Journal of Rollo Lavius 2

Entry #351 - Bonespur

(G351 14/04/2018 via Roll20 - AP, JF(GM)) WA28

DAY 324 (28th Hammer)(January) continued ...

Fenrir and Veddic were in the tower of a necromancer called Owerode in the city of Bonespur in the Plane of Shadow.

The rooms they moved through here were full of broken furniture and bones. Many of the doors were trapped and Veddic, himself a sort of amateur necromancer pulled his two ettercap skeletons from his bag of holding and used them to search the doors for hidden triggers after they got caught in the first couple.

The ettercaps had been nicknamed Bill and Bob.

They encountered several undead wyverns as well, as they moved through the rooms of the tower, but made short work of them. In the last, largest room, they were attacked by a spectre, but again, it was swiftly dealt with. The combined power of Fenrir and Veddic was mighty indeed against undead.

By the time they found their way up to the next level though, both Bill and Bob had been destroyed in traps.

Bill fell down a pit that was full of poisonous spikes and Bob was riddled with arrows fired from the wall.

The stairs they found led up two or three floors to a door. Since it was locked and they had run out of ettercap skeletons Veddic started whacking it with his chain.

After a few strikes a voice from within said, 'All right, all right, hold your horses!'

The door then opened and an elderly man that looked like a servant peered up at them.

'You're sure to be here to see the master, step this way gentlemen.'

They were led to a large dusty study full of books and scrolls. A man dressed in rich looking black robes stool in the room waiting for them. He was early middle aged with a widow's peak and a goatee beard.

His two visitors told him they were their to find the location of a portal called the Black Gate.

He seemed happy enough to tell them.

'Now then, the Black Gate. Let's see...' he said as he read through some of his books.

'Oh yes, I recall its location now. There are mountains south of here, head towards them. Hmm, I've no idea if the road is still there, but you want to be going into a place called "Bonebreaker Pass". It's kind of gloomy down there and hard to navigate. You might be best served hiring a guide in town. Go through the pass until you reach an unnamed flat valley that is full of frozen swamp. You'll know you're in the right place when you see a tower called the "Dark Spire of Ghastly Evil". Don't go near it, but, hmm lets see, head towards it maybe a mile, then turn... south... you'll find yourself at the top of a cliff. The portal is hidden in a gully somewhere around there. It's hard to spot, due to being in a gully you understand, but if you are capable of defeating my minions, then I'm sure you'll manage. All told its only about ten miles from here.'

They looked at him rather blankly.

'Well, not that you asked, but I suspect your next question might be, "And what lies beyond the Black Gate oh Great and Powerful Wizard?" Well, I'll tell you. A failed alternative material plane. I don't know the specifics of that particular FAMP, but it will have been destroyed in some horrific and horrible way I should imagine. There may not even be any land, or air, or anything, so take care. It could have completely evaporated, but from my experience they are usually nothing more (or less) than barren wastelands. These sorts of places are not so uncommon in the Plane of Shadow. This plane acts as a conduit between the material plane and all sorts of other interesting places. It's one of the reasons I'm based here.'