Re: Thread V: Fiendish chains
Yeah, 4+6=10, that's enough to pass the DC. Well done! ^_^
Ok, I'm simply posting the description of the room now... just assume Swift Fox has explained everything she's seen to you when she moved back.
The room was wide, with several massive pillars substaining the tall ceiling. All over the walls, small torches gave off a minimal light - not enough to make the place look alirhgt but, rather, casting barely enough light to make things visible, causing the pillars to cast long shadows that mixed into each other at the center of the room in a dark, complex painting of darkness.
Several archways were present along the room walls, all apparently leading to other stariways, or corridors that departed from the area, each one marked by a pulsating green fire on a brazier over them - perhaps to make them easier to find in the darkness. Of these archways, though, the one who interested Swift Fox the most was the one in the northwestern corner, for it was the only one to open on a descending stairway, which marked it as the entry point to the dungerouns.
While the archways were many, there were also two doors in the room, each one guarded by a small phalanx of undead soldiers, standing still in an unsettling manner. One of the two, at the back of the room, was small, and perfectly similar to the door of the Laboratory the Kai had entered early - except that, on this one, were clearly visible smeared traces of what had to be blood.
The other door, on the other hand, was much bigger, and it was hard to study in detail, for it was open, being the main access to the room and clearly leading ourside, as if could be seen by the forms of many giaks entering and exiting it on both senses.
While most of the giaks in the room looked similar to the ones that thwe Kai had met during their descent, in the Kraan's roost or at the camp in the Darklands, the others were different, with less well cared for armours and a dirtier, scruffy appearance. The majority of these were standing in wait near the most noticeable feature of the room: the throne.
It was a massive construction, certainly meant for a creature much bigger than a human; it was made out of darkland black steel and human bones, with real skulls placed along the armrests and the top as if to be ornamental; it seemed to almost reek of malice, as if polluting the very air of the room, although none of the giaks in the room seemed affected by it, nor it seemed to in any way be a bother to the two creatures that were arguing ferociously in front of it.
The first one was human sized, and wrapped in a decaying grey cloak that seemed almost a collection of rags; its hand where covered in rotting flesh, and the lowered cloak made it easy to see what looked like a skull with pieces of torn off skin and muscle dangling from it, two burning green fires inside the eye sockets making it pretty clear what the creature was.
On the other side of the Helghast, apparently unfazed by the creature's hissed words, was a massive reptile-like beast, at least eight feet in height. While a first impression would be to think it was a gourgaz, a second glance was more than enough to dispel that illusion: a first glance made it clear that there was not a single scale on their bodies, but instead just a dark red skin, from which at several points sprouted out bones protrusion that made it look vaguely spiky. The head was marked by a red crest that started in between the eyes and fell to cover half its back, while the eyes themselves were completely black pools of darkness, except for a glinting red light that seemed to spark within them at times. Even the form of their muzzles was completely wrong - enough so, that the crature was easily speaking in dark, guttural tones, something no gourgaz would ever be able to do. It was also wearing a belt from which dangled two massive axes, which clinged menaciously everytime the monster moved, clearly furious with the Helghast.
That was, of coure, the most clear proof of the Xagash's identity; the fact that, despite the Helghast protestation that the Master would not want to be disturbed until the retrieval party showed up, the Xagash instead wanted to inform said Master immediately that, according to the sentinels on the external walls - at which point it pointed angrily at the scruffy giaks - the retrieval party had come back from over one hour already, and so if it hadn't showed up, it clearly meant something was wrong.
:) 8 ft. = about 2.5 m. So, what are you going to do, now?
