The party climbs the stairs, which lead to a massive bedchamber that fills an entire floor of the observatory tower. Doors on the north and west walls appear to lead to small closets and another set of stairs leads upward to the next story. Light filtering in from the tall windows in the north and south walls catches motes of dust in the calm air. Key features of the room are as follows:
- A fine bed with plump red linen sheets squats upon a dais along the northwest cradle of the tower's arc. A nightstand next to the bed holds a wax-choked candlestick and a black book bound with brown and red leather.
- At the midpoint of the western wall a strange form stands rigid atop a short wooden stool, as tall as a halfling and clothed in a fine black suit and tophat. Clean cloth bandages wrap every inch of the figure's skin. A pair of ash-tinted spectacles rests upon a long skinny nose. The diminutive figure holds a silver platter as if presenting a meal, and upon the tray rests the freshly preserved severed head of a middle-aged human woman. A platinum piece sits upon her outstretched, purple tongue.
- A messy desk rests against the opposite wall, piled high with loose papers. An apparatus holding four long tubes filled with colored liquid peeks out from the clutter.
- A massive white stone statue of a thin human man with outstretched angelic wings and a beatific look upon his idealized face looms large in the southeast arc of the tower wall. The angel holds a sword in one hand and cradles a harp with the other. The presentation conjures thoughts of mausoleum peaks or the graves of important men. Tall letters etched upon the statue’s base spell out a single word: "Filge."
ACTIVE EFFECTS
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Texudus TreeBender - 6 hp damage |