The heroes continue traveling cliffs along the eastern shore of the Isle of Dread. The party finds a small mountain pass on the trail. Off in the distance a steamy jungle surrounds a lake off in the distance. The mountain pass is a ten mile journey through twisting, winding canyons of rock. The pass opens into a large, dark, fog-shrouded jungle. The ground is swampy, wet and as the group moves into the jungle the flora and fauna grow strange and twisted.
A small trail lead to an old ruin. There in the ruins, an old corpse strung upside-down on a crossed pair of logs in an "X" pattern. As the party approaches and examines the body, the zombie speaks. "Welcome to my home, travelers. You come a long way to stay here forever. At least you live. That is good for now. My home is your home now and forever." Vin summons divine energy to turn the vile creature and obliterated it into smoking ash.
Attempts to explore the jungle further are in vain, as all attempts return the party into the ruins. Trapped, the party tries other options to find its way out. Demonic apes assault the adventurers and with darkness and teleportation cause quite a bit of trouble. A few people are scattered and missing. A bit of divination reveals the location of a hidden shrine near the ruins and the party makes a direct line there.
There are two entrances to the shrine, each a hideous pair of gigantic fanged baboon heads carved into a small hill. Their gaping maws reveal two caves that lead into darkness. Taking the right passage, the party discovers a bloody handprint. When the cavern dead ends, they find a message in Olman. "No way out. The jungle is pain and suffering. Maybe it will end soon and the spirit of the Hawk will take me aloft from this accursed place. I beg him to take me away before I am gragged to the altar of the two-faced one. There is no way out."
Eventually the party discovers a pair of tarnished bronze doors, which are opened by blooding someones right and left hand then pulling on the doors. Inside is bizzare shrine. While the party examines the shrine, Rudy wanders off and discovers another trap, resulting in an avalance of stone on his thick skull. Z and Kongu manage to dig him out after a while. After several attempt at experimenting with the ritual of the duality, the party opens a mysterious portal.
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Session Characters: Nesta, Rudolpho, Vin, Kongu, Ortho, Gwendelyn, Daria
Session Loot: [none]
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