Session 07
General Summary
With the party surrounded by five Hellfire Hounds things looked like they could be grim. The
dogs breathed fire and seemed to have a magical aura which reduced people's defenses against this
magical fire they breathed. What with that and their ability to phase into the walls and attack from
all angles and it was a difficult encounter. However Magma Force employed great tactics of
teaming up on one individual and wearing it down. As it turned out these dogs seemed to lose
their abilty to phase once they were fairly badly injured and so by teaming up on each one at a
time they eventually overcame these dangerous adversaries.
After a short rest to recover from the exertions of fighting the Hellfire Hounds, the party decided
to investigate the normal pair of double doors off the room. These doors were huge and made of
iron. They were fairly sure that if there were people behind them they should have heard the noise
of the fight, and yet the doors were so big perhaps the noise would not have carried beyond.
Opening the door the group were overwhelmed with heat as they were faced with about a dozen
immolated dwarven looking creatures that Camero identified as Azers. Sat upon a throne in the
room was a big powerful looking Azer who asked if they were friends of Thi'irook Coalflame. Not
knowing who this person was the party said no and so the Azer leader drew her two handed
sword, one edge of which was afire and the other of which was iced, and ordered the attack!
The azers swarmed across the floor and Camero threw spell after spell into their midst, blowing
dwarves to pieces left right and centre. Those that got through the barrage of magic quickly fell
upon the axes of Morgan and Gotrek, with Harley's rapier spearing any that eluded axe blade.
Within seconds the azer leader was alone but this did not stop her wading bravely into the fight.
She put up much stronger opposition but it was only going to be a matter of time and sure enough
she soon fell beneath Morgan's axe. At the last second he reversed the blade and battered her into
unconsciousness however. Magma Force had a prisoner.
The prisoner was tied up and then woken. Questioned about what she was doing here it was
discovered she worked for a Fire Giant King, known as Coalfire. he was an ally to the
Cagewrights and was currently lairing in their headquaters, the Firey Sanctum. She had no idea
how to get there however. Apparently King Coalfire sometimes made his way here and it was her
responsibility to look after this location when he was gone. She knew that Orbius the Beholder
was mainly to be found on the level above. The group tied her up and took her magical sword off
her which she called Coldfire.
Continuing to search the level they were on the group found what looked like another shaft
leading up to the level above. The level on which Vhalantru/Orbius apparently laired. Gotrek took
Harley's magical climbing boots and scuttled up the shaft to find another of the magically opening
vault-doors. He took a rope, attached it to a suitable place on the doorframe and dropped it into the
shaft below. With this rope all the group could climb up. They did so and Camero identified that
this door could be opened with "weakness magic". Fortunately they had access to such magic so
believed they could get through. However they were all quite run down after many encounters and
so decided they needed to rest up before taking on the evil Orbius in his own lair. They all
dropped back down the rope and made camp in the bottom of the shaft, hoping that they would get
a proper rest before they had to climb back up...
Report Date
11 Apr 2024
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