The party finished searching the Lamashtu shrine. Reading through the all rantings in Thassilonian they came across bits and pieces that came together to become a poem.
If magic bright is your desire,
To old Runeforge must you retire!
For only there does wizard’s art
Receive its due and proper start.
On eastern shores of steaming mirror,
At end of day when dusk is nearer,
Where seven faces silent wait
Encircled guards at Runeforge gate.
Each stone the grace of seven lords,
One part of key each ruler hoards;
If offered spells and proper prayer;
Take seven keys and climb the stair.
On frozen mountain Xin awaits,
His regal voice the yawning gates
Keys turn twice in Sihedron—
Occulted Runeforge waits within.
And now you’ve come and joined the forge
Upon rare lore your mind can gorge—
And when you slough the mortal way
In Runeforge long your work shall stay.
Gozreh 5 - Sarenith 22
Over the next 2 plus months, the party spent time finding out more information and taking care of personal things. Phain spent time at the Jorgenfist library studying for information on Xin-Shalast and Karzoug. Khazen and the rest spent time at Magnimar selling and buying items and Fort Rannick keeping the area secure.
Also time was spent on the poem. There is a place called Rimeskull that had seven heads in a circle next to a lake heated by a geyser, a nearby mountain looked like a face.
Sarenith 23 - 28
Khazen, Vale, Xantumal and Preacher headed out to scout ahead so Khazen could teleport the rest to catch up. Khazen started by teleporting to Wolf's Ear, which they had been to before, then took Phantom Steed's to Riddleport. They spent part of the day and the night there then heading north. They travelled a couple more days north and stayed at Brinewall, teleporting the rest of the group to them. From there they all travelled up the Steam river to Lake Stormunder. They then water walked across the lake and settled inside two rope tricks for the night, wanting to be fully rested the next day.
Sarenith 29
The group knew from the poem, that they would need to cast a spell from each school of magic into the appropriate head and had prepared as many low level spells as they could to fit all seven heads. Phain started out on the head of Karzoug. The statue head seemed to absorb the spell and then it started glowing. A key appeared inside its mouth with the Thassilonian rune for greed. Phain started to work on the second and third head when suddenly a massive white dragon swooped out of the sky breathing cold air on almost everyone.
Phain and Khazen cast as many defensive spells as they could, but with surprise and with great mobility in the air, the group was barely able to scratch it. The dragon seemed to be playing with them. Finally Khazen told everyone to group up in two group and took one group with him into the nearby caves and then teleported everyone back to Sandpoint, returning via teleport to pick up the remaining group, who all turned invisible. With almost everyone hurt badly the group knew they would have to be better prepared when they returned.
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