"What was that thing?" Erevel exclaimed trying to piece her armor together.
"It apparently has some sort of Sunder capability." Ciprian responded.
"We need to bring Gavril back to the living," Ursina pleaded with the party.
"Soon enough, being dead for a few hours won't hurt him anymore," Ciprian snidely retorted.
"But we all have to wait for healing until Gavril is alive again," Armania stated.
"I can feel the power of this sword, Teralindar's Honor, it is not overwhelming me though," Erevel exclaimed testing out the feel of the intelligent weapon.
"Just don't wave it around me too closely," Gavril retorted.
"I am still not feeling too well," Ursina said softly.
"I could use some help also," Erevel added.
Ciprian began his Greater Path of Glory to heal up the rest of the party.
The swarm of Quelea followed the heroes right into the tiny hut pecking and clawing at everyone but Armania.
When Ciprian took his turn he suggested Teleporting out to Mother Grim Moon. He could take everyone but Kaklatath.
"Armania, can you teleport with Kaklatath to Mother Grim?"
"I will step to her and then we will join you," Armania responded.
Ciprian heard the sounds of all sorts of animals, birds, reptiles and the like which suddenly fell silent. At that he moved apace back toward the Monument of Destruction calling for his fellow explorers to leave the area.
Then Paullus witnessed Gavril and Erevel suddenly fall to the ground after which their bodies seemed to be crushed. He could barely make out the shallow breaths of the two.
Erevel, with much effort, pushed herself to her knees and elbow and crawled slowly toward the room the party had just left.
"We do not know if Lowls is still in Neruzavin or not. If he left the Big Book behind it would have cost him dearly to get to Carcosa. But maybe he doesn't care or know at this point," Ciprian mused as the party finished healing and wondering where to head next.
"We should get that sword for the Ghost, Upianshe, maybe she can help us then," Gavril added.
"Let's get going to the next chamber at least," Erevel said.
As the party was discussing the next move Kaklatath entered from the west, "So another battle won. But we still need to find my body and clean up the lower level.
Ursina pulled herself up to a sitting position and breathed deeply. "Did we win?"
"Yes all of the creatures are gone," Gavril responded, "Do we need to heal you more?"
"No, I can take care of it myself."
With that Ursina cast a cure on herself while the others looked for magic items on what remained of the bodies. A few weapons and armor, cloaks, and three potions of Hiding. Not a big haul here.
After a short rest the group continued their passage to the east and finally came to the edge of the "Snarl".
It took five days for the party to completely recover from their sanity damage and regain some control over their minds. Madnesses were pushed to the background or in some cases removed completely. Discussion continued to ensue about what route to take, should they reenter the city or just leave and let everything be.
Erevel was adamant about heading back into the city. She wanted so badly to get Lowls and maybe he was still here. Even so his foul plan caused her to choke on her food. No way could Golarion be drawn anywhere near more Flying Polyps or worse.
Ciprian found two Rituals marked in the large Tomb, Beckon the Stars to prime the Star Stelae and Path to the Black Stars to journey to Carcosa. He felt that if he memorized the Rituals, not like a spell memorization, neither he nor Lowls would need to have the Necromonicon to cast the Rituals. He was wondering why Lowls had left it in the camp.
