21st session

The combat started looking really bad, but some good action from the heroes, like a well-placed Stinking Cloud, turned to battle. After that, they decided to leave the boar there for now, and continue on. Soon they came to a new room, in which they encountered 3 ghosts of the past. After proving they were ready to continue, the heroes were told some things about the dungeon.

It appears that the Well of Madness used to be a temple to Baphomet, the demon prince of Minotaurs. The leader of the gnolls is hiding in something called the Inner Sanctum. To access the Inner Sanctum, one must collect 4 items from around the dungeon and place those items at the same time in 4 different ritual circles. That will activate various traps and release the guardians, two dead dragons. Exactly 1 minute later, the doors to the Inner Sanctum will open, allowing access for a time.

After talking to the ghosts (and impressing them - Gnoguh soloed the boar!) the heroes went south and west. First they found one ritual circle in a room, and then they found a huge room, with platforms, two minotaur statues and a hell of a lot of blood. The dagger was in there, in two parts, on two different platforms. As soon as they entered the blood, the statues started attacking them constantly. As if it wasn't enough, some demons were hiding in the blood. It ended up being a long and hard fight, with most heroes being fairly close to dieing. But they prevailed, killed the demons, and acquired the dagger.

After that, it was time for a rest.

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After resting, the heroes continued south, where they found another ritual circle, which was placed in a room which also had two huge bowls of water, that several of them found suspect.

They pressed on, and further south, they found a serie of connected rooms with odd pillars, an altar, and some demons. They tried to sneak up on them, but the larger of them demons spotted Carric as he peaked around the corner.