Bel watches the event unfold and scratches his head, then shrugs it off before continuing on.

Idalla looks relieved, but also a bit confused.

// Just for clarification... //

// Let me know how you’d like to proceed! //

Oh my bad I thought the secret passage was inside her room.  Can I wedge the door shut from the outside then trapping her in her room so we can go in to the secret passage?

The door is easy to wedge shut from either direction!

Then that's what I do - lets move forward! 

Idalla can be heard protesting on the other side of the door, but her words are muffled.

The secret passage is as dark as the rest of this level, with torch sconces, long burnt-out, dotting the walls here and there. The only way to see here (without some form of darkvision) is some form of artificial light. 

At the halfway mark, a short spur leads off to the west, and ends after about 15-20 feet at a blank stone wall. A lever is clearly visible near the wall.

As you progress further down the passage to the south, following Idalla's directions, the rushing water sounds louder. A short jaunt to the end of the passage reveals a natural cavern that opens into a great chasm. There is most definitely a waterfall very nearby, but you cannot see it from where you are, since it is hidden from view. You can see nothing but darkness below, although the splashing of waters deep below is barely audible over the roar of the nearby waterfall.

A sturdy chain ladder hangs from the small ledge where you stand, and descends into the dark chasm.   

Bel investigates the ladder for sturdiness (perception 7 ) before descending down.

//Good thing it wasn’t a climbing check, that would have been ugly//

Lana look down to see how far below it is and lets everyone know she will go last as she has her bow ready for any action that may be needed. Spirit will go down right before her assuming she can jump down on her own.

Aregarak will sheath his greatsword on his back, grab the torch and stick it in his teeth then start to climb down the ladder.  (assume its just like climbing the rigging of a ship and since he's a pirate should be pretty good at it hehe)

The ladder descends for well over 100 feet, and the splashing of water gets even louder as you climb down into the darkness.

// Spirit can jump, but the fall would likely be fatal. //

GB grabs a torch and looks down as Aregarak climbs down.  He follow suit once he assures himself he will not burn any tail feathers on Aregaraks torch.

Once down he tries best as he can to investigate his surrounds for anything of note in the immediate cavern area and if he has room to fly, should he need to be.

investigate 5

Using his darkvision, Bel looks around at the cavern and path(s)

// guess we should have tried to figure out how to get Spirit down before everyone else headed down - doubt we have enough rope to lower her down (but that would mean I need to be up top still even if we tried that) how big is Spirit? //

150 feet down the ladder, you finally meet with the ground. The air is damp, and the roar of the waterfall to your south is deafening. A thundering spray of water fills this chamber, where the water pools and flows out to join a larger river to the north. The muddy bank of the pool looks disturbed by tracks of some kind. Further to your north, the fast-moving underground river roars from east to west under a stone bridge.

The bottom of the chain ladder is near the south bank of the river.

On the north side of the bridge, a broad ledge turns out of sight to the east.

The light from your torches is the only illumination here.

// Spirit is medium sized, probably around 150 pounds or so—Lana, do you have a good idea of Spirit's size? //

// I can carry 285 pounds so if we could strap her to me I might be able to climb down the ladder with her - assuming she is that small - I mean for instance Guenhwyvar (Drizzt's panther) is 600 pounds hehe //

// Sounds doable! It’s up to Lana, but I don’t mind you retroactively explaining that happening, before we move on. //

Lana looks down and then over to Aregarak "Can you carry Spirit she can not jump that far down" she asked him.

/ooc just pretend she asked you prior to you going down she is around 150lbs i would say

//OOC Is there room to get GB a little flight?  If o GB can take a little recon spin north of the bridge//

// The caverns here are about 20 feet high, so you could fly real low around the place. Just lemme know where you wanna go! //

// That works for me Lana - we'll fashion some sort of harness and I'll carry her down with me //