The Raid on Two Fronts

Ziegfried examined the doors leading into the back entrance of the Desert Temple. Wreck’t and Kun-Ghar acted as a wall of beef to deflect violent attention while the priest did the work he was trained to do. There was a kind of bodily warmth emanating from beyond these doors.

This is a place where there is no Justice. Only carnage.

Something about these doors gave Ziegfried pause; he felt his ears pop as he approached, as though some kind of supernatural pressure was exerting itself. Wreck't and Kun-Ghar were not so spiritually resilient, as they discovered their noses were bleeding painlessly.

The group eventually noticed that there was a wooden charm jammed between the stone doors and the lintel, and that it was acting as a sort of unholy ward. It took some time to pry the wooden charm out, but the group splintered it with some effort.

As Wreck't entered to get a lay of the land inside, the place was notably empty, and then he felt a warm splatter atop his head. And he looked up to see that the gnoll slaughter cult had splattered the remains of some clergy of The Sun upon the ceilings and upper walls, defiling what once was a mural dedicated to some creation myth. Ziegfried pieced together a timeline, and surmised that these poor people were killed and dismembered about a week ago, tops. Moreover, someone made effort to smear paint an icon to Yeenoghu in fresh blood!

The party immediately put their resources together, safely undoing a series of warded stone doors that opened into some mess hall and sleeping quarters for the cultists. Wreck't tried to be sneaky and get the drop on the bad guys, but the pet hyenas in their kennels tipped off the group that was sleeping further inside.

Kun-Ghar tried to flush out as many cowardly enemies out of hiding as possible before their attacks drove him into yet another rage. Tag-teaming with Wreck't, the Wall of Beef stood ready to keep Ziegfried able to target these humanoid cultists with a Spiritual Weapon. Justice will be made known here; this was the job they signed up for.

Ziegfried witnessed an evil cleric, blessed by the foul power of slaughter. He tried to Command the half-orc cavalier to grovel! He tried to burn Kun-Ghar with searing hot blood! Alas, to no avail.

In the end, Justice was with our heroes.

A Prayer of Healing was invoked, while Wreck't raided a storeroom near the kennels. Kun-Ghar simply stood watch further south, gazing at the stone doors leading to the next rooms. These symbols meant nothing to him, but beyond them, he heard a familiar murmuring. And he called Wreck't forward to confirm what he heard:

An Orcish prayer to Gruumsh... and something big breathing heavily beyond the doors.

Wreck't and Kun-Ghar readied their polearms for the next threat.

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