Dull Grey, Approaching Dawn

Honorable Priestess of Melora,

The Lost Soul has been freed, but we now find ourselves trapped in the Siege World -- with no rope to lead us back to our world. We have been transported into a room with no roof and only dull grey skies above us.

The Lost Soul's chair now sits empty. We used the chair to climb to the top of the wall to see what lies outside this building. There is nothing but a vast expanse of grey -- a wasteland that stretches out as far as the eye can see.

We were tired and weakened after our battle with the Lost Soul, and we are in desperate need of an extended rest. However, we did not know if other creatures roamed this building, and we didn't want our rest to be interrupted by an attack that we could not fend off.

We decided to explore more of the building -- at least enough for us to find a safer spot to rest. There was a door across the room from the chair. Bran, our Halfling Rogue, led the way through to a wider room. On the left and right walls of the room were destroyed tapestries. Ahead of us was darkness and the ominous sound of a howling wind.

We explored more of the room and found alcoves on both the left and right sides. These seemed to seemed to be safe enough pockets where we could rest for the night. Kale, our Human Mage, also found a statue of a duck in the far left corner of the room. He put the snake around its neck as a test of sorts -- but nothing happened.

We decided to take our rest, and Ryn, our Eladrin Warlock, stood watch for us. During the night, at some point, we heard rustling and scratching noises from the roof, almost as though large rodents were scurrying around. But nothing came down to attack us, and the night passed uneventfully.

As dawn approached, the sky remained grey but grew brighter. We could not see the sun.

We moved forward and found ourselves in a large room at the end of the building. To our left was a cooled lava flow. The wall next to it had been destroyed, leaving the building open to the grey wasteland beyond. We followed a hallway on the left side that led us through the left side of the building. We discovered a room with beds and another room with cooking kettles. It looked like a camp that had been abandoned -- perhaps 2 weeks ago. The outside walls of these rooms were destroyed and we could see the grey world outside.

Something caught our eye outside one of the rooms. We walked out of the building and discovered the corpse of a giant lizard. It had been used for riding and had a leash that was staked to the ground.

Something had been chewing on this corpse -- something much bigger than the lizard. We soon discovered that the teethmarks belonged to giant vulture drakes, which surprised us and swooped down to attack.

They snapped at us with their beaks and tore at us with their claws. When we fought back, they released terrifying shrieks that struck fear into our hearts. We were somehow able to compose ourselves and battle off these scavengers. Kale kept a beak as a souvenir.

After the fight, we went back and explored the right side of the building. The rooms were intact but empty. Oddly, there was one part of the building that was walled off. We could not find any doorway or entrance. When we climbed up on the roof, we could not find any entrance from above.

What was this place? Why was it destroyed? And who lived here? We could hope to find the answers by continuing our exploration of this building...