Choppa heals himself, agreeing with Ohanzee "Yes best left alone. As long as you're not worried about them creeping down ere and eating you at night. Have you spoken with them? Might make a deal with you if done right."

Melock recognising that it is an illusion touches the wall but despite his best efforts is unable to dispel it.

"No, until they threw those javelins I didn't even know they were more than animals!"

He moves up the stairs again a step or two but not far enough to be seen from above "You on the roof. Do you understand me?"

Henal deciding to take a Thunderbird approach pushes at the apparent door to see if it will move. Surely the Wizard didn't use any magic to go this way?

Rikki has accompanied him down and looks at him Are you sure that is what you should do?

As Henal tries to open the door, Melock takes a step back and raises hia shield. "Lets hope there's no traps on the other side"

"Fuck off and leave us alone!"

The response is quick and to the point, delivered in a gravelly voice, the speaker sounding as if their mouth is full of pebbles.

Down in the sub basement

Tarnessh, Henal, Hoskar, Melock, Amara, three Bison Braves.






Either unable to pierce the illusion or really coming up against solid rock Henal goes no where.

One of the Storm Bull Black Shields sniffs loudly from just behind the Ranger.

"Youse need a dispel magic charm I reckons...*Sniff*...There's something nasty in there I can tell.... Max upstairs gotta a Dispel matrix, might let youse use it...Might not....Mad as a mad thing he is."

She's built like a Bison, almost twice Henal's height and thankfully smiling "I'll go get him if youse want."
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He turns to look at her and has to tilt his head back, "Yes please, that would be very helpful" He smiles at her, She's a big girl

Ohanzee looks at Choppa and shrugs then calls back "Throw our rope down and we'll leave you alone."

Tarnessh, not to be beaten by the ways of illusion, concentrates hard on the wall in front of him.

There's silence, then the sound of chomping, tearing and loud grunts.

A shower of rope lengths then land on the steps, sliding past Ohanzee's feet like snakes.

"Follow me." Tarnessh said, and then moved through the illusion. "I see a large doorway surrounded by beautifully made murals carved into the walls, with a black bird in the centre, like the water birds we saw at the Zola Fel. But beyond that is a dark tunnel that goes downwards."

Oh dear. Confined spaces again.
Right you are. When we're through the illusion, best let me check for traps. I really don't want to get stuck down here.

Tentatively, he follows Tarnessh; glancing nervously about the surroundings but trying to keep his head steady so not too many others see he's rather nervous.

"Bastards!" Ohanzee mutters under his breath and heads down the stairs fuming. As he goes he mutters to himself though loud enough for Choppa to hear if he listens "Bloody things. They go flying at night which means they must like sleeping during the day. Maybe I'll keep waking the fuckers!"

Reaching the next level he looks about to see that most of the Rangers are not there, all but Salen, Kobal and Bamled in fact.

Amara nodded at Tarnessh's words "Wizard isn't immediately visible is he. Ok, can you guide us through this thing and take us where the wizard went. By the placing of this illusion....I think he's wanting to keep this place to himself."

As he arrives one of the Storm Bull braves comes up from below, huge and rather intimidating she collars a far smaller warrior, shoving him back down the stairs, her huge bulk filling the stairwell as he follows him.

"Come on Max yer mad bastard...Got use for yer charms. Them's lot downstairs have found something. Back in a bit boss..."

Choppa waves in answer, returning to talk to his brother, Kobal and Salen.

Kobal interested to see what is going on downstairs picks up his nearby weapons and gear, excuses himself and heads down to where the others are.

What kind of trouble are they getting into down there without me! Ohanzee ponders telling Kobal "Don't forget the remaining rope in case they fall down a hole and need dragging out!"

"I better see that they don't get into any trouble." he grins "Leave some kumiss for me!" Unlike Kobal though he doesn't rush off, but instead dons his newly acquired armour before grabbing his crossbow, strapping the shield over his back and hanging his sword and axe from his belt.

All the time he prepares his hands shake and his body twitches making securing the vambraces and the greaves more fiddly than normal. Eventually though he is ready and he starts down to the lower level feeling heavy and cumbersome but safe.
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"I keep forgetting you can see though Ravens magic. If the tunnel is dark, Indigo can't be that close by." He thinks for a moment, "Taya, can you track him for us?"

"Only if Hoskar points out any traps, before I set them off" She replies, before following Tarnessh through the door.

Walking forward, neck outstretched as he stares ahead Tarnessh can see a long flight of steps going down, beyond the reach of his very bright torch.

None of the others can see what he's seeing and with two more steps he vanishes into the wall...

Hoskar, trusting his friend, tests the wall in front of him and seeing that he meets no resistance follows Tarnessh through...





As Taya vanishes there's a clatter on the stairs as the large Black Shield warrior reappears, a scrawny brave just in front of her. He's jabbering to himself, clutching his groin and jumping from foot to foot.

"Stinky hole...Stinky hole..." he caws like a deranged bird.

Seeing that the Rangers are planning to go adventuring the Storm Bulls look from one another nodding fearsomely

"Lets root out some trouble lads" and they gather behind to wait their turn.

"Wait." Tarnessh said before they went any deeper. "If we run into trouble, we should mark the illusion so that people know how to come after us."

Amara looked at Tarnessh quizzically "We're pretty much all going down there." She grabbed her shield and javelins, placing her axe back in her belt. "Go get your weapons and join us."

Joining those downstairs Kobal hands his half brother his weapons and shield  "You will likely need these Tarnessh."

Giving instructions to his Manul cat to stay and inform those upstairs where they have gone he lights a torch and passes through the illusion.

Henal takes a spare torch from Kobal and lights it before going forward to pass through the illusion.

I'm coming with you, there is a smell of mice in there. Rikki says. And I can see better than you in there.

Ohanzee arrives decked head to toe in his new armour and which would, were it not for the lead construction, be making a noise even as he stands still, his tremor still present.