Re: Rise of The Runelords 1 - Burnt Offerings

[Le kek]

"Can't afford to be picky." Jack says and follows Morbus.

[Admin]

Dozens of strange dead bodies lie scattered about this room. Most are of sea birds and ospreys, but there are six dead goblins here as well. Each body is literally skin and bones, as if all of the interior organs and muscles have somehow been drained away, leaving behind skeletons draped with leathery, slowly rotting skin.

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[Morbus Mortem Apparatus]

Morbus looks around in the room for clues about what's going on.

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[Admin]

As Morbus searches the room, he spots something strange: dozens of strange dead bodies lie scattered about this room. Most are of sea birds and ospreys, but there are six dead goblins here as well. Each body is literally skin and bones, as if all of the interior organs and muscles have somehow been drained away, leaving behind skeletons draped with leathery, slowly rotting skin.

[Francis]

Shathys sniffs, observing the corpses. "Looks like fun."

[Le kek]

Jack moves on.

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[Admin]

You make your way back to the room with the stairs and open the south-eastern door. The walls of this room are lined with small wooden cages. Inside each cage is a dirty mound of straw.

'Nursery,' Reta explains.

[Morbus Mortem Apparatus]

Morbus follows Jack to the south estearn room. He looks around in hope of spotting anything of interest.

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[Admin]

Morbus finds a small room whose walls are lined with small wooden cages. Inside each cage is a dirty mound of straw.

[Morbus Mortem Apparatus]

Morbus checks the small room around for any interesting details. He looks up and down the walls and examines the bodies and cages.

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[Admin]

Morbus finds a small room whose walls are lined with small wooden cages. Inside each cage is a dirty mound of straw.

[Morbus Mortem Apparatus]

Morbus walks out of the room(s) and tries the southern door in the middle of the three doors.

[Admin]

You enter a long corridor with five doors. Two to the south, two to the north and one to the west.

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[Le kek]

Jack opens the first south door.

[Admin]

This small bedroom has a faint, musty odor. The bed is covered with matted gray and black hair, and bloodstains mar the stone floor, while a morbid stack of birds’ feet lies heaped on the floor by the side of the bed.

[Le kek]

"Oh dear." Jack says. "Guess they had a thing for birds." Jack tries the second south door.

[Admin]

While this bedroom is clean and brightly lit by a torch on the nightstand, the room’s spartan decor makes it unclear if it’s actually lived in.

[Le kek]

"Guess goblins didn't venture in here." Jack says. "Let's check the rooms opposite." Jack does just that.

[Morbus Mortem Apparatus]

Morbus follows Jack with his sword drawn waiting to attack if anything hostile is behind the door.

[Admin]

You enter the north-western room. This room is clean and well-organized. A low dresser to the southwest has a stack of papers sitting atop it, weighted down by a large chunk of obsidian, while to the northwest sits a well-made bed.

[SigneGT]

Shara checks out the papers for anything of interest.

[Admin]

After perusing the papers, you realize that they - and this room - belonged to Tsuto, Ameiko's deceased brother. The notes are mostly rough drafts of Tsuto’s plans to blackmail his father and to use the Sandpoint Glassworks as a staging ground for something he calls "The Catacombs of Wrath," though he mentions it only briefly.

[SigneGT]

Shara searches the room again, now with hopes of finding a keepsake for ameiko, something to remember her brother by.

[Admin]

The room seems void of any personal items.

[SigneGT]

She then continues to the next room.

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