With some great rope use work, the group get's Abe out of the pit. They bash the door down beyond which leads into a large chamber with a pool of water at its center and an apparition of a man in white holy vestments. They converse with the ghost and find that the pool of water is a "fountain of youth" so to say. He says that this place was not meant for them. Shortly the old Paladin Sir Lewis Hensworth is in the doorway screaming at the group and draws his sword to attack. The group overtakes the Paladin and Sura's harpoon "runs him through"! The apparition points at the Paladin and magically is now naked. Sir Lewis makes one last dying attempt to enter the chamber and tries to tumble past Sura. He fails miserably and only makes the harpoon wound worse. He dies, a few feet from the pool of water. Wurm casts a spell which prevents Sir Lewis from ever being resurrected and pushes him into the pool of water.
The ghosts of both of Sir Lewis' squires appear. Percy asks Wurm to do the same to him so he can suffer the same fate as his lord. The other Squire Lucander mysteriously disappears. The group barrels up whatever amount of the sacred water they can. The place collapses in on itself shortly thereafter.
They head back East with plans to head back to Surnoth to bring the barrels of youth water back to the Noir Cathedral under construction.
They secure passage on a small ship which leaves in a few days.
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