The Wayfarer's Inn

"yes, it's better to take both. We don't know the effects of the pendants. Although we did all get in here without having them put on us."

Eilkhan looks around and flipping a gold coin she walks over to the closest archway[ say one on her left - closest to the humans].

"I am going to use this item to scout ahead. I'll be back shortly." She activates the item and passes through the archway.


OOC" Sir C, Eilkhan might look a bit odd but she has both a Gold and Silver pendant on, taking no chances.

Sol has a gold pendant in his bag and is wearing a silver one. He will follow Eilkhan into the portal (assuming that it works).

Kherim and Ahi also carry two pendants, but they are wearing the silver ones. They both stay with the humans, though, as there seems to be no need to leave the prisoners alone.

As Eilkhan activates the Seal of Shadow, everyone around her notices a slight but noticeable transformation that immediately takes place. Her skin tone seems to darken slightly, taking on a greyish, dusky appearance. As she turns around to face you, everyone unwillingly moves away one step from her her. Eilkhan's eyes have lost all that is human, having turned into pools of inky blackness that give you the creeps.

Aside from the uneasy raction of her comrades, nothing of all this is noticeable to Eilkhan though. To her, a surge of powerful energy flows through her body from the moment on that she activated the seal, as if she's tapping some source of constant healing power. Tiredness, hunger, thirst, and pain drops off of her, and she feels more alive and healthy than she can remember for a very long time. In fact, she feels like newly born.

Her surroundings undergo a subtle change, the thief notices as she looks around the place. The shadows in the chamber have become thicker and more substantial, as if they somehow came alive. On the other hand, she can easily see through them as if they don't exist at all, a contradiction that Eilkhan is unable to figure out at this moment.

Eilkhan nods at Sol, and then steps towards the archway next to the prisoners. Above it are the hieroglyphs of an owl and ankh. The moment that she enters the archway, the thief disappears, closely followed by Sol....

About 20 minutes have passed, but Eilkhan and Sol haven't returned yet......

"I don't like this at all", Kherim says. "Perhaps we should follow them, and then try to find a way back here. At the very least, we can later use Gaderon's teleporting magic to try and get the prisoners out."

Ahi gathers the prisoners saying

"We have to go. You don't have pendants with you, let's all give hands and hope for the best. Kherim, lead the way."

If the prisoners comply, they all move through the arch.

OOC: No need to PM any longer - back to regular posting.

IC: Not long after your arrival outside the tomb, Sol and Eilkhan appear out of thin air.

The prisoners, happy as they are now that they've escaped that place, are underfed and weak. To reach the village of Aartuat, they would need to traverse the labyrinthine Necropolis - and probably deal with its undead denizens. Once out of the Gorge of Osiris, it's about three or four days by foot through dry and desertlike hills. No one of them is from this area - they would get lost very quick, and more than likely perish in the desert.

Kherim sits on a rock, looks up at the sky protected by the cliff shade, and makes some drawings on the ground, trying to put there what he remembers of their way into the tomb.

"I think it's clear we only have one task now. To go back to the nearest village and escort these hungry fellows there. We may even resupply and then come back to finish what we started."

He stands and folds his arms, waiting for an answer.