Elodan
Adventurer
Session 9
Greengrass, Year of Lightning Storms
The adventurers are undisturbed during the night, but the various watchers do he noises coming from below. No one sees anything but the two bodies they had though hidden among the rubble on the cavern floor below are now missing. As the group is starting breakfast, Raeva pulls some fresh flowers from her pack. She offers one to each of her companions holds onto one and throws the rest to the ground while she mutters several prayers to the gods of nature.
Climbing down from their perch, the group decides to try the passage above the cavern floor in the hopes of avoiding the beast or possibly beasts hiding in the rubble. The passage is extremely cramped and twisting. Cyrus leads the way. The dwarf rounds a corner only to find the passage blocked by another of the eyeless creatures. This one appears to be female and bears a dagger in each hand. Letting loose a shriek of rage, the humanoid charges Cyrus. The small size of the passage prevents the warmain from using his waraxe. It also prevents the others from joining the battle. Drawing his dagger, the dwarf braces himself for the female’s charge. Mighty blows are exchanged until the shield dwarf is downed. Shayar steps up with Ash attempting to help her beat back the creature. Raeva pulls the dwarven warmain out of the fray and heals him. Shayar is felled by the stone-colored humanoids multiple attacks. Blows are exchanged between halfling and monster until Cyrus reinserts himself into the battle. Realizing that standing toe to toe with the beast is rapidly draining their healing and themselves of blood, the three decide to quickly change places so that each only faces the creature for a short time. With the faen providing healing and magical support, the group manages to wear down the creature and finally, kill it.
After regaining their breath, the party continues down the narrow twisting passage. The passage ends at a cliff with a rope bridge leading to another passage some 20 feet away and 15 feet above their current position. They also notice that the cavern below a large pile of rubble against the far wall. Shayar decides to take the lead over the bridge and it about half way across when two more of the stone-colored creatures appear on the landing above and take aim with their bows. The unfettered quickly retreats back into the passage below as two arrows swiftly fly past. A third humanoid joins the first two and exchange missile file with the adventurers. Ash calls upon his totem spirit and, with amazing speed, crosses the rope bridge and charges on of the humanoids. Shayar decides to follow the halfling’s lead. She starts to cross the rope bridge when two of the creatures grab a rope each and begin to shake the ropes. Fearful of falling to the rubble below, the human quickly retreats off the bridge. The magister manages to take out one of the creatures via spells. Cyrus sees this as his opportunity. He proceeds onto the rope bridge and is rewarded for his trouble with an arrow in the leg. The warmain manages to keep his balance and slowly continues on. Shayar decides to follow the dwarf and receives the same reward. The blood lose causes the human to pass out and she falls, but is lucky enough that her legs get caught in the guide ropes, preventing her from falling to the rubble below. Ash fells his opponent and with the help of the shield dwarf makes short work of the third humanoid. The group carefully extricates Shayar from he tangles and Raeva ministers her back to consciousness.
The brave adventures find that the passage beyond the landing is fairly steep and leads up. At the top they find a large cavern with several exits passages leading from it. There is also a pair of the eyeless creatures standing in front of one, arguing loudly. Hoping the drop the two before they can raise any sort of alarm the party quickly charges. Unfortunately, one of the two lets out a yell of alarm before his is felled. Chaos ensues as many of the creatures appear from several openings. As the battle between the adventures and the eyeless humanoids, a very large version of the creatures appears from another of the passages, looks up and yells, “This is how you are testing me? I would think that my god would have a more difficult challenge for me!” With that, he leaps down from his opening and heads straight for the shield dwarf. In the resulting melee, Ash, Shayar and Cyrus stand back to back to back while Raeva manages to climb to a ledge overlooking the battle. The faen rains spells and bolts upon the creatures from her perch while the rest hack and slash at the bodies pressing in on them. Quickly loosing strength from various wounds, the group manages to kill all the creatures surrounding them except for the large humanoid. They then quickly surround him. Cyrus is felled and Ash is knocked senseless before Shayar sneaks in a killing blow.
The four anxiously peer at the opening surrounding them, but no more creatures emerge. The party catch their breath and patch their wounds while trying to decide where to head to next.
Greengrass, Year of Lightning Storms
The adventurers are undisturbed during the night, but the various watchers do he noises coming from below. No one sees anything but the two bodies they had though hidden among the rubble on the cavern floor below are now missing. As the group is starting breakfast, Raeva pulls some fresh flowers from her pack. She offers one to each of her companions holds onto one and throws the rest to the ground while she mutters several prayers to the gods of nature.
Climbing down from their perch, the group decides to try the passage above the cavern floor in the hopes of avoiding the beast or possibly beasts hiding in the rubble. The passage is extremely cramped and twisting. Cyrus leads the way. The dwarf rounds a corner only to find the passage blocked by another of the eyeless creatures. This one appears to be female and bears a dagger in each hand. Letting loose a shriek of rage, the humanoid charges Cyrus. The small size of the passage prevents the warmain from using his waraxe. It also prevents the others from joining the battle. Drawing his dagger, the dwarf braces himself for the female’s charge. Mighty blows are exchanged until the shield dwarf is downed. Shayar steps up with Ash attempting to help her beat back the creature. Raeva pulls the dwarven warmain out of the fray and heals him. Shayar is felled by the stone-colored humanoids multiple attacks. Blows are exchanged between halfling and monster until Cyrus reinserts himself into the battle. Realizing that standing toe to toe with the beast is rapidly draining their healing and themselves of blood, the three decide to quickly change places so that each only faces the creature for a short time. With the faen providing healing and magical support, the group manages to wear down the creature and finally, kill it.
After regaining their breath, the party continues down the narrow twisting passage. The passage ends at a cliff with a rope bridge leading to another passage some 20 feet away and 15 feet above their current position. They also notice that the cavern below a large pile of rubble against the far wall. Shayar decides to take the lead over the bridge and it about half way across when two more of the stone-colored creatures appear on the landing above and take aim with their bows. The unfettered quickly retreats back into the passage below as two arrows swiftly fly past. A third humanoid joins the first two and exchange missile file with the adventurers. Ash calls upon his totem spirit and, with amazing speed, crosses the rope bridge and charges on of the humanoids. Shayar decides to follow the halfling’s lead. She starts to cross the rope bridge when two of the creatures grab a rope each and begin to shake the ropes. Fearful of falling to the rubble below, the human quickly retreats off the bridge. The magister manages to take out one of the creatures via spells. Cyrus sees this as his opportunity. He proceeds onto the rope bridge and is rewarded for his trouble with an arrow in the leg. The warmain manages to keep his balance and slowly continues on. Shayar decides to follow the dwarf and receives the same reward. The blood lose causes the human to pass out and she falls, but is lucky enough that her legs get caught in the guide ropes, preventing her from falling to the rubble below. Ash fells his opponent and with the help of the shield dwarf makes short work of the third humanoid. The group carefully extricates Shayar from he tangles and Raeva ministers her back to consciousness.
The brave adventures find that the passage beyond the landing is fairly steep and leads up. At the top they find a large cavern with several exits passages leading from it. There is also a pair of the eyeless creatures standing in front of one, arguing loudly. Hoping the drop the two before they can raise any sort of alarm the party quickly charges. Unfortunately, one of the two lets out a yell of alarm before his is felled. Chaos ensues as many of the creatures appear from several openings. As the battle between the adventures and the eyeless humanoids, a very large version of the creatures appears from another of the passages, looks up and yells, “This is how you are testing me? I would think that my god would have a more difficult challenge for me!” With that, he leaps down from his opening and heads straight for the shield dwarf. In the resulting melee, Ash, Shayar and Cyrus stand back to back to back while Raeva manages to climb to a ledge overlooking the battle. The faen rains spells and bolts upon the creatures from her perch while the rest hack and slash at the bodies pressing in on them. Quickly loosing strength from various wounds, the group manages to kill all the creatures surrounding them except for the large humanoid. They then quickly surround him. Cyrus is felled and Ash is knocked senseless before Shayar sneaks in a killing blow.
The four anxiously peer at the opening surrounding them, but no more creatures emerge. The party catch their breath and patch their wounds while trying to decide where to head to next.
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