Kurat will slither back out and up the stairs and then resume his normal form.

"There is a sword in an anvil down there not far. There is a ledge near it with what appears to be a stone gargoyle, with my snake forms vantage I was not able to determine whether it was living or just a statue," Kurat told the others.

"Gargoyle... well, that's the whole point... they look just like statues until they come alive," Cassandra says.

"Come to think of it, I've never heard of any gargoyle statues coming to life. It was either a real gargoyle or someone's overactive imagination! You gotta watch out for those even more!"

"We'll have to make our way down, it won't be as easy as when I was a snake," Kurat said, "How good are both of you at climbing?"

"I'm pretty good at climbing," Cassandra answers, "though this looks more like clambering than climbing."

"Do gargoyles have any weaknesses? Or either of you got something that can hurt a gargoyle?"

 "Climbing I am terrible at. Plate doesn't really translate to a lot of movement type things. As for the gargoyle either it is a statue or it is a being. Swords deal with both fairly easy. Shields do better." he looks at the area "If I could get a good view of it I could open a door between dimensions to skip the space between. That is about all I have."

"Can't say I know anything much about them, other than they can fly. I have not found much that my fist or sword cannot handle though, so I think we'll be okay," he responded to the question.

Even with his armor, it isn't that hard for Lucien to climb and clamber down over the rocks. One or two stones need to be moved for him to fit, and some loose stones shift under foot, but the three of you make it down the stairs without too much trouble.

Nothing appears to have changed in the room with the gargoyle and the sword in the anvil.

  "Hmm....gargoyle, sword, anvil. Might be something. One way to find out." he reaches forward for the sword puts his gauntleted hand on the hilt and attempts to pull it from the anvil while keeping one eye on the gargoyle if possible.

Kurat waited watching the gargoyle to see what happened.

As soon as Lucien stepped into the room, you can hear the sound of stone grinding on stone as the gargoyle comes to life! Or maybe it was alive and just sleeping, and now you've woken it up!

As it spreads its stony wings, you can't help but wonder how the damn thing flies! It launches itself down at Lucien!

Although he's managed to get his hand on the sword's hilt, he doesn't feel it budge one iota!

  Lucien lets go of the hilt and steps back from the sword. And draws upon the sorcerous blood in his veins and launches a sphere of blackness at the gargoyles head.

10:45, Today: Lucien Soulban rolled 26 using 1d20+7.  Init
Casting Darkness.

Having anticipated the gargoyle coming alive, coupled with the fact that the gargoyle is kind of slow, everyone has initiative over it.

Lucien casts his spell and a sphere of blackness engulfs the gargoyle's head, effectively blinding it. It leaps down from its perch, though, and deftly lands on the anvil. He then swings at Lucien... or where Lucien was or where he thinks Lucien is, but misses.

Cassandra quickly wracks her brain for some way to harm or counter the gargoyle threat, but there's nothing in her repertoire that can do that.

As an alternative, she pulls her iron pot out of her haversack, preparing to bang on it to distract the gargoyle in case it can use its hearing to locate them.

"I sure hope we don't have to defeat it in order to pull out the sword!" she says. But then, as if galvanized by her own words and realizing she's wearing a Circlet of Persuasion, she starts talking to the gargoyle!

"Hello, there, Mr. Gargoyle. I'm Cassandra Darkwhisper and I've come for the sword because it is needed now in order to stop a great catastrophe."

"Do you have a name?"

How close is it?

Assuming I'm not in melee range of it, cast enlarge person on myself.
If I am in melee range then move back out of melee and cast enlarge person on myself.

Kurat wasn't in melee range if you didn't want to be, so casting Enlarge on yourself works fine.

Apparently surprised at Cassandra's words, the gargoyle tilts its head to the side as if contemplating what she said, or perhaps working out the meaning.

"I AM GRAYROCK BATTLESTONE," the gargoyle finally replies in a deep gravelly sounding voice.

"IT IS MY SWORN DUTY TO GUARD THE SWORD FROSTFIRE UNTIL IT IS TIME."

 "Listen the Green Star cycle has been invoked. The sword is needed and it is time. Your only choice left is stay here out of the way and alive and when things are done you get to guard the sword again or you don't. Either way the sword is coming out of this ruin." he tells Greyrock.

Apparently, Lucien said the magic word--Green Star, because the gargoyle bows to you and then leaps back off the anvil to his previous perch. However, he continues to watch you.

If you can't pull the sword out of the anvil, he may attack again, thinking you lied about being from the Green Star.

"I sure hope it doesn't actually require strength to pull the sword out of the anvil," Cassandra says as she steps forward to grab the hilt of the sword.

Giving a slightly dramatic performance to her action (and hoping she says the 'magic word'), she says, "In the name of the Green Star, I pull forth the sword Frostfire to stop the Great Destruction from happening!"

She then attempts to pull the sword out while thinking that maybe the gargoyle had some way of releasing the sword from the metal grip of the anvil.

Cassandra has no problem going over to the anvil and grabbing hold of the sword's hilt. The gargoyle doesn't move.

She then tries to pull it out... and it slides out easily!

  "Well I guess that settles that. Seems you are to be the wielder of Frostfire." Lucien says. "Let's head to the monastery and see what if anything the others have found."

"Not me!" Cassandra protested. "I can't even use a sword!"

"Besides, why would pulling it out mean I have to wield it? Either one of you could have pulled it out!"

"I think you're over-thinking the Wonders. Whoever can wield it the best is the one that should use it! I mean, there is a hat among them! Anyone can wear a hat!"

She exits the room, waving goodbye to the gargoyle, heads up the stairs and makes for the tunnel

 "Yes but I tried and couldn't budge the thing at all. And believe me I can wield a sword just fine." he says "Maybe I am overthinking maybe I'm not. No clue at this point."

"Maybe. Remember, though, you didn't say the magic word first," Cassandra replies. "Maybe, too, it was the gargoyle that released it somehow after I identified us as being the Green Star people."

"We should at least tell the others that when we get back."

Cassandra steps back into the tunnel and walks the length back to the monastery.

  Lucien follows behind her making sure they aren't followed.