Return To The Ruins (Warlords Palace)

[Belkregos]

Belloc draws details to the map and drawings of the complex
allows his companions to take the lead and follows the group

[shaidar]

Xenos follows behind those approaching the statue.

[OGRE MAGE]

Island Under The Zakath Desert
Feeling Tiny
No Idea On Time Or Day

The group slowly moves into the massive circular chamber, their torchlight sending dark shadows that dance along the incredibly high walls. The stone statue standing above the dry fountain appears to be a one eyed gnarly looking behemoth, though luckily there seems to be nothing more to it at first glance.

While some folks remain near the stairs, others move across the decoratively tiled floor, catching a blue tint that emanates from the tiles and painted walls.

The west door (1) is about 12 feet high and 5 feet wide. Cyril doesnt think it is trapped.

At the further double doors, standing all of 15 feet high and 12 wide, Drest doesn't spot any traps there either.

All remains quiet inside the room, though the scent of wet earth can not be mistaken throughout.

Actions?

Drest (Sc4) FA:3 AC7 16/22
Xenos (DS3) FA:3 AC5 17/17
Akhilleus (F4) FA:4 AC4 19/35
Kainaxarthos (C2) FA:1 AC6 9/11
Magda (W2) FA:0 AC9 8/8
Sik (Ba1) FA:1 AC5 9/12 Hooded Lantern
Cyril (Pr2) FA:0(20) AC8 12/12 CLW, DM Torch
Ceana (D2) FA:1 AC5 13/13
Taibhse (Sh2) FA:0(20) AC5 11/11 Torch
Belloc (M2) FA:0(20) AC6 14/14

[Karaunios]

Akhilleus

"Since none of the doors appears to be trapped, we could start by going through the one on the west. I can come first with whoever can hold a torch for me to see."

[Rex]

Drest

Drest will back up Akhilleus at the west door.

[shaidar]

Xenos moves to about 30' behind Drest and Akhilleus, ready to assist if something happens.

[The_Wanderer]

Cyril moves up to guard Xenos' back.

[subaltari]

Aware that Cyril probably examined the central statue for inscriptions or markings, Magda looks for the same around the high double doors (to the extent the torch and lantern light allow) before moving into place behind the group that is forming up at the west door.

[Monsieur Rose]

Kainaxarthos

Kain tugs on Ceana's sleeve and nods towards the west door. "Our entourage is heading out. Let's go."

[Belkregos]

Belloc
follows the team

[Ahlmzhad]

Taibhse

Seeing that they are ready to move out of the room gets down from the last step and moves towards the group prepared to secure the exit, and keeping an eye ahead and behind.

[silifi]

Sik follows the others towards the west door.

[hedgeknight]

Kainaxarthos Kain tugs on Ceana's sleeve and nods towards the west door. "Our entourage is heading out. Let's go."

Ceana nods. "Okay, I'm coming."
With one last look at the statue, the druid follows her companions toward the door.

[OGRE MAGE]

Island Under The Zakath Desert
Feeling Tiny
No Idea On Time Or Day

Finding only more confusing and incomprehensible alien sigils along the statue base, the group moves on towards the western door.

Painted a light blue color to match the tiles and walls, no traps are discovered on this 12 foot tall portal. Giving it a push open reveals a narrow angled hallway that leads into a room with 10 eight foot long beds. The beds are wooden, ancient and decayed. None appear occupied at the moment and they don't seem to have been used recently.

An identical painted 12 foot door is found at the opposite end of the room.

Murals of horned, one-eyed giants holding Saturn in their upraised hands are painted along the interior walls of this room.

Actions?

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Drest (Sc4) FA:3 AC7 16/22
Xenos (DS3) FA:3 AC5 17/17
Akhilleus (F4) FA:4 AC4 19/35
Kainaxarthos (C2) FA:1 AC6 9/11
Magda (W2) FA:0 AC9 8/8
Sik (Ba1) FA:1 AC5 9/12 Hooded Lantern
Cyril (Pr2) FA:0(20) AC8 12/12 CLW, DM Torch
Ceana (D2) FA:1 AC5 13/13
Taibhse (Sh2) FA:0(20) AC5 11/11 Torch
Belloc (M2) FA:0(20) AC6 14/14

[The_Wanderer]

Cyril "Think about how disturbed we would be if these were 12 foot beds instead of 8..." He follows the others inside and idly pokes at a decaying bed with his staff to make sure it is real and as decayed as it looks.

[Monsieur Rose]

Kainaxarthos

He pauses to study the murals on the walls. "Fascinating. And these beds are large enough for...well, the ancients. This temple must have been here for ages."

[hedgeknight]

Ceana

The druid eases into the room, looking around the walls and ceiling. Like the others, she examines one of the large beds. "Eight foot or no, that is still a big bed." She recalls the pallet she slept on nearly her entire childhood; it was a little over half this size, but curling up under the furs was sufficient.

[Rex]

Drest

"Very old indeed."

Drest will work clockwise around the room searching for anything interesting before approaching the far door and checking for traps.

[Ahlmzhad]

Taibhse

Will move up to the doorway and survey the room and watch behind.

[subaltari]

Magda pauses alongside Kain and Ceana to view the murals with some amusement. "If some believe the Old Earth was held aloft by a titan named Atlas, why can't a band of Cyclopes uphold Kyranos?"

She glances about for any furniture other than the beds. "These could indeed have been built for ancient Hyperboreans, or..." she lowers her voice dramatically, "perhaps Naacal, but the crowded bunking arrangement might suggest a lower caste, like slaves or votive priests."

Madga begins to move toward the exit, then pauses to ask her companions: "How tall were those Snake-Man you encountered?"