He'd manage to disable the rune, without triggering it; once it had been disabled, the two casters took a look out it, whistling at the power of the rune. "That's a Slay Living spell, if I'm not mistaken," Azadei said, Evendiss nodding in agreement. "We'd best be careful with these. If they both moved them to a hidden room, and trapped them with a spell designed to kill the reader? These must be important."<br/><br/>Fortunately a careful review of the scrolls both turned up no further traps, and quite a bit of information. A key excerpt from the scrolls:<br/><br/>Inquisitor: Why did the Sacrosanct Order enter Hakotep’s tomb?<br/>Prisoner: Mercy! May the gods pity me!<br/>Inquisitor: Why did the Sacrosanct Order enter Hakotep’s tomb?<br/>Prisoner: To take the Pharaoh’s heart and death mask.<br/>Inquisitor: Why?<br/>Prisoner: I cannot! Death is better than the punishment I’ll receive.<br/><em>Prisoner subjected to further flaying for approximately one hour, and subsequently revived after passing out.</em><br/>Inquisitor: Why did the Sacrosanct Order steal the Pharaoh’s heart and mask?<br/>Prisoner: [unintelligible] Please, no more!<br/>Inquisitor: Why? Answer!<br/>Prisoner: It was believed the Pharaoh’s soul, his ib and ka, were contained within them. Please, gods have mercy!<br/>Inquisitor: Why did the order want the Pharaoh’s ib and ka?<br/>Prisoner: No, I cannot!<br/>Inquisitor: Why did they divide his soul?<br/>Prisoner: No more! Have pity!<br/><em>Prisoner subjected to the Trial of Seventy-Seven Scarabs.</em><br/><em>Questioning resumed.</em><br/>Inquisitor: Why did the order steal the Pharaoh’s ib and ka?<br/>Prisoner: We hoped to learn the secrets of the Shory from his soul.<br/>Inquisitor: Did you succeed?<br/>Prisoner: No, no! May the gods pity us for our hubris!<br/>Inquisitor: Where is the Pharaoh’s heart? Where is the mask?<br/>Prisoner: No, no, please! I’ll tell you! The heart was taken to Sothis, hidden beneath Azghaad’s Spire.<br/>Inquisitor: And the mask?<br/>Prisoner: A shrine. A shrine to Nethys in Wati, where none would ever find it. No more, I beg you!<br/><em>Questioning continued for three more days without further confessions until subject expired. Subject interred for future questioning, if needed.</em>