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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tikigod" data-source="post: 4433393" data-attributes="member: 75310">As part of the deal to obtain the Minotaur Crystal, Valthrun accompanies the Heroes to Shadowfell Keep to return their horses safely back to Winterhaven. The Keep is little more than crumbled walls. Scranton spots a stairwell in the middle of the rubble. He also notices many sets of boot tracks leading to and from the stairs.  The rogue sneaks to the bottom and spies a lone goblin leaning on a spear. He signals the rest of the group to attack. Running forward, Scranton falls headfirst into a hidden pit. A swarm of rats boils towards him. The rest of the adventuring party surges forward, but not before the goblin yells out a warning. A few other greenies join their companion. Scranton easily scales the walls of the pit and joins his friends in the attack. The goblins are quickly put out of service.  The Heroes scout out the numerous pathways, Scranton hastily sketches out a map. Finally they decide on the doors to the north. The bloodstains give them pause, but Ern shoulders his maul and boots open the door. Scranton dashes forward to engage the hot-iron-poker-wielding hobgoblin. Ern closes in with the goblin warrior. One of the goblin sharpshooters steps into the small jail cell in the corner and begins firing on Nex. The wizard returns the favor and for most of the battle the two of them wildly miss each other. Scranton is set on fire with the scorching poker. Morthos and Scranton team together to take down the torturer. Scranton, hair blazing, leaps a bloodstained table and plants his short sword in the back of the goblin warrior. Morthos then turns his attention to the sharpshooter in the jail cell. He enters and menaces the enemy with his sword. The goblin scoots around the tiefling and slams the cell door shut, the lock clicking loudly. The party’s tactical master, trapped in a jail cell by the trickery of a sly goblin, continues to cheer the group to victory, to the laughter of goblins and adventuring mates together.  After searching the bodies of the expired goblins, Ern discovers a goblin in a jail cell. Scranton communicates with the wretched prisoner named Spulg. Ern threatens Splug with bodily harm and the goblin collapses into a miserable heap of tears and snot. Scranton bullies Splug into drawing a map of the dungeon. Once done Splug hands the wet, sticky map back to the half-elf. The scratches are labeled: Here, To Outside, Boss Fatty, Digging for Treasure and two spots labeled Don’t Know.   Scranton bitterly yells, “Your map looks nothing like our map!” He digs out his map and shows it to Splug, “Where on this map is Boss Fatty!”   Splug wails, “Your map looks nothing like my map! I don’t know!”  He begs for his life, offering to service the Heroes as a porter. They scoff at the offer from a traitorous goblin and lock him back in the cell. As they begin to leave, Splug begins to scream and cry. They make a bargain. Splug shuts up and Nex will release him before they leave Shadowfell Keep.  The Heroes of Winterhaven decide to strike at the source and head to the room labeled Boss Fatty. Within they discover two goblins lounging at a table. A brass bell glints on the table before them. With superhuman swiftness, Scranton grabs the bell. With less than superhuman agility, he cannot prevent the bell from clanging as he snatches it away. The group piles into the room, but they are unable to prevent one the goblins from disappearing down a curtained hallway and raising an alarm. Ern tips a table over and Nex works his magic behind its cover. Goblins begin pouring into the room like a green, smelly flood. Finally an enormously fat goblin enters the fray, but is as quickly cut down by the deadly weapon work of Morthos and Ern.</blockquote>

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