The spider was vanquished, our wounds were healed and Loral was re-endowed with the powers bestowed upon her by Morriden. I was up and ready to present our trophy to the giant wolf and hoped that I could convince him to turn to the side of goodness. It was during our walk back to the wolf's den that Jäger remembered one last room that we had yet to explore. It was on our way and the rest of the group's spirits were in need of lifting. The atmosphere in the ruins was grim and foreboding, the group needed a distraction. Perhaps some trinkets or gems would be there, I have noticed Oakey's disposition towards accumulation and Jäger would visibly wince when I would suggest giving away any of the wealth we would accumulate. It would be a very healthy distraction if indeed we did happen across treasure. Fortunately we did not find much you would call treasure but something that would mean a lot more to a lot of people at Falcon's Hollow.
Much to the excitement of my friends it turned out that behind the last door that remained shut was the armoury but to the group's dismay the room had long been looted. Oakey would not give up though, his lust for treasure would not let him leave but instead he proved his worth again by discovering a secret door in the wall that looked as if the many looters had missed. With skilled hands he managed to open the door into what looked like a make shift cell room. Six rusty cells remained and in each cell was the remaining skeletons of the prisoners of the past but it was what was growing in the cells that indeed lift our spirits. Over the remains was growing a decent crop of Iron Bloom Mushroom. Sadly Oakey became a little over excited when he spotted an expensive looking ring on the bony finger of one of the skeletons and proceeded to let himself into the cell. To our surprise the skeleton moved. Moved and attacked. Luckily Oakey managed to avoid the attack and move out the way to give me enough room to manoeuvre myself between them. I held myself behind my shield to keep the affront of nature away. As I held the vile thing away more began to rise in their cells, that is until Loral stepped up. With a powerful display of faith she managed to not only turn the undead but destroy them. We watched as the skeletons crumbled into piles on the floor and a sense of divinity and calm could be sensed filling the room which washed away any doubts that we were on a righteous mission. I could not quite see through the disappointment on the faces of Jäger and Oakey but deep down I knew that they were feeling the same way as me. The mushrooms were the only treasure we needed.
I thanked Loral with a large hug and we set off again, spirits lifted, back to the wolf. It caught my attention that Loral had turned a little pinker in the cheeks than she normally would be and she had become quieter too. I found women tended to do this when I did things like hug them, some even when I entered the room but even now I can not work out why. It was not at that time but I once asked Oakey why women did this. He merely asked if I still honoured my vow of celibacy to which I confirmed that was still the way I lived. After I told him that he gave me a little grin and told me that I need not worry about it and to carry on doing exactly as I was. This only confused me more and never pressed on for a better answer from any one. I trusted Oakey and if he said not to worry about it, then I would not worry about it.
Jäger harvested as much of the mushroom as he could and we set off for the wolf again.
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