Session 6: Getting Closer Report

General Summary

Yusdrayl welcomed the group with a curious and somewhat disappointed look – no dragon was accompanying them. The party informed her of their achievements – the goblin threat had been neutralized from the upper level, but Calcryx was yet to be captured. The kobold leader pointed out that a reward was promised only for the return of their precious creature. After some persuading, she agreed to increase the prize if the heroes manage to also eliminate whatever threats reside in the deeper areas of the fortress. So downstairs was the next destination. The vast well-like construction in Durnn the hobgoblin leader’s room turned out to be pretty climbable and Hedid managed to descend to the bottom level. A few skeletal gardeners were not very happy to see her and attacked. The rest of the party followed Hedid down and together the group was victorious. Several paths seemed to lead to other areas, but the group decided to take the most obvious one – the one with the closed door. Behind it, a hallway opened to a kind of dormitory, with several rooms on both sides. Since the heroes made no secret of their arrival, the inhabiting goblins started the fight. After a long battle, most of them were eliminated. The few left standing were talked into dropping their weapons and got interrogated. After giving up some information, some of them even were paid courtesy of Norg’s generosity. Among other things, the goblins revealed the direction where the ‘Outcast’ resides. As all signs pointed to him being the one running things around here, the party followed it. Unfortunately they were stopped by a bugbear patrolling the next hallway. After some back and forth, the heroes managed to simplify their goal even more by allowing the bugbear to lead them to the Outcast. But after traversing through a few rooms this idea didn’t seem so great any more. It was decided that the bugbear must die and the group should find the way themselves. Soon enough, their guide was laying dead on the floor.

Before heading on, Shava needed to check something from the previous room – the majestic dragon statue in a shrine they had just passed had a suspicious looking plate in front of it, and that obviously needed to be investigated without wasting any time. Norg also took interest in the statue, and while the two were busy having a look, a dark ghostly figure emerged from the shadows by the back wall, with a chilling touch drained all life force from Norg and retreated while vanishing back into the shadows. Shava reached for her bow while Norg was laying unconscious on the floor...