Narlock’s Secret Lab (Date 2/2/20)

In a strange formation at the bottom of the lake, the party found a metal door mounted in the wall. Beneath it, a pile of bones rested in silent warning. A powerful ward guarded the door, but Marty wove magical energies – not all that unlike the ones he would have called forth in Strom’s name – that shielded them from the electric burst long enough to bypass the barrier. Beyond the door, was a small room with a single button, but once the button was pressed, the water was expelled from the chamber and the inner wall opened to reveal a corridor. This hall was guarded by mechanical men and robotic dogs with steel jaws. They presented a powerful defense until struck with arcane magic, at which point they stepped forward to scan Euwyn’s body before standing aside.

The laboratory was amazing. It contained, the nearly completed, crab-like submersible. All they needed was some way to get it to the water. But more than that, were several volumes written by Narlock detailing his thoughts on magic, his personal life, and something he called “The Blight.” Ilyana was drawn to a strange blob of foulness contained in a glass aquarium. The “wrongness” of it offended her on a deeply powerful level, but as she was about to share her warnings with the group, one of Narlock’s ancient traps triggered a Rube Goldberg series of unlikely misfortunes resulting in the cage being shattered. The beast released, nearly killed Ilyana by sucking all the moisture from her flesh before it was chased off by the party. Was this the blight which Narlock warned would destroy the world?!

They quickly gathered as much of the chamber’s wealth as they could carry and teleported to the surface.