The night passed uneventfully for the group.
The group travel further after breakfast and eventually
Mikmek takes them to an outcropping of large boulders that emerges from the
weathered face of a nearby hillock. A narrow opening in the rock can be seen
which leads into darkness below. Just outside of the entrance another Kobold
could be seen waving at the group as they approach the entrance with their
Kobold guide.
The new kobold introduces himself as Nakpik and seemed
really excited to see the big’uns arrive with Mikmek. The group introduces themselves
to the Kobold and asks him if he could escort them to the chief of the tribe,
Nakpik eagerly agrees and runs off into the cave calling for the big’uns to
follow.
Nakpik leads the group through the maze of tunnels and they
eventually find themselves within a large cavern where a number of Kobold
where talking including one with a fancy headdress. Nakpik announces in
Draconic to his chief that the big’uns where here and wanted to see the chief.
Chief Sootscale’s attention suddenly turned to the group of
adventurers standing in his great cave and asks what the group wanted with his
tribe. Both Otto and Vaneer begin conversing with the kobold chief asking questions
about the idol and Tartuk, the chief gives them the story of his tribe and how
they fell to believe the shaman and his treats. Vaneer explained to the chief that
they have obtained the idol but yet there is no magic that comes from the idol
and that it is just stone, the chief thought for a minute and then asked to be
handed the cursed idol. The group unsure what to do about handing over their only
bargaining chip at the chiefs request, Vaneer took the decision into his own
hands and handed the chief the idol at which point after a second of examining
it he threw it to the ground shattering it to pieces.
The chief thanked the group for their assistance and asked
if they would accompany him to confront the cheating shaman. The group accepted
the chief’s request and followed him through the maze of passages. After a
short walk the group finds themselves within a large cave with banners draped
from the walls though no one could be seen.
“Show yourself shaman!” Hissed Chief Sootscale, “We knows
your lies now!” he continued….Otto and Miro felt uneasy as if they were being
watched and the slight ruffling sound of feathers could be heard a little.
“Hahahahahahahaha…..So you think you know the truth!
Interesting! Tell me who are these intruders you have brought to me, more
sacrifices maybe?” said a disembodied voice from nowhere.
Vaneer tries to converse with the voice whilst the others
try to figure out where the shaman is hiding but the conversation doesn’t last
for long as Otto lets off a random shot into the cave and manages to hit
something.
The shaman not appreciating the Sorcerer hitting his pet
Raven lets off a scorching ray at Vaneer which causes the cleric to fall to the
ground injured and unconscious.
Otto races over to Vaneer and pours a potion down his
throat.
Using his scorching ray, the shaman was now visible for both
Kyrander to shoot at, where his attack injure the purple kobold.
Chief Sootscale, Bob and Miro charge into the fight but only
Miro is able to land a blow on the shaman.
The shaman casts glitter dust allowing the chief, Bob and
Miro an opening to attack the shaman again instead of moving away from the
spell as both Bob and Miro become blinded by the spell.
Natalia summons a number of eagles to assist in dealing with
the evil shamans raven whilst the group can focus on the shaman himself.
Kyrander took his time to steady his aim before lodging an
arrow through the shaman’s throat killing him.
The eagles make short work of the Raven.
As the group stop to recover from the melee and wait for
Vaneer to sort out his wounds and the wounds of the others, they saw the body
of the fallen shaman started to dissolve into the ground.
Pleased with the outcome Chief Sootscale offers the group a
pick of rewards, one of the rewards looked to be a wedding ring that Oleg had
asked them to find so they picked the ring.
Vaneer and Otto talked further with the Chief and signed a
friendship agreement with the Sootscale tribe and then said their farewells
before heading north east.
To the north east the group find a river running through the
plains, as they explore the area they come across a very large and long snake
skin that seemed to only have been shed a day or two ago.
As they further explore the area the group find the remains
of a structure nearby which upon closer examination was a burnt down wooded
next to the river, stretching across the river next to the building is a rope
with the odd plank attached to it giving the impression that this must have
once been some sort of ferry crossing.
Next to the rope hung an old bell with a
sign “Nettles Crossing”, just out of curiosity the group rings the bell and
nothing happens till Natalia spots some movement in a bush just a few feet down
stream.
A mangled body is soon seen to be pulling itself out of the
river and then it walks slowly on the surface of the water towards the group,
they all prepare for combat at the approaching undead figure.
Just as the creature gets into range of the group it gargles
at them “YOU ARE NOT MY TORMENTORS!!” it then stops approaching the group, “THROW
THE STAG LORDS BODY IN THIS RIVER SO I MAY SEE HIS BODY” and with that the
creature begins to sink back into the river, Kyrander shouts to the creature
asking where the stag lord could be found and he responds “TO THE SOUTH WEST
YOU WILL FIND YOUR PRIZE”.
The group look at each other and talk about what had just
happened and agree that they will deal with the stag lord before deciding what
to do with his body.
The group head back to the North West
in search of the cave with gold and rest for the night.
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