The stairs are well lit by torches mounted on the walls that burn with a flame that strikes you as somehow unnatural.  After a short distance the stairs end and the passage continues on level.  In the middle of the passage is a large wooden frame.  The frame appears to have been built to hold a bell, but the bell is missing.  Judging from the size of the frame the bell would be about a foot in diameter.  

About 10 yards past the bell frame, the passage opens up into a vast cavern.  In the cavern lie many thousands of warriors, in a large circle, with their heads outward.  Every warrior is clad in bright armor with their shields and weapons lying at their sides.  There is a burning torch (again with a somehow unnatural flame) mounted on the cave floor near the head of each warrior.  The reflection of all the flames off of the gleaming armor of the warriors is nearly blinding.

James stands in awe, staring at the cavern of warriors.

"I bet the bell summons Arthur, but where is the bell?", he asks.

"Spread out and lets see if we can find the bell. It might be under some refuse or have been buried."

Does any one have a laptop?

(sure, one of you could have had your laptop out on the plane and now have it with you.  I'm curious to see what you have in mind Brumbar)

As you look around the cavern you notice that each warrior's name is carved into the rock next to the torch by their head.  The knights nearest you are mostly clad in chainmail and armed with spears.  Several of the weapons and armor seem patterned on Roman designs.  The names are all Celtic- Peredur Longspear, Gwalchmei Son of Gwyar, Caradawg Stout-Arm are a few. Some of them seem more familiar- Cei might be Sir Kay.  Owain Son of Urien could be Sir Gwain.  

As you move farther back in the cavern, the knights are armored in plate mail and the names are more familiar- Perceval, Tristam, Galahad, and Lancelot.  

By this point you are becoming more accustomed to surprises, but you are still just a tad startled to see that the knights truly are not dead- they're sleeping.  

While searching the cavern, Sabrina notices a gap in the ring of warriors.  Someone is missing.  A torch still flames where "Bedivere" is carved into the stone, but the man, his armor, and weapons are missing.  

You search does not turn up the bell or any signs of digging.  At the far end of the cavern opposite where you entered you see a large wooden door.

"Lets examine the door and see if it is locked and if we can open it. If not lets head back to where the bell is hanging."

If we can open the door the I suggest looking beyond it for the bell and the missing knight.

If we can not open the door, then Nick will fire up his laptop at the bell sight, call up the "bell" or chime sound from the sound menu and begin playing with the tones to see if he can mimic the right sound to do what is needed (ring the bell and awake the knights).

"When we leave this room, somebody grab one or two of these torches," John says. "I like them better than one made from a femur."

He hangs back a bit as the others search, shotgun at the ready.

Nick walks in the direction of the door to see where it leads.  Suddenly, standing between Nick and the door appears a knight with a drawn sword.  The knight stands right in front of the door, about 50 ft from Nick and maybe 80 or so from the other members of the party.

The armor of the knight is all crimson- the color of freshly spilt blood.  The knight's surcoat is scarlet- like the flames of a flickering fire.  Even the man's flesh has a ruddy complexion, and his hair and bear are copper-red.  

The knight's sword is most strange.  Half of the blade blazes with flames while the other half drips drops of blood.  

Before you even have a chance to talk to this strange knight, he whirls his sword round his head, then points it toward you.

"Die!" he shouts.

A burst of fire streaks from the sword straight towards the group.

A combat round has begun, please post what your character wants to do.

NIck will Dodge the flame strike, then toss the torch he was carrying at the face of the knight while charging him drawing his own sword. At the last moment I will spin to his sword arm side to plunge my sword into the weak point of armour, underneath his armpit.

James dives for cover beside one of the other sleeping knights, hoping that the Red Knight would not shoot fire at them at least!

"Are you Bedivere? Knock it off, we're not doing anything bad, we're just looking for Arthur!", he calls out, "Owen sent us!!"

Sabrina shouts "The guardian of blood and fire! Throw a torch at him!"  She tries to maneuvre to stab him in the back

I'm just waiting for Coffee to say what John will do.  I'm not sure if he's around during the weekend at all, so he has till end of the day Monday, then I resolve everyone's actions.  I hope you guys are having fun!

John moves to one side, hoping to get a good clear shot at this bozo. (Although if somebody else moves into melee, shooting will not be an option.)

If I can get a clear shot at this bozo, I'll take it.

It's take all four of you a second too long for your brains to process the fact that a knight is shooting fire at you with his sword, and the fireball singes your flesh as you attempt to get out of the way

5 damage each to Sabrina, Nick, John, and James

John fires a round with his shotgun, but he shoots high and the slug blasts into the cavern wall.  

Nick rushes the Red Knight, but his sword thrust is parried aside.

Sabrina comes at the knight from the other side.  Her rapier thrust finds an opening in his armor and draws blood.

Sabrina does 8 damage to the knight minus whatever armor he has

James dives to the floor and finds himself curled up behind King Pelinor.

go ahead and state your actions for the next round.  Coffee- John has one round still in his shotgun, you didn't tell me if you wanted to fire both barrels or just one, so I only fired one.

I did just want to fire one, thanks. I like to have one in reserve.

But since people are in melee now, I won't be shooting again. I don't have a sword, but I do have a baseball bat -- something I'm more familiar with anyway!

John sets the shotgun down and moves up into melee.