As Eressil and Rhone work their way through the manor they were transported to, they find another Teleportation Circle. After stepping on the Rings, they get Transported to a similarly constructed building. After whistling, they find out they are all together again, and meet up.
They continue to explore the area, finding out this mansion is deep in the forest with nothing else around. They find some small loot and numerous sets of exquisite clothing with the symbol of the hound and the dragon on the collars.
They reanimate Ceadric and him and Eressil high five. They discover a suit of Metal Ceremonial Armor and put it on Ceadric. Then they find a Ceremonial Sword and give that to Ceadric. They find out the Ceremonial Garb is part of the Tristol Eldens religion and is given to higher ranking members of the Church. These members are known as the Griffins Mane of the Church of the Eternal Griffin.
After finally making their way into the heavily barricaded room they come across, they find it to be a banquet hall, with several doors leading to staff lodging, the kitchen, and a music room.
The kitchen had many still preserved ancient herbs, spices, and types of game. They discover the kitchen has several Abjuration spells meant to preserve the contents of the room from spoiling.
They find a chalice hidden in the servant's quarters. It doesn't register as arcane magic, but magic none the less. They discover it has necromancy magic. When they hand it to Ceadric, nothing happens. They experiment with many different things and the Chalice, including having Ceadric drink blood from it. After nothing, they continue to explore.
In the guards quarters that is under the servants quarters, they find more ceremonial metal armor and weapons. They give Ceadric a Helm to wear as well to finish his suit. When they make it to the center of the room, they learn that Ceadric's armor has become magical. Rhone tries to tell Ceadric to take it off, but he doesn't listen.
Ceadric starts to grow much larger, and the party starts to attack. Ceadric starts to scream. Rhone successfully turns Undead. Ceadric continues to grow and is now a huge creature. Ceadric has not attacked the party at all yet. Eressil realizes a magical force is holding the body together, and then moves away. Ceadric finally attacks, and goes after Ashe. Throughout the fight, Ceadric starts to display sentience, by laughing at Ashe after harming her. Muscle tissues starts to rebuild around Ceadric skeletal structure. As they kill Ceadric, he speaks, "You won't stop the dark lord."
Afterwards, they cast Identify on the Chalice and find out it is a Phylactory that is attuned to a specific creature at the moment. It has the ability to cause Undead that drink from it, to become living again. And then Living things that drink from it must resist its effect or die and rise as a Zombie.
They then move on, and find a War Room. In it, they find a map of a continent they do not know of written in a language they cannot understand. They find out the house is home to Lord Tragor of House Hundal They also find several references to the Dragon King. They step outside to the night sky, and after looking at the stars, they realize they are on another plane or at least another Hemisphere.
They find a large mirror that acts as a Mirror of Sending if you know the correct keyword which happens to the Skype Ring tone. They leave the house and try to find their way home.
Questions:
- Why did the dates in the War Journal state that there were events that happened before the known history of the world?