Today stripped, the Barrow maze began on a solemn note. We had lost friends in one of the barrows. And they had valuables remaining on their body that we could little spare. Our first task then was to retrieve those valuables from the bodies. The bodies themselves, if they had not been consumed by wildlife or. Dragged off to some godforsaken place. We gathered a small group and set out the location where they died.
Because nothing can ever be simple. The bodies weren’t where Our friends had fallen. Some creature had dragged them into the Barrow. We found a blood trail. The two members of our group who had been closest to the. Fallen. Lit a torch and proceeded to enter the Burrow to search for. The remains and whatever valuables might be found there. We thought it would be simple. But shortly after that. Some sort of zombie creature wandered by? And approached the entrance of the Barrow. We had an Archer with us and someone. Else with a missile weapon. So I sat up with my friend Vinrin to defend from immediately attack and they sought to. Target the zombie before it could enter the borough. They missed and the zombie walked right in. Surprising our friends inside.
I grabbed my pitchfork and rushed forward. Hoping to at least contain the zombie inside the borough while we attacked it from both inside and outside. But by the time we arrived, it was already coming back out, having presumably dealt with both of our friends inside as well. Adding two more bodies to the toll of this cursed place.
Our Archer managed to hit the head with an arrow, but it was only a glancing shot and did little damage. I missed it first, as did my friend Vinrin. What a follow up blow with my pitchfork was at least a solid hit. After that, though, the damned thing strangled Vinrin to death. Once it lifted the poor halfling off the ground, he was basically helpless.
When we finally managed to knock the zombie down, it just got up again a moment later. The thing just would not die. Eventually we fled. And circled back round to collect what we could from the bodies later. I collected what Vinrin had on him. It wasn’t much. When we searched the Barrow, however, we did find a. Gold ring hidden inside the sarcophagus. It would probably be worth a few gold coins in town.
Our next stop was another borough further to the north. This one had an entrance that led to a staircase heading down. Some members of our group had explored it briefly the day before. They found nothing of value, but also had little time. We hoped to be more thorough.
At the bottom of the staircase was a maze of twisting passages, all the like. We ran across only a few notable features. There were doorways that were sealed with wax. We made no attempts to open those but. Beyond the might lie untouched treasures. Worth exploring in the future. We also found several pit traps which we marked as best we could. Whether those marks will remain is another matter. Thankfully we had enough rope between all of us to safely navigate the pit traps once we knew where they were. We did lose another member of our little band to the. Fall into one and. Something in the pit ate him. We could hear that even after he stopped screaming.
We explored further in and. We’re taking a closer look at one of the rooms that we found. When a group of six. Skull faced cultists. Entered from behind. Somehow they managed to sneak up on us despite me watching. For exactly that sort of intrusion. I try to be charming and polite, just like my Mama taught me. And it worked. They let us live. They told us to get out or they would kill us. They did also mention that they worship. Set. Some kind of dark God? Apparently this is their territory. I’m not sure what to make of this. If this area of the Barrow maze is occupied by the living, it may be more likely to have treasure. It may also be more dangerous. It may also be that the dead are even more dangerous than the living here.
After a brief discussion, we resolved to leave the area as they had insisted upon and make a note of. The occupants. We could decide whether to come back later, later.
