Session 22 Recap

Having spoken at length with Durkik and rested overnight, the heroes were poised for action. Durkik led them deep under the Stone Anvil to an ancient sepulcher. “The portal is through there. My vows prohibit me from going any further. May Moradin watch over you.”

The sepulcher was huge and well crafted. No doubt, many import dwarves were buried here hundreds of years ago. The statue at the far end was the centerpiece of this wondrous room. The 15 foot tall statue of Moradin was made of mithril filigree. The room showed signs of a recent fight. Several smaller guardian statues lay in ruins about the room.

The adventurers approached the mithril statue & spotted the portal in an alcove behind it. It would take some squeezing to get past the statue, but they didn’t get that far. The statue sprang to life and addressed them: “Those who would enter the Mountainroot Temple must first prove their understanding of Moradin’s ways.” The party talked it out, pieced together their knowledge of religion & history, worked it all into a poem and recited their answer with reverence and grace. The statue examined them for a few moments… “Very well then. Welcome to Mountainroot.” The statue twisted and moved, and an opening formed between his massive legs.

The other end of the portal was in the entry room of the temple. Several portals, magical and mundane, dotted the walls of this chamber, and a small stage was in the center. An earthquake had severely damaged one end of the room. Guarding this room were fey guards working for Zithiruun. The harpy, thugs and various fey creatures swarmed to the party and gave them a good beating the first round. The heroes shrugged it off though and slaughtered the attackers after offering terms. The quickling darted off through the rubble.

The cathedral was larger than some keeps the heroes have seen. There were two sections. The lower cathedral had rows of low stone benches. The upper had statues of Moradin, angels and an altar. They were immediately beset by more fey creatures, including Cyclopi this time. They were hard to hit, but went down with a nice thud. Another of the fey dwarves was spotted up top, but the adventurers retreated for a short rest. One they didn’t get.

The remaining fey were pressed into action by their hag leader. She blasted several of the heroes with her screams, multiple times. Meanwhile, her displacer beast pets maneuvered into flank on various people. Reed evaded them, but Paleus could not. The fight wouldn’t have been so bad, but the beasts were blurry and difficult to hit. The adventurers cleared everything else, then finished the displacer beasts.