7. The Mausoleum of Forgotten Souls

NARRATIVE

The team continued their search for the remaining three creatures released into the world by the evil King Zane. Word spread of sightings of ghosts and dead rising by the Mausoleum of Forgotten Souls. The team decided to search out the mausoleum for clues of the remaining creatures. The Team journeyed to a neighboring town to seek a guide to lead them through the forest. Valimal (played by Patrick), recalled a friend who would know the way. They met Valimal’s friend Darkis Jamen (played by Jake) at the Iron Spout tavern. Darkis agreed to show them the way. The team started their journey and traveled deep into the woods along a narrow path. With each passing day, the green trees and shrubbery started to lose their health. By the end of the third day, the team was walking through a dead, dry forest. The trail took them out of the forest and into a valley covered with thousands of unmarked tombstones. In the middle of the valley was a small building known as the Mausoleum of Forgotten Souls. As the team approached the mausoleum, they spotted an old man digging out a grave.

MISSION

Find destroy the demon released by King Zane.

GAMEPLAY/PLAYERS DECISIONS

• Valimal and Karnura talked to the old gravedigger and found out he tried to steal a sacred relics from the mausoleum and was caught by some cultist who cursed him into digging graves for eternity.
• The team entered the Mausoleum. Instantly, the torches on the wall lite up revealing rows of drawer tombs. Forced by his curse, the gravedigger stopped digging and closed the mausoleum door.
• The team found a hidden staircase behind one of the tombs by pulling one of the mounted wall torches.
• At the bottom of the stairs was a long straight hall lined up with suits of armor. Karnura ran down the hall, knocking over the suits of armor. Two of suits of armor came to life and attached the group. As the team fought the animated armor, Bunko put one of the mounted suits of armor on and ran to the aid of his teammates. Bunko body-slammed one of the animated armor.
• The team continued their journey and entered a large, open, cylinder-shaped room with a narrow bridge. Linning the walls of the room was thousands of drawer tombs. When the team made it to the middle of the bridge, thousands of ghosts came out of their tombs. The team noticed the ghosts had evil intentions and ran out of the room.
• The team stumbled into a large room that had four cultists surrounding an altar. The room had three doors. One on the left, one on the right, and one straight ahead. The doors straight ahead were open and led into a large room with a red man laying on a table. When the cultist noticed the team, one of them yelled, “He’s not ready!” Two cultists each grabbed a skull of the altar. When they did so, the door behind them instantly closed. Two cultists ran towards the door on the left, and the other two ran towards the door on the right. Raven and Karnura ran after the two cultists that went right. Bunko, Darkis, and Valimal went after the two cultists that went left.
• Raven and Karnura caught one of the cultists before he made it through the door and killed him. Raven and Karnura then went through the door in search of the other cultist. They walked into a small stone room with a door directly in front of them. They walked through the next door that also took them into an identical small stone room. Karnura noticed the looping rooms and decided to go back. As they walked through the door behind them, it took them into a large room lined with stone heads along the wall. In the middle of the room was one of the cultists. He raised the skull and mumbled a phrase. The skull started to glow red. Suddenly, black sewage started to flow out of all the mouths of the stone heads. As Raven and Karnura splashed towards the cultist, two zombies stood up, out of the sewage. Raven and Karnura defended themselves against the zombies and killed the cultist. Raven retrieved the skull from the dead cultist. She held the skull up, into the air and the zombies returned under the sewage, and the room slowly started to drain.
• Bunko, Darkis, and Valimal killed the other cultist before they went through the door on the left. The cultist was waiting for them when the team entered the room. The cultist lifted the skull high above his head, and two skeletons dropped from the ceiling. The team fought the skeletons and killed the cultist. Bunko retrieved the skull and the team left the room.
• Bunk, Darkis, and Valimal met Raven and Karnura by the altar in the large room. They placed both skulls on the altar and the door behind them opened. Inside they found a Bearded Devil laying on a table. He jumped up and raised two corpses from the dead. The team worked together and defeated the Bearded Devil.

MAP DETAILS

Map was drawn on Malee Maps.