Chapter 2: Back to the Barrows!

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The search turns up nothing else unusual. Nimh feels a small glimmer of the divine, here deep in this dark, horrible place, but it is fleeting.

This 10x10 shrine seems to be a dead end. The 10x20 tomb of the priest has a door in the south, and the chain of small rooms going west back toward the 30x30 room and the exit.

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Let's head through the newest door and see what lies beyond this set of small rooms.
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"Agreed, we move on."

Nimh took the robes.

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Theglid will close the secret door to the shrine after everyone exits, hoping that it won't be defiled by less savory delvers.

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Going through the door reveals a curious T-shaped space.

It seems like a 30-foot-long, 10-foot-wide corridor, with a similar corridor moving off to the west after 10 feet. Unusually, the south corridor ends in a bare wall after 30 feet, and the west corridor ends in a bare wall after only 10 feet. Perhaps it is not a tunnel, but an empty, T-shaped room?

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"We should search for traps and secret doors, something seems off here." Nimh will start working her way down the wall on her right searching for whatever.

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You proceed to examine the area, and it doesn't take long to notice some signs that the south and west areas have seen some activity recently. You see the dust is cleared there, and even note a few muddy boot prints. These lead quickly to realizing that there are not one, but two secret doors, one to the south, and one to the west, and someone (or several someones) have moved through here in the (relatively) recent past.

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"Try the west, see what we have then decide iof we want to try the south as well."

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Through the west door, you see a short corridor. The north wall of the corridor goes 20 feet west. The south wall goes 10 feet west before turning diagonally north to meet the north wall. This diagonal section has a door, going southwest, in it.

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"Try the south secret door and see what we have."

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Through the south secret door, you find a bare 10x10 room.

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Search the 10x10 room carefully.

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Date: June 2, 3:40 pm, Tuesday
Season: Early Summer
Light: Nimh's Torch (Expires 4:30 pm), Moony's torch (Expires 4:30 pm)
Moon phase: New Moon
Time since rest: 0
Location: 10x10 room

You search the 10x10 area. You find footprints leading between the entrance you came through in the north to the east wall. A bit of searching reveals that there is a secret door in the east wall.

As you discover this, your torches begin to sputter out. You light some new ones, and catch your breath for a few minutes before continuing.

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#234 Post by snake_hunter »

Can we tell what direction the footprints were going? Does it look like our predecessors were in a hurry?

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There seem to be prints going in both directions... as if this is a somewhat well-used passage. It seems like there have been several different things... you see animal prints, drag marks, boots, etc. It's a mess, really, and hard to tell much beyond the fact that lots of different things... humanoid and animal, have come through.

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After our short rest Nimh will check the secret door and then open it.

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On the other side of the secret door, you find a small (10x10) crypt. It seems to have been plundered, as bones lie scattered about, along the edges of the walls. An archway in the east wall leads to a larger crypt, also 10 feet wide, which extends a further 20 feet. It also seems to have been plundered.

There is a door in the far end of the north wall which is ajar and broken. It looks like it was smashed in by a hammer.

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Nimh

Search the room, being extra carefull about the door and ready in case something comes through. "Be ready everyone."

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Your search reveals more signs of passage, which seem to go between the door you came through and the broken door in the north wall. You find nothing else of special interest.

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#240 Post by snake_hunter »

Theglid will examine the broken door, seeing if he can see something on the other side.

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