The group (Feno, Armatzi, Lhoss, Hilja, Tatania, and Niki) awakened and ate breakfast. The spent time examining treasure, making some exchanged, and purchasing gems. Lhoss and Tatania were surprised to find a significant amount of silver in their packs, and Feno had what appeared to be his grappling hook and rope in his bag. There seemed to be no explanation. Some of the characters did some training for the week.
Day 10 of Wealsun had a tremendous storm, dropping the temperature, and beating the village with rain and wind. The group decided to stay indoors that day. Day 11 was also raining, but not as bad, just a seasonal rain, with some spots of light rain. The group made sure that they all had good cloaks. Tatania made a trade with Chiki for a red leather cloak that he had found, knitting a small chicken sized cloak for Chick-chick.
The group arrived back at the Barrowmarsh, eating lunch in the soggy and misty area, and then entering the Barrowmaze. They retraced their steps, but as they came up to the pit where they had dumped dead bodies, it gave off a tremendous stench. After some discussion, they decided to use a green slime vial to clear out the pit. After a bit of observation, they returned to the chambers where they had left the remainder of their treasure horde. A single sapphire skeleton was guarding the area, and it was quickly dispatched. The group was shocked to find that all of the treasure was gone, including the camouflage cover.
After some debate and such, the group avoided opening the secret door to the boat, fearing to enter the room. They examined the other two doors that they hadn't opened. One revealed skeletal remains, the other revealed two corpses that, after examination, were found to be wearing copper rings. These rings were acquired, and are quite beautiful.
Tatania then checked her magic compass, and found that it was pointing towards the south-west. The group decided to brave the boat room after all. After opening the secret door, they were astounded to find that the whole boat and everything on it (including the mysterious King Osric) were gone. There was no trace of the green slime either, and the floor was polished clean where the boat had been.
The group followed the compass, and found a secret door behind the statue in the corner. This was opened to reveal a suspicious small passageway, ending in a dead end. The group searched that wall, and even though two elves were searching (Feno and Lhoss), it was Tatania that found the latch. The door was opened, revealing a chamber, with two sarcophagi.
Two figures appeared in a burst of magical blue energy. These large figures advanced on the party and attacked. Despite giving two fearsome blows to Armatzi, they were defeated by the party, leaving a pile of six runic tablets. The rest of the group stood astonished as Armatzi and Tatania quickly grabbed and read the tablets, to a mixture of weal and woe. Armatzi narrowly fought off an enfeeblement spell, had a burst of energy that raised his charisma, and also obtained knowledge to the history of Nerull. Tatania was struck by a burst of flame that knocked her unconcious, and destroyed her boots. Fortunately, Armatzi was right there and was able to heal her. She also received a boon of making her next saving throw, and also knowledge of the tablet of Chaos. Both tablets that had the knowledge (Nerull and Chaos) crumbled, so Tatania and Armatzi scribed up what they had learned on parchment that Tatania convieniently had.
Then the party turned their attention to the sarcophagi. The one on the right had old common runes of "King Osric" and the one on the right "Queen Breena". After carefully examining them, Feno (by far the strongest) tried to open them, but was completely unable. The group decided they must be magically fastened, so Tatania cast a knock spell on them, opening them and revealing gleaming treasure.
Feno claimed a suit of plate mail and long sword (named Icingdeath on its scabbard). Lhoss grabbed the bracers that the queen was wearing. Tatania chose a crown that the queen was wearing, and Niki chose a beautiful golden ring set with a clear crystal. Armatzi chose a shield with a red lion on it, that the king had. Also, there were three coffers in each sarcophagi. These were opened, revealing many silver, gold, and platinum pieces. The group spent a fair amount of time counting up these, finally tallying 10,000 silver, 6000 gold, and 100 platinum.
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