Endur's Return to TOEE part 2

[Endur]

Toriah helps Lylamwyn out of the bag.

Lylamwyn has a couple of bumps on his head and is unconscious, but otherwise seems ok.

 

[Pyrex]

Raner walks over and plants his axe deep in the trolls chest, wanting to make sure he dosn't get up again (coup de grace).

"An stay down!"

 

[Endur]

The kobold does whatever Kerwyn tells it to do to the best of its ability.

Belaver heals Lylamwyn.

Lylamwyn wakes up, although he still has a bump on his head.

The rest of the party sets their former Troll companion on fire.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya

“I'm sorry, Lylamwyn. Guess that beating you took was my fault mostly. I have no idea, however, how Slaazh could break my charm. It should have prevented him from acting that way. I'll need to practice with that a little more...”

 

[Endur]

Olive emerges from the Shadows behind the party and says, "Its all right, Lenya honey. That was one mean ugly troll and it just plain lacked appreciation for females. I'm sure it wasn't anything you said or did."

 

[Dalamar]

"They encountered the many-headed dragon and died, I was barely able to escape during the battle. How many of our warriors have survived?"
Kerwyn isn't exactly exhilarated by the fact that there appear to be orcs that speak the draconian tongue.

Listening to the kobold's answer, Kerwyn tries to think what to do with the creature. Not figuring anything better, he punches it in the snout to knock it unconscious, hoping he remembers correctly what little he actually listened to during the lectures on reptilian anatomy back at school.

 

[Endur]

The kobold goes down easily before Kerwyn's blow.

 

[Dalamar]

OoC: So what did it answer about the remaining orcs?

IC: Kerwyn graps the thing by the collar and drags it down the stairs to where the others are.
"This thing was sent by the orcs to look for us. Also, it seems there're some orcs that speak the arcane tongue up there. Oh, how I wish my widget hadn't run out..."
Kerwyn fishes the empty wand from his belt pouch and waves it around a bit. With a sigh, he puts it back to where it was and goes back towards the stairs. "This time I'll try and make it all the way up there," he says with an orc's grin and heads up again, trying to appear as full of himself as he imagines an "all-knowing one" orc would be.

 

[Endur]

In response to the question about how many orcs are up the ladder, the Kobold held out both hands.

Kerwyn climbs up the ladder and sees a bunch of orcs lurking behind rough furniture and other obstacles.

After they see its just you, they come out to talk. You discover there are 1 male orc, a dozen female orcs, and half a dozen orcish children in the room.

The male orc, carrying a large axe, speaks, "By Gruumsh, I was all set to crush the intruders. You are lucky I recognized you in time. I could have beheaded you. You need to call out the password before climbing up the stairs. How was I supposed to know it was you if you don't call out the password?"

 

[Dalamar]

OoC: Kerwyn relayed the information on orc numbers to his companions before heading up the stairs.

"Got hit to head, and they took me for dead," Kerwyn says in draconic, imitating an orcish voice, and rubs the back of his head for emphasis. "Are we the only ones left?"