Nalathisor: Prophetic Poetry

We didn't get long to rest, as Llan soo woke Jackle and I to let us know that the etting had been periodically sticking his head out of the ruings. Sure enough after watching for a few moments the ettin stuck his head out of the ruins. He also motioned for us to approach, and then motioned for us to do it quietly. Apprehensive, yet intrigued we approached the ruins. The ettin asked us to come in, but told us to be quiet as his other head, Muck, was sleeping.

He then went on to tell us that his name was Krym. He was a cleric of Heironeous, and was one of the three adventurers who sought out the evil sorceror, Stonydyalus. During the battle they had managed to defeat the wizard, but not before the other adventurers were slain and he had been turned into an ettin. Unfortunately the other head was the one who had the most control, and was the one responsible for the atrocities wrought on the town.

The only clues that Krym had for resolving his situation was a poem.

Two heads have we, but born with one.
We avenged, healed and protected.
Our marker was invincible;
But punished we all who objected.
Heeded we the six-armed king,
And so by our god were rejected.
Thus, this is our fate,
One head, twice bisected."

Suddenly we could hear the townspeople approaching. Llan went to look and see what was going on while Jackle and I tried to solve the riddle. We were able to come to the following conclusions. The six-armed king was referring to Hextor, the brother of Heironeous. We were also able to find out from Krym that as a cleric for Heironeous he tended to be overzealous, and would assault other priests who would disagree with him. This fit nicely with the poem.

We knew, however, that this information would do nothing to appease the mob growing outside, that Llan was dealing with. Jackle decided to search the upper level of the ruins and was able to find a scroll. After some nifty jumping and leaping about he was able to grab the scroll and passed it down to me. I quickly opened the scroll and noticed it was a polymorph spell. I recited the incantation on the scroll and watched as Krym was restored to human form. The three of us then joined Llan outside and explained the situation.

With everything resolved we headed back to town. I figured I'd stay at the same residence as Jackle that night. This would give us a chance to catch up. Besides it felt good to be back in action together. I could also try and find out exactly how much he knew about Llan, and their relationship to one another. In the morning I would see if I could get Jackle and Llan to accompany as I searched for her body, and for those responsible. However, I figured I'd wait to let them know the full details of who we were searching for.