trapped

Forsythe and Kadath go through the doors and begin to try a few ideas. While waiting, Fix casts a spell to smooth out Evangeline's crystal into a sphere. She then tries looking into it again and see the same images of doors opening and closing intermixed with images of the stairs. Not being able to make much sense of it, they wait for the other two to find some answers. Through trial and error, Forsythe finally finds the correct path.

Once the group goes through the fourth door, Forsythe goes to the stairs and tries to descend again. This time, he hears noises coming from below. The group quickly follows and soon they come to a basement room with several skeletons and a few constructs. They quickly see three cages, one holding Elijah from the Order of Balance. They move in and quickly nullify any possible threats.

Kadath approaches Elijah and asks several questions. Elijah tells them he and Kosha had been in Auspar when he heard some rumors of a great pearl that was believed to be in the skyfields. They were ambushed and he had expected to teleport to Thriest to meet back up with Kosha, but found himself in Ballarad instead. Being much closer to the skyfields than to Thriest, he had decided to investigate this rumor. When asked why Gaera may take an interest in him, Elijah's only reasoning was that he was part of the Order of Balance.

As Elijah was talking with Kadath, Fix and Evangeline notice a silver ring on one of Elijah's fingers and bring it to Kadath's attention. Elijah refused to remove it for anyone to inspect. Upon the sudden interest with his ring, Elijah spins it and suddenly the group is surrounded by six undead creatures.

Episode 66