Dark Deeds On White Mountain--Game Thread

[Krug]

"Um... what was that?" asks Dentmus to the rest of the group.

 

[Lazlow]

"It's as if the mountain itself were in pain..." the Padre mutters, only half realizing he was articulating his thoughts. "The sooner we get to the bottom of this, the better." He thinks for a second. "Or I suppose I should say, the 'top' of this - eh, Dentmus?" The wizened old priest slaps the Druid on the back in an attempt to lift everyone's spirits, even if only a little bit.

 

[Krug]

Dentmus buckles over after the Padre's hit on his back. He feels the beer he downed earlier in the day about to come out. "Oh...yes... most... certainly... owwwww..."

One day I shall learn how to turn humans and dwarves into trees, and I shall make you a nice birch Padre... the druid thinks to himself.

 

[Lazlow]

The Padre senses a bit of Dentmus' nausea and gives him a wink. "Buck up, lad," he says, fetching a flask from behind his belt. Pulling out the cork, the fresh, minty smell of birch beer wafts through the air. "A little hair o' the dog what bit ye, eh?"

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[Deuce Traveler]

Lars ponders the sounds and rolls his shoulders to avoid an involuntary shiver. His fur-lined garments making him look like a shrugging bear.

 

[Krug]

Dentmus grabs the flask and downs it in one gulp, impressing those around him as to the speed which he drinks. "Oh yes and thank ye for very hairy dogs!"

 

[Fenris]

Haakon listens intently to the sounds. "Yes, Padre I think you are right here. Let us get to the tower speedily" And Haakon will sing a rousing drinking song to lead the group out, not bardic music just music to cheer the soul and drowned out any other noises.

 

[Gray Shade]

Haakon's song is well sung, and Lars and, as the contents of the flask kick in, Dentmus join in with the chorus, but the group's spirits are difficult to lift, since they return with the bodies of two dead villagers.

Once back to the mine entrance, the party is met with many villagers who take the wounded Ham-Fist and help him and mourn for Helik and Ren. They are also met by Mo-Gwar the dragon who asks expectantly for news.

 

[Fenris]

"Mo-Gwar, Mist was able to follow the trail of the evil shade back unto a crack at the end of the mine. The same crack that it appear you writhed out of, since we saw scales left upon the wall. But the crack was too small for most of us to enter. The shade reteated there and since we could no longer follow it we decided to return and head to the tower, the apparent source of the evil." Haakon informs Mo-Gwar in dwarven.

 

[Krug]

"So now can we get more drinks? It's been a very busy day, and that birch beer that Padre fed me has made me even more thirsty, though I would rather my drink be served by buxomy wenches rather than... dwarves," asks Dentmus to the party.