The knocks reverberate through the tower and the forest, almost sounding like thunder as the sound tails off. Several minutes go by with no response until finally the head of a gigantic wolf peers over the top.

Its head is a silver grey with a single brilliant white stripe going from the top of its head to its nose. Its eyes glow amber, almost lighting up the area in which you stand. Seeing this massive wolf, Asaph'il steps back, lowering its head in deference to it.

A loud, genderless, booming voice bypasses your ears, heading straight into your heads, "Invaders, why do you trespass upon my home? Speak quickly, plainly, and truthfully or there will be pain" Its eyes flash for a moment and wave of magic flows through you and into the forest beyond. Everyone make a Charisma saving throw, DC 14

Estellen, the result of your detect magic (before the wolf was seen) is this: The entire area here, including the air is saturated with enchantment magic. Given the strength of it, you reckon you're at least close to the source of whatever is generating these magical effects.

Violet, although the door looks old and overgrown, it also looks incredibly strong.

Cha save: 20

CHA Save: 16

Quilqwen  -  CHA Save 12

Mirroring Asaph'il's movements Quilqwen assumes a stance of deference "We are in search of aid against an evil that has risen to threaten this land. We were told to find Erazdur Mountaincleaver."

CHA save:6

 (XD oof)

 25 cha save

"I know not of this Erazdur Mountaincleaver, nor of any rising evil. Explain." Although still loud and booming in your heads, the voice has a slightly softer tone to it.

Violet shake her head, unnerved by the voice in her head, especially since her previous encounter with one wasn't the nicest. "Some scummy ass of a distorted voice got a bunch of orcs to do something stupid, then we had to kill some shadows. Who the hell are you by the way?" Her tone is clear with distaste and annoyance, built up from the past day of events and having to speak with yet another mental voice.

Tailine would add, "Sorry for disturbing you. We are trying to travel through this forest to warn others about the army of orcs and the shadow monsters... but we can't seem to find our way out."

The giant wolf leaps from the top of the tower, landing directly in front of you with perfect precision and grace. "My name is Akela."

Now that the wolf is close to, you are able to understand just how big it is. About 12ft tall and twice that long, with a mouth that could swallow you whole. Its fur is like silver, shining in whatever light makes it this far, with a single white stripe going from nose to tail along its back.

"I am the guardian of this place."

Then sounds of cracking bones and stretching skin fill the air as the wolf's form begins to shift. This is not the clinical and easy transformations that conventional magic provides, this is raw, messy, and a bit disgusting to watch.

Eventually the wolf becomes a woman. Well over 10ft tall, she towers over you all. She wears what looks to be some sort of heavy hide or fur armour that covers all but the forearms and the head. On this bare skin are what look like faintly glowing tattoos in blues and greens. Additional bone has grown out from the joints on her knuckles and fingers, almost like a natural knuckleduster. Her hair is long, unkempt and silver, just like that of the wolf's, with a single white stripe going through it to the side of her face. As you look up at her, she looks young, maybe 25-35 in human years, and yet her face is weathered and scared like that of someone far older. You can see another bone protrusion that goes between the tops of her ears along the eyebrow ridge, with more bone going down the nose ridge.

"Inside, and tell me more of these shadows." She speaks normally now (you assume that she was unable to talk while in the form of a wolf), her voice is soft and quiet, but it carries easily. As she turns you can see a greatsword on her back, which is taller than all of you. Some faint blue glows can be seen through the sheath it sits in. She places a hand on the doors and mutters something, and then the doors are gone, leaving just a doorway to walk through.

She walks inside and a bonfire like fire in the middle of the circular room ignites.

Quilqwen

Quilqwen follows.

Estellen walks inside, "We don't know much, just that some force has brought creatures from another plane of existence into our own. Somewhere called The Void. We merely need to pass through this area, nothing else."

Tailine will go inside as well. "We were trying to rescue kidnapped villagers. They were taken by an army of orcs and when we got there they summoned this huge... thing. It was terrible. We've been attacked by other creatures from The Void since then."

The moment you cross the threshold, the feeling of the magical effects is gone, your minds go clear and feel normal once more. As you enter, you can see the inside of this place is made of polished stone blocks. The fire that lights up the room sits in a small depression in the centre, around this fire is a circle of 10 oversized stone stools that look to be built into the stone floor. She takes a seat on one of these before replying.

"Void?... Hmmm... This place is unknown to me, but we have felt a shift in the balance recently. This thing, these creatures, did they feel powerful, maybe even alien?"

Jatrin take a seat on of the empty oversized stone stool. "What do you mean with alien? Something that shouldn't exist in this world?"

(OoC: s***, I just realized what we're dealing with XD 0-0)

Violet takes a seat, looking around as she does so, "Alien or not, it's obvious that we can kill them. Even if it's a little harder than normal."

She nods towards Jatrin, "Yes, something from another world. I suppose some might say other planes, but the wording matters not." She then turns to Violet, "Just because I can kill a fly doesn't mean I can kill a dragon. How can we know what you have faced is the worst that may come?"

A few words are muttered and the bonfire vanishes into the ground, lines of fire racing from where it was towards the wall, then up it and then there are torches surrounding you rather than a bonfire between you. A few more words and a large crystal on a pedestal rises from the ground. The crystal could easily be mistaken for round at a distance, but it just has many, many faces. It's completely clear, with some torchlight glinting off its edges.

"I would ask that you show me." She indicates this crystal "Place a hand upon it and focus on a memory, it will then us whatever you focus on."

As you sit on the stools, they adjust down to be at the perfect height for you. Looking around every surface is made of polished and perfectly cut stone, so where all this things are coming from is a mystery.

(OoC: I doubt it :P )

Violet shrugs and places here hand on the crystal, pulling out her own weird ass crystal as well. You never know, maybe it'll do something.

Make a History check please Violet.

History: 7