Written by: the Almighty DM

After resting in Obo’laka’s Tomb our heroes set out to explore the first floor of the dungeon. Kanye and Zyldi lift the grate cover out of the floor in front of their resting room and find an underground river that flows from south to north. Deciding not to explore this river, they go out to the grand balcony and Kanye sees another shadowy figure. This figure looks right at Kanye and disappears into the darkness. 

The entrance to the next tomb is the open mouth of a giant devil face with its eyes ablaze. Unable to extinguish the flames, Zyldi crawls through the devil’s mouth and enters the tomb, with Nor following. As Zyldi and Nor crawl through, Sophitia and Kanye notice the flames go out one at a time as they go through the mouth. 

As Zyldi enters the tomb she hears a small child’s voice in her head “Hello! Where am I? Who are you? Did my father send you?” Kanye tries to enter the room through the devil mouth and the jaws slam shut on him! Nor and Sophitia are able to help Kanye pry himself loose from this crushing stone mouth. As soon as he’s free, the eyes begin to burn again and the jaw returns to its open resting position.

Meanwhile Zyldi tries to reason with the child’s voice. She is Nepartak, a princess of Omu, and her father is the king. The room has a sarcophagus with the symbol of Moa on it, a small child’s skull in a glass case on the far wall, and the earthen walls are covered in small holes, from which small skittering sounds can be heard.

“What a princess”

Nepartak gets grows more upset as the conversation goes on when Zyldi remembers part of the warning etched on the obelisk outside the tomb: “Speak No Truth to the Doomed Child”. She lies telling her that her father did send them and that they are to report back on her location. Nepartak believes this story and calms down. 

Zyldi uncovers the lid of Moa’s final resting place, and within sees a wooden staff next to the bones of a Jaculi. She grabs the staff and hears the voice of a peaceful serpent in her head say “Let me help you! I promise to be good” Moa is very truthful and kind. Zyldi gains the ability to turn invisible (which it turns out she already had!). The staff is a Staff of the Python, which turns into a giant snake at Zyldi’s command. 

Having finished all they came to do in Moa’s tomb, they prop the casket lid up in the devil mouth entrance and leave. 

The next hallway is blocked by a giant metal fan. Stepping into the hall causes the fan to spin very fast and create a wind tunnel, sucking things into its deadly spinning blades. Realizing that the whole floor of this hall is a giant pressure plate that sets off the fan, Kanye and Zyldi are able to shimmy on the walls across this hall. After navigating their way down the hall they enter a square room with a stone sarcophagus etched with the symbol of Wongo and 3 chests. One chest is made of black onyx, one of rusty iron, and one is silver covered in glittering frost. 

The chests are all empty except for a key on the inside lids. Remembering the clue “The Keys Turn on the Inside Only”, Kanye climbs inside the black onyx chest, closes the lid and turns the key. *CLICK!* He is locked inside! A black onyx button appears on Wongo’s casket. Zyldi decides she wants no part of this horrid room and leaves as Nor takes her place in the room. 

Kanye, realizing he is trapped in this cramped chest, begins to rage. He kicks, punches, and heaves at the walls and lid of this chest to no avail. Nor, seeing no other path forward, presses the black onyx button. FWOOOOM!!!! A great blast of force explodes from within the black onyx chest, and Kanye absorbs a blast that would have outright killed any other member of their party. Visibly shaken and nearly dead, Kanye emerges from the now open chest. 

Meanwhile, the rest of the party hears a sound approaching from the level below: clank….clank….clank….CLANK…. Coming up the stairs is a 7 foot tall figure covered head to toe in plate armor that appears to be bolted into its flesh. It notices the party and begins to run at the from around the balcony.

“I just want a hug!”

Kanye and Nor begin to shimmy their way to the battlefield as the others begin their ranged magic attacks on the creature. Sophitia calls a SACRED FLAME down on the creature, and Elgard sends a large LIGHTNING BOLT straight into its chest. The lightning heals it back to full strength! Zyldi then uses HEAT METAL and causes the creature to freak out – it does not like the heat! 

Kanye and Nor join the battle! Kanye runs up to the monster and hits it square with his warhammer to no avail. The creature can only be damaged by magic! Kanye stays in its face to keep it from approaching his friends. 

As the HEAT METAL spell continues its work destroying the creature, our heroes are able to take this monster apart piece by piece. After a final FIRE BOLT, the creature succumbs to its wounds. Upon inspection, they find it was a Flesh Golem with plate armor bolted to it. 

They retreat to the hallway in front Moa’s tomb to rest. Moa suggests they leave the rest of Wongo’s tomb alone, since it nearly killed Kanye and Moa hates Wongo.