Guardians of the Grove
Darkpoole Arc
Who knows where in Darkpoole!?
Session 8/11/22
Weary from the trek down, the Guardian takes a short rest to lick their wounds. They make their way down towards the next room, entering a large area with two pedestals, one with a blue aura and one with a red aura. The brilliant detectives the Guardians are and employing their golden rule “touch everything” split into two groups and touch. Corvus, Wulf, and Blood are transported immediately to a previous room and use the same device to return. However, Atheya, Diego, and Nirruk were transported to the beginning of this dungeon. Putting together the situation the best they can, they hurry back through the lightning tunnel and head downstairs. Rushing toward the others before they make the same mistake. Luckily they are able to arrive in time just before the red aura is touched.
Heading into the next room, the group is surprised to see goliath-sized constructs in a non-receptive state. As well as perceiving the presence of a pool in the center of the room and an egg-shaped object behind. As Atheya and Nirruk approached the egg, the construct would turn their attention to them. Fearing the constructs were meant to either protect the egg or prevent it from leaving, they backed away. However, not before Nirruk would try to enter the egg's mind and suffer from it later. Nirruk falls to the ground from some unknown shock. After moving him away from the egg, he can stumble to his feet but becomes alert to a possibly new and hidden threat.
Upon inspection in octopus form, Atheya discerns a means to travel further into the dungeon by a bright light at the bottom of the pool. The group swims down below and gets transported to another room. In this room, there is a giant humanoid-like skull, and opposite this skull is a door with three slots of different shapes. Seeing two paths at opposite ends of the room, the group searches the left side first. Upon entering a room with two doors, the group comes upon a plethora of skeleton bones. After a quick inspection, the skeletons come to life. The group tactfully deduces that flames and radiant damage permanently destroy the bones. During the battle, Nirruk's head begins to ache, and he is unable to cast higher-leveled spells. A combination of torches, holy magic, and a flapping sphere leave the group victorious. Diego looking tattered is tended to by the majority of the group, for which he is most grateful and, after an awkward moment with Corvus, can stand on his own again. Blood, on the other hand, patches up his scrapes in silence.
After the encounter, the group enters the first door and quickly finds a gemstone with a familiar shape to the door mentioned earlier. Atheya, with no regard for her safety, grabs the stone and quickly leaves the room, triggering a laser-like beam to pierce out miss her by a hair’s length. Although she left with a haircut, little did she know that it was almost the end of Atheya Willowcrown. The next room left the group nervous and wary. Pressure plates were the new theme as the walls closed once the wrong plate was stepped on. Wulf navigated carefully throughout the room and successfully put the next gemstone in a bag tied to a rope. Once outside, together with the group, they could pull the gemstone out of the room. Being a trendsetter, Corvus decided to catch the stone with his face. Triumphant, the group heads back to the main room and down the next hallway to a door. The Guardians can see the last gemstone required when they look inside, but the room is filled with chains running across in all directions with barbed edges. However, knowing that their goal lies beyond the door, the group readies themselves to solve this problem like any other.
Bonus Art* Non-Canon Fanfic
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