10th session: The corpse's map

5th moon, 26th day, year 4553 
As the brothers are sitting around in Nalfein's room, talking about their options, there is a knock on the door. Outside is a 3 year old human girl.The oracle. She enters the room without a word, almost as if in a catatonic state. She then speaks, with a voice neither male nor female, but decisively not her own.

"One mind has no house. the eternal deals with the One foe. One soul has one house. and the future of One enemy sleeps with the past of the house. Menzo will wage the war on each other And see one house for the sons of fate."

Ukerin mentions that there is an angel from the 7th Heavens that has the nickname "the eternal". The brothers bring her back to father. She was apparently held in a guest room, warded by father himself. Now there are also guards watching her.

As they return from seeing the Oracle back to her room, Ze'kar stops by, asking for more info about scrolls. He then leaves. The T'orgh brothers decide to finally find about the map, and hires Zz'arc the sage to find out the location of Aru'tha Argith's hidden tomb.

5th moon, 27th day, year 4553 
While waiting on Zz'arc, the brothers decide to gather some info on their up and coming target, Zirgox of House Tuin. Raheem, who otherwise seems preoccupied with carving his bow full of lightning symbols, heads into the street and asks around, while hovering near the Tuin Palace, in case Zirgox comes out. He doesn't. But Raheem does find out that Zirgox regularly visits a local mage, called Lekrax, who has a "shop", where he sells spell components. But no sign of Zirgox himself.

6th moon, 7th day, year 4553 
After getting the location of Aru'tha Argith's tomb, which apparently has been moved to Menzo, the brothers set out to find it, so that they can find the cave on the map.

Since the killing of Zirgox is still about a month away, the brothers get permission to go from father, High Priest Venar of House T'orgh.

6th moon, 7th day, year 4553
The T'orghs leave for tomb of Aru'tha Argith

6th moon, 8th day, year 4553 
In the wee hours of the morning, the brothers are attacked by wolves. Nalfein uses his divine powers to hide the brothers from the pack, but unfortunately, these are not normal wolves, but instead werewolves. The fight is short but brutal, with Ukerin almost dieing.

In the morning, Raheem and Nalfein go look for Belladonna as Ukerin has said it can cure lycanthropy. They find the herb, and all 4 brothers take some. They soon get very ill, and find a cave, where they pass out.

6th moon, 10th day, year 4553 
2 days later, Ukerin and Nalfein wake up in the cave. Tagar and Raheem are still out from the belladonna. The day goes by, and as the sun is about to go down, a storm hits the area. Through the rain and thunder, Nalfein can hear orc voices. They are seeking shelter from the rain. Soon, the two spellcasters find themselves in a staredown with 25 orcs. With a little help from the threat of the wands, the brothers manage to scare off the orcs, who know better than to fuck around with dark elves.

6th moon, 11th day, year 4553 
The next day, the two other brothers wake up from their coma and they all 4 set out for the cave.

6th moon, 15th day, year 4553 
They walk for 4 days and finally arrive at the lake and cave on the map. They sneak up on the cave, and suddenly find themselves facing a treant. Huge and made of tree, the treant is still no match for the swords, bow and magic of the brothers and they soon proceed to enter the cave.

After following a short tunnel, they find themselves in an empty cavern, except for a sarcophagus. As they enter the room, Ukerin feels the threads of magic, filling the room. Unfortunately he can't quite discern how the magic works. Tagar loses patience and enters the room, opening the casket. A skeleton with fire in it's chest attacks them, while some sort of guardian demon materializes behind them.

The fight is brutal, with both monsters being immune or resistant to many of the brothers' tools. But in the end, they kill the monsters and claim the loot. 8000 gold, a magical bag, scimitar, ring and deck of cards.

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