Northern Reconstruction 11: Stone Monster Lives! Attention

 

Objective

There's a cave in the north where Ffolk have been turned to stone and we gotta fix it    

Observations

There is a thing in the cave that can blow a type of smoke that turns people to stone. We tried annoying it to get it to come out but it never did. There was also a cockatrice and statues that attacked us but we killed them. The cave is slightly open and still dangerous.  

Follow up

Someone should go seal the cave fully and be quiet when doing so.  

Preparation Details

   

Operation Details

    We are heading up to Caer Calidyr to help out. There is an odd cave that turns stuff to stone and the Ffolk are having issues so we are tasked to go and fix it. 12-13 people died/disappeared due to the cave in total. We teleport to the northern outpost and speak to Taylor who asks us to sign in now when we arrive. Also, he says there are guests outside the outpost who are here to meet someone. We step out to speak with them and they recognize Aujirgix. The man says he is Arnand and he has a slew of people ready to work for him and is ready to build or do whatnot. We decide to move on and I lead us towards the cave, following the main road until we have to split off and move directly towards the cave. I bring them to the cave safely and we hear the sound of running water as we get to an inlet and cliff side. We also see a massive stone statue as well as dozens of smaller ones. There is a bridge spanning the pass over the water and we see a cockatrice on it. Sylvie moves up, trying to use her ability to talk to the creature. The creature makes sounds she can't understand, before it and the statues around begin to attack us. We kill them all and collect the cockatrice corpse. We look at the large statue and notice that it looks different from normal architecture. We somewhat discuss the other statues and Torji knows that a potion can be brewed to restore petrification. We kill more statues and take a short rest. We then move up to the cave and Aujirgix peers down the cliff and sees that there is a Torji sized hole at the cave opening with the rest of it blocked by rocks. Sylvie and Torji turn into spiders and head down into the opening. The opening seems blocked for a good 15 ft before the cave actually opens up to a large enough cave for normal individuals fit into by crawling on their hands and knees. A large bellow/moan is able to be heard by them and they choose to return to the group to inform us of the situation. After some discussion we decide to try and draw out what we believed was a basilisk. Aujirgix went down and blew my war horn to try and draw it out causing it to blow out green mist that ended up turning him to stone and making him super heavy. We spend a few hours creating a sled and then, using rope and my unicorn hair fishing line, hoist Aujirgix up the cliff and drag him to the outpost. We got back to the outpost and after some conversations with the new people, I paid Arnand 200 gold to buy a potion that removes petrification.During the conversation Dickens almost made a life debt deal with one of the individuals to save Aujirgix. After I helped Aujirgix, Dickens was handed a scroll by one of Arnand's people. He kept it but didn't act on it as Aujirgix said he would have to leave the war. Also because of the Aujirgix situation, we never closed the hole in the cave entrance so it is highly recommended that any individuals who return close off the entrance or that the Ffolk do it.