The Serpent's Strait Ch. 8

We find the party all getting up and gathering their things after their long rest, filling each other in on what they've been seeing or hearing all night. It's decided that they should head to the mines and determine what happened to the people. As they head over towards the mines, Bob decides to take a quick detour on his own to do a little shopping. It takes a second for the group to notice, catch up with him, and decide it wouldn't hurt to stock up on supplies, unaware of any dangers that await them ahead. 

As the party arrives and begins venturing into the mines, the book grows warmer the deeper they go. As they explore more through a maze of stalagmites and rock formations, they come upon a large and disturbing scene. They are reminded of the gruesomeness described on the ship that crashed into port, and this is so much worse. The party steel themselves and decide whether to destroy the effigy or leave it and investigate further.

Bob can translate the book, and Ursus begins to read the book, learning of the many names of The King in Yellow, particularly Hastor. At this point, Bob begins trying to take down the effigy, but isn't making so much as a dent. The group decides to feed the book to the altar and see if it triggers something, as the book has been vibrating more and more throughout their time there. 

Afterwards, when the group felt they had exhausted all the clues and information they'd gathered here, they decided their next course of action was to head to Midmount. As they decide on this, the group realizes they're being watched and finds itself surrounded by the watchers it has been encountering since its arrival, even though it doesn't recall all of them. When Valen uses Mindsplinter to cast Detect Thoughts, he hears many voices saying, "He waits." After a wave of psychic energy emits from around them, Valen and Chan are compelled to begin crying uncontrollably. The rest of the party, unaffected, bring them with them to try to lead them out of the mines. They finally arrive in Midmount shortly afterwards and find out what's been going on in town from the locals, confirming that a warforged priest is very charismatically gathering followers.

There's so much happening, and that's where we pick up…

Find out what happens next in this episode of the Medusa’s Cascade: Blood & Booze!

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