Story Post: Richardo’s Fifth Expedition
Having recovered from his previous exertions, Richardo once more takes up the whip and shield and braves his way into the Cathedral catacombs.
Crossing the unholy threshold into the mosaic grotto of the Crypt Entrance , he surveys his surrounding and decides to head north, to the newly-minted Room BA.
Room BA is a deserted, sparklingly clean space with a single elaborate chest sitting in a beam of light in the middle of the room, which sends a little jolt of charge into the crypt of every Vampire Lord as Richardo enters. Richardo decides to open the chest and finds a Holy Tincture, a Silver-Tipped Stake, a map detailing a secret passage through the crypt, and a Rod of Smoothing. He immediately uses the tincture and the map, restoring his energy a little and allowing him to slip behind a gargoyle into a small tunnel, leading him through a dusty passage to the Forgotten Corridor.
Re-entering this musty and broken courtyard, Richardo remembers that the last time her was here he was struck by falling masonry, so he uses his Rod of Smoothing to repair the crumbling stone and concrete, removing this room’s ‘Richardo von Nestor is Lightly Wounded if he is not Perceptive’ effect. He then exits through the room’s only exit, to the West, and into the Library of Souls.
The books stir, agitated, when RIchardo enters this room, as usual depositing large amounts of power into the crypts of the Vampire Lords. Richardo feels like he dropped something back in the Forgotten Corridor so he heads back.
He hadn’t. Back to the Library of Souls.
The sentient tomes of the library had barely finished dumping power into the Vampire Lords’ crypts before they’re called upon to do so again. This time Richardo continues west, back into the Crypt Entrance,
Annoyed at having got so turned around, and flagging in energy, Richardo continues through to the west, entering the Hallway of Wonders.
The Hallways is its usual rainbow, prismatic self, but this time Richardo finds a dais in the middle of the room, upon which has been placed an elaborate, ornate coffin. Engraved on the side of the coffin is a passage in Latin which he translates to mean “Here in unholy slumber lies the great Lord of the Vampires, lemonfanta, ravager of the Germanic Peoples, turn back lest your blood feed her hunger and your torment fuel her eternal life”. Richardo feels his palms prick with sweat, and he knows that he must tear down this monstrous edifice, but before he does, he prises open the lid of the coffin. Seeing the immortal form of the fabled lemonfanta in repose, he hesitates for a second, then drives his silver-tipped stake into her heart; she does not wake as her body ages a thousand years in a second, before turning to dust. Richardo then takes a long moment to set the room aflame, bringing it down around him as he leaves, exhausted. The magic of the room allows one last fitful spurt of power to fuel the sigils in nearby rooms before collapsing in upon itself.
Vampire Lord statistic changes:
Influence Puissance
ais523 1 6
Brendan 1 5
Clucky 6
Darknight 3
Jason 5
Jumble 5
Kevan 5
lemonfanta 1 5
Phil 6
pokes 6
Raven1207 4
