Aramir used Blackrazor today, and it almost killed him.
We found the statue that the Aranea told us about, and it was at the center of a desecrated area swarming with the green worms of Kyuss. We were attacked by two treants who had been killed and then raised as foul undead by the Kyuss worms. The normally benevolent creatures swatted us with their mighty limbs and trampled us beneath their roots as we tried to fight them off. Galan’s axes proved especially effective, as did my Flame Sphere spell.
The last treant was almost destroyed when Aramir sustained an injury that broke his control. He finally succumbed to Blackrazor’s charms and wielded the cursed weapon against the huge spawn of Kyuss. As the druid had warned him, the weapon had no power against an undead creature—the force of the blow was redirected at Aramir in a flash of black light, what I presume to be negative energy. His strength was sapped, even as the treant was healed by the blow. Galan and I managed to destroy the poor creature as Lydara and Urol tended to Aramir, unconscious and near death’s door by his own weapon.
Aramir is a great friend to me, but he has always been…impulsive. I hope he learns from this dire experience and puts the foul weapon away, never to be tempted by its call again.
As we rested from our trial, I scouted out a trench that wound through the infested ground to an entrance to the catacombs beneath the statue. The worms do not enter the trench, so it appears to offer safe passage. The huge statue represents a humanoid carrying a terrible weapon, seemingly a cross between a morningstar and a halberd. Aramir thinks this could be a statue of Kyuss himself, and I cannot disagree—the presence of the green worms is too strong to be coincidence. Urol took an impression of the statue’s inscription to share with Eligos.
We will rest the night in the safe haven of the Rope Trick once again, and head underground in the morning. I wonder how the foul presence of Kyuss will have twisted the already-lethal denizens of this island.
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