Post by David on Jan 29, 2023 14:52:34 GMT -5
Following Baelaman, the heroes (Ichi, Wynd and Thundr, Kyron Drake, Conan, Flint, and Dajamira) slip downstairs in search of elven prisoners. Wynd has Thundr take the lead, and the chooshee indicates a pair of doors have the scent of elves.
The first is a prison cell with two ogre guards. Daj and Conan make quick work of the pair. Beyond are five prison cells. The first contains a human with orange-ish skin and ivory hair. Conan, however, has learned Mannish and spoke to the Manean abductee. The second contains no other that Princess Suella of Celene, Crowned Heir of the Moon Elf Realm. She explains that her court was infiltrated by shapeshifters, Changelings, who brought her and all of her ladies in waiting here. The third held two such elven ladies in waiting, one a wood elf and the other a sun elf. The fourth contained ghouls. The fifth held orcish prisoners that the heroes did not release.
Next the heroes followed the cooshee to a room containing a formorian and two ogre magis. A faerie fire from Daj revealed them while Wynd's arrows ended them. Two carnivorous apes swung down into the fray, but were quickly slain. In cages the heroes recover two more elven ladies with tales of where more could be found. The heroes follow the trail...
Going down a long hallway, the party finds itself in a threeway pinch. To the East pour a horde of ogres. To the West are hill giants actively torturing elves. Supporting the hill giants are some ogre guards. Meanwhile, a fire giant hears the ruckus and comes running.
Conan hacks a clear swath of ogre corpses, shielding Flint from harm. Daj likewise blenders the ogres, leaving a wake of bodies. Wynd's arrows straff the combat, picking off foes while Kyron tends the wounded with some help from Baelaman.
Four ogres flee, but otherwise, most of the lower level seems depleated. The heroes fall back to the surface with their seven elven and one human victim. Reaching the Passwall, the group all falls back outside and tends to the remaining wounded.
The first is a prison cell with two ogre guards. Daj and Conan make quick work of the pair. Beyond are five prison cells. The first contains a human with orange-ish skin and ivory hair. Conan, however, has learned Mannish and spoke to the Manean abductee. The second contains no other that Princess Suella of Celene, Crowned Heir of the Moon Elf Realm. She explains that her court was infiltrated by shapeshifters, Changelings, who brought her and all of her ladies in waiting here. The third held two such elven ladies in waiting, one a wood elf and the other a sun elf. The fourth contained ghouls. The fifth held orcish prisoners that the heroes did not release.
Next the heroes followed the cooshee to a room containing a formorian and two ogre magis. A faerie fire from Daj revealed them while Wynd's arrows ended them. Two carnivorous apes swung down into the fray, but were quickly slain. In cages the heroes recover two more elven ladies with tales of where more could be found. The heroes follow the trail...
Going down a long hallway, the party finds itself in a threeway pinch. To the East pour a horde of ogres. To the West are hill giants actively torturing elves. Supporting the hill giants are some ogre guards. Meanwhile, a fire giant hears the ruckus and comes running.
Conan hacks a clear swath of ogre corpses, shielding Flint from harm. Daj likewise blenders the ogres, leaving a wake of bodies. Wynd's arrows straff the combat, picking off foes while Kyron tends the wounded with some help from Baelaman.
Four ogres flee, but otherwise, most of the lower level seems depleated. The heroes fall back to the surface with their seven elven and one human victim. Reaching the Passwall, the group all falls back outside and tends to the remaining wounded.