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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Kendrik" data-source="post: 1191" data-attributes="member: 123">Well here is the next in the ongoing saga of Sir Kendrik and the Axbridge Crew.In a new addition to these posting I will add the current date in the Misty Isles.Date: Solday 8th Fieldtoiling 1353When we left our heroes they were about to be visited by a giant bee the size of a sheep. Sir Kendrik ordered the party to hide and as the party hid behind trees and foliage they watched as the bee, moved over to a bush that had many flowers on it. It moved its abdomen over the bush and flew off. Jon McAlpin the ranger informed the rest of the group that it was probably marking the plant so the others of the hive could find it later. Sir Kendrik not wanting to be distracted from the job at hand by a swarm of giant bees ordered that the party move on towards the clearing the ranger and rogue had found.The party remained to the edge of the wood around the clearing. Sir Kendrik informed the party that they should stay hidden in case of sentries guarding the entrance. In front of the party lay an escarpment that was covered in ivy. A cursory look informed the members of the party who understood nature that it was poison ivy. The ivy would make an excellent disguise for a cave so Sir Kendrik then ordered Jon and Cain the rogue to scout along the escarpment for an entrance. They did this and funnily enough they found one. Reporting this back to the group the party ventured to the entrance site. One of the party remained with Valiant, that was Callin (the player was away and we had to find something for him to do). Winter used his quarterstaff to open a way through the cave entrance.Once inside the party was faced with a naturally hewn passageway. Cain was handed Br Arton’s helm of dark vision to wear to make it easier to spot traps and such. With Cain and Jon in the lead, Sir Kendrik next and Br Arton and Winter in the rear the party followed the passageway to a junction. Sir Kendrik ordered Cain to proceed carefully down the passageway to the east and scout the way. Cain seemed to not hear the order properly as he moved ahead and was hit by a spear trap at the first room he came across. After he removed the spear from his shoulder he moved on to the next room, taking more care he found a trip wire and hanging from the ceiling above heaps of small bags. The party caught up with him and Cain told them that the other passage seemed to meet up with this one. They returned back the way they came, not wanting to risk setting off the second rooms trap.Heading down the westerly passageway the party soon came under arrow attack. The party then returned fire. Sir Kendrik realised that the 4 halflings firing at them had too much cover from the depression that was further down this passageway. He charged down to the halflings dropping his crossbow. The others followed his lead and the battle continued in melee where one halfling was killed. These halflings beat a hasty retreat making as much noise as possible with Sir Kendrik in pursuit. As the others followed they came under fire from behind and Sir Kendrik was left to fight the 3 remaining on his own.Winter the wizard collected Sir Kendrik and Cain’s crossbows and followed Sir Kendrik at a distance. Sir Kendrik followed the retreating halflings who now had 3 direbadgers at their side. The direbadgers were snarling and charged Sir Kendrik. He stood his ground and fought them all off single-handedly, receiving moderate wounds from claw and bite marks. Winter whilst trying to aid Sir Kendrik was attacked by the 3 Halflings. Winter had cast a Shillelagh spell and fought them with his pet lion Zodiac (Zodi for short). These halflings were defeated and Sir Kendrik made sure they were stable so they could be taken back to Igham to face justice for their crimes.The other heroes were fighting 4 more halflings. Jon was holding back, using his good archery skills and fired arrows at one of the halflings. Br Arton and Cain had cornered one of the halfling behind a brazier. The cunning halfling pushed the brazier at the heroes but they didn’t catch fire as they moved out of the way in time. They fought him till he pleaded for mercy which Br Arton gave. Br Arton told him to sit and wait and went to fight another halfling Cain then ran to one of the others and fought him. Jon killed the one he was firing at and took on another at range.The halfling that was now prisoner of Br Arton, seeing his chance to escape did. Another who had been fighting Winter tried the same and was killed by Jon who had spied him running besides him. Jon then headed over to Sir Kendrik and Sir Kendrik ordered him to help stabilize the halflings.When the battle had ended they gathered up the unconscious halflings and bound them with rope. Investigating the remaining 2 passageways for the leader was the next job the party had to do. Cain went to the passageway that Sir Kendrik had been heading to and found a nest for the badgers, with a mother badger nursing her brood in there. He left the family there and returned to the party. The Party then headed down to the passageway that headed away from the area Br Arton and Cain had fought in, which was the halflings kitchen area, with barrels of food and smoked deer carcasses in a corner.The party proceeded carefully down the passageway. Cain found a pit trap that he disabled. He argued with Sir Kendrik that he should be the one to test if it was disabled. Sir Kendrik would have nothing of it and told him to stop questioning his orders. Sir Kendrik had decided that he was the heaviest one in the party so he would test it. It creaked as Sir Kendrik walked over it but he made it across safely. The party then proceeded to the next room with Cain scouting ahead when Cain seemed to walk into a wall of force. When he did this a portcullis dropped down on Jon. Sir Kendrik tried to lift it off Jon and failed till Br Arton cast a bull strength spell on him. Once they rescued Jon. Sir Kendirk dropped the portcullis. Br Arton and Winter then went back to the kitchen and rolled back two barrels to use to prop the portcullis up as we entered to room Cain was in. Br Arton worked out that the wall of force was in fact a wall that had an illusion of a passageway cast upon it. Sir Kendrik ordered Cain to carefully look for a secret door. There was none so they headed back to the kitchen area.Meanwhile, back at the cave entrance Callin spied the head halfling Hesslewhite and a nasty looking, heavily pierced dwarf leaving, the dwarf wiping blood off a dagger on his leg. They then headed up the escarpment. Callin (the player had now turned up) decided to follow them at a discreet distance.Back in the cave the party returned to the kitchen to the sight of all the tied up halflings dead with their throats slit. Sir Kendrik was disgusted that his prisoners were now useless. Br Arton noticed that the wall behind the barrels was really a curtain painted like rock. On inspection the curtain covered a sleeping chamber for 3 people. In the middle of the opulent room was the ravager Calligulus’ armour and a few barrels and 3 chests. Inspection of the barrels showed that they had false bottoms and were empty bar one, which had Caligulus’ weapons and personal items. The barrels had the Axbridge craft label on the side of them. The chests only held personal clothes and grooming items. An inspection of the kitchen items uncovered a chest full of salt, a truly rare item and Sir Kendrik ordered that all incriminating items be collected up and returned with the party to Igham.Jon noticed tracks that led out of he cave, they were one adult sized and one child sized feet. Before the party headed out, Cain asked if he could check out the room with the bags suspended from the ceiling. Sir Kendrik said that he could as they left. Cain found another tripwire at the other entrance to that room. He investigated the room and found nothing but a brazier against the wall. As he left he deliberately set off the trap and the bags fell to the ground. They were full of white powder that filled the room and then it went boom! Cain had flour on his back, the flour in the air exploded when it hit the naked flame. An ingenious trap indeed!The party then headed out the cave entrance and Sir Kendrik told Jon to look for more tracks. He did, there were 3 tracks 2 side by side like the ones in the cave, with another over the top of them. Sir Kendrik put two and two together and worked out that Callin had followed them. Callin was nowhere to be seen so Sir Kendrik fetched Valiant and they started to follow the trail.End Session.</blockquote>

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