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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 917644" data-attributes="member: 5912">The discovery of the dungeonTurk wanted to explore beyond the door the goblins had tried to escape through, but Kierwin didn't want to leave any doors unopened, or at least unguarded behind them. Kierwin couldn't hear anything through the door, but had Geirmund check it out. He thought he could hear mumbling or scuffling noises, but couldn't make anything out. Kierwin walked over to Turk and told him they really needed to check behind that door first, and that there were noises coming from behind it.Turk asked Kierwin and Geirmund to watch the first door, while he and Thorin found out what was behind the door she was concerned about. Thorin tried to open the door, but it was locked, so Geirmund tried to pick it, which took him a few tries, but he got it. Thorin opened the door to find a dark and filthy dungeon.Near the entrance, they found three kobolds tied to a spike by crude, rough ropes. As Turk stepped up so that his light shone into the room, they could see a few crumbling skeletons, of some poor, forgotten inhabitants, then they saw the back wall of the room. A battered looking dwarf was locked inside a rusty iron cage.Turk and Thorin both headed straight for the dwarf at the back of the room. Thorin spoke to the dwarf in Dwarven."How long have you been down here? What's going on?""Get me out of this cage, and I'll talk! I can't even stand up straight! My back hurts! I need some water, or better yet, some beer! Son, have ya got some been on ya?"Thorin called Geirmund, needing him to pick the lock on the cage. Geirmund went in to pick the lock, and said it was a tough a lock! Kierwin talked Snap into guarding the door for her while she went after the torch that Geirmund had taken with him, since he'd left her in the dark and helpless. She retrieved the torch and returned to her post.Now Geirmund gave them a silver flask and a key that he'd found on the goblins. He'd been looting the bodies while they'd been busy in the dungeon. The flask was of dwarven make, and when Thorin opened it, it smelled bad."I am Reyk! Reyk the Timbers! Give me an axe and I'll chop 'em down!""My name is Turk Wildhands, it is a pleasure to meet you, an honor sir." Turk bowed to the dwarf. "I do not know if we have an extra axe, but these goblins have javelins. You could take some of their putrid armor for some protection. Were you captured by these goblins or something?""I was out doing a little exploring, you probably saw some of my friends out in the main hall, all dead on the ground. I've been here for awhile, I don't know how long, I've lost track of time.""Have you seen anyone else? We are looking for a Paladin, named Sir Bradfor...."Rek interrupted, "You mean a human in shiny armor all puffed up with himself, and his hot little sister?" "That's the one.""Yeah, they came through here about a week ago.""And they left you here tied up?""Yeah, see, that big ugly guy, with the scar down his face, kinda hairy, looks kinda scary, he said 'I've got no use for that.' and left me here for the goblins. He took them off.""Was his name Belak?" Asked Turk.Reyk thought for a moment. "I can't remember... The name sounds familiar, I've probably heard the goblins mention it a few times.""This puffed up one," Turk asked, "Sir Bradford, did you happen to see a boy and a girl with him who looked alike, or appeared to be brother and sister?""Yeah, the boy had a gash in his head and had bandages all over. They took him straight past.""But they were alive? How long ago?"Reyk answered, "About a week.""A week, there is still hope then, my friends, and...companions." Turk said, getting a withering look from Minx.Thorin asked Reyk if he would like to join them."Yeah, let's kill the scum! They took my Holy Symbol and I want to get it back! Moradin would never forgive me if I didn't. " Reyk was more than ready to get going, and  get his vengeance on the ones who'd locked him in the cage.Turk was quick to catch the reference to the Holy Symbol. "Are you of the Clerical persuasion?""I AM A WAR PRIEST! NOTHING IS FINER THAN CLEAVING GOBLIN SKULLS AND DRINKING BEER!""Aye!" Thorin agreed enthusiastically.Turk was quick to add, "Except giving thanks to Pelor for his goodness!""Pelor is good because he grows trees, so we can hew them down!" Reyk was still shouting, he was so excited about going after those who had kept him prisoner. "The better to make axe handles with!""Well, each has their own way of traveling and doing justice for good," Turk said. "So as long as you fight in goodness name, I'll be proud to travel with you. Let's go forward with Pelor and destroy the evil, before they have too much chance! So far we have been very lucky and we have not been discovered down here."Reyk pointed out the other prisoners, "What about these little guys?"Turk thought for a moment, "I care not for them, we may let them go. They are subhuman.""Wait a minute!" Thorin jumped in. "We should see if we can speak their language, they might be able to give us some information!"Reyk said, "They brought them in, not too long ago. It's hard to tell the hours, but maybe half a day."Thorin and Reyk were talking at the same time, while Thorin was calling for Minx to come in to talk to the prisoners, that he thought were called kobolds, Rek was saying something about a poor little one being drug off by the big ugly man with the scar, and not being at all happy about it.Minx couldn't figure out what Thorin was talking about, in his excitement, and Turk told her that he said they had prisoners for her to talk to.She went in the room, leaving Keirwin, Geirmund and Snap on guard in the outer room. Turk left with Reyk while Minx talked with the kobolds, he was on a search to find armor that would fit the dwarf, unfortunately, after trying piece after piece of armor, nothing would fit."They're weany little goblins, man, I'm am a stout oak! They're weeds!" They dug through all of the abandoned armor, including those on the dead bodies. Your shirt, though, it looks like it might fit!""This shirt is blessed by Pelor himself!""Oh, it's a nice weave, there...""I know, this is my shirt! See this dent right here?""It must have cost you a pretty penny! You must have lots of money! I'll let you buy me beer!""Help me destroy the goblins, and we are here to retrieve an apple. Help us and I'll buy you all the beer you can drink in an hour.""Let's kill the goblins!" Rek finally forgot about Turk's armor, now that his mind was on been and killing goblins again.Finally admitting defeat, they settled on grabbing javelins and hoped to find some armor that would fit later. Kierwin offered her Morningstar, which Reyk tried out, then beat to a pulp on the stone walls, complaining it was a goblin weapon, and handed back to her.Meanwhile, Minx spoke to the imprisoned kobolds. When everyone got back together, she filled them all in. Apparently, their actions in the citadel had had quite an impact on the kobolds. After they'd left to go back to town, the goblins, led by Belak came through the side passage and attacked them.Belak confronted the queen and told her that he would wipe out the tribe if they continued to help the group. Meepo had been taken to Belak down below. The queen sold him out as an ally of the group. The kobolds didn't have any idea what happened to Meepo after he'd been taken down below, and as far as the queen was concerned, she didn't care if they were dead, she wouldn't bat an eye.Minx asked the kobolds if they let them go, what they'd do to the queen."Nothing! She's mean! She'll stick us in the head and stand on our necks! And shoot bolts of energy from her fingers!" The kobolds were screaming they were so scared of the queen. They weren't about to go running to her."So if we let you go, what are you going to do?" Minx asked them."Go back to the tribe, where else are we gonna go?" They asked, like it was a stupid question."But she sold you out!""She's the queen. She has to do what she has to do, for the good of the tribe.""So killing the tribe is for the good of the tribe?" Thorin asked, after Minx translated."If your arm becomes infected you would cut it off to save your body."Minx told them she was going to let them go, and untied them. She told them she hoped Meepo was alive. They said they hoped he was and felt bad for him, that he went down the hole.Minx wished she'd let Meepo stay with her when he'd asked. He'd wanted to go to town, and they'd made him stay at the citadel. Now they didn't know if he was alive or dead, and he was down below with Belak.After they let the kobolds go, Reyk told them a little more about what he'd heard from the goblins while he'd been imprisoned down there. He'd heard the goblins talk about the Twilight Grove down below. It was an enchanted garden, and he'd seen a man in robes, carrying a scythe, headed down that way a couple of weeks ago. His guess was that he must tend the garden. There was something about the fruit and not being able to get out in time, because it was going to be mature in a day or couple days, and the little guys, the kobolds were blocking the way.Turk was excited, "Good the fruit is ready to be picked! We can get it and help Osa." Remembering Minx, he added, "We can help you, too. We can help Minx, and definitely we can help Thorin.""I thought we made an agreement to be nice to one another, Turk, and I'm working pretty hard to be polite to you, cause I could say a few things now, but I'm biting my tongue!" Minx stopped to breathe."I've been extremely polite to you, considering all the facts." Turk said evenly."Ah, facts, shmacts." Thorin put in. "Let's just go kill something.""I haven't said anything. Did I not just say, we could heal you?" Turk asked.Minx pointedly ignored him."Now we're not speaking?!" Turk said in exasperation."Let's get going!" Thorin was pushing them, trying to keep things from escalating.  It worked.Thorin opened the door that the goblin had tried to escape through before he'd so neatly nailed it in the back with his axe.  They found a hallway with two doors, one at the end, and the other on the opposite wall from the one they had opened. Turk immediately went for the door at the end of the hall, and just as he reached it, the floor dropped out from under him.</blockquote>

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