Session 4: The Missing Children Pt. 2 Report
General Summary
After Bohel finds the cave his party is delving he manages to stealth into its depths... as a spider. The group having just finished an encounter with a group of spiders spot his approach and begin fighting him. Dropping his spider form to return to his normal Loxodon physique he manages to calm them all.
The group pushes further into the cave after a short rest and find a group of manes. These vaguely humanoid shaped creatures were no more than 2 to 3 feet tall. The party dispatches them will little trouble and Bohel notices upon inspection that they are neither undead nor naturally occurring creatures.
A poorly hidden metal door bars the way for the party, but not for long. Ruineren's deft hands and thieve's tools make short work of the lock.Beyond it they find two chambers. One a filthy camp with a box of dead animal limbs and a dismembered dwarf and two beds. The door to which was trapped, a painful reminder to Ruineren to be on guard. The other is a larger room behind another set of doors. As the party approached it they hear a scream and the sound of a body exploding as a set of chanting comes to a climax. In fear of the children's safety they kick in the door and confront the hooded figure. Upon the initial confrontation though they here not one, but two voices as the figure falls in half. The hooded skulker was actually two imps standing on top of one another. Before much conversation could be had the party drops one of the fowl creatures. The other manages to go invisible and taunts the party. Unable to see their quarry the group fans out to cover exits and the three children that are chained to a nearby wall. When it saw an opening it struck Bohel. The Loxodon had managed to sniff out the location of the beast but found himself alone and open. When it struck he weathered the blow and quickly transformed back into a dinosaur and struck the beast unconscious with Ruineren and Keenig's help.
They bound and interrogated the creature. They learned that a different hooded man had summoned the imps there and tasked them with performing a ritual. The purpose of which was to open a doorway to another plane. Specifically "Dafunder".
After a few narcotic/shroom and beast forming shenanigans the party managed to bring the kids back to the safety of the village. Afterwards they took audience with the Guardmaster of Onza Triston Grimwalt. Barry, after coming down off his hallucinations from the shrooms, proved that he was in fact paying attention as they interrogated the imp. He explained to the Guardmaster the details of the adventure and what information they had learned. Upon hearing the word "Dafunder" he grimaced and explained that word describes the 2nd layer of hell to those who speak Infernal. He took the imp into custody and sent the party off with 300 gold (100 gold per child).
Ruineren split from the party prior to this to make sure he didn't miss his next meeting with the Sparrow. As they spoke she explained the job a bit better and when he agreed to it she handed him a seemingly empty piece of paper with instructions to take it to the eastern most dock at the river when he is ready to find her.
Rewards Granted
300 gold
Missions/Quests Completed
Completed the Filler: Missing Children of Onza hitting the level 3 milestone.
Furthered Filler: Thieves' Gamble.
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