Vogh doesn't know anything about a Remson Mine, lost or otherwise, and even looking at the maps doesn't show anything in the direction of the mark over the painting. She realizes that if the mine was considered 'lost' in Esmeralda's time, then it would have been operational and probably known before then. Unfortunately, there were no maps of the area before then... at least none at the monastery.

It also makes sense that Esmeralda the Oracle would have been able to see where the mine was.

On the other hand, Vogh has heard of Meta Tox. She was a wizard of Mulhorand some 500 years ago, noted for making strength-enhancing magic items.
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The Monastery

Chess ala'riina didn't want to think of the mines but the name Meta Tox was a possibility of knowing.

17:01, Today: Chess ala'riina Nasadra rolled 28 using 1d20+19.  Fortune.
17:00, Today: Chess ala'riina Nasadra rolled 23 using 1d20+19.  Knowledge Arcane Meta Tox .

Have we finished deciphering all the items, if not move to next one and repeat process

Vogh relays what she knows to the others about Meta Tox.  "I doubt seriously that he is still alive.  Chess do you know anything more than what I just said?"

Since Kurat chose to use his spell rather than one of Tyrol's potions, Tyrol offered it to anyone else.

"Any of you want to assist Kurat with deciphering and translating the last painting, the Gloves?" Tyrol asked, answering Kurat's unspoken question at the same time.

"Sounds like we need someone local who knows the area. I didn't really see anything local while I was trekking here. Makes me wonder if Jarvis or any of the monks would have that information. I mean, this place is out here in the middle of nowhere, so who would the monks talk to in the first place?"

Chess doesn't really know much more than Vogh does, other than Meta Tox was a woman and had a reputation in her 'later' years of being a nasty piece of work. There were rumors of a lost love.

She never achieved the notoriety of some wizards, such as Kotokazei or Ronk. She might have been more well-known in wizarding circles, though.

Sharing what information that she was able to gather to the group.

Looking to the others and wondered what all they thought of doing next

Since they'd gotten back from their scouting of the volcano, Vashon understood a bit more what the urgency was all about. He still didn't see the final result but if Esmeralda had foreseen something truly destructive, he believed it would happen. They saw enough evidence of power being unleashed to confirm that, at least in his mind.

He'd listened to what the others had said about what they'd found.

"We should certainly start by asking Jarvis and the other monks about these places," he suggested. "You never know, there could be information in their library about the locations. Plus, I suspect people have been coming here for awhile to consult the Oracle. There may be something there."

"We can also go talk to the ranger in the mountains. He's a Dwarf, so he's apt to know a lot about the area."

"Meanwhile, we should pour over these maps some more. We have more information now than we did when Hsang first looked at them."

"Yes!" Aniyu speaks up. "The ranger may know something. We didn't know what we were looking for when we left, so it didn't occur to us to ask him."

"How about you, Chess? Aren't you an Oracle, too? Can't you get any insights into these places?"

OOC:  A bit of confusion here.

Did the group that went to investigate the volcano back?

OOC: Yes, they teleported back just outside the monastery and walked in.

Looking at the group of people that are just walking in from their examination of the volcano.  She wondered what did they uncover.

"I can get some insight if time allows.

Then she gazed at them "And do not hold us all in suspense, what did you discover from your time at the volcano?

"Turns out, it's not exactly a volcano," Vashon explains to Chess. "It's a lake of magma. It should have cooled off and become lava by now, but it hasn't. That would seem to indicate it's being heated from within somehow."

"We spotted some creatures moving about on the edge of the magma... fire mephits, hellhounds, salamanders and I think efreets. We couldn't figure out what they were doing, though... best we could guess is that they were just waiting for something."

"Lucien was able to talk to one of the mephits, but he couldn't get it to cooperate. He seemed to think something was controlling them, or maybe just influencing them... somehow."

"Aniyu found a Dwarven ranger up in the mountains who'd been watching the volcano since it erupted. He said the magma was still rising. Also, something was slowly rising up out of the center of the magma, maybe an island."

"And I spotted a dragon swimming in the magma!"

"We also spotted some caves with other creatures moving in and out of them."

"So, as you can see, we found out quite a bit, but not necessarily anything significant."

"I'm certainly not an expert on the Elemental Plane of Fire," the Arctic Druid responds to Vashon, "but there's a problem with that scenario. Well, probably."

"So, where's this heat coming from? Is it coming from deep within the earth? Or is it coming from the Plane of Fire? You see what I'm getting at? There have been volcanic eruptions for thousands of years, but they always subside as the earth re-achieves some sort of equilibrium. Really, when have you ever heard of a volcano erupting and never stopping? Imagine what the result of that would be!"

"While this eruption was fairly normal as volcanoes go, it seems to be growing steadily. That state of equilibrium is being prevented somehow."

"While it doesn't sound like such a big problem when put that way, I think, in order for Esmeralda's vision to come true, it's going to have to escalate at some point. I think that's what we need to stop."

Seemingly napping up till now, timmy hoists his bag over his shoulder, grabs another plum from his sash, and finds a corner near the group to perch against. His staw hat giving way to the shape of the wall.

"Did any of you check out the caves?" He takes another bite after offering the question.

  "I think they are waiting for whatever that thing in the middle of the lava pool was. And mind you this could be a wild guess, but I think it is coming from the Plane of Fire because that magma is hotter than normal as well." the clanking from him shrugging his shoulders was a counter point to his arguement.

"Oooo, that's scary!" Tyrol says. "So, this thing coming up out of the magma is, maybe, some sort of command center... or whatever? And it's generating the heat that's keeping the magma hot? Do you think the heat is melting more of the rock and ground in the area, which is making more magma that keeps rising?"

"No, wait. That can't be right. If would convert what is there, but that wouldn't make more, would it? I mean, it would have the same volume, but if it's rising, presumably filling up the valley, then there's more volume, right?"

"Is it coming up from deep within the planet? That's not normal, right? Sounds like something is helping it along... keeping the flow going, so to speak."

 "It is probably coming from the Plane of Fire. The whole damned thing. The magma, the structure, whatever the hell it is swimming in it."

In reply to Lucien Soulban (msg # 117):

Swallowing the bite he had been chewing, timmy looks lazily from Tyrol to Lucien.
"ok, so we've heard that theory a few times now. What if it's something else? until we have a way to confirm one theory, maybe we should think up another few?"
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The report given about the Volcano and the magma had Vogh quite worried about the state of things here.  It wouldn't be the first time in Faerun's history that something catastrophic happened like this and heroes from across the lands came to help.  If this is what Esmeralda had foreseen then this group might possibly be the ones to stop it.  They would all need to work together to stop it.  So far they had done pretty well gathering and figuring out where the items that would aid them in defeating whatever it was that was coming.

"I can help Kurat with trying to figure out the gloves.  Shall we Kurat?"  Vogh said after the others had finished talking about the volcano.

Deciphering the script on the paintings has grown progressively easier with each one. Kurat not only has gotten more familiar with the distortion, but he's figured out the general gist of the messages. At least, so far, there's been no rhymes or meter, no allusions or cryptic references, no trick phrasing, no riddles.

The first thing he learns is that the language is Tengura--the language of the Tengu.

If Vogh doesn't know Tengura, she's not going to be able to help unless she uses Tyrol's potion of Comprehend Languages.

In due course, however it's done, the last painting is translated and deciphered.


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"Here we go friends, the gloves I've deciphered and it was in the language of the Tengu,

"Once I settled on a pair of gloves for one of the Wonders, prompted by a vision, of course, it made sense to get the Arch-Mage Turambar to craft them. He was considered the best at crafting magical gloves, but I fear the price he asked—a vision—may have been too high. Still, he made a pair of green naga hide gloves that he named Shockaree. I’ve chosen to hide them in the Ice Cave of Parnouth."

Have we finished translating all of it?" Kurat asked after telling the others what he'd learned.

When Kurat had translated what he saw Vogh once more thought about what was found and tried to see if she remembered anything about the location of the Ice Cave of Parnouth.

23 Knowledge check

Chess ala'riina had to agree with Kurat was correct in the language being Tengura and if he needed any assistance she would gladly offer any in deciphering any words.  There was no language that she couldn't speak or understand.  One of her many blessing for being whom she was or the fact that she was very intrigue by anything of Lore.

Looking to Vogh as she noticed she was very much interested in helping in anyway she could.

Invoking a power as she then touched Vogh granting her a bit of Insight on her search.

Touch of Destiny granting Vogh +5 to her check

Although she doesn't know much about the Ice Cave of Parnouth, its reputation is known outside the local region as there was a time when people came to see the phenomenon. Named after the prospector who discovered it and claimed ownership of it, it is a cave in the area that has ice in it all year round.

Based on the notch over the painting, it should lie to the west-northwest.