The Three Faces of Evil, Part 3

Edit: These are posts I made back in 2005-2006 and have now transferred them here.

• Tyrrich – Elven, Rogue 1, Warlock 3 (male).
• Garrett – Gnome, Druid 4 (male).
• Cullen – Elven, Monk 4 (male).
• Roma - Half Orc, Rogue 2, Barbarian 1, Fighter 1 (male).
• Janna – Human, Cleric 4 (Wee Jas) (female).

Feeling more confident about themselves, the party of heroes leaves the temple of Hextor to check out the other 2 nearby temples.

Reading about the Faceless One and the temple of Vecna in Theldrick’s journal entices the explorers to head there next. Theldrick even had a key that unlocked the door leading to the labyrinth of Vecna.

The heroes slowly make their way into the labyrinth that protects the temple of Vecna, searching very carefully the walls and floor of the opening corridor. Half way down the hall Garrett notices the door right in front of him open soundlessly and a strange bird-like man looks out. When it sees the party it squawks out loud and retreats back through the door. It is killed before it can get away. Janna identifies the birdman as a Kenku.

Tyrrich and Roma search the secret door and try to determine where the Kenku came from, but the corridor the Kenku was trying escape down leads to a dead-end. Continuing on, the group heads down the corridor where they are ambushed by more Kenku from the left, and then from the right using hit-and-run tactics that the party try to quickly adapt to. The adventurers do their best to stick together o combat the Kenku and use teamwork to fight off a pair of dire weasels. They make their way to the back of the labyrinth where they encounter the leader of the Kenku and his minions. During the fight they notice the Kenku could seemingly open and close the secret passages with a thought alone making their navigation of the maze impossible to follow. After a tough battle they mop up the last of the Kenku and search the labyrinth for a place to rest. Among the dozens of secret doors, group find sleeping areas for the 3 groups of Kenku and 3 doors at the back of the labyrinth that obviously lead into another area.

End of chapter 9.