he party completed the battle in the study hall with the two shadow demons, and then took a well earned extended rest in the hall to re-charge their powers.

Kiva searched the study hall during the rest period, and discovered a journal left behind by an Elven student of the ancient Academy. It was in a locked box that Kiva was able to open through the use of a key she found earlier.

Reading through the journal, it stated that several odd things were happening and that some of the staff and faculty of the Academy seemed to be up to no good. The journal ended with those thoughts.

While the party rested, each shift of the watch went by very uncomfortably. The air of oppressiveness and unsettling shadows has begun to wear upon the group. They have not seen the sun for a several hours, and the deeper they get into this facility the more dark and fearful they become.

Leaving the study hall after their rest, they come upon a quiet room and Kiva discovers several Arcane Ritual Scrolls that Ritual Casters can inscribe into their books.

Continuing on down the hall, the party comes up sleeping quarters used by the students. In the first room, 203, they are attacked by a group of ferocious Blood Pools, which seek to grab and suck the life from them. The adventuring group manages to fight them off, sustaining some damage. For their efforts they find several rings of jewelry to sell, and a magical hair clip which will clean and style the hair of the user to best fit their attire.

The next room of sleeping quarters collapses from underneath them causing Elmmorra to sustain slight falling damage. They leave the room behind and check the last of the facilities, and find several non-magical necklaces and other bits of jewelry.

Leaving the hallway behind they come up on a huge dining hall filled with a throng of Dwarf Zombies, the largest group to be encountered yet. The party successfully deals with the zombie swarm and makes their way across the dining hall which opens up into a fantastic auditorium that has been altered by the presence of several altars, and a large steaming and boiling pool of blood erupts within its holding tank while a reverberating hum of energy throbs throughout the room emanating from a portal sealed with the body of a dwarf suspended in mid-portal with a look of incredible pain and anguish upon his face.

The session ended there for the night, as they party will regroup to do the final battle in the auditorium.