The party camped the tower over the next couple of days. Early in the camp they spotted a Grey Elf Wizardly type scouting the tower from the woods. They party opened some windows and shouted out. “Who goes there?” The elf responded he was on the run from a pack of werewolves that slew his entire party. His name, Baum. He was on a mission from Lightelf to attack the Orcs of the Purple Claw at the caves. Of course, that attack never came to pass. Knowing they needed a wizard and Nilbog not detecting any obvious evil, cautiously invited the grey elf into the tower. Shortly thereafter, they were exchanging tales of deeds and adventures. Baum offered his services as a member of their band and the party accepted.
Not wasting time, after the party healed, then made their way to the tombs below the tower. They proceeded directly to the room with three doors where the last battle took place. The one that ended Zoltar. The dungeon was as they left it, they inspected each set of double stone doors more closely. The northern one had the wizard symbol for BEAST. The Eastern doors have the symbol for NECROMANCY, and the southern doors, BLUEHEART. Blueheart is a name repeated throughout the place. The party assumes this place was once owned by this person.
They investigated the doors closely. The only door with any locking mechanism or obvious means of opening were the BEAST doors. After finally picking the lock, the stone doors collapsed onto them rather than opening as expected. Chopper’s leg was badly scraped and luckily wasn't crushed. With the doors permanently open they found a fifty foot stairway descending beyond. At the bottom they found the stone to be stark black basalt. The hallways branched out into all directions forming a triangle-like pattern after deeper investigation. The party made good use of Baum's nightvision by covering the lantern so he could report what lied deeper beyond where the humans could see. After a series of bull roars from different directions, a mummified undead minotaur emerged from the darkness engaging the party from behind. The warriors lined up, blocking the creature from the spell casters and thief. The party dealt an epic amount of damage and withstood its diseased attacks. As the end neared for it retreated mysteriously floating back almost escaping, but Chopper ended him with an arrow to the brain. After the thing collapsing to the floor, an audible click emanated from somewhere in the dungeon could be heard by all. They could not make out the direction for certain.
They investigated the rest of the maze, bypassed an electrical trapped room of sorts, and went through a teleportation mist to get to the minotaur’s lair. Here is the treasure they found in two huge chests: gold and electrum pieces from over 100 years ago, a magic staff, magic plate armor, three potions and three very valuable pieces of jewelry. With the maze seemingly cleared, they headed back to the tower to rest.
After a rest they headed to the keep to identify the loot they found. The potions turned out to be gaseous form, healing, and growth. They are plate armor was definitely magical (+1) and very light. And it was a staff of healing with a limited amount of charges, however the device is rechargeable. They went back to the tower the same day and prepared for another foray below.
12/13/2013
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