A magically sealed wall provides a staging chamber before the party discovers a series of caves. Once they find their way through the magic wall, they encounter a network of corridors, filled with goblins and traps.
An arcane goblin is working some sort of ritual before the group tricks her, and destroys her shrine. Once dispatched, our heroes work their way through a series of traps before finding the unnaturally reanimated corpses of decaying goblins. A massive statue stands in a large chamber, in front of a pool of frothing, churning salt water.
The statue emanates massive ancient magical auras, too old and too powerful for Basil to understand. It seems the undead in the room are reawaken by it's power. The group is surrounded, and soon over powered by skeleton warriors and human zombies. Their last chance is to take a plunge into the briny pool.
The pool is actually a passage to the sea that borders Nightenvale, and deposits the heroes onto the shoreline. They head back into the city to find the Silver Unicorn Inn, so that they may tend to their wounds and sell their goods.
While in town, Owlbear notices a public warrant that seems to be for our trio. While trying to take it down, a patron introduces himself to the party. After (mostly) failing to bluff the man, he introduces himself as Keldar, a bounty hunter for the Crown. His associates Bannor and Balian step up, and the group is given the option to go into custody quietly.
Owlbear attempts to flip the tavern table, but it is too heavy for him. Arany takes a pill from her kit, and then throws up.
A scuffle starts, but the team jumps through a window and makes their way through the crowded town streets. Behind them they hear Keldar say "Alert Commander Dauss that the targets are running away on foot".
The party slips into the sewer system before any of the Warforged Red Cloaks can find them. Exiting through the underground passages, they find two more guards at the foot of the city castle. Unable to evade them, a brawl breaks out. As it seems they were all but caught, a portal rips open, and an imprisoned Barris appears. Using powerful magic he destroys one warforged, whilst entombing the other in stone. He yells, "Run you fools, and find Saja. Stop the Night before the end of Day".
And the portal rips back shut.
The trio takes to the long road to Valin, and starts the search for answers....
