Session 90 Whispers in the Drowned Ziggurat.

TSession 90 – 5th of Apollo, 500 CD

The Companions of Shining Eclipse, adventurers of Franchise K of Acquisitions Incorporated and sworn members of the Order of the Phoenix, pressed deeper into the ancient Ziggurat known as the Tomb of the Shattered Sun on the outer plane of Duati’net. Their quest: to uncover the resting place of Puff, the Dragon of Magic, one of the twelve guardians of creation.

After defeating a writhing spawn of the Oblex, the party searched the desecrated chamber, discovering three greater healing potions and a shattered altar bearing a cryptic inscription:

“Light falls, Shadows drink deep.
What was drowned can yet ignite.”

Believing this to be both a warning and a riddle, the companions pressed on.

Their path carried them into a chamber where a floating island revealed forgotten fragments of history. Here, they learned of Atlantis, once the shining heart of the kingdom of Zavbue, before its pride and corruption drew the wrath of gods and its ruin sank beneath the waves. They also uncovered whispers of an ancient abomination — the first vampires, born of divine vengeance in that age of hubris.

Further exploration led to a puzzle of six spokes to a broken wheel, which once assembled, summoned two spectral guardians who assailed the party with fury. Victorious but weary, the companions attempted a short rest. Yet the ziggurat itself rebelled — an earthquake shook the chamber, shattering their progress as the spokes collapsed once more. Worse still, the tremors unleashed a hidden trap: a cloud of poisonous gas that burned their lungs and sapped their strength.

Escaping through the chamber’s sealed doors, the companions pressed on into the unknown, their bodies battered but their resolve unshaken. The tomb grows more perilous with every step, yet the call of Puff the Magic Dragon, the guardian they seek, still echoes somewhere within these shifting halls.