Episode 34

Episode 34: A Dicey Dungeon.

After a restful night, it’s time to enter the Temple of the Twin Suns. The Sunset Exiles decide to keep most of their group outside to keep watch, with only Cassidy and Dyna accompanying them. Along with Jeremiah, Callisto, Ganymede, Cici, Scrungus and Taylansta, the group all enter the Temple of the Twin Suns. They are all met with strange, twisting hallways lined with traps, quick beams of light narrowly dodging them as they navigate. Cassidy tries to map where the traps are located as the rest of the party tries to move on ahead. After some tricky navigating, everyone makes it through the trapped hall, even if Jeremiah lags behind. As they all enter the next room, a strange presence in the temple seems to start affecting the heroes. Not only is there a large monster-like statue with a strange energy looming over them, Cici is overcome with an intense feeling of rage, attacking Taylansta and Ganymede seemingly for no reason. Cassidy is actually the one to snap her out of it, bringing her back to reality with a special ability. The altercation is short, but it still drives a further divide between everyone. Ahead, Callisto investigates the strange monster statue, but doesn’t seem to notice anything about it and decides to move forward instead. Him and Ganymede make a discovery further onwards, however. There’s a large stained glass window, portraying two suns, and a casket adorned with gems and precious stones.

After some thorough looking, Callisto realizes that the casket isn’t solid, and appears to be an illusion. Together, the twins punch through the stained glass wall, shattering the illusion, and reveal a hallway behind it. The Shepherd kids march forward, through the long hall previously hidden, leaving Jeremiah, along with Cassidy and Dyna behind, stuffing their pockets with treasures and gold littered around on the floor. The Shepherd kids, led by Ganymede and Callisto, come upon another strange room, barely a striking similarity to the previous room with the casket and stained glass window. However, there is no illusion here. This room, with self lighting torches illuminating it from every corner, lies with an intricate casket in the center of it. Overlooking it is a stained glass window depicting a hero uncannily resembling Ganymede and Callisto. A plaque on the casket reads, “Jupiter Polaris”, along with little depictions of him and other assumed champions. One of them features him and a winged figure sitting together. This is the same hero that was depicted back in Kahlessi as a statue, an ancient ancestor of the twins who fought during the Second Grand Demon War, when the Divine Weapons were created. Thinking that Jupiter possibly wielded the weapons they’re looking for, the twins decide to open Jupiter’s coffin to look. They find nothing but Jupiter's neatly mummified body, adorned with a wing necklace along his neck, but no weapons found. They quickly put the lid back on, Callisto disgusted with himself for considering touching a sacred hero’s resting place. He quickly begins to pray to Razzan, but not for long before the temple begins to rumble, shaking everyone where they stand. Something dangerous is happening in some other part of the temple…