A Certain Scientific Band of Adventurers
Party: Chunk, Coine, Dorian Flynn and Urzein
Short Synopsis
The adventurers find a room filled with elemental energy. After experimenting with the stone artifacts, they manage to pass through the room to another stairwell. At the bottom of the stairwell, they meet an elemental guardian who allows them to take the Eye of Kalim to help restore the balance.
Afterwards, the adventurers travel south and encounter some Genasi. The Genasi suggest that Calimport and the Elves may have knowledge of rituals on how to use the Eye of Kalim.
Long Synopsis
A certain scientific band of adventurers find themselves staring at a door at the bottom of the stairwell. Upon opening the door, they witness an elemental storm of lightning, wind, fire and water. The room has six doors, north (which is the one that the adventurers opened), south, northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast. Dorian hypothesizes that the maelstrom may be linked to the statues that have been moved from the altar to the alcoves. Coine runs upstairs and restores the statues to the altars and the elemental storm subsides. Using the scientific method, Dorian identifies the fire statue as an independent variable to change and his assistant Coine rushes upstairs to the northwest room. Coine picks the fire statue off the altar and flames to erupt at the room below. Coine removes the fire statue and the flames below stop.
They decide to explore the room to get more data. The adventurers open up the room to the northwest to find a fire elemental. Chunk and Urzein serve as the experimental group and they quickly learn that attacking something made of fire hurts. Fortunately, Coine, Dorian and Flynn are there to support the experimental group and to attack the fire elemental. After destroying the fire elemental, Flynn finds a shiny red gem with an inner fire.
Urzein decides to volunteer for the next experiment and goes to the door to the far south. When the independent variable, the door to the south is opened, the adventurers discover that four of the doors are dependent variables and open in response. Behind each of those doors is an elemental. Very angry ones. Urzein hurriedly rushes back to report this to the others.
After much theorizing and discussion, the party decides to undertake another experiment. Dorian and Urzein hypothesize that if they are stealthy enough, they can close the doors to the rooms of the elementals before those elementals can come out. Fortunately for them, they were able to validate their hypothesis and close the doors on all the elementals.
Beyond the south door is another stairwell that leads to a large chamber. There, they meet an elemental guardian who has the Eye of Kalim. The guardian explains that only someone with pure intent can safely take the Eye of Kalim. Coine volunteers and safely passes the test. They promise to return the Eye of Kalim after they are done using it to save the world.
The Eye of Kalim seems to guide the adventurers with its eyes. Eventually, they discover Zefra and her band of air genasi. They explain that Kalim and Memnon were once imprisoned by elf wizards. The eye is one of many remnants of Kalim and Memnon. Then, the air genasi give them suggestions of where to obtain more scientific literature on rituals to control the Eye of Kalim. Calimport is one such place, and the other is the land of Elves.
A certain scientific band of adventurers continue on their Road to Calimport.
