The shape at the keyhole came back to him, and a wave of nausea accompanied a shape in his mind. The symbol of the sun. RA. For some reason, the keyhole had this rune etched into it. Why would a symbol denoting light be placed as a decoration on that keyhole? It seemed out of place!
Westian, you know RA!
Would Westian be lucky enough to have more of these visual triggers, triggers that might actually remind him of the basic building blocks of magic - the runes of element?
When Westian came to the new tombs, he quickly found their contents - in the one closest to the corner he found a larger shield decaying at the edges but solid on the main body of it.
It had an oblong shape to it, and there seemed to be the decoration of leaves on the outer jagged edges. The centre possessed the same crest as everywhere else, clearer than other items that had been found, and a crest that was proudly born on the two unbroken sarcophagi lids. Westian had not seen the centre before, and felt the familiar naausia again. So detailed and large, not even the mirror imagge could disguise the rune of IR.
And there's IR. Don't expect these runes to come so thick and fast later. This area is special and has a few dotted around
It took a moment for him to recover and look at the rest of the crest. Now he could see the eagle crest was very detailed, the mirrored rune of Ir ornately fluted on its edges. The eagle's head looked directly out of the crest. Its legs were splayed out but now Westian could see the talons were curled, apparently holding a thin vine. At the top, what had appeared to be wings stretched out when looked at on decaying relics and broken lids were now shown to be two arms ending in hands. It was an unusual choice. The hand on the left seemed to hold some form of stone. The hand on the right seemed to be balled into a fist, and on one of the fingers was a band, as if that hand wore a ring.
The tomb closest to the corner, which possessed the shield, also bore a name on the lid - 'Valson, houseguard'. The tomb closer to the centre of the hall was oddly empty. Its lid proclaimed, 'Demian, house retainer'
Falkor meanwhile checked the central tomb. It was, sadly, empty, although it took Falkor a boost to be able to see over the edge.
The lid was to one side, still intact where the mummy had pushed it. Falkor checked the writing that Haynuus had attempted to read aloud earlier.
'Here lies Kakaluca, Low Lord of Viborg. Founding ruler.'
'Twisted by Chaos, laid here to find peace once more.'
Beneath that was written, in smaller lettering:
'This noble man and fifty warriors came here from ruins of Ya-Brodin, seeking peace from the enemies of enlightenment. He forged a settlement that endures to this day and had lived in quiet endeavour until the time of Chaos. Both he and his legacy were twisted under Chaos. May the restoration of Viborg quiet him also.'
And below that:
'Sleep well, old friend. Your rest is assured while my protection remains.'
Falkor realises that the mummy they fought was this man. What had happened to the Grey Lord, if someone he called a friend was allowed to rise again?
Ameena could not triangulate where the voice was coming from, it didn't seem to be from any source that her ears could isolate. Almost as if it was in her head! Perhaps some ambient noise that sounded like a voice. Ameena meanwhile continued, checking the floors and the tombs slowly to ensure nothing was missed.
To Ameena, the floor has smelled of age and occasionally of death where rags were. The clubs gave no scent except for that of wood. Oddly, the tombs themselves did not smell particularly old.
The second tomb around was intact, and Ameena could quickly see inside it. However, still a thorough search demanded sniffing the corners and all around it. However, the contents made it difficult. Inside was a battered and tarnished piece metal, attached to a broken pole of wood. Some form of spear. Funnily, its smashed size might have made it useful to her, except the head of it was useless. As it was the smell of the death of metal was off-putting to scenting the rest of the tomb. Ameena noticed where the metal and wood met was an upraised bump. The shape was similar to that on the breastplate, and despite the distortion she could make out a few details of a crest.
Around the wall and occasionally on the floor were more signs of that mold from earlier. Again, it seemed dying. There were the occasional thin strands in the mold, like a cobweb strand.
Update to the limit of your known actions so far - I'll update again once I know Westian/money's next moves, and Ian's if he's back. Feel free to retcon any reactions, or new actions, based on the above. Though I think it's the next update that would free up some people to act and give others something unusual to think about!
