Back yet again for the week's rooms. This time things have taken a disturbing turn. I've actually been holding back on the fleshy, chthonic body horror of this region, leaving it mostly implied, but I'll be glad to move on to a different sublevel tomorrow.
15: Cave entrance
Easy to miss, a small natural cave of rusty grey stone. About 4’ high.
From outside, the air feels cool, damp and musty.
From inside, there is a drought of dry desert air.
16: Nursery
A dozen molerat pups tucked into alcoves in the waxy walls; they lean their heads out and mewl for food as creatures pass them.
17: Guard Room
(!) A pair of hulking, bipedal, unsettlingly human-like molerat Hunters. Their arms are tipped with dagger-like claws.
The hunters are impassive, but will move to block intruders.
18: Queen’s Room
(!) The molerat god, an ogre-like creature, still, with a head covered in glassy black eyes. Bodies of molerats and humans dangle from Her back and sides – their heads fused to Her flesh.
(!) A pair of impassive Hunters flank the chamber.
(!) The god’s emissary, an eyeless former human chewing a deep lotus flower, sits by her feet. Offers interesting intruders the option of joining with the god and abandoning their cares, instead of being eaten.
(?) The God’s pheremones are what allow the hive to function in its current state. Her death would throw them into strife.
19: Lotus Garden
A lush thicket of bioluminescent flowers. Smells like death.
(?) Deep lotus is a well-known narcotic and entheogen that only grows underground.
20: Scriptorium
An uneven domed vault, its entire waxy surface carved with bizarre sigils. A lumpy statue made from wax and broken jewellery sits in the centre. Something crouches in the corner, busy with its work.
(!) The eyeless Molehuman Magus scratches runes with a knife. He can be persuaded to part with occult knowledge, in exchange for the murder of the god, so that his lover can ascend in Her place.
21: The Princess Usurper
An eyeless Molehuman with a pair of Hunters. She lovingly sharpens their claws with a file while humming tunelessly.
(?) The princess responds to all conversation with 'mmm hmm' and 'ahh'.
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