Midden, Week 4

The great Kay Nielsen.

 

 

22: Three Queens of Ash

• A vast cavern, naturally lit from a narrow rift in the ceiling. Nothing grows here. The floor is a beach of ashes.
• (?) The ashen floor under the rift slopes down into a suspicious looking area of shifting ashes. A spear juts from a raised area in the centre.
• (!) The shifting ashes consume things, like quicksand.
• (!) Under the ash live the three Ash Queens, undead, eyeless, ash-smeared beauties with crowns of wire. They command the royal guard.
  • Ruby: wants lovers/companions/sacrifices.
  • Sapphire: wants revenge against the cleaning demon and the ‘new masters’ above.
  • Emerald: wants unique and precious things.

23: Buried God

• Head of a vast and deific statue, buried up to its nose in ash.
• (??) Counts as a shrine.

24: Royal Guard

• A forest of human figures, standing perfectly still, distorted by the layers of ash in which they are entombed.
• (!) The guards sleep deeply, but will be summoned to undeath if disturbed, a few at a time.
• (!) The ground here is treacherous with pitfalls under the ankle-deep ashes.

25: Ruin Homes

• (!) Ash ghouls shelter here, huddled and hidden in corners. Make a reaction roll.

26: Sunfire’s Home

• A ghoul huddles foetal, caressing something that burns brilliant orange.
• (?) Sunfire is the peaceful ghoul and the magical jewel they hold. It’s light attracts the undead.

27: Lost Temple

• Facade of great marble columns built into the cave.

28: Anchorite

• A ghoul in a bricked-up cell adjoining the temple. Only a small opening (hagioscope) looks inside.
• (?) Doesn’t remember its name, wants to be left alone to admire the Great Divinity. Knows the door combination.

29: Cella

• A large bronze statue with three heads, horns, and a giant axe, frozen mid dance.
• (?) A shrine.

30: Treasury

• (?) Brass door leads to the treasury.
• (!) Door is locked by a kind of twisting brass circle with archaic glyphs – a combination lock. Two wrong combinations causes the roof above to shudder and then collapse.
• 2d6 ivory statuettes worth 3 coins each.