Squirrels... Let's try to get the guys together again and pick a path... I feel like we are at an important junction and need to work this out. This has to be a puzzle of some kind. Everything in this place is designed to make you forget. It is a perfect puzzle. Once you get a few answers, you stand a chance to forget what you learned and have to start again... Wickedly efficient... You get stuck in a vicious cycle and it gives the residents time to find you and... well I think you get the idea.

[tarlyn]

Ishaq

Ishaq listens intently to what Emma has to say.

She was right, of course. He clears his throat and speaks up.

"I am not good with puzzles or enigmas to be honest. They are obviously not

my strong suit. I suppose we should look at what we have found thus far. With your keen intellect

we may find out what it all means. I, too, do not understand why we need to split up. Sticking together

would be the better thing to do.

My place is but to protect you, Miss Emma, not decide things.