Game Thread 2 - Enter the Krakeland Marsh

[Scalydemon]

Immalor, Elf

Immalor will move forward and examine the Urns, looking for any details that may be visibile on close inspection.

Both urns are 3' tall and appear to made of lead or another similar dense grey metal blackened somewhat by age. They are each adorned around the neck in an interlocking gothic style pattern - and both are lidded.
Turin would surmise they may hold or have held ashes from a cremation at some point

[kwll]

"We might as well leave these poor souls in peace." whispers Zavenorrin to his kin mate to respect the solemnity of the place. Then he moves cautiously toward the doors to examine them meticulously.

[Scalydemon]

As others inspect the urns, and look about - Zavenorrin checks out the 2 doors on the north wall. As he touches the handle on one of them suddenly the bulbous lips of a giant mouth appear, it says in an echoing barritone voice, "Go back foolish one or meet thy doom, Go back, go back, go backkkk......." until it fades out. Both doors have mouths which appear and state the same even toned message.

Neither door appears to open in any attempt you make.

Zavenorrin checks for secret doors (in his mysterious elven ways), and finds the faint trace of a rectangular outline in between the doors on the north wall. Testing the secret door out reveals that it opens by pushing on either side of it via a central pivot point.

What are your next actions?

[kwll]

"There is a concealed door here. Except if you want to heed the warning of these dreadful mouths, or open the urns, it is probably the way to go..." says Zavenorrin, trying to look confident. He then goes on to try and make the secret door swirl open.

[Jeffery St. Clair]

While Zavenorrin examines the secret door, Leon will check the two normal doors for traps.

[Scalydemon]

Leon checks for traps on the 2 'normal' doors. They both continue to monotonely state their message, "Go back foolish one or meet thy doom. Go back, go back, go back...." until they both fade into silence. Neither of the doors seem to go anywhere besides the wall.

Zavenorrin pushes forward on the right hand side of the secret door to creakedly reveal

a 25' N-S x 35' E-W room. The air is markedly damper and colder here in this crypt vault. The walls are moist. The blazing torches Turin & Zavenorrin hold high reveal a large slab of grey stone jutting out from the northern center wall. On it are 2 plaques of bronze spaced 10' apart. On the floor in front of the vertical slab is a 5' x 10' slab of black sheer stone which makes up the floor, upon which lies a carved stone statue of an old man in robes.

No obvious doors or exits are present here.

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What are your next actions?

[kwll]

"Leon, maybe you could have a look at this while I enlighten your way?" asks Zavenorrin, intrigued by this new room, and the strange layout of the place.

[Jeffery St. Clair]

Without stepping up onto the black stone, Leon eyes the statue carefully, before moving to examine one of the bronze plaques.

[Fools Jest]

Immalor, Elf

Immalor will cover his companions with his short bow while they examine the area.

"Use caution here my friends, there could be foul traps laid in our path."

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Turin, cleric

Turin holds his torch high so others can see better.