Our heroes are now deep within the ancient mines known to the dwarves as Illefarn solving an issue with poisoned water, two clerics of the same church, Galastria and Gwendalyn are fighting in the midst of the complex over theological issues. The baronial guardsman, Carya, has slipped away, Beulah in tow.
Galastia Axenmeld: Disgruntled acolyte of The Church, target of Gwendalyn's uber-piety.
Gwendalyn the Bright - Another disgruntled acolyte of the Church, sent to solve issues within this podunk village, but overlooked for the parish priest role.
Carya Illinoisis - The former merchant has joined the Baronial Guard, with a focus around Mere. She's still a mountain of a woman that's even stronger than she lets on.
Dim Cragmuffin - It's unsure what relation he was to Beulah, but the halfling was ugly as a dog bashed in the face with a mace, but also old enough to have been bequeathed an old set of armor from the Cragmuffin family ancestors. The rest aren't sure if he's volunteered for hero duty, or he's following a firefly in the same general direction as the
Jonerir Drake - Younger brother of Belaquan Drake, who disappeared about a year ago. Fallen in with the likes of Clifford Loprete
Hugo Swam'Pas - The popular local hedge mage from Mere known for more successes than failures in helping the village out.
Beulah Cragmuffin - A halfling that hates adventuring, but hates seeing Hugo get any credit, whether he deserves it or not.
21 Mai 535 - Somewhere Under Illefarn
The grudge match between Gwendalyn, magically engulfed in flames, and Galastria. Both were better armored than their martial ability. Galastria finally landed a non-leathal blow, knocking her fellow cleric back, but she remained relentless.
Meanwhile, Beulah, peeked around the corner of of the lair of King Devin's Dwarves. Carya was speaking with a Dwarf guard, and suddenly, he had further down the hallway.
Moments later, King Devin and a contingent of his troops, arrived in front of Carya. She presented the King with some of device. She turned away from the ramp... and her compatriots, and King Devin and the Dwarves advanced towards the ramp. Beulah ran back to the fight... still ongoing, "We're in trouble!!!"
Despite Beulah's warning, everyone was shocked to see the Dwarf king... again.
"All of you, just get out! You are not welcome here anymore." Beulah, pushed an agitated Dim towards the door, the others following. Even Galastria began to follow suit, especially with the four aggressive dwarves surrounding them, axes in hand.
Everyone may have started moving towards the doors, but Gwendalyn continued to try to pummel her heretical cleric. The others made some attempts to separate them... or in Beulah's case, attempted to waylay the over-fervent cleric. aiming for her knees.
It was finally enough to distract Gwendalyn, allowing Galastria to hit her upside the head with her mace, dropping her to the ground.
No one questioned Galastria as she tied up the unconscious acolyte. She tied a cloth around Gwendalyn's neck, just in case they needed to gag her when she regained consciousness.
Back into the large chamber with the pillars, Hugo decided to to investigate the balcony one last time before delving further in the mine complex. With Galastria behind him on the Broom of the Mountain Lord, Hugo flew up into the balcony area, confirming the limestone railing, the two statues, and a door located in the far back of the balcony.
Once they landed near that door, the two large grotesque statues along the railing came to life!
Neither Hugo nor Galastria had dismounted, so the magic-user quickly turned around and tried to fly out of the area. Both of the statues struck Hugo, and he and Galastria tumbled down into the shallow water at the base of the pillars.
Galastria landed hard, her armor felt bent. She looked over towards Hugo. He wasn't worried about his injuries.
Because he was dead.
Dim splashed in the water to recover the Broom of the Mountain Lord before it slowly floated away.
The death of Hugo affected the group as a whole. He may have been her fiercest adversary, but Beulah knew the slim chance of the mission's success had vanished with his demise. Couple that with Gwendalyn's ranting and ravings, Carya's disappearance, and the general incompetence of Dim and Jonerir, it was time to admit defeat and return to Mere...
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| RIP Hugo Swam'Pas |
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