sXIV: The Black Spike
General Summary
Deciding to perform an exploratory mission, Ingrith, Xaod, and Dughall got on the platform, only to descend 30-feet before abandoning the project. Spying a side tunnel filled with pickaxes and shovels, a subterranean waterfall, and at the bottom of their sight, a large, pitch black, surface of something exuding unholy arcane energy. Dughall, with his flight, was able to see a brief glimpse of the side of the thing, recalling images of the head of a nail, but if true, this nail would be houndreds of feet tall.
Ultimately the mercenaries decided to return to camp at the courtyard, and inform Ceaser and Verena of their discovery. Sleeping on this information, the group would be attacked by a wild ankheg the next morning. While the mercenaries harvested their insect meat, bile, and chitin, Spugnoir and Ingrith set out for Hommlet. Ingrith, contract up returned to the temple of Elhanorra, while Spugnoir informed Burne and Rufus of events, while spending a day in town to acquire a mule, a cart, and enough rope and ladders to descend the drained pool safely to the platform if the mercenaries wished to try to brave the cavern as a full group upon his return.
Missions/Quests Completed
Report back to the Lords of Hommlet on the moathouse situation.
Get a secure way into the cavern beneath the moathouse dungeon
Get a secure way into the cavern beneath the moathouse dungeon
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16 Jan 2022
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