A Reclusive Wizard

Orrid gets free and had a moment to act before the golems react

While the combat pauses and the golems watch Aurora struggles with the crystals you have secured. Unfortunately only 2 pieces join up while the others do not seem to line up no matter how you arrange thing. However Aurora does notice that when the 2 pieces are placed together their mystic energies move to bind them back to each other but the result is not quite strong enough to keep them together or restore the original enchantment it does show that with all the pieces, or something to fill the missing gaps, the process would likely work.

Aurora manages to align the crystals and with a pulse of energy to jolts her away the click into place and begin to glow. as they do the two combatants roar. The sound reverberates through the chamber, causing you both to clutch your hands to your ears as you try and dampen the deafening rumble that ascends to a headache inducing keening. The sound stops abruptly and you blink as the room spins and you stagger to your feet. Glancing around you now see the restored pedestal and crystal humming quietly and a long figure where there had been two. Claw covers Bronze accents and the figure rises smoothly to its now 12' height.

The new golem turns to you and gives a half bow Thank you for your assistance. You may proceed towards the master. and with a wave of it's hand the door on the far side of the chamber from where you entered opens to more stairs.

You leave to chamber and begin ascending the stairs to the next level. Again the magic of the tower is brought to mind and you ascent many sets of straight stairs with landings between them. At each landing is a simple lantern and the stairs turn to the left. After passing the 2nd landing you hear a noise of movement ahead of you. Moving cautiously you move to the 3rd and see a small animal hopping in an attempt to get up the next stair. Raising you light you see it is a bird. The rounded head and large eyes identify it as an owl but the color of it's feathers is more like a song bird, with red, blue, and green being the brightest and most dominant feather colors. As your light fills the space and lights up the bird it flinches and turns to face you as it hops back from you and its wings flutter nervously.