The Wayfarer's Inn

"I can add that this room feels like a haven of peace in a den of iniquity."

Kherim approaches the statues and eyes them carefully. Without touching, what can he learn about them?

Not much, because there are no hieroglyphs or cartouches of any sort to be seen. Both sphinxes are carved in a much traditional way by a master sculptor, and are obviously very old.

Gaderon will step in with Eilkhan and proceed to examine them looking to see if anything seems notciable about their function. He will be careful until Eilkhan has finished her investigation and then if there are no traps will proceed to carefully examine them otherwise.

Eilkhan inspects the sphinxes and around them carefully.

Nothing suspicious can be found. I take it that none of you actually touches the sphinxes while searching them, right?

Gaderon only touchs it after it is inspected.

Gaderon touches one of the sphinxes, and it immediately becomes a living, breathing creature. It jumps to its feet (er paws), and after looking thoroughly around the room with burning green eyes, the large and comely female head turns to the wizard, frowning. "Why did you awake me, mortal", it speaks in an angry voice. "There are no foes around that I can see!"

Gaderon attempts to stay composed, and speaks back to the Sphinx trying to think of what he knows of the creatures and what may apply to this one.

"Oh powerful sphinx... Much time has passed. So much so that what lay here now is only now finding use again by the living, and the many ancient hazards and forgotten guardians of this tomb have sought to imperil us as we attempt to liberate it from their misguided defense. The creatures that lay now unwelcome here prevent these chambers from serving their greater divine purpose by imperiling those who would move through them. I have not lightly awakened you, but only in the hope you will deen us worthy of having your company in making these burial halls both restful and ordered once more."

This of course is the most neutral line of questioning Gaderon can come up with in hopes being respectful to the sphinx and yet also not tipping which side they are on, as he himself does not know which side the sphinx is on. It is in the tomb of the cursed one and if his memory served him well sphinxes were related to riddles or trickery but he is still piecing it together as he waits for an answer from this legendary creature.

"You are an eloquent speaker, mortal, but my companion and I are bound to these halls here, and we aren't allowed to move anywhere else." The large creature lowers its head close to Gaderon's face and glares at him with luminous green eyes. "And don't you dare to wake me again", it purrs, "unless you're in dire need of help. Else I'll devour you like the little mouse that you are." With these words the sphinx returns to its former condition, becoming a basalt statue once again.

Sol says "Wow! So, do we want to check the other rooms or wake the demons and then wake these sphinxes to help us to destroy them?"