[color=1a7b30][h2]Rezello[/h2][/color]
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With their newfound gold secured, the party carried on through the underground labyrinth, jagged edges of the tunnel walls eventually giving way to carved stone as they approached their destination. There was an opening in the wall ahead of them that opened into some unidentified chamber, engulfed in a shadow that seemed to consume any light shone upon it. There was something unnerving about that abyssal darkness, as though whatever magic had created it emanated malice, and they quickly carried on down the rest of the path.

At the end of the tunnel was another smooth stonework wall, this time with a large metal surface built into it; the door they had been looking for, evidently. Two more of the deceased rested along the wall near the base of the sealed opening, some slight damage to the otherwise pristine surface of the metal slab and a pair of damaged blades evidence of a futile struggle to break through. While Vesemir produced a small silver card and placed it on the door, activating some sort of magic or mechanism in the door, Stepan had taken interest in the scepter one of the corpses had been holding. Rezello watched as Fia, at Jazdia’s request, inspected the ornate gold artifact and the lingering magic within. Once her appraisal had concluded, she explained its arcane nature to Stepan: teleportation magic.

[color=1a7b30]“Teleportation...”[/color] Yet another point towards one of Rezello’s current theories. Of course, given the nature of such magic, the scepter alone likely wouldn’t have been able to cause the Scheel incident, but its presence here couldn’t have been mere coincidence... could it? A piece of a larger puzzle, perhaps. The question at hand now was whether any more pieces to that puzzle, be it artifact or information, would be waiting for them within the vault.