As the trio approach the door, the two guard drawn their blades and block passage up the stairs and into the chambers. There was no sign if anger or fury in the eyes of the guards as they each slashed their longswords at Tanni and Paren.

G1 attacking Tanni with Multiattack:

• Attack: 10 Damage: 13
• Attack: 18 Damage: 11
• Attack: 6 Damage: 15

G2 attacking Paren with Multiattack:

• Attack: 13 Damage: 9
• Attack: 17 Damage: 14
• Attack: 22 Damage: 16

The swipes are relentless as they look to continue until what they see as a threat is eliminated. There's no stopping the guards it seems. The group's fight or flight instincts kick in. 

Each of the guards lands one good blow!

Falaine, Paren, and then Tanni go next!

Falaine will cast Blindness/deafness at 3rd level to try and blind both guards. Dc 14 con save.

"They are charmed in some way. Try not to kill them."

If threatened Falaine will use halo of spores. 4 necrotic damage on a failed con save. Dc 14

G1 CON 9

G2 CON 12

Both guards have been blinded!

Paren gasps as the sword bites deep and adds to his only partially closed wound. Seeing the Faliane's spell take hold and hearing her thoughts Paren shifts tactics. He attempts to slip past the guards and open the door, hoping to find whoever's behind this.

Stealth: 13

If necessary Thieves Tools check to unlock door: 13

Paren attempts to get through the door but it seems to be blocked from opening on the other side! The guards seem to be unaware of Paren's attempt to get past them thanks to the blindness. 

[You can attempt to burst through the door. Athletics check DC 20]

Athletics: 7

Paren slams into the door attempting to force it open but he's met with equal resistance. 

Take 4 door damage. 

Tanni's turn. 

Tanni yells out loud, surprised by the sudden sword strikes and does her best to dodge, hissing when one strike slashes a long gash to her side. She roars and a stream of electricity flows from her eyes, coating her with dancing sparks. A bolt of lightning strikes at the guard as she strikes once with her sword and once with her fist.

Activate Rage as a bonus action.

Attacks at G1:

• Fist: Attack: 19 Damage: 4
• Sword: Attack: 27 Damage: 10
• Storm Aura: 1 lightning damage, halved on a successful DC 15 Dex-save.

G1 Dex 17

G1 CON (if needed) 17

Tanni's blade slices against the fine leather armor of the guard as the first swing slices a portion of their flesh away.

[Tanni, roll another attack with advantage due to blinded state]

The guards stagger in the blinded state and swing their blades wildly at the perceived enemies.

G1 Attacks Tanni with disadvantage

• Attack: 8 Damage: 6
• Attack: 10 Damage: 17
• Attack: 13 Damage: 16

G2 Attacks Paren with disadvantage

• Attack: 9 Damage: 9
• Attack: 18 Damage: 15
• Attack: 10 Damage: 15

Beyond the door, you hear Jonathan's muffled voice call out,  "do you know who I am?"

There is a moment of silence before you hear Jonathan's gasp and the sudden cry of pain and shock. In that moment, all can feel an unpleasant necrotic energy pouring from the room. Suddenly, a very bright light shines through every gap visible in the door. The necrotic energy immediately disperses as the sound of extraordinarily heavy metal footfalls land on the stone.

A female voice shouts in celestial that none of you have heard before, "This one is mine. You will not corrupt his body. What you've done here is an abomination and will not go unpunished. The peace will be restored one way or another but I know this is not the way to do it.  Mother has gone too far. You do not need to rise to her level. You've trusted me with my shield. I will not fail. Now for the punishment."

The sound of ringing metal that follows is nearly deafening. The guards before you nearly collapse from the force of the sound but stagger in place. They seem stunned for the moment. A flash of brilliant white light bursts from the room followed by the sound of silence. That is followed by several loud thuds.

Those that were in the town square of Holden Heights during the collapse of the bell tower would recall that the bright light then was the same that they just experienced. Several of you now realize that you understand this strange language known as Celestial which sounds almost like a song sung by a church choir. 

[whoops, forgot the blinded condition. Sorry about that.]

Reroll: Sword at G1: Attack: 24 Damage: 6

If Tanni is within 5 feet from G2, she'll use her Sentinel feat to make an attack as a reaction at the guard attacking Paren:

Sword at G2: Attack: 20 Damage: 8

Falaine while still concentrating on her spell, will use an action to transform into a spider and squeeze through a crack in the door. 

(Further action depends on what is on the other side.)

((Since you all seem to start your day's earlier than I do I'm going to post Paren's next moves here now. If we need to change things based on what Falaine sees we can but hopefully this lets you keep going in the morning.))

Now severely bleeding from multiple cuts, and where he bit his tongue shoving the door, Paren decides he better take out something he can do more about. He spins his yklwa around his body, cutting at the guard who had been hitting him with multiple strikes, attempting to disarm and disable rather than kill.

Attack 1 on Guard 2: 24  Damage: 11

Attack 2 on Guard 2: 17  Damage: 8

Tanni expertly slices into the guard and quickly follows up with a defensive strike against the guard attacking Paren showing a finesse with the unfamiliar weapon. 

Falaine shrinks to the size of a tiny spider and disappears past the guards who are unable to see her move past due to the blindness. 

((Will hold on Paren's action until after Falaine resolves her turn. She has a bonus action left and about 10' of movement left))

Paren twirls his yklwa and stabs it toward the guard in two quick and fluid movements. The first attack causes the guard to drop his weapon while the second drops the guards to his knees severely wounded. 

The guards both shake their heads as they seem to come back to. They one with his weapon still holds it up trying to defend himself while the other holds their hands up defensively. "What's going on? Why can't I see? Am I blind?," the one heavily wounded seems to cry out. He swings his arms out trying to find where he is and what's going on. His hands run over the split body of the second guard and he quickly stumbles back and into the wall. "Did I do this? Oh gods. What's happening?" The guard seems to be in shock.

[Combat seems to have ended. Resume normal play.]

Paren grabs the sword hand of the guard with a weapon. "Hold up friends, just take a moment. You were both under a spell and acting against us, that's why we blinded you. It will go away in a bit but for now it's probably best not to swing a sword." 

[Paren, Roll persuasion check.] 

Persuasion: 7

When the guards seem to come to their senses, Tanni forces herself to stop. As Paren tries to explain the situation, Tanni turns to towards the closed door,  lowers her shoulder and runs screaming at the door, trying to break through.

The guard's tension relaxes a bit as they spend several attempts trying to stow their blade. After a minute, the guards' vision slowly returns and they see what's happened in this staircase. "I'm so sorry," one of the guards says. "I will fetch a healer." The guard darts off up the stairs leaving his very wounded companion nestled against the stones on the ground. The three of you are able to hear Falaine talking with what you assume to be guards inside of the servant chambers beyond the door.

As Tanni slams through the door, she can feel it hit something but continues powering through until the door is fully open. On the ground behind the door is a guard dressed in similar clothing that is slowly gaining consciousness. You find a handful of guards in a similar state spread down this hallway between the rooms. Falaine is tending to one of the guards and is trying to talk with them. They all see to be rather confused and beaten though there are no signs of wounds on any of them. 

At the center of the room, you see your companion that you've been traveling for quite some time with now. Jonathan is bound with his hands tied and laying on his back. His open eyes stare at the ceiling above you as no breath passes his lips. Buried deep into his chest cavity is a piece of stone with remnants of the same stone shattered and spread around the body as if it exploded. Stretching from the wound are long purple tendrils of discolored blight that splinter and fracture as they fade further from the wound. When you approach the body, you can sense a very strong arcane presence that seems to buffer your own magical abilities near it as though it is preventing the body from any further corruption or tampering.

Jonathan has died.

Against the far end of the room you spot the familiar face of Candise. She's been thrown back nearly ten feet from the others in the group. Looking at her hands, you see they're discolored with a sort of purple stain. Her hands shake as she cries looking at the scene unfolding in front of her.