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After violently attacking the four monks assembled in the scriptorium, the party attempted to blockade themselves in the room to recover from the battle.  While looking through the books scattered across various desktops, the party came across the manuscript of one Marlos Urnrayle.  In the testament, Marlos declared that he is the "Prophet of Earth" and that he was drawn through dreams and visions to a place called "the Fane of the Eye".  There, he discovered "Ironfang, the Holy Implement of Earth Power", a weapon of some sort that he took as his own.

Urnrayle then established the Temple of Black Earth in the ruins of a long-abandoned Dwarven stronghold that exists far below this very building, the Sacred Stone Monastery.  The manuscript ends with Marlos stating that he is nurturing something called "the Black Geode", and that when the time was right, "the Evergrowing Mountain shall come and remake these lands in his own image."

Minutes later, a sharp knock came from the eastern door.  For some unfathomable reason, the party elected ??? to answer the door, pretending that nothing was wrong.  After a series of completely unbelievable lies, the monks at the door turned away, making it a tad obvious they knew something was up.  The party then leapt back into action, attacking the monks and making quick work of them.  Unfortunately, the group was unable to stifle the monks before their screams summoned their peers from the neighboring dojo.

Though already growing battle-weary, the party fought valiantly against several more monks.  Just as they were nearing the point of victory, a particularly badass blind monk appeared and tore into the party.  She managed to drop Temmie in a single blow and dealt grievous wounds to Hytton, Oni, and Exees.  Ultimately, the party prevailed, adding her body to the pile of corpses littering the hallway.  After a hasty cleanup, the party made a quick exit back to the walled garden before kicking in a door to a seemingly disused stairwell.