Adventure Thread

The shaking of the ground rises in intensity, and the Hillshire Wayfinders hear rocks collapsing behind them to the West. The floor buckles beneath Llewellyn, and the warrior loses his footing and falls into the pool of caustic blood. The acidic liquid eats away at his exposed skin. Fortunately, the torch falls upon solid ground when Llewellyn loses his footing rather than sliding into the pool.Hobb shouts, "Now...what do you suppose is causing that?" and as if in answer, the door to the East flaps shut and then opens again. Dust falls from the ceiling in the next room over a blood-drenched Titan's skull. This doesn't look the same as the stone skulls that the group has seen previously. This is an actual skull, covered in dried blood. He also sees the glitter of gold from a chest in the next room.

Nikkghak slips and falls upon the floor, but grabs a pew and holds tight to keep himself from sliding.

The earthquake subsides, and the room has been changed drastically. Great slabs of stone have pitched up and down, creating very rough terrain. The Hillshire Wayfinders can hear liquid running through a crack and notice that the blood around the room is slowly draining. The air is dusty and still tinged with the iron scent of blood.

Behind you to the West, the door is still passagable, but it looks like the passage to the South (where the other locked door was) is blocked by rubble. The doorway to the East still lies open, although the door has been thrown off its hinges and the frame is a bit askew. The giant bloody skull now seems to have a large crack running along the top of it. The torchlight shimmers off gold coins in the next room. There are still two villagers who can be released and saved. Llewellyn has been pulled out of the blood, but isn't breathing.

The villagers rub their wrists and shake their heads. "Thank you for saving us, but we don't know if there are any more captives. We were captured at night, and we don't know how many they took. Sorry."The group weaves their way through the rubble, dust, and crushed stone and slowly, one by one, enter the next room. A massive bloodied skull with a large crack across the top dominates this room. This is a titan's skull. On the large pedestal beneath the skull, the following inscription:

The strong take what they wish, but those who honor Him with the blood of the worthy slain, shall truly know His favor.

A large mural depicting a scene of epic battle is painted on the North wall. The battle is so bloody that it drowns the world. Robed figures with demonic wings fly safely above the sanguine flood.

Around the pedestal and in a chest is 200 gold and a fat, opalescent pearl glowing with an inner radiance.As you explore the doorway to the south, you smell the scent of fresh air and find reddish metallic stairs leading up to the surface. A secret, well-concealed exit. The passage also cuts back to the East, but the tunnel has collapsed in the earthquake.