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A quick search of the orc chieftain's room revealed nothing of value, except for those who find lice-ridden bedding valuable. The Leather Dominators made their way back across the pit and investigated the chamber beyond the pit on the right side (the chieftain's room was to the left). They found a large cavern the orcs used for storage. Most of the crates were broken and/or rotten, but they did see the gleam of white bone in a shallow pit choked with fungus. Not wanting it to be said that he was afraid of fungus, Argen jumped in the pit. His landing crushed many of the fungi, causing spores to cloud the area. He dug through the 'shrooms to find an orc skeleton. Curiously, it was wearing a pair of pair of couters. The couters were still in fine condition, despite having been covered by fungus for who-knows-how-long. He claimed the couters and climbed back out of the pit.

Collecting all the orcs' ears for the bounty, the Leather Dominators headed back out of the caves and returned to Bramblevale Keep. While our heroes turned in the orc ears for bounties, Travok went to meet with the Castellen.

The next day, Alaric was no where to be found and Travok was grumbling about how the Castellen refused to do business with him since we was late arriving to the keep with the item ordered by the Castellen. He threw a warhammer on the table the Leather Dominators were sitting around at the Rusty Barnacle and offered it to them as a reward for rescuing him. Travok explained it was a magical warhammer made expressly for the ungrateful Castellen, a Relentless Warhammer (+1). There was also another dwarf, Kildrak drinking heavily. After a short discussion, they decided to head back to the caves, but still could not locate Alaric. Overhearing the discussion about their missing cleric, Kildrak mentioned that he was a priest of Moradin and might be able to assist them.

With a new, barely sober cleric in tow, the group headed back to the caves. Their first stop was the kobolds. The Leather Dominators informed the sentries there the orcs had been dealt with and they were free to move back into their caves. Both caves full of orcs?

After learning where the other orcs lived, the Leather Dominators headed up the hill to see what they could do with the second tribe of ill-mannered brutes. The second orc lair was set up similarly to the first, except it was almost all worked stone; clearly, something more sophisticated than orcs once dwelled in the valley. After two fairly even fights, they managed to kill all the orcs in the two common areas. Deciding to rest for a moment, they wondered if the orc chieftain they found in this lair would be as much of a challenge as the last....