Business Closed

General Summary

By Pagu

Flamerule 23rd, 1373 (Year of Rogue Dragons)

The party books rooms at the and the fill in the new member, Nicolas "Big Red", on what he needs to know and what we are up against... The human paladin of the Triad is surprisingly and welcomingly non-sceptical and commits to the action... Impressed with his character and virtue. Knowing we will be elbows deep in danger I trade my backup sword and shield to our new member to replace his... Mine carry basic enchantments best used in the hands of a man at war instead of strapped to my back waiting for the worst situations... We gather Intel on the mines and the town's situation from the staff at the Giant... And after dark we move on the mine... The mine's mouth is secured inside a fortified warehouse and office complex carved into the hillside... Our plan is a ruse... We approach under target of several crossbowmen on the crenelated rooftop... Ulfgar our salty dwarf warrior brazenly approaches the side door with us accompany and loudly bangs on it... Commotion and hushed dwarven voices can be heard for a moment then the sounds of the door being unbarred and opened... A crusty Foreman's assistant asks what's our business and Ulfgar hits him with, "All Hail the King and Yellow"... The dwarf backs off and invites us into the voluminous warehouse... A catwalk circles the second story and is manned by a half dozen more crossbowmen... "oh you are here for the rituals... Take you clothes off here and we will fetch the yellow robes..." We spread out to undress and then spring into action... Ulfgar, Big Red, and I smash into the foreman and his four guards... Reed jumps off my shoulders, springs off an ore cot, tumbles up some crates, and then launches up to the catwalk and the hin begins raining punch after kick after chop on crossbowmen after crossbowmen... Halorin supports his Reed around the catwalk with magic missiles and eldritch blasts... After a brief but violent battle the warehouse floor and catwalk are cleared of combatants... Ulfgar interrogates and then executes a captive delivering the Iron King Under the Mountain's justice... Iluminus quickly spreads into the offices and back rooms of the complex looking for the Dourstone Foreman Ragnolin... In the rear of the complex is a guardpost outside the Foreman's offices and a vault... The cultists fight fiercely but fall as the office door is blown open by Ulfgar stomping in and calling out, "Come get your due Ragnolin!"... From an empty spot in the corner a blast of elemental cold and frost savages the companions... Luckily it is a hard group and most shake off the frostbite and resume the attack... Ulfgar deploys a magical trinket, a small stone dog statuette that enlarges and animates and points out the invisible assailant's location... Reed misjudged the location and spin and chops for 10-feet and hit nothing but air... Nicolas steps in and smites the invisible Ragnolin and leaves a searing radiant outline on the dwarf... The Dourstone is unable to handle the following rain of blows and falls... Wanting to secure the site the party travels to the rooftop and defeated the last guards... The mine complex lies secured... Signs of battle erased... The Dourstone line extinguished... closed for business signs are put out... Iluminus begins to explore and investigate the Foreman's office and the vaults and see what secrets are within....

Rewards Granted

Found Dourstone Vault key. Ragnolin carried an ornately crafted dwarven dagger, a set of ornate bracers, a small pouch containing some type of dust, and a variety of coin and gems.