Chapter 8 - Fear is a Four Letter Word

Delving deeper, the party is divided when the ceiling collapses, separating them with tons of earth and stone. Davlyn, Aryanne and Kilgorin venture west exploring the sarcophagi of numerous paladins of the old order. At the same time, Arranis and Zantus proceed cautiously east, discovering another void where arcane and divine powers are depleted. Arranis notes the psychic inflammation permeating the tombs, and Zantus has a vision revealing Aryanne is not the innocent victim the party assumed her to be.

Davlyn, Aryanne and Kilgorin continue forward, entering another heavy mist that obscures their senses and vision. From within the fog a pair of shadowy monsters emerge. Meanwhile, Zantus and Arranis experience the same event and enter into combat with the dark figures. In the heat of the battle, the mist slips, revealing something familiar about the shadowy creatures. After a round of violence, the party realizes they have been tricked into battling each other. Discovering that Aryanne is now missing, the party realizes that she has been the source of the psychic oppression they have been experiencing. Zantus shares his recent vision with the party, recounting the fact that Aryanne had murdered her family on the road to Fallcrest, and used the party to guide her safely back to the Abbey.

Searching the tombs, the party discovers Zatch, bound to an unusual apparatus designed to release an Illithid seedling into his mind. Freeing Zatch and restoring him to health, the party learns of the clandestine operation his Order has undertaken to investigate the Abbey and ensure the safety of its hidden chambers. Unfortunately, the Abbey’s secrets are unknown even to Zatch’s order, and the party must venture deeper still.





