Day 23

Resting in the crypt
Deciding to take a rest in the crypt after battling a black ooze-like creature that eroded parts of the parties armor, Albrecht decides to "Borrow" the gold coins left on each altars of now dead scholars and priests of Oghma. He also collects samples of the mold that poisoned Eldon, in the hopes of studying it, and maybe putting it to use. The party quickly heads out to further explore the undergrounds of the House.

A hidden haversack
While heading back towards the entrance, towards staircases leading to the levels below, The party investigates what looks like to be an illusion of a wall. After taking many precautions, the party discovers a hidden haversack sealed by magic. Korth uses the anti magic chamber to open the bag, revealing the contents inside.

Deeper underground...
having explored most of the first floor, and having found little to no clue as to the whereabouts of Loremaster Atlavast, the party heads downstairs. There Shedinn and Korth feels a stronger disturbance in the magical energy around them, and each attempt to cast a spell is followed by unstable bursts of energy. The party also comes across a section of the wall with a large hole, with debris that seems to have fallen inwards from the ground surrounding the tunnels into the tunnel itself.

Cautiously, the party heads onward into a large chamber with a stone bridge running over a waterway. The chamber's entrance is guarded by old and weathered pieces of armor, flanked by larger stone statues of winged humanoid creatures. As the party passes through the chamber, the statues come alive and attacks! After a few exchanges of steel against stone, the party realizes that physical strikes to little harm to these creatures of stone. Korth decides to take the risk and cast multiple spells against them. This time, the magical energy runs wild, swirling clouds form above Korth, absorbing magic from the air around it, and opens a portal. From the portal drops a small curious looking creature......