Blingdenstone, the City of Speaking Stones Part 6:
A Home for All Deep Gnomes
Dramatis Personae:
Thecker Powdercraft, the Deep Gnome Wererat Gunslinger and Inquisitor of Bahamut
Lady Claire Thundersword, the Human Wererat Swordcaptain of the Purple Dragon Knights
Hans, Claire's Basalt Wolf Figurine
Riddle, Claire's baby Basilisk
Mezzem, the Kobold Wererat Priestess of Bahamut
Lit, Mezzem's baby Basilisk
Natali, the Tiger Therinthrope Beastmaster
Yklwa, Tali's Deinonychus animal companion
Osaw, Tali's baby Basilisk
Rosebud Goldenrod Petunia, the Halfling/Shetland Pony "Centaur" Wererat Berserker; who sees magic where there is none
Lily Trillium Petunia, the Green Dragonborn Lore Bard, and Rosebud's "Momma"
Lady Claire Thundersword, the Human Wererat Swordcaptain of the Purple Dragon Knights
Hans, Claire's Basalt Wolf Figurine
Riddle, Claire's baby Basilisk
Mezzem, the Kobold Wererat Priestess of Bahamut
Lit, Mezzem's baby Basilisk
Natali, the Tiger Therinthrope Beastmaster
Yklwa, Tali's Deinonychus animal companion
Osaw, Tali's baby Basilisk
Rosebud Goldenrod Petunia, the Halfling/Shetland Pony "Centaur" Wererat Berserker; who sees magic where there is none
Lily Trillium Petunia, the Green Dragonborn Lore Bard, and Rosebud's "Momma"
Topsy and Turvy Goldwhiskers, the Deep Gnome Wererat Rogue Twins
Seluna, the Moon Elf Drow Totem Warrior Circle of the Moon Druid and Silverstar of Selûne
Flimflam Pebblehead, the Deep Gnome Arcanist who really likes killing things
Roswyn Darkshooter, the Deep Gnome Delver from the Miner's Guild
Medic Stonebandage, the Deep Gnome Priest of Smoothhands from the Stoneheart Enclave
Smoothpalm, the Deep Gnome Monk of Smoothhands
Terrik Stoneshot, the Deep Gnome Gunslinger from the Bounty Hunter's Guild
Niles Rubusthorn, the Moon Elf Commoner
Twyla Alderleaf, the Moon Elf Commoner
Seluna, the Moon Elf Drow Totem Warrior Circle of the Moon Druid and Silverstar of Selûne
Flimflam Pebblehead, the Deep Gnome Arcanist who really likes killing things
Roswyn Darkshooter, the Deep Gnome Delver from the Miner's Guild
Medic Stonebandage, the Deep Gnome Priest of Smoothhands from the Stoneheart Enclave
Smoothpalm, the Deep Gnome Monk of Smoothhands
Terrik Stoneshot, the Deep Gnome Gunslinger from the Bounty Hunter's Guild
Niles Rubusthorn, the Moon Elf Commoner
Twyla Alderleaf, the Moon Elf Commoner
Comrades we have lost:
Ront, the Orc Fighter- turned into hamburger by Pwent
Buppido, the Derro- smashed by Orvald
Eldeth Feldrun, the Shield Dwarf- killed during escape
Hera Adaar, the Abyssal Tiefling Wild Sorceress- swept away
Luna Trelawny, the Human Divination Wizard- skull caved in by rock thrown by Fidget, then finished off by black pudding
Sarith Zekarit, the Drow Scout- drowned
Phillip Johnson, the Human Cleric- in a seemingly irreversible coma, left in Hemeth's care
Jim Jar, the Deep Gnome- eaten by grell
Prince Derendil, the Quaggoth- killed by sea troll
Shuushar, the "Awakened" Kuo-toa- turned into shuushi by sea troll
Hemeth, the Duergar Arms Dealer- parted with group in Gracklstugh
Thimblepwent Battlehammer, the Dwarven Battlerager Barbarian- turned into dog food
Orvald Abershaw, the Mousefolk Barbarian-became a squeaky toy last seen in Bahamutsville under Zin-carla
Zenit 'Dracon, the Drow Fighter-abandoned the party because Orvald died last seen in Bahamutsville
Lythana Belmyr, the Half-Drow Blood Hunter of Eilistraee- sacrificed to Demogorgon
Codsworth, the polite Flumph- shredded by crossbow
Zarrus, the Tiefling Favored Soul Sorcerer of Mephisto- vanished during gnoll fight
Ol' Sparky, the Deep Dragon- last seen thrown into a portal to the Abyss by a glabrezu
Aura, the Air Genasi Storm Sorceress- accidental self-vaporization (bitch blew herself up)
Kyri, the Minotaur Scout- vaporized by a jackass
Thimblepwent Battlehammer, the Dwarven Battlerager Barbarian- turned into dog food
Orvald Abershaw, the Mousefolk Barbarian-
Zenit 'Dracon, the Drow Fighter-
Lythana Belmyr, the Half-Drow Blood Hunter of Eilistraee- sacrificed to Demogorgon
Codsworth, the polite Flumph- shredded by crossbow
Zarrus, the Tiefling Favored Soul Sorcerer of Mephisto- vanished during gnoll fight
Ol' Sparky, the Deep Dragon- last seen thrown into a portal to the Abyss by a glabrezu
Aura, the Air Genasi Storm Sorceress- accidental self-vaporization (bitch blew herself up)
Kyri, the Minotaur Scout- vaporized by a jackass
Fidget Stonegear, the Deep Gnome Inventor- big badda boom
Miarielle, the Lythari Priestess of Corellon- bigger badda boom
Kazul, the Copper Dragonborn Shadow Monk of Bahamut- skull caved in by another rock from Fidget
Glabbagool, the Gelatinous Cube- stayed with the kobolds
Kara Reginleif, the Half-Valkyrie Wererat Champion from the Zhentarim- vorpaled to pieces by demon Easter bunnies
Kazul, the Copper Dragonborn Shadow Monk of Bahamut- skull caved in by another rock from Fidget
Glabbagool, the Gelatinous Cube- stayed with the kobolds
Kara Reginleif, the Half-Valkyrie Wererat Champion from the Zhentarim- vorpaled to pieces by demon Easter bunnies
Stool, the Myconid Child- unwilling dance partner to drunk stone giant
Rumpadump, the Myconid Child- frozen by demon Easter bunny
Sajin Silvertongue, the Deep Gnome Wererat Assassin who can't sneak- got stoned and kissed a pretty Medusa
Cleanse the Steadfast Stone, a temple that has been corrupted by Ogremoch's Bane
Kill medusa and bring Sark her head
tell Yanthal Coaxrock the location of Entemoch's Boon told Nomi since Yanthal was absent
destroy Vazuk
recover Udhask's remains gathered his remains, still need to lay Udhask to rest in the catacombs
Harvest samples of elementals corrupted by Ogremoch's Bane and return them to Nomi
Try to banish Ogremoch's Bane Banished
Lay Vort to rest
NOTE: Things will be mostly from Claire's perspective, anything with italics is from a third party, since the knight can't be everywhere at once.
***** Eleint 9, 1489 DR (The Year of the Warrior Princess)
Sajin Silvertongue, the Deep Gnome Wererat Assassin who can't sneak- got stoned and kissed a pretty Medusa
Quests in Blingdenstone:
Discover where the ooze infestation is coming from Found where the oozes were hiding thanks to Chipgrin's information
Parley with, or exterminate, the Goldwhiskers chose to parlay with them since most of the party are also wererats
Lay Vort to rest
NOTE: Things will be mostly from Claire's perspective, anything with italics is from a third party, since the knight can't be everywhere at once.
***** Eleint 9, 1489 DR (The Year of the Warrior Princess)
When we arrived at the gates to the Rockblight district for the meeting between the Goldwhiskers and the Diggermattocks, we found the gates open with guards and elementals milling about, working on making the area livable again. We got to the Steadfast Stone early and while we waited for everyone, Rosebud ran around telling everyone the story of our cleansing of the temple- he's definitely the son of a bard.
Thecker and I approached the Diggermattocks before the meeting about the oozes, recanting our view of the circular room of muck and the voice claiming that the Faceless One wasn't ready for guests yet. We explained what Lily had told us about Juiblex, the Demon Lord that the insane voice was referring to. When we were done, Senni said she would be more than willing to speak with an open mind, since this situation was certainly not one that the gnomes could face alone.
Thecker went to speak to the twins and Greenpaw, who were the only wererats in attendance, but she shifted before approaching them. The anger that radiated off of Dorbo was audible. He is so full of hate, it makes me sad.
The meeting began with the twins laying out the information about the Pudding King and his oozes that the Diggermattocks didn't know. This Pudding King was part of the Diggermattock's original expedition into Blingdenstone, and he vanished without a trace. Everyone had presumed him dead, until he began popping up randomly recently.
Topsy said the wererats wanted to move into a secure part of the city until the Pudding King had been taken care of and they could reclaim the part they currently occupied. This was a time for them to put aside their differences, and realize that even though they're wererats, they're still svirfneblin, and the svirfneblin needed to work together. Senni agreed completely, but asked for assurances that the wererats wouldn't spread once they were integrated into the city. Seluna offered a solution to that fear, in making charms for the wererats that would allow them to stay sane during the full moon and even resist the change. I needed to ask her for one of those in private later- I'm not revealing that I'm a wererat if I can help it, I like the power but not the form.
After much discussion they finally struck an agreement. Blingdenstone would be a home for all svirfneblin, wererat or not, and they would band together to defeat this ooze threat. We would reconvene in two days with ideas for how to take out the Pudding King. Dorbo was disgruntled, but we kind of expected that. This meeting went much smoother than anticipated.
***** Eleint 10-11
We spent the next two days excavating Fidget's house, hoping the insane inventor had some tools or schematics for something that could help us. That place was a completely disaster area, and even after two days we felt that we had barely scratched the surface of that place.
***** Eleint 12
This meeting held a much better atmosphere than the previous one did. Topsy and Senni were getting along, which was not really surprising, and Turvy and Dorbo were glaring at each other- also not surprising. Pretty much everyone we've interacted with in Blingdenstone was present at this meeting, and it ended up being very civil.
The Diggermattocks said they would provide soldiers, as would the Goldwhiskers. Since we had eliminated Ogremoch's Bane, the Stoneheart Enclave could provide elementals to help in the battle. Kazook Pickshine said that he could concoct an oil that would protect our weapons and armor from the oozes, but he'd need a large quantity of supplies from Neverlight Grove. It was also determined that we needed more arms and armor, so we would escort a caravan to Gracklstugh to trade salt for their weapons.
We would leave in two days time, and would be going to Neverlight Grove first to collect the components Kazook needed, then we'd go onward to Gracklstugh to unload the salt and get weapons. Seluna would come with us to get components of her own from the Grove so she could make enough moon charms for all of the wererats. Before the meeting adjourned we were all given badges that declared us heroes as a thank you for all we had done so far.
***** Eleint 13
Over morningfeast Topsy decided to bite Rosebud and Seluna to turn them, I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if it worked. Seluna gave Rosebud and I those control charms, for which I was very grateful.
After morningfeast we decided to lay those remains to rest and get some of our questions answered by Burrow Warden Jadger. We had planned to ask him how we could prove that Thecker and the twins were part of Sajin's noble family, but when we went to lay Sajin to rest, we found all three of them listed in that area of the crypt.
Burrow Warden Jadger told us that the Pudding King was named Jerold Smoothstones when he was still a regular svirfneblin. That would give us something to research. We asked him about the increase in demon attacks that had been seen, and he said that there was chaos in the entire Underdark, but he couldn't tell us why. To assist our travels in the caravan he also told us to seek lodestones at the Stoneheart Enclave.
Once we finished that up, we went around looking to hire guards for our caravan. The Miner's Guild gave us a delver to guide us named Roswyn. The Stoneheart Enclave sent us a cleric named Medic, and Thecker hired a bounty hunter gunslinger named Terrik. A monk called Smoothpalm volunteered to join us for free, and an arcanist with a slightly crazed look in his eye volunteered to join too, he's called Flimflam. With our little group put together, we prepared to leave in the morning.
***** Eleint 14
We left Blingdenstone first thing in the morning, heading for the Enclave first to get those lodestones. The twins were staying behind since they now led the wererats, and Thecker wanted to retire, so she stayed behind too. Mezzem was willing to come with us even though it meant leaving Turvy behind. The pack lizards we had were elemental, the ones Topsy had summoned before.
**** Eleint 15-16
We arrived at the Enclave the day after leaving Blingdenstone, and got our lodestones the next day. From there we headed to the Pickshine Mines to get our salt.
***** Eleint 17-20
Our journey to the mines was silent, thankfully, and on the fourth day we arrived and picked up our salt and food provisions to get us through the journey. We then left for Entemoch's Boon to get our lodestones activated.
***** Eleint 21
While we waited for our lodestones to be activated, Mezzem, Tali, and I felt something tugging on our backpacks. We fished around and discovered the perfectly round stones we had found the last time we were here was the cause of it. Mezzem thought they needed to go in the circle, and moments after we stepped in the circle with the stones they hatched! It turns out they were basilisk eggs, and the infant basilisks imprinted on each of us, thinking us their mothers. Mezzem named hers Lit, Tali named hers Osaw, and I named mine Riddle.
They are so cute! Thankfully they aren't born with their petrifying gaze, and can actually choose when they're older to turn it off and on. I'd begin training Riddle with that early.
***** Eleint 22
We left Entemoch's Boon the next morning and began our travels to the Grove.
***** Eleint 26
Around midday, Roswyn reported a gruesome scene up ahead. When we neared it, we found that a massacre of epic proportions had taken place in this chamber. There were a couple of carrion crawlers milling about, enjoying their meal. We decided to just skirt around them.
***** Eleint 29
Roswyn was scouting ahead, when she heard voices speaking in orcish. After a moment, the scout was able to discern that there were twelve orcs in the group, along with a couple of ogres. She snuck back to the party to relay what she had discovered.
We decided to take Flimflam up with us, and leave the rest of our guards- including Roswyn- behind to guard the caravan. As we got close enough to hear them, Tali told us that the orcs knew we were on our way. The orcs then demanded for us to lay down our arms and step out where they could see us. Lily stepped out and called the speaker a dumbass, which made his face cringe in pain. They opened fire on Lily, but somehow completely missed him.
Rosebud then charged at them and caved one's skull in for attacking his momma. Two more took swipes at the halftaur, but they all missed. Tali splorted one with an arrow going perfectly into its eyeball. As arrows began to rain down around Rosebud, Lily spewed his poison breath and killed another orc. I was too far away to do anything yet, and I didn't have any clear shots to hurl my Javelin.
Flimflam muttered that the custard stole his bonnet, and began laughing to himself, then with two thrusts of his hips, two fireballs landed on the orcs, killing a couple and wounding more- I heard the scream of another creature that we couldn't see. The chieftain chucked a spear at Rosebud and somehow managed to hit him, though it still barely grazed him. One of them hit Flimflam with an axe, as I finally was able to get close enough to hit them. I hacked my way through two of the fuckers with the Flame Tongue feature of my Rod.
The orcs were surrounding Rosebud, and had actually managed to start hitting him. The lad was looking pretty wounded, so as one landed a nasty blow on him, I swung my sword and killed it. Arrows were still raining around Lily, but this time some of them were actually hitting her. I saw one of Tali's arrows sink into an orc as it dropped. More fire hit the orcs from Flimflam, and lightning followed up, he killed about half of them with those spells. We definitely hired the right guy. Rosebud kept swinging his weapon at the orcs, while the chieftain started beating on him. I stabbed it in retaliation again, and suddenly Rosebud swung at me, but missed. Magic must have done that.
Magic went streaking up to the chief, probably from Mezzem, since it wasn't super destructive. Whatever the priestess did, it seemed to hurt the fucker a lot. Tali's arrows took out the final archer and the chief, and Lily summoned a huge, green hand that punched their cleric. The orcs were dead.
We found two moon elves tied to a stalagmite in the cavern, one was dead but Lily revivified her before final death could take hold. Their names were Niles and Twyla, and they were prisoners who had been taken as slaves by the orcs. We offered to let the couple come with us, since we would eventually be getting there, and they agreed to join us.
***** Highharvestide Holiday
We heard the sounds of battle all around us, echoing down the tunnels for miles. Roswyn was able to identify the sounds for us- she's quite helpful. We were hearing dretches, manes, and dire corbies, who sounded pissed. The sounds seemed to be coming from up ahead, and we didn't really have much choice but to press on ahead and see whatever the beasts were doing.
Part of the wall of our tunnel had collapsed, and was now overlooking another cavern. Inside the cavern were the dretches and manes, attacking a huge tower that the corbies were in. Roswyn said that corbies tend to just take over random empty spaces, like towers, and claim them as their own. Lily realized it was a wizard's tower, and we had to kill all of them to find whatever knowledge was inside.
Thecker and I approached the Diggermattocks before the meeting about the oozes, recanting our view of the circular room of muck and the voice claiming that the Faceless One wasn't ready for guests yet. We explained what Lily had told us about Juiblex, the Demon Lord that the insane voice was referring to. When we were done, Senni said she would be more than willing to speak with an open mind, since this situation was certainly not one that the gnomes could face alone.
Thecker went to speak to the twins and Greenpaw, who were the only wererats in attendance, but she shifted before approaching them. The anger that radiated off of Dorbo was audible. He is so full of hate, it makes me sad.
The meeting began with the twins laying out the information about the Pudding King and his oozes that the Diggermattocks didn't know. This Pudding King was part of the Diggermattock's original expedition into Blingdenstone, and he vanished without a trace. Everyone had presumed him dead, until he began popping up randomly recently.
Topsy said the wererats wanted to move into a secure part of the city until the Pudding King had been taken care of and they could reclaim the part they currently occupied. This was a time for them to put aside their differences, and realize that even though they're wererats, they're still svirfneblin, and the svirfneblin needed to work together. Senni agreed completely, but asked for assurances that the wererats wouldn't spread once they were integrated into the city. Seluna offered a solution to that fear, in making charms for the wererats that would allow them to stay sane during the full moon and even resist the change. I needed to ask her for one of those in private later- I'm not revealing that I'm a wererat if I can help it, I like the power but not the form.
After much discussion they finally struck an agreement. Blingdenstone would be a home for all svirfneblin, wererat or not, and they would band together to defeat this ooze threat. We would reconvene in two days with ideas for how to take out the Pudding King. Dorbo was disgruntled, but we kind of expected that. This meeting went much smoother than anticipated.
***** Eleint 10-11
We spent the next two days excavating Fidget's house, hoping the insane inventor had some tools or schematics for something that could help us. That place was a completely disaster area, and even after two days we felt that we had barely scratched the surface of that place.
***** Eleint 12
This meeting held a much better atmosphere than the previous one did. Topsy and Senni were getting along, which was not really surprising, and Turvy and Dorbo were glaring at each other- also not surprising. Pretty much everyone we've interacted with in Blingdenstone was present at this meeting, and it ended up being very civil.
The Diggermattocks said they would provide soldiers, as would the Goldwhiskers. Since we had eliminated Ogremoch's Bane, the Stoneheart Enclave could provide elementals to help in the battle. Kazook Pickshine said that he could concoct an oil that would protect our weapons and armor from the oozes, but he'd need a large quantity of supplies from Neverlight Grove. It was also determined that we needed more arms and armor, so we would escort a caravan to Gracklstugh to trade salt for their weapons.
We would leave in two days time, and would be going to Neverlight Grove first to collect the components Kazook needed, then we'd go onward to Gracklstugh to unload the salt and get weapons. Seluna would come with us to get components of her own from the Grove so she could make enough moon charms for all of the wererats. Before the meeting adjourned we were all given badges that declared us heroes as a thank you for all we had done so far.
***** Eleint 13
Over morningfeast Topsy decided to bite Rosebud and Seluna to turn them, I suppose we'll find out tomorrow if it worked. Seluna gave Rosebud and I those control charms, for which I was very grateful.
After morningfeast we decided to lay those remains to rest and get some of our questions answered by Burrow Warden Jadger. We had planned to ask him how we could prove that Thecker and the twins were part of Sajin's noble family, but when we went to lay Sajin to rest, we found all three of them listed in that area of the crypt.
Burrow Warden Jadger told us that the Pudding King was named Jerold Smoothstones when he was still a regular svirfneblin. That would give us something to research. We asked him about the increase in demon attacks that had been seen, and he said that there was chaos in the entire Underdark, but he couldn't tell us why. To assist our travels in the caravan he also told us to seek lodestones at the Stoneheart Enclave.
Once we finished that up, we went around looking to hire guards for our caravan. The Miner's Guild gave us a delver to guide us named Roswyn. The Stoneheart Enclave sent us a cleric named Medic, and Thecker hired a bounty hunter gunslinger named Terrik. A monk called Smoothpalm volunteered to join us for free, and an arcanist with a slightly crazed look in his eye volunteered to join too, he's called Flimflam. With our little group put together, we prepared to leave in the morning.
***** Eleint 14
We left Blingdenstone first thing in the morning, heading for the Enclave first to get those lodestones. The twins were staying behind since they now led the wererats, and Thecker wanted to retire, so she stayed behind too. Mezzem was willing to come with us even though it meant leaving Turvy behind. The pack lizards we had were elemental, the ones Topsy had summoned before.
**** Eleint 15-16
We arrived at the Enclave the day after leaving Blingdenstone, and got our lodestones the next day. From there we headed to the Pickshine Mines to get our salt.
***** Eleint 17-20
Our journey to the mines was silent, thankfully, and on the fourth day we arrived and picked up our salt and food provisions to get us through the journey. We then left for Entemoch's Boon to get our lodestones activated.
***** Eleint 21
While we waited for our lodestones to be activated, Mezzem, Tali, and I felt something tugging on our backpacks. We fished around and discovered the perfectly round stones we had found the last time we were here was the cause of it. Mezzem thought they needed to go in the circle, and moments after we stepped in the circle with the stones they hatched! It turns out they were basilisk eggs, and the infant basilisks imprinted on each of us, thinking us their mothers. Mezzem named hers Lit, Tali named hers Osaw, and I named mine Riddle.
They are so cute! Thankfully they aren't born with their petrifying gaze, and can actually choose when they're older to turn it off and on. I'd begin training Riddle with that early.
***** Eleint 22
We left Entemoch's Boon the next morning and began our travels to the Grove.
***** Eleint 26
Around midday, Roswyn reported a gruesome scene up ahead. When we neared it, we found that a massacre of epic proportions had taken place in this chamber. There were a couple of carrion crawlers milling about, enjoying their meal. We decided to just skirt around them.
***** Eleint 29
Roswyn was scouting ahead, when she heard voices speaking in orcish. After a moment, the scout was able to discern that there were twelve orcs in the group, along with a couple of ogres. She snuck back to the party to relay what she had discovered.
We decided to take Flimflam up with us, and leave the rest of our guards- including Roswyn- behind to guard the caravan. As we got close enough to hear them, Tali told us that the orcs knew we were on our way. The orcs then demanded for us to lay down our arms and step out where they could see us. Lily stepped out and called the speaker a dumbass, which made his face cringe in pain. They opened fire on Lily, but somehow completely missed him.
Rosebud then charged at them and caved one's skull in for attacking his momma. Two more took swipes at the halftaur, but they all missed. Tali splorted one with an arrow going perfectly into its eyeball. As arrows began to rain down around Rosebud, Lily spewed his poison breath and killed another orc. I was too far away to do anything yet, and I didn't have any clear shots to hurl my Javelin.
Flimflam muttered that the custard stole his bonnet, and began laughing to himself, then with two thrusts of his hips, two fireballs landed on the orcs, killing a couple and wounding more- I heard the scream of another creature that we couldn't see. The chieftain chucked a spear at Rosebud and somehow managed to hit him, though it still barely grazed him. One of them hit Flimflam with an axe, as I finally was able to get close enough to hit them. I hacked my way through two of the fuckers with the Flame Tongue feature of my Rod.
The orcs were surrounding Rosebud, and had actually managed to start hitting him. The lad was looking pretty wounded, so as one landed a nasty blow on him, I swung my sword and killed it. Arrows were still raining around Lily, but this time some of them were actually hitting her. I saw one of Tali's arrows sink into an orc as it dropped. More fire hit the orcs from Flimflam, and lightning followed up, he killed about half of them with those spells. We definitely hired the right guy. Rosebud kept swinging his weapon at the orcs, while the chieftain started beating on him. I stabbed it in retaliation again, and suddenly Rosebud swung at me, but missed. Magic must have done that.
Magic went streaking up to the chief, probably from Mezzem, since it wasn't super destructive. Whatever the priestess did, it seemed to hurt the fucker a lot. Tali's arrows took out the final archer and the chief, and Lily summoned a huge, green hand that punched their cleric. The orcs were dead.
We found two moon elves tied to a stalagmite in the cavern, one was dead but Lily revivified her before final death could take hold. Their names were Niles and Twyla, and they were prisoners who had been taken as slaves by the orcs. We offered to let the couple come with us, since we would eventually be getting there, and they agreed to join us.
***** Highharvestide Holiday
We heard the sounds of battle all around us, echoing down the tunnels for miles. Roswyn was able to identify the sounds for us- she's quite helpful. We were hearing dretches, manes, and dire corbies, who sounded pissed. The sounds seemed to be coming from up ahead, and we didn't really have much choice but to press on ahead and see whatever the beasts were doing.
Part of the wall of our tunnel had collapsed, and was now overlooking another cavern. Inside the cavern were the dretches and manes, attacking a huge tower that the corbies were in. Roswyn said that corbies tend to just take over random empty spaces, like towers, and claim them as their own. Lily realized it was a wizard's tower, and we had to kill all of them to find whatever knowledge was inside.
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Photo from Out of the Abyss Adventure Module by Wizards of the Coast
*Author's note: Many of the events, locations and characters that occur in this story are from the Out of the Abyss Adventure Module by Wizards of the Coast. Anything with an asterisk next to it is a quote from the book.
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