Having rested in the temple ruins, the party sets off to explore the rest of the structure. Inside, they find religious carvings depicting rituals of passage into death. A care examination of the room revealed a deadly fire trap set up to guard a tunnel leading to another similar temple chamber. As they were about to squeeze through the partially collapsed tunnel, the party discovered that they are being watched by an invisible observer but were unable to discover the observer's identity before it disappeared into the darkness.
On the other side of the tunnel, the party was confronted with more religious carvings and a detailed model of an unknown city. At the model's centre was a small pyramid containing the carefully mummified corpse of a human. Unfortunately, opening the pyramid triggered the release of mummy rot dust and two party members were infected with a slowly debilitating disease. The model was also the focus of an elaborate wheel puzzle which opened the way to a third smaller chamber.
Beyond the second chamber was the lair of a batlike creature known as varagoin. The monster had made this section of the temple its nest and viciously attacks any intruders. The varagoin was not much of the challenge to the well-prepared team but its death brought about a surprise attack from the invisible watcher that the party had noticed earlier. The stalker had turned out to be a will-o-wisp which had previously claimed the temple as its home but the arrival of the varagoin several months ago had displaced the will-o-wisp. The varagoin had inadvertantly triggered an ancient wall of iron trap designed to prevent graverobbers from accessing the final burial chamber. The wall of iron prevented the will-o-wisp from confronting the varragoin, who had begun to starve from a paltry diet of rodents and insects.
Within the burial chamber, the party discovered the mummified remains of dozens of humanoids carefully lay to rest within a well filled with negative energy. Strangely, Riley decided to leap into the dark, fog-filled well activating magics that drained away his life, leaving him unconscious and badly injured at the well's bottom. Luckily, Draziw's monodrone familiar was immune to the well's necromatic powers and was able to tie a rope around the unconcious paladin so that the party could drag him out. Riley was later revived by a quick dip in a similar well outside the temple filled with positive energy. Meanwhile, inside the burial chamber, the party discovered a small collection of gems and coins under the varragoin's nest and two finely carved bat figurines made of gold. Diseased and injured (from their well-hoping escapade), the party once again made camp in the structure outside the temple.
