After the party explored the area with the doomed adventurers, a discussion was made to return to Orlane, as Ronan was ready for more training in the crafts of fighting. The group decided to stay a bit longer in Barrowmaze before returning.
The group then decided that the doomed adventurers should at least be removed from the wall (they were pinned there by spears). The stench was horrible, and the group was able to remove the first body but the second body burst open in a foul stench when it was detached, and Calbach and Ronan started retching. This disturbed the unnatural quiet of the tomb, and alerted something to the east. A pounding began at the door, which shortly gave in to the ghastly sight of three skeletons with glowing sapphires in their foreheads.
Armatzi was able to turn the skeletons, and they started to flee. The group engaged them in combat, and the first fell to the ground, with the sapphire falling free. Lhoss and a new adventurer named Tatania pursued after the other skeletons, with Arn and another new character named Hoddour (another dwarf), went with them. Calbach, Ronan, Chikki, and Armatzi hung back. Armatzi detected a strange magic emanating from the gem. Something distracted the group, and Ronan grabbed the gem and put it in a pouch. About this time, Lhoss and company were able to take down the second skeleton, aided by magic missiles from Tatania. Unfortunately, the gem forcibly burst from Ronan's pouch, and rapidly reconstituted with the skeleton, fully ready for further combat, and the gem glowing a foul blue.
Lhoss and company were able to take down the second skeleton, and the first skeleton was taken down again. However, the second skeleton then reconstituted, followed by the third shortly after. The party perceived that the gems had something to do with the skeleton's power, and so the group around the first began to smash the gem, Calbach finally succeeding - the shards shot through the passageway.
The second skeleton was taken down, but as per tradition, Lhoss was also knocked unconscious. Hoddour tried an un-conventual technique of throwing the gem, which cracked. However it reformed again before the second gem could be destroyed, but the third skeleton was taken down again. After a bit more back and forth, Tatania was able to shatter the third gem, the second skeleton was downed, and finally its gem was destroyed by Calbach's mace.
Lhoss was revived, but she suffered a damaged knee, which the cure light wounds proved insufficient to mend. She now has a pronounced limp, which slows her down a bit. With that bit of down news, the party decided to travel back to Orlane, which occurred without incident. The party sold some goods, and spent several days relaxing, talking to some of the villagers, training, and also doing some recruiting. Yldarb the bard joined the group, and recruited Chikki as a henchman. Lhoss recruited Hilja and Tatania recruited Kyro.
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