lifesapity

To Ragash Turning around the corner the corner you watch as a drop of water drips from the shaft above hitting the pile of mushrooms ahead of you, over time they have slowly expanded and started to climb the wall of the ruin closest to you. To Yisan You don't think the star is of any arcane significance, but the runes contained within remind of those used in religious burial rituals. You roughly translate the meaning of a few of the runes as; Protection from Necromancy, Eternal Rest, Peaceful Slumber and Safe Passage.

Moving into the ruins ahead, Ragash the ruins seem to be clear of any enemies. The only recognizable features are; the four corner walls one of which is covered in mushrooms, two collapsed staircases that used to lead downwards, and the ruins of an altar resting within a star on the floor made of different color stone. A set of doors lay towards the East, and another shaft leading upwards lays above the large pile of mushrooms in the northwest.

The firelight plays on the walls. Stepping inside you get a better view of the ruin in front of you. Only the four corner walls remain standing. One path leads into the ruins and two lead around the outsides.

No change in temperature but perhaps a little bit more humid.

Moving past Maris and Yautja and looking into the room, most of your sight is obscured by the strange ruins in front of you. Broken pillars lead up the the broken walls. To the west you see a large pile of mushrooms, above which is a shaft in the ceiling.

@Jace Stormkirk From a distance, the mushrooms you can make out are of a common edible varieties usually found in forests. Your not sure about the moss.

Glancing above the door you now see the words "Rivenroar Family Crypt" carved above the doorway. Pushing open the door, you find a dark room that has a wet, musty smell. It is filled with all sorts of architectural debris. Amid the ruins are all sorts of mushrooms, mostly with brown or gray caps. A brown moss fills the cracks of some of the ruined walls.

@DragonRage The door doesn't seem to be trapped or locked, placing your ear against the door frame, you can't seem to hear anything.

Opening the door to the North reveals a set of stairs that descends 40ft to a landing and set of double doors.

"Nasty buggers them drakes." he says sadly while rubbing his legs. "Yeah, they dragged Zerriksa through the Northern doors in the entry chamber as soon as we got here. Sertanian was kept in the prison cells with me to the West before they dragged me to the drakes."

Althea head hung low arrives back in the entry hallway, blood dripping from, her fingertips. Leaving the group with two new doors. Adronsius asks "Where is that raven knight?"

Althea releases the diving magic from her fingertips... nothing. Dread overcomes her.

@Cool Girl As Althea aproaches the top of the stairs, she looks around and Richard's body is gone... all the drakes left behibd is a red smear where they pulled his body parts into the alcoves.

With two swift strikes Maris breaks the bones in Richards hand, in response one of the swarms moves towards Maris and starts biting at his flesh, but they can't seem to find purchase. He reaches down grabs on of the fingers that the drakes had already started to bite off and rips it off the rest of the hand and turns and runs down the stairs past Ragash, as he does the swarm lashes out one final time but his swaying clothes intercept their strike. More pieces are ripped off Richard as they tear his body apart and take the chunks into the alcoves.

@DragonRage whats your plan for getting a piece of Richard off his body?

Althea slips past Yautja's outstretched and, passing Ragash, runs up the staircase following Maris.

@Cool Girl no, he is trying to stop you running up the stairs towards Richard's corpse and the swarms of drakes protecting it.

@Cool Girl If you want to try resist Yautja pulling you away roll 1d20+1 or you can let him take you.

@Megagun Revivable yes, saveable no.

To Maris @DragonRage The Drakes keep their eyes focused on you as you come up the stairs, they start hissing but but they don't move to attack. You watch as pieces of flesh and bone are torn off Richard's body and taken into the nearby alcoves. His hands, disfigured, lie open, whatever he was carrying, taken.

@Megagun If you want to try grab one, make a Grapple (Athletics) check and tell them to contest with their choice of Strength (Athletics) OR Dexterity (Acrobatics) if they want to resist.

Althea turns the corner, just in time to see Richards corpse getting dragged away.

As Maris and Ragash turn the corner they see the Drakes covering Richard tears pieces from his body bit by bit, his entire throat... missing, leaving no doubt in your minds he has been slain. The Drakes start to slowly drag his lifeless body back out of sight.

Some of Richards wounds heal, as he tries to push his way through the swarms of Drakes, but for each wound that closes another is opened (6 Damage). The Drakes follow Richard as he makes his way towards the mouth of the stairway, the drakes running over the runes not seeming to care as a couple die to the electricity. As Richard reaches the mouth of the stairway the drakes overtake him and swarm all over his body, a couple of teeth find their mark (5 Damage), Richard falls unconscious from shock and blood loss.

As the three other swarm of drakes move up to box Richard into the corner, the swarm of drakes covering Richard continue to snap towards his flesh, but they cant seem to find purchase through his armor.