Just as Alice recovers her spear, the skull you just defeated bursts into flame and rises again, the bone healing magically. It positions itself back against the wall opposite its twin.[/i]
Alice watches this with a mixture of dismay and prideThat's my future familiar for you! Sure can take a beating!
The spherical monster that guards this room introduces himself as 'the spectator', he speaks Common directly in your mind. He explains one of the human wizards who worked in the Forge of Spells summoned him to guard the magic items created and stored there. The spectator was slated to serve for 101 years but was never released after the forge of spells was removed just a few years into his watch, he understands that it's been more than 101 years but doesn't quite know how long.
You get a sense that he's unable to admit he failed and has stayed here ever since watching for the forge of spells to be returned so he can continue his duty. He says something about a 'wizard below', likely meaning Nezzer, has disturbed the delicate magic in the area, eroding the spectator's grip on reality. He believes the mine will be assailed again and in a sense he's right. He merely stares at the party menacingly for an awkward length of time then notices the dead flameskull and begins to eye the party suspiciously.
Alice nods to Yulya but can't stop herself from making a comment to the odd creature, noticing its absence of external ears.
So YOU are the real Watcher or Spectator! Did you make those skulls? They're awesome! I want one too!
Alice gesticulates enthusiastically
Look, look!
I already told that skull we have no idea where that Forge of Spells went or what it even was. We're fighting against the guys invading this mine! We're here to get that wizard who disturbed everything. So let's team up! I already tried talking sense into that skull I just took down but it would not listen! We don't want to fight! It just attacked us! So let's get rid of that wizard and look for the Forge of Spells together hm?
Alice is already lost in her imagination of keeping the skulls and eyeball creature as pets and chuckles to herselfOh yes, that would be sooo much fun!
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