Well this was a long time coming…
Our adventurers travel out to the Monument Tower with Ardan, trusting to Oban’s general sense of its whereabouts. They find the tower without any problems, however the entrance is crawling with skeletons. How to get in? One of the team suggests a diversion which Ardan seizes on and takes off creating a hullabaloo.
The ploy works! With the skeletons’ attentions diverted, the trio sneak past and towards the entrance. They are discovered but get in and close the gate without too much trouble. Three zombies shuffle over to say hello but are quickly dispatched and tossed down into the basement level in the name of research.
Moving up the floors they find a portion of a letter in a makeshift study. It reads:
“…the ghoul remains harmless (to me), content to just be near the shard. As long as he has bones to gnaw (and I have my potions)… It’s even been amenable to simple commands and shows some rudimentary cleverness. A much different animal than the zombies and certainly the skeletons.
I shall bring him to you soon. I am learning much of this strange creature. How many lurk in the shadow of the mountain and what purposes could be gained I am eager to learn…”
They also find loot and seem to have no compulsion taking what is apparently someone’s life savings.
Another level is a makeshift bedroom. No one’s around but someone has set up shop in here…
On the penultimate floor they encounter a ghoul but again dispatch it without any trouble at all (the ghoul’s one chance at attacking and it was a critical miss!). It was carrying a few glittery gems.
At each level Kefra led the group sneaking up the stairs and giving the all clear. She is also careful to look out of the windows to try and Ardan. He does not seem to be visible from the windows.
Our heroes are left to open the hatch to the roof of the tower. Will they get a good view? Will they finally see Ardan out there?