You have seized control of areas A5 (portico), A6 (atrium), A7 (acolytes chambers) and A8 (sacrificial chamber). You have found a secret passage leading from A8 to A6 behind the thick north wall of area A7. You have been told there may be another secret passage leading from A6 to A9, but have not located it (Jules and Sansuki have made search checks). Xarces has scouted the obvious passageway to the north of A6 leading to A9, and found it barricaded by the lizardfolk. You have been told that the ‘wells’ in A5, A8 and A9 lead down to tunnels beneath the temple which are used by a dragon. You have gained supporting evidence of this in that Xarces saw the dragon in the first fight outside the temple, and Synys identified that the apparent floor of the well in A8 shows signs of having moved in the recent past (on some kind of tilting system).<br/><br/>As I understand it the plan is for Linda to use the Dracotaur you defeated, reanimated as a zombie, to advance towards area A9 and, making up some story of your defeat, talk the blackscales into removing the barricade. As zombies cannot talk, it is intended that someone will hide in the secret passageway between A8 and A6 and provide the Zombie’s voice using ventriloquism or some similar spell or ability. The rest of the group will hide further back in A6, or in A5 or A7 or similar…<br/><br/>PS: Advertisement! Bright and I are now playing in the ‘My Life as a Twentysomething Voraphile’ game based on the writing.com interactive of very similar name (teenage voraphile). You’re all welcome to join  if you wish!