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Chapter 23 - Lost Souls (Part 1) “That creature claimed to be Galaghard, son of Galaghard,” said Lavren as the companions made ready to leave their resting place in the western passage entrance overlooking the wide hall where the vortex and the abomination had nearly laid them low. “Which would...

Chapter 22 - Howls From Beyond (Part 3) The creature lashed out with its tentacles hurling Erlmoor and Dulvarna back onto the dais. Enlishia loosed two more arrows that flew past the twisting abomination and then Lavren hurled a bolt of energy that seared into its chest. It swayed backwards...

Chapter 22 - Howls From Beyond (Part 2) Enlishia recovered quickly, and unshouldered her bow as she circled around behind Telkya. When she decided that she was beyond the abomination’s reach, she raised her weapon and fired an arrow and then a second, one after the other. The abomination spun...

Chapter 22 - Howls From Beyond (Part 1) A passage led eastward from the maze of flesh-like corridors and the companions rested in its entry before making their way onward. When they were ready to go on, they followed the eastern passage in a serpentine course that led them left and right before...

DM Note - Halls of Madness At the beginning of this encounter and as part of the previous one, the PCs had to contend with the Gates of Agony which, as written, I found to be an extremely frustrating but ultimately harmless obstacle. I also could not see how the dungeon dwellers would use the...

Chapter 21 - Halls of Madness (Part 4) The grick finally threw down Telkya and lashed out a tentacle toward Thorn. The appendage wrapped around the druid wolf and raised him from the ground while the hook at its end, drove painfully into his flank. He growled and twisted in the creature’s grasp...

Chapter 21 - Halls of Madness (Part 3) Seeing his wife holding her own at last, Lavren retreated into the main hallway and raised his wand toward the warrior that Dulvarna faught. Shouting out a curse and then a spell, he unleashed a blast of black, eldritch energy at the foulspawn. The bolt...

Chapter 21 - Halls of Madness (Part 2) In the western corridor, the grick slithered forward across the slime on the floor and then lunged at Telkya. She leapt back but one of the creature’s tentacles wrapped around her and dragged her toward the beak-like maw. Behind her, Thorn bounded forward...

Chapter 21 - Halls of Madness (Part 1) The companions rested before the second gate for several hours, tending to their wounds and eating small portions of the meagre rations that remained to them. When they were ready to go on, they stepped forward and examined the arched gate in more detail...

Chapter 20 - Gates of Agony (Part 3) In the main chamber, Dulvarna summoned what strength she had left and lashed out with her blade toward the ogre’s side. At the last, it brought its flail down and turned Aecris aside with the weapon’s handle. Next to Dulvarna, Enlishia’s bow sang out and an...

Chapter 20 - Gates of Agony (Part 2) The dragonborn roared and sprayed acid over the medusa and the ogre before lashing out with his blade to keep the medusa at bay. Enlishia crossed the room and circled behind the paladin before raising her bow and firing at the medusa. An arrow drove into the...

Chapter 20 - Gates of Agony (Part 1) The companions made their way back westward from the dragon’s lair, through the ice chambers of the elves and then they turned south down the passageway they had previously passed. It ended after a little way at double doors that opened into another long...

Chapter 19 - Meeting the Master (Part 3) The dragon flew to the northern edge of the pool where it met the cave wall but still the companions assailed it. A bolt of black energy from Lavren’s wand seared into its back as it retreated but at the wall it turned and after a sharp intake of breath...

Chapter 19 - Meeting the Master (Part 2) The companions needed no second bidding with Lavren loosing a bolt of black energy almost at once. It flew past the dragon but by then, Thorn had already shifted back to his human form and was uttering an evocation. Thunder and lightning flashed and...

Chapter 19 - Meeting the Master (Part 1) The companions rested in the southern chamber of the elves’ complex where they found three beds and a table on which they could eat small amounts of the meagre rations of dried meat and trail bread that remained to them. They ate in silence as tiredness...

Chapter 18 - The Hall of Blizzards (Part 3) Thorn saw the elf wound Lavren and fired his crossbow, the bolt driving into the elf’s leg. Again, the warrior only flinched but elsewhere, the knight that faught Dulvarna staggered back as though the quarrel had struck him. On the ground, Telkya...

Chapter 18 - The Hall of Blizzards (Part 2) Dulvarna managed to scramble to her feet a few moments later, lashing her blade across into the left leg of one of the knights as she did so. She held her footing but beside her, Telkya struggled to rise, floundering on the slippery surface. Another...

Chapter 18 - The Hall of Blizzards (Part 1) “We take the eastern door as we had planned then,” Dulvarna said once the companions had tended to their wounds. “But we must remember this place as a safe place to rest.” The double doors halfway down the corridor had led to a large side room with a...

Chapter 17 - Demonic Faces (Part 4) To her left, Erlmoor saw Dulvarna’s plight but knew that he had to aid the others before he could aid her. He leapt back to where Thorn stood and twisted on the spot, throwing all of his weight into a huge blow aimed at the four armed creature before the...

Chapter 17 - Demonic Faces (Part 3) Dulvarna turned back to the battle then, her strength renewed, just as one of the sword wielders rushed at her. It lashed out with its blade and Dulvarna parried, driving the sword downward so that it only nicked her right knee instead of driving into her...