Candlekeep Mysteries Group 2

[CON save: 7]

Hino’s DC14 CON ST: 17

Hino quickly looks away, just in time from being turned to stone. Instead, she looks down at her highly (and recently!) polished carapace, and surveys the room, paying special attention to the moon elf that apparently lives here.

”Oh sweetie!  What have those hags done to you and this lovely place!?!  I’m so sorry.  We’ll get you outta here, if you wish it.”

Orvok CON ST: 9

Mav and Orvok turn to stone.

"Sylvarie?  I would never do that, I'm here because of your old friend Llmar or you might know him as Dusk.  He asked me to help find you.... I'm here to help."  "Please Sylvarie, hear me out... we don't want to hurt you, we just want to help you to be restored to your former self." Isa pleads while avoiding looking at her.

"Ilmar? Ilmar is..here?"

Isa, DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check please.

"Yes, he is close by... Llmar is helping us by distracting Saeth who we believe is working for some hags, I can have him come down here if you would like that."

Isasuasion: 27

Fortunately Emporious did not follow everyone down into the depths and instead has sent his spell book's manifested mind along instead. The Wizard stands near the statue of sune and observes through his mental connection.  

"Yes, he is close by... Llmar is helping us by distracting Saeth who we believe is working for some hags, I can have him come down here if you would like that."

"Ilmar..my friend. It has been so long."

She takes a piece of cloth and blindfolds herself.

Beetleborgs con save 12

Barbär begins to gently weep for the poor woman and who she once was. Sylvarie, this curse put upon you, it breaks my heart... These damned hags did this to you and this Shrine? Foul use of magic only has one end. For them. I vow to end the Hags, or perish.

He audibly kneels, letting the metal that protects his knee clap the floor still weary and looks only at the floor

The soft glow eminating from the manifested mind and Isa's light spell cast quivering shadows over the scene as it is revealed to Emporious. The wizard is a bit distraught at the sight of two of the group turned to stone and he frantically wracks his brain to conjure a solution. As he looks about the room his gaze falls upon one of the broken mirrors. Suddenly an idea occurs to him he recalls an excerpt from an old dusty tome. Grabbing one of the mirrors he casts mending upon it returning it to its former state. 

He then acceses his mental link and continue to observe Isa's attemptes persuasion.

"I was a devoted priest of Sune who shared my knowledge and uplifted others to help them realize their own worth. Sadly, my devotion to others masked my own self-doubt, which made my feel that I wasn’t worthy enough to be a priest of the god of love and beauty. The hags used my insecurity to manipulate and corrupt me ten years ago. Concealing their true nature to me, they enticed me into a dark bargain—and a terrible curse. I was transformed. When I tried to strike back against the hags, they sealed me in this shrine, hoping that its great mirrors would turn me to turn to stone. For fear of petrifying myself, I destroyed the shrine’s mirrors. And here I remain."

She takes a piece of cloth and blindfolds herself.

"I was a devoted priest of Sune who shared my knowledge and uplifted others to help them realize their own worth. Sadly, my devotion to others masked my own self-doubt, which made my feel that I wasn’t worthy enough to be a priest of the god of love and beauty. The hags used my insecurity to manipulate and corrupt me ten years ago. Concealing their true nature to me, they enticed me into a dark bargain—and a terrible curse. I was transformed. When I tried to strike back against the hags, they sealed me in this shrine, hoping that its great mirrors would turn me to turn to stone. For fear of petrifying myself, I destroyed the shrine’s mirrors. And here I remain."

While avoiding her gaze, Isa realizes that Sylvarie put something over her eyes to further protect them from being petrified.  She cautiously looks up at Sylvarie.  Slowly she walks over to her and gently takes her hand "I am so sorry for what has happened to you" she tells her softly "As my friend said, we will figure out how to undo this awful curse!" Isa cautiously leans in and gives her a hug.  "Could you tell us exactly what you remember that the hags did to cause this curse?  How did they transform you like this?  Would you like me to bring Llmar down here to bring you some comfort?"  She asks, her voice soft and caring.

Slowly she looks back over the room to see Mav and Orvok petrified into stone "No, no, no... I simply can't lose any more friends" she looks to Barbar "How do we save them and undo this?" she asks as a tear rolls down her face.

 "I am so sorry for what has happened to you" she tells her softly "As my friend said, we will figure out how to undo this awful curse!" Isa cautiously leans in and gives her a hug.  "Could you tell us exactly what you remember that the hags did to cause this curse?  How did they transform you like this?  Would you like me to bring Llmar down here to bring you some comfort?"  She asks, her voice soft and caring.

"I don't want him to see me like this. I am ashamed. I am no longer who I used to be. The hags each know a part of a ritual for crafting magic paintings that can bind mortal creatures with a terrible curse. They keep these paintings in their tower."

Sylvarie, you have a beautiful soul. Its only been masked by this curse. Do not doubt yourself. You are still quite a magnificent person. Id also like to do what i can to bring you back to your former state if this is what you wish. You are quite strong in this form, and have accidentally petrified two of our companions. If you have this ability why not use it against your captors with our help. Also, is there any way you can turn our stoned friends back to normal? I would gladly refurbish this temple of Sune in your name for your aid...

"This temple is my prison. I care not for it's restoration. I am bound to this place by magic. Seek out the Coven. Destroy the paintings. End the curse."

And with that, she retreats back to the darkness. The medusa has no magical powers to un-petrify someone.

"Barbar, is it possible that when we break the curse on Sylvarie that it would in turn break the curse of this pertrification?  There's got to be a way to undo this!" she says while wiping her eyes.  "There has to be some way of undoing this."  She will quickly investigate the room and pool to see if she finds anything that she thinks might help in undoing her friends being turned to stone.

Investigation: 21

Emporious commands the manifestation to join him upstairs. As he waits for the others he sends Archimedes up through the hole in the roof and over to the tower. As the owl obediently circles the tower Emporious accesses his psychic connection with the owl and sees through its eyes. If the others find him before he finishes his reconnaissance they see him sitting cross legged on the floor next to the statue of Sune his eyes glossed over as if in a trance.

(Emporious is checking the grounds for any that might stop them from going into the tower. He is also looking for ways to see into the tower. If successfully finding a window he will have Archimedes try to give him a view inside.)

Perception: 15

A finely crafted stone tower rises among the trees not far from the bathhouse. A statue of a sharp-featured winged elf crouches above the front door, whose bright red surface is decorated with golden swirls. The tower has a few windows, but they are very muddy, small, and sealed shut.

Hino preens as she looks at herself in the mirror shards, absentmindedly. Offhand, quietly she mumbles to Isa “I bet your new boyfriend could cure our stoned friends. Or would know how to heal ‘em.”

Hino mumbles to Isa “I bet your new boyfriend could cure our stoned friends. Or would know how to heal ‘em.”

Boyfriend.... I like the sound of that... Isa thinks to herself.  "Oh, I wonder... he might" she responds pondering Hino's comments "or he might know someone who does..." she continues thoughtfully "We should probably go talk to him." she suggests.

Isa heads back up the stairs and into the main area of the shrine, crunching through the broken glass on the floor but noticing Emporious sitting criss-cross apple-sauce on the floor with glazed over eyes, she stops and waves a hand in front of him but gets no reaction.  "OK... um, I'm heading over to talk to Llmar to see if he knows anything about depetrifying people" she says, possibly to no one in particular.  She exits the shrine and heads back to the front of the Restfully Lily to see if she can find Llmar.  This day has been crazy... it's gone from from being one of the best days of her life to being one of the worst... how could this happen so quickly?  It must be her, she must somehow be cursed so that if anything good happens to her then an equally bad thing happens as well... it never seems to fail she thinks to herself as she walks around to the front of the building.