Jarvis looked to Malkai and then to Catarina and nodded. "Damned Priests probably put those suckers in here as a defense against any intruders." He figured it had to be that. He then moved to the door and was about to turn the nob and then stopped. He turned to see where their rogue had gone but she was just that... gone. No body nothing... she must have seen the darkness spells and decided the quest was too much. He sighed,... I was starting to like her. The dwarf thought and shrugged. He then looked to the others and sighed once more. He moved his hand to the door and turned the knob. "Again step back. If there is a trap it might miss me. Unless they had dwarves in mind for these things as well." He added. What where the chances they had traps specifically for dwarves? These Nerul worshipers can't be that clever... right? He turned it and as he did so he rose up his shield as he opened the door just in case. Luckily, Malkai was right. Not every inch of the place would be filled with traps. What they would find is stairs going up. At the top of it was a arch way leading into the domed room you could see from the outside. The stairs only connected to more stairs spiraling against the antechambers walls. Statues adorned the way, they where not of the skeletal variety but of stone. They looked demonic as well. As he moved up the stairs and saw the room he decided to take a look over the side and saw the Chalice sitting on top of its resting place. Surrounding it was a pool of water and steps. If there was another booby trap it would be connected to that thing for sure. There were more statues there as well and he had a bad feeling about this. He looked to Malkai. "How good can your bird catch?..." He asked him. He then rose his head. "I don't care,.. just be ready for when I toss that thing your way." He said. He then with his hammer smashed the railing and then leaped off the side. He braced against the fall which wasn't that far down. He skipped the whole going up and down the stairs because... well this room gave him the creeps. When he recovered from his landing he made for the chalice. He placed his hammer down and walked right up to it. He reached up and grabbed it. Sure enough as he did so the pillar it rested on began to lower itself into the floor. The statues that surrounded him began to come to life including the ones on the stairs. "Damn... Gargoyles!" He yelled. He looked towards Malkai and tossed the chalice as hard as he could. He then ran to his hammer and lifted it up to ready the gargoyles attack. However, they looked away from him and towards the chalice. What?... One then took flight with it's stone wings and flew towards the chalice and caught it. The gargoyle then flew back down to the same level Jarvis stood and their eyes locked. Jarvis sighed and he could feel the floor begin to give way and when it did he fell through a dark hole. The party probably wouldn't care but the gargoyle followed suit with the chalice. New stairs also began to form going downwards but not following down the same hole. The gargoyles left numbered at eight. Two for each member,... it was weird how that number seemed to double what was left. Two to one, the odds were against the group. Would they defy such odds and fight off the gargoyles and chase downwards hoping to come across Jarvis and the Chalice. Or would they follow the rogue and leave now. Problem was... the chalice's pedestal didn't only activate the gargoyles or the hole. It also closed the door behind them. Well not closed, the wall itself moved to block their path. The wall had the symbol of the chalice. Meaning there was only one way it would open again and that was when the chalice was in their hands. ----------------- Vivian wondered where Alyssa had gone to but perhaps her faith in the woman was misplaced. She looked to Catarina and made a silent prayer that this one wouldn't abandon them either. She then waited for what surprises were beyond the next door. She was still some what recovering from the shaking the dark mantle's caused. They were lucky those where only small ones. The larger ones in the underdark were far much more dangerous. Known to eat even bigger prey then themselves. She followed after the door leaving room for someone to stand behind her. Luckily there were know traps for the moment. None in need of the rogue. Then their path came to a large antechamber. It looked like they were inside the domed section that they could spot from the outside. The best part was there was the chalice. Sadly,.. their small friend decided to take the initiative and be the bait for any trap. She watched as she readied a fireball. Not knowing what she would be going up against. Jarvis started by busting down the railing and leaping down. She would have followed but that would have defeated the purpose of him being the bait. She noticed the statues and began to study them with her eyes watching them and then every so often looking back to Jarvis they were so close now. He was reaching for it. What happened next was so fast she couldn't believe what was happening. The gargoyles came to life and floor collapsed beneath Jarvis's weight and he was gone. What was worse is his plan to toss the chalice to Malkai was ruined by one of the said Gargoyles catching it. It then proceeded to tumble or fly right down the same hole. Then her ears twitched as the way behind them closed. When she turned to look in the direction she saw the wall closing their path. It was sealed by a spell that would only lift with the touch of the chalice. She bit her lip as she looked to see two gargoyles coming right at her. She aimed her hand and launched the fireball. It hit and she found she misjudged how close the gargoyle was as she had to raise her arms up to brace from the impact. The first one was down but the second one came at her forcing her to raise up her scythe. It's long clawed hands wrapping around the scythe. She pushed back as much as she could keeping it far enough away so it couldn't bite her face off.