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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 105048" data-attributes="member: 2673">The HordeAfter putting the dwarf and human mines at peace, the characters returned to Hookhill.  There were mind flayers about, but they'd seen no more evidence of them.Relaxing at the bar, they were approached by a half elf.  By his gear he looked to be a ranger or some type of explorer.  He also walked with a limp.He told the heroes that the town was in grave danger - a horde of hobgoblins were gathering on the plains outside of town.  He'd spent several days eavesdropping and learned that the chieftan wanted the town.  The shaman however wasn't as foolish.  He wanted them to travel out to the south for more fertile grounds.  However, he was discovered before he could do anything about it.  If the characters would go and take out the chieftan, the horde would move on.  He offered them potions of invisibility to help them sneak in.  The only thing he asked was that they retrieve a small pink stone pendant.  It wasn't worth much, but his father had given it to him.  The chieftan took it from him when he was found and beaten.The heroes took off to the encampment and had little trouble sneaking in and suprising the chieftan.  They threw a detect magic to quickly find any treasure.  They got a couple potions, a nice greataxe, and the pendant that the ranger had mentioned also glowed.They made it back to town and met with the ranger.  He was most happy to see them.  On impulse, Coop put the gem to his eye and looked at the ranger through it.  He saw the ranger, but could also see his true form superimposed on him.  It was a purple skinned mind flayer.  He told his freinds and they leapt to attack.  Their attacks seemed to be innefective, and the flayer shifted form to a red dragon and flew off.  Appearantly they were dealing with a mind flayer wizard.There wasn't much to go on, they figured they'd have to wait for him to make another move.  A lead came in though.  A traveler was talking to Vartan in the tavern.  He had seen Ellaria, his druid mentor.  She'd disappeared a couple months back - it was what led him to travel to civilized lands in the first place.  She was headed to cleanse a place called Shadow Thaxus, an abandoned temple of Pelor.Beltar also perked up at hearing this news.  Shadow Thaxus was the place that his tribe's great hero Belorn was to have fallen.  With the two of them having personal reasons to go, the entire group headed west.</blockquote>

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