Who runs the Asylum?

Dismissing the rear door leading to the rough tunnel, Faweh checked the left door and determined it operated by a hidden catch mechanism; once found it was simple to operate and the whole Party remembered the process. He opened the door, startled as Neebin rushed past into the hallway, but recovered to lock him in for a few minutes; nothing appeared to occur, so the rest followed through to examine the hall more closely.

At a right angled turn the found it stretched away for a fair distance and revealed many doors lining its sides; checking the nearest, they saw a golem standing inside motionless. Deciding to open the door, Faweh crept in and despite careful contact, it didn't react in any way. Neebin now set off down the corridor and at around the halfway point a loud click caused him to pause; they all observed the doors on all sides swing open and from many of the cells golems shuffled out including the one infront of them.

The golems turned on the party members and a swift fight ensued, but aided by the narrowness of the corridor the Party won through with little injury. They moved to the far end and the door here lead to a long cross corridor; unable to see clearly through the window, but seeing some motion, they opened the door with care. Moving into the corridor, they caught sight of a number of golem hounds quietly loping towards them from both sides. A further swift combat saw them dispatched and finding doors leading to other cell corridors further along, they devised a plan which let Faweh trigger the cell doors, whilst they secured the entrance and allowed the sorceror to pick off the golems inside with minimal threat.

Having cleared the immediate area, they checked the ends of the cross corridor to find two smaller chambers - on the left a small office, where they found a letter and a coded journal and to the right what seemed an alchemical laboratory; numerous potions were stored on one wall and the Party stowed them all with care.

From the far sides of each chamber a further corridor lead away, both turned sharply after a matter of feet angling inwards to some central point. They carefully advanced along the left side to discover an open room, Faweh scouted it to find six golems lying on benches, however Neebin rushed forward causing them to react and rise. Managing to turn back he led them into the Party ranks and though tougher than others they had met, they were defeated quickly. Deciding to split and cover the right hand side from both directions, the Party managed to time a joint assault on the last chamber, disturbing four large hulking golems that had stood in the room's corners. A tougher opposition again, they still overcame the mindless golems and resting briefly the Party moved back to the only corridor leading away.

Faweh scouted down first and here he found broad steps leading down to a wide open chamber, at the rear wall paired doors closed off a further exit on the right side, whilst the left held a low dark opening that led back into the rock; eight or nine bright red eyes glowed from within the unnatural murk. He crept back to inform the rest and they descended carefully to the chamber prepared for combat.