Legends of Tabletop Podcast

Maria Milagros Castaneda – Kurt Sebastian Alonso – Danny Citlali – John GM - Kevin The entryway is dark and in the distance they can hear a faint chanting. Entering the inner chamber the floor shifts revealing a descending staircase. With no place to go but down, the party follows the stairway. As they reach the bottom the chanting intensifies and they can make out the name Haa’hiu. Before they can investigate, 3 more shadow demons materialize attacking. Maria and Citlali are able to make quick work of the shadows but not before one of them is able to touch Sebastian freezing him in place. When the last demon is killed its hold over Sebastian is broken. The carvings on the walls tell the story of the temple. This temple was not part of any city, but a stop for religious pilgrims and journeying kings or diplomats. The head of the priests was Haa’hiu, the Chanter Man. Once Haa’hiu found a strange stone and ordered the stone brought to the temple. It took 3 men to carry it back. The first night after the stone was carried to the temple a dragon flew down to the pyramid. It was the Old Dragon called Mixcoatl, and he had come to talk to Haa’hiu, for the stone was one of his eggs and he wanted it back. Haa’hiu didn’t return the egg, but instead threatened the Old Dragon; he said that Mixcoatl and his kin should serve mortals or else Haa’hiu would kill the egg. The Old Dragon acquiesced but on the condition that mortals sacrificed their children to the dragons. Thus, the covenant was sealed, and the Mixcoatl dragons came down to human cities and protected them, and the mortals fed them with their children. And the Dragon Stone remained in the temple and the egg never hatched. Continuing onward the path diverges & Maria hears the chanting loudest from the center so they move forward. They reach a stone slab with the symbols of a priest, a dragon and a precious stone. There seems to be no way to move the slab, but approaching it, they notice a small circular depression at the center that seems to be missing a disk shaped piece. Searching for clues on the wall they find more of Haa’hiu’s story: One day there would come warriors that would break the covenant between dragons and mortals. When that happened the egg would break and the dragon would be born and he would serve the warriors that came for him. So Haa’hiu remained a deathless guard, watching over the temple for centuries until the warriors came that could reclaim the egg of Mixcoatl. Assuming that the pieces will be found down the other pathways they retrace their steps and head down the right pathway into a chamber of white stone adorned with bas-reliefs of four dragons. There are symbols asking visitors to kneel before the Four Dragons and as they move into the room Citlali sees a glint of gold near the ceiling. Once they all enter the room however, a stone slab blocks the entrance and the chamber begins to fill with water. Sebastian quickly kneels on one of the plates and the dragon carving opens its mouth slowly draining the water out of the room. Citlali and Maria follow and the water drains out of the chamber. The stone slab in the archway raises freeing them from the room. Citlali knocks down the disk with his spear, acquiring one half of the key. The left path leads to a room containing a large stone statue as tall as a man, representing an upright snake. The snake’s jaws holds an engraved half-disc made of gold. Sebastian notices that the floor tiles look different and that are slits in the walls. Citlali pushes on one of the plates and a dart flies out. He makes his way to the statue pressing the tiles in front of him and retrieves the disk. With both halves of the golden disk they return to the center door opening it. https://www.birdscoffeecompany.com/coffees/legends-of-tabletop-legendary-brew Use Code Legends10 to get 10% off your order! Theme music created by Brett Miller http://www.brettmillermusic.net/