Northreach Session 4: Keep on the Shadowfell
From Toosigma
Our intrepid group Headed further into the keep. Down one passage they encountered several zombies and went forth to defeat them. Suddenly a massive Gelatinous Cube came around a corner attacking and grabbing at the adventurers. After a tough battle, the cube was destroyed and the group discovers a chest with 250gp medallion with the name Driston Keegan on it, a 200gp thin platinum bracelet with the name Ciewnwein Keegan on it, a toy sword, a mother of pearl hairbrush, and a child's doll. A Safewing amulet was found as well (680 gp, +1 enhancement to all saves).
The group discovered a dead end and ventured back through the keep to find a memorial hall with 2 dragon statues and a large warrior statue with swords. There were also 4 cherub statues in a corridor to the south of the warrior statue. Attempts to get through the room were met with the large statue acting like a disposal unit and the smaller dragon statues pushing the group into the path of the deadly sharp stone swords. Tinverton attempted to disarm the statues but was only able to deactivate 1. He jumped onto the base of the warrior statue to attempt to deactivate the trap but could not. Pieter, Sora, and Argen engaged the statue with spell and sword eventually turning it into slag.
Tinverton was able to disarm 2 of the Cherub statues but 2 others started to spill water out in a less than threatening flow.As the group moved closer to the shadowfell portal, it was attacked by several zombies, a ghoul, and a fly like construct which they were able to defeat. Tinverton finds a small passage where he finds a bag of holding and 126gp.
The group finds a stairway down into the rift area and finds a cleric of Orcus, vampires, and guards which they soundly defeat. They discover a pit with blood soaked chains leading into the final depths of the keep. Climbing down into the pit they find themselves being attacked by several powerful undead (wights and skeletal warriors) and Lord Caldaral himself.
In a long pitched and again nearly fatal battle involving dark magic and black dangerous tentacles from the rift to the Shadowfell (and a nice DM), they defeat the wights and Caldaral. They find 981 gp and a +2 magic dagger. On their way out of the keep, they finish mapping and destroy the passages and portal in order to keep future followers from Orcus easy access to the rift.
