Once inside and around the pillar a bit, Garus and JAGA get a good look at the thing.
It could best be described as a skeleton with a layer of skin dried and stretched over it as tightly as possible. It is holding a falchion in one hand, and the other is bracing it up against the wall behind it. It is wearing what was at one time probably mithral plate mail, but it is badly, badly damaged. One of the legs is completely unarmored, and the chest piece is dangling by a single strap so that the protection it provides is significantly reduced. Neither arm has any plating on it, though it still wears a single gauntlet on the hand braced up against the wall. It is facing away from you at a 90 degree angle
(what would be "west" on this map (I think it's actually north at this point, but no matter)).
The side of its head facing you is completely smashed in, including one of the eye sockets. The helmet it was wearing is still on its head, dented in with a gaping hole and nearly a third of it simply torn off. It would probably be nearly impossible to remove the fused and dented object from its owner at this point. There appears to be a faintly glowing dagger or small shortsword deeply wedged into the other remaining eye socket.
A black yet translucent mist is pouring out of the darkness of its open skull and settles to surround it. Looking at it makes your eyes strain a bit. Rubbing them and trying to refocus does not help. Briefly, at times, there is a moment of clarity which allows you to observe detail, though there doesn't seem to be a pattern to when this occurs.
Looking around, there is no sign of the pieces of the armor that are missing. JAGA and Garus take a quick look at the dust that has settled on the floor of this room and it seems as if it has not been disturbed in weeks; no sure way to tell quickly, but maybe even months.
It gently sways back and forth rhythmically. It does not react to your presence in any discernible way.
o = brick pile up to ceiling, hard corners.
@ = skeleton
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..o..o.. |
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..o.Go.. |
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Same as before, no more than one turn's worth of actions, please. JAGA is now holding the light source. Much of the outside is now cast in darkness after he goes inside.
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JAGA's know(religion).
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:54, Fri 30 Nov 2012.