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Pay attention to the map I have created for The Severed Hand LVL 5 for it is detailed in one image rather than four separate ones and this was to make things easier on myself and you as well when viewing these online maps. Each level shown is level 5 of their respected tower, each marked from A to D respectively and they will always be in the same place on the levels to follow for easy understanding as they appeared on The Severed Hand LVL 4.
For you brave warriors and those who like attention to detail, I am going to serve it up to you on a silver platter and hopefully everything will be explained smoothly as I have tried to do in the previous chapters. So let us begin and look at our first tower on level 5, followed by the other three.
What was once a glorious pool full of elven carved stone statues and over all beauty was destroyed when the tower fell, the pools now murky and the remains of the statues and their tears as dry as the desert. Saddened by this is Demaini, the female elf who maintained the pools that once stood still and reflected your image back as that of a mirror. Her own lingering hope of sanity lays in restoring the pools to their former glory and beauty, but bound by her spirit to this part of the tower, finding the HOLY WATER she feels will return the pools to their original form is out of the question.
Demaini asks of your services and it is open for you to take if you want to, that is if you wish to go hunting for a barrel of HOLY WATER that will turn the murky water back to its former crystal clear state. Also, being a former priest when she was alive and defending the tower from the Orc and Goblin assaults, she will also ask that you lay the priests in The Severed Hand to rest by slaying them. Their current state of madness believes that they are still defending the tower from an attack and you will gain a certain amount of experience if you do so.
Besides Demaini, there are two flight of stairs leaving this level, one heading up to the sixth level while the other returns you to the fourth.
'tis here in this tower, that you will come across Kaylessa, a brave warrior who fought in the battles as the tower was falling and who can help you, if you help her. She is shamed that the fighters within the tower have lost their own sanity as they haunt The Severed Hand and she asks you to lay them to rest, as did Demaini asked of you to lay the Priests to rest.
Accept this quest and eliminate all Elven Swordsmen found within The Severed Hand so you can receive the 2ND PART TO THE ASTROLABE which she will gladly hand over once you've completed her quest.
There are three locked doors on this level behind Kaylessa which house a multitude of foul beasts that are locked behind in the rooms beyond. A thief who can pick locks or a fighter who can bash doors in will be needed to get into the rooms.
Stairs lead down to the fourth level as well as upwards to the sixth on this level.
A magical view awaits you as you climb these stairs and make your way out to this destroyed tower, the magics so powerful during its destruction has caused the formation to remain floating like lilly pads on water as the bricks are with the air around them. There is no other way to access the floors above this tower, perhaps they vanished in the explosion. Although I had never attempted to rest here, it does look peaceful enough as well as safe enough to attempt it.
Careful where you step as you open the door into this ruined looking tavern or perhaps feast hall and keep close together so back to back fighting can be done here. A lone Elven Spirit resides behind the counter, polishing off the counter with a dusty old rag, his eyes lost in some other existence but don't be fooled. He's watching you approach and waiting for you to get close enough away from the door so he can signal the Elven Swordsmen waiting in the Ethereal Plane and once you are close enough, they will appear and attack the party.
This is a great battle if your entire party walks straight in to explore as you will be surrounded and your escape blocked by the Elven Swordsmen Spirits but by now, you should be able to handle yourself in these types of situations so hack away and lay them to rest.
Two stairs exit this level, one goes down to the fourth level while the other climbs to the sixth.
