I Sold My Soul To The Company Store

Back at the intersection, the party wanders down the southern passage which open into a room of carnage. Blood and body parts a strewn about the room in an orgy of death and destruction. Two human heads, one male and one female, are the only clue of what might have happened here. The party continues on to the opposite passage which winds around to a trapped door. Daria, unusually on the ball, disarms the trap and opens the door.

The room is a giant 200-foot square descending down, like an inverted ziggurat. Like children in a playground the party makes a dash for the bottom, only to be interruped by two ambush drakes. While the effects of their vile breath only temporarily slowed the party, the poison in their bite proved less than effective. The party made quick work of the vile lizards and hurried down to the bottom of the ziggurat. A little bit of blood, and a quick turn of the lock and the party unlocks one of the doors in the bottom of the pit.

The next room radiates a holy aura so strong that Daria can't muster the will to enter. And when Rudolpho pushes her in, she turns green and is overwhelmed by nausea. Food, water, and an overwhelming sense of calm overwhelms the party. The water has curative powers and the party is quickly restore to top fighting prowess.

Moving on the party enters the temple of light and darkness. Atop the ziggurat in the large, cavernous room, stands Lord Khayven and Tellax. Exchanging long range magical artillery blows, the two sides finally close for combat. Lord Khayven survives Ortho's disintergrate only to be blasted apart by Hjalmgerdr's Bolt of Glory. Tellax, with his master destroyed and no way to protect the dread forge, slips the plane to fight another day. The geased party members can now find their release.

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Session Characters: Nesta, Gwendelyn, Vin, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Daria, Ortho, Nualla
Session Loot: Dread Anvil (to complete geas return to Riesaru Bonoro, 3rd Vector and High Priest of Fharlanghn in Monmug), +5 full plate, +3 frost greatsword, ring of protection +2, boots of speed, cloak of resistance +2, belt of giant strength +4, various gems totaling 1000 gp.