Mines of Madness

=Mines of Madness=

Quest Hook
At a pub/inn the players will run into Professor Henrik Jones. A retired professor of archeology from The Sanctum Arcanum, Jones has been searching for "The Forever Stone" for the last 20 years. He has been all over Tiphor searching for clues and texts regarding this ancient artifact. As he is getting too old to adventure, he approaches the PCs in the hopes that they can help him fulfill his life-long goal.

Rewards

 * PCs can choose to keep the stone or...
 * PCs can take payment of 5,000gp to complete this quest.

Journal of Henrik Jones
You find the journal of Professor Henrik Jones. Contained within you find many odd notes and drawings. You gather that Professor Jones was in search of an artifact called "The Forever Stone". He claims that this stone has the power to extend one's life. He writes about a wizard named Abracadamus, a force of good, who near the end of his life decided to hide "The Forever Stone" deep underground. Jones seems to be on the brink of discovering the location of the stone, he just needs to locate the tomb of Tristian the Rose of The Delian Order.

The journal also contains drawings of rooms and cryptic riddles and musings.

(2) collapsing tunnel
The humble braggart must extol himself, lest he be buried under the weight of the world.

(10) endless hallway
The endless horizon It's easy to lose track The destination will never arrive You must go back.

(25) door
When facing the dawn, one must be humble When facing the night, one must be bold
 * SAFE PASSAGE : crawl west to east. Open east to west
 * East to West
 * See thru me // See thru you
 * West to East
 * One good turn // Deserves another

(27) altar
The willing must stay behind

(33) Door
Six Kings of Stone and Rock When brought together will unlock