Really Bad Rug Burn

In the morning the group ate breakfast and prepared to go inside the the tower. There was a sense of unease among the group caused by the tinge of magical energy among the group. Suddenly the door of the tower swung open and four of Frodnonag's mercenaries came running out. A fight ensued but the wounded mercenaries were no match for a freshly rested group. The clothing of the mercenaries had been burned and they appeared to have been caught in some sort of fire. One had a backpack that had been cut open and the contents appeared to all have fallen out.

Undeterred the group went into the tower. They entered a grand entranceway that surprisingly looked clean and well kept. The sconces on the wall were lit and though empty and eerily quiet the room did not appear as something that had been long abandoned. They decided that it was no doubt the magic of the tower itself was what maintained the room in this state, they wondered what else they might find deeper inside the tower.

There was a door on the other side of the room and the group went through it into a hallway. Along the hallway were what appeared to be the contents of the mercenaries backpack and the trail of odds and ends led to a door. The group opened the door and went into the room. It appeared to be a study with books shelves, a desk and a large fire place with a fire already lit. Shadow started searching the book shelves, while Morisha opened a door on the far side of the room. Shadow managed to find a small button on the bottom of a shelf that when touched opened a secret door. Morisha opened a door that led into a smaller storage room. There was a large tapestry on the wall, a cane rack and a ornamental carpet on the floor. Suddenly the carpet sprung to life and wrapped itself around Morisha.

Aust and Blueterion were checking out the fire as it seemed odd that there was a fire and the mercenaries had burns. Had they fallen into the fireplace somehow. Morisha screamed from the other room and then a massive fire elemental started coming out of the fireplace. The canes rose up out of their racks and started attacking the group. Morisha was finding it hard to breath as the carpet squeezed her, while Aust and Blueterion tried to deal with the fire elemental.