A Baal's Trove

A Baal's Trove is the forty-eighth chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Within the hall that they have just revealed, Valon, Palus and Soltas explore what seems to be a burial chamber. Soltas notes that the banners are almost all destroyed, but one infers that the person in the tomb is a baal of Do'zen. There is also inference to suggest that the burial chamber was designed to keep plagued people - specifically one plague, referred to as The Curse.

After removing the lid of the tomb the group finds a body that does looks well-preserved, as well as a number of trinkets. Valon takes up a black cube, reading the sigils on the sides and realizing that there are more than six words written on the cube depending on how it is turned. More than that, Valon suddenly becomes aware that the hole they had entered in through has been replaced, and the tomb is closed again.

Palus breaks a new hole through the wall, but the hallway is now swarming with a black presence that tries to spread through into the chamber. The tomb has also been replaced, and when the lid is removed a second time they find no body or artifacts within. The banners are all as good as new, but the sudden necessity becomes getting out of the room as the blackness from beyond attempts to encroach. Palus digs their way out, just barely getting them through the floor. As they fall, Valon incites an ancient runic symbol along with an arcane word, causing a great explosion of light that fills the cavern and dissipates the black mass chansing them.

They land together, all seeming to be alright, when suddenly a voice from seemingly nowhere asks who is there.

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