The heroes begin by descending the eastern staircase leading down to level 4 of the vaults. In the stairwell they find another ghostly message, “The Gauntlight is a weapon built to raze Absalom – it must be stopped!”
The staircase leads to large cavern with a raised platform centered over a still, underground lake.
The cavern is occupied by a feral looking man and a wolf who barks commands at the group to leave immediately
The party attempts to communicate further, but the man instead attacks the party
He quickly reveals that he is a werewolf
During the fight, Suman contract the Curse of the Werewolf
Before either the the enemies are killed, the man surrenders and offers to provide a reward if they spare him (which they agree to)
They learn that he is Jaul Mezmin who was involved with the murder of Ayla Lathenar some 30 years ago
He has retreated to this cavern for dozens of years in solitude because of his sins in the past
He tells the party what he knows about this level
There are nightmare stairs to the north
There is a ghost on an island to the south
They let Jaul and his wolf leave through the north east cave
He gives the party Ayla’s amulet (non-magical)
They head south and find a cave with a metal chute that empties out into slimy water. (They could maybe climb up the chute) There’s also a long dead otyugh in the room.
Continuing on, they find another large room filled with 3 feet of water that has an island at its center with skeletal remains.
When they approach the island
A ghost appears from the skeleton
Also 2 flickerwisps and a Will o’ Wisp appear and attack the party
The ghost reveals itself to be the ghost of Otari and helps the heroes fight the wisps (by jumping out of the shadows of different members of the party)
Otari unintentionally gives Nolam and Suman Filth Fever by appearing out of their shadows
The party defeats the wisps and is now ready to speak with the ghost of Otari Ilvashti…
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