The party, having collected what they can from the basement decide to head up to the 1st floor to see if they can find the scepter for the mayor. Cassie follows, staying close to Tsavong.
In single file they climb the dark spiral staircase back to the ground floor, and move along to the spiral staircase leading to the first floor. Karnezer takes point and marches up the staircase, the rest of the party in toe, and heads east down the corridor - Joe scanning the floor for traps. Spotting an arrow trap and a trip wire connected to a large Axe dangling from the ceiling - Joe and Ceinwen spot all the traps laid out before them.
The first room they reach is a games room. There is some rather ornate items in the room. An obsidian and marble chess board, some sort of wooden floor with a wooden ball and some objects stacked at the bottom, some fancy throwing darts and some marble balls that Joe decides are a juggling set.
Moving down the corridor some more they enter another storage room with some Gnolls in. The party charge blindly into the room - not spotting a couple of Kobolds hiding in the dark who get some nasty shots in with their crossbows before they are cut down like the Gnolls soon are.
The remaining room in this area is bare, but a keen eye spots a small pouch of gold wedged in a crack in the floor.
The party then heads round to the balcony that overlooks the dining room on the West side of the keep. Joe steps into a pit trap, but manages to not fall in. The next one is spotted and the party avoids it. The floor is becoming increasingly carpeted in vermin... rats, spiders, cockroaches – they litter this corridor, their skittering and screeches disturbing and sickening. They appear to be coming from within the room ahead. Karn kicks open the door to the room with one swift whallop of his boot heel. It is the master bedroom - a large four poster bed covered in red bedsheets, surrounded with white drapes sits in the center, some wardrobes and dressers line the room. A body can be seen just to the side of the bed, clad in black leather, covered in cockroaches and spiders - holding an ornate silver object.
The party step into the room and Ceinwen accidentally triggers a booby trap in the doorway. The trap triggers a set of crossbows attached to the bed, one arrow impacts into Dreinell's chest, and another flies towards Ceinwen who gracefully evades the shot for it to be dodged and caught by Tsavong Lah just as it was about to connect with Cassies forehead.
The insect swarms lunge and skitter towards the group, overwhelming some of the members biting, scratching, nibbling, and making everyone feel nauseous, but they are despatched in quick succession, the only person really njured is Joe when he decides to go bounce on the bed – and attracts the attention of a nearby spider swarm who inject a fair amount of poison into his blood stream sapping his strength.
The party loots the room, finding a pouch of gems under a pillow in the bed, and the sceptre, which is laying on the corpse of the rogue that must have previously sealed himself into this room, and booby trapped the entrance.
Whilst the party is planning what to do next, Cassie seems to space out. Her face drains of blood and staring off into the distance, she pulls out a pouch of small bones from her pocket, and empties its contents onto the floor... She looks up at the party
“You are all in great danger... especially you” she says pointing, at Ceinwen and collapsing on the floor unconscious.
Whilst the party stand about contemplating their actions, an huge explosion in the distance rocks their eardrums and gets their attention... out the windows, over by Myrengrad there is a large fireball erupting from the slum area of Myrengrad...
-V
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