Episode 4.2

Bob, Kathy, Brad, Ernie

In the third room beyond the node, they hallway ended in a mist that blocked all vision beyond five feet. In the mist, they could see the forms of skulls, bones and weapons appear and fade away. Brad eventually entered the fog and become gaseous. He found that he could only partly control his movement and could not exit the room, though he did find two more doors. He eventually made his way back to where he came in and someone reached in and grabbed him. When they touched him, he became solid. They surmised that they could make a chain across the room as long as one person remained outside. They did this and made their way across to one of the exits. The first exit led to a series a pit traps that were the home of two phase spiders. An extended melee took place with the party winning. The second exit led to a large room with a huge flaming ball that emitted no heat. Inside the ball of flames, they could see tortured faces of past victims, which acted as a fear spell. Brad eventually passed the test and found the switch inside the flaming ball that opened the door and led to the next room. The next room was actually a tunnel with flames roaring down its entire length. They could see a switch at the far end, next to another door, waiting for any one capable of dodging the flames. Brad turned out to be that person. He tumbled down the tunnel and hit the switch, turning off the flames.

The room beyond contained a table with a book, two cages, three summoning circles and a desk. The desk had a crystal ball with a scene inside of two tiny skeletons and a table that looked like the third icon. The book contained illustrations instructing that a person be put in each cage and then a hand placed over the book. They followed the instructions and put Brad and Ernie into the cages. The two disappeared and reappeared inside the crystal ball. At the same time a dire wolf appeared in each summoning circle and attacked Bob and Kathy. Bob dove behind the desk while Kathy tried to fend them off with spells. The wolves converged on Kathy and killed her. Bob unleashed fireballs at them trying to kill them before they made a meal of him as well. Meanwhile, inside the crystal ball, Ernie and Brad fought the two skeletons, one a fighter and he other a sorcerer. They destroyed them after a quick battle and grabbed the icon – which brought them back to the cages. The three remaining characters killed the three dire wolves. Ernie raised Kathy.
Having found all three icons, they rested and went through the next gate