Imela: The Adventure Begins

"Take...THAT!! Annd...THAT! Like I said friends, it'll take more than a few pipsqueaks like this to stop us," Kelvin exclaims as his volleys of icy magic claim the lives of a few rats in quick succession. "Onwards, we've more to explore! Kill the last one!"

Now that the area has been slightly cleared, Zakon moves up, arrow nocked, and lets fly at the last rat with a twang of his bowstring.  

With a final screech, the last of the rats falls back into the pool of water, Zakon landing the final blow. With no more distractions, the group can explore the room in peace.

Theo:

"Well done!"

 Perception 5

Theo is concerned that the dwarf was injured.

 There really isn't much to see in this room. It once served as a water storage area so that the temple always had clean water. But, after decades of abandonment, it has fallen into incredible disrepair. No wonder it became a hot spot for scavenging creatures like the rats. It's a wonder, really, that more wildlife has not made this abandoned place their home. Then again, it may be all the traps that have prevented things from getting in.

Theo

Approaches Ruggero, slogging through the brackish water. He places a hand on his holy symbol and closes his eyes for a moment searching for the divine power he is connected to. He reaches out toward the dwarf and his eyes open and they are filled with radiant energy. 

Zakon looks around, eyes narrowed.  There's no obvious other door, so perhaps the door to their 'resting' place is hidden? 

Investigation:  9

The walls are sturdy and solid. Aside from the places where some of the mortar is falling off, everything is in place and doesn't look like it'll budge for a long while.

Ruggero stomps on the last of the rats, "aye, ya dirty little plague carriers!" He looks at the handy work of their infestation management and nods his head in approval. As his endorphin level comes down he starts to feel woozy from the shards of ice that pelted and bloodied him. He blinks a few times and wobbles a little until he feels Theo's hands hold him steady. Ruggero feels a warmth emanating from Theo's hands and then feels the transfer of energy between. Feeling like he just got a B12 shot, Ruggero stands firm and healthy. "Thank-ya Theo fer dat. Thought for a moment I was gonna pass out on ya," Ruggero says with a little laugh.

Not finding any other doors or hidden entrances, Zakon looks around perplexed.  "Didn't they say they were going to the cellar to 'rest'?" he asks.  "There doesn't seem to be any other rooms down here, so perhaps we need to head back up and find another way to the cellar?"

"Hmmm, that seems far too convenient...their own documents led us down here, why would there not be what they described? There must be more to this." Kelvin finishes as he aids Zakon in searching around, covering all of the basement rooms we've explored so far.

Perception: 20

Aside from the trapmaker's workshop, there has been little else to find in the basement. Kelvin's read-through of the diagrams shows that no matter what these acolytes were planning, they didn't want anyone from the outside to disturb them.

Theo:

"If we've searched this whole basement, we could go back to the kitchen and try the stairs leading upwards?"

"Aye, a sound plan, if down's not the way then up it it." Kelvin pauses thoughtfully, "I do remember another door on the ground level, perhaps that's worth exploring afterwards."

Theo:

"Worth a look, and just because we didn't find anything here doesn't mean there is not another cellar or passage down somewhere else." Theo tries to sound hopeful but is on the verge of confusing himself.

Once the rats are dealt with it was obvious that the basement was apparently devoid of anything else of interest, despite the statements made in the documents they'd uncovered upstairs. Time to go back upstairs then. They've clearly missed something. "We should go up and search the ground floor again." Viaya suggests. "If there's nothing else down here there must be something we missed up there. Another passage or something. It's at least worth a look."

Nodding in agreement, Zakon turns and begins to head back up the stairs, his footfalls almost silent on the treads.  "It definitely seems we missed something.  And we still haven't come across anything that might explain poor Vall's condition."  Zakon ruminates over everything they've discovered so far as he heads back upstairs.  This whole place seems - off, and he's learned to trust his instincts.  He reaches the top of the stairs and waits for the rest of his companions to join him. 

Theo agrees with their reasoning and follows Zakon up the stairs into the kitchen. (Sorry no color on mobile)

Following Zakon and Theo up the stairs, Viaya nods at the gnome's comment. Mulling over the problem herself. "Let's just scour what remains of the building before anything else." She says as they reached the kitchen. "Starting with everything on the ground floor before moving upstairs. If there's really nothing more to find or nothing that will help Vall at least we'll have a look over the grounds. To tell you true though, I don't see how the boy could've gotten in here. The doors were locked and trapped. The outer areas of the temple might be our best bet for uncovering what ails him."