Almost a Long Time to Reflect
Anyway, the group comes upon an entryway barred by curtains. Moving it aside, Yshven comes through seeing the room beyond, an L-shaped hall with mirrored pillars. Suddenly, as he casts his reflection on one, the image distorts curling into itself. Surprised, he pauses and suddenly vanishes into the mirror. He is transported into a separate smaller room divided by another set of obscuring black curtains. Going through them, he finds himself directly in front of an altar flanked on both sides by skeletal guardians and Minataur statues. He finds the mask there and swipes it as he closes with the skeleton on the left.
Meanwhile, Kurgan follows into the hall and is reflected on another pillar. The lizardkin finds himself alone as well, in another separate smaller room where he surprises a ragged-looking gnoll apparently chewing on his own leather armor. The starving gnoll attacks and the leader is forced to defend.
Quorbin is next in line and he runs up before the pillar that took Yshven. He finds himself transported to Yshvens locale and the archer engages with the other skeletal guardian.
After him comes Garrosh who takes the pillar where Yshven disappears. The three are reunited at the skeleton altar but finding the space cramped, Garrosh is left exposed in front of the sole pillar there and it takes him to the starving gnoll room with Kurgan. Together they flank the poor mongrel.
Meanwhile, back at the skeleton altar, Quorbin dispatches one of the skeletons which burst in painful boneshards. Yshven takes care of his as well with rhe same ‘bone-shattering’ results. With the guardians dead, the duo are transported to the point of origin in the L-shaped hall of mirrors. Quorbin attempts to break a mirror-pillar while Yshven tries to rush eyes-closed into the hall. He is taken and finds himself with Kurgan and Garrosh. Who together finally end the starving gnolls’ misery. Quorbin breaks one of the pillars but the next one takes him in with the rest. They look around, there are no exits from this place and no transporting mirrors. Realizing this, they coolly take stock of what food they have and prepare for the worst.
Casval moves and he is transported to the bone altar. No one is there with him save the bones left by the skeletons, two Minataur statues and the altar itself. He doesn’t know but the fate of the rest of the party is in his hands at this point. Investigating, he notices a slot on the altar in the form of a minataur hand. He notices that one of the statues’ hands are detachable. He places it on the slot and they find themselves all together again at last at the entrance to the hall. Hooray for Casval! He is surprised at the reception he receives.
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