The Cockatrice Den

=The Cockatrice= Fritz met with some new mercenaries. L’kot, a cocky and confident froglike creature, a studious little human woman named Kaia, and a gnomish rogue known as Eldon. They sought out Fritz in the tavern, requesting help for another adventure. Harriet told us of a Cockatrice with clouded over eyes, surrounded by some kind of misty energy. It’s been pestering trade caravans travelling by Whitewall. She asked us to investigate the situation and see what’s going on.

We traveled a day north east of town and made camp. In the night, that druid from the Goblin Hunt stumbled into our camp and asked to join our party. We heard something sprinting through the brush. I used Archimedes to spot that it was a Unicorn. While chasing the Unicorn we discovered a cave.

Inside we discovered a broken statue holding an arrow. Further inside we discovered a rune decorated gateway swirling with energy. Two crystals, of violet and green, light up the doorway. The Green Crystal is broken, and is crackling with unleashed energy. It was in this room that Eldon was ambushed by a '''cockatrice.  The creature seemed to freeze Eldon''' in place, slowly turning his body to stone. It could step around the cavern through the mists. We managed to free him by chipping away at the stone. But a second cockatrice appeared and the two of them managed to turn Kaia completely into stone before we killed the beasts.

An elven woman emerged from the statute and spoke with us. She told us she’d repeatedly been awoken from her stone slumber with the power of her amulet. Each time a Cockatrice would bite her back into the stone. Once she was awake, L’kot asked her for healing. Once she touched the little frog man, she fell to the ground, seemingly stunned by some kind of poison. Killian took the necklace from her body and gave it to Kaia. This returned Kaia to life, but the elven woman turned to stone.

The Gateway
We noticed a statue within the aura of Green Crystal energy had a single scorch mark on it. When Killian threw a stone at the crystal, the stone was zapped with energy and fell to the ground.

When both crystals are working, the gateway functions as a teleporter. Using detect magic I was able to tell that the crystals are magic, the arrow on the ground near the first statue is magical, and the statue on the furthest left side of the teleportation chamber all emanate magic. We took the arrow and a magical axe attached to the statue.

My arcane abilities tell that the Green Crystal is completely shot. I suspect that with further research I may be able to repair or replace the crystal and return the teleporter to working order.