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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Seravin" data-source="post: 1201959" data-attributes="member: 6783">The Fight in the MinesLater, when asked about his adventures, Panther would recite what he and has companions had seen.The Blue Garl Cavern – where the largest and finest garlstones had been mined.  Even played out, there was still a glimmer of blue crystal here and there about the cavern walls.In the back, was an adjoining cave that was now flooded.  A giant moray eel lived in these black waters.  Kellron had very nearly been pulled under, but it had been a tough fight.   The Dome – Another vault of a cave now flooded.  In the center of the flooded cave was a pillar that looked like some gigantic mace.  Kestral’s keen eyes were the first to spot the body floating in the water, just barely in sight.  Using the powers granted to her by the Lords of Water, she had walked across the surface to retrieve the body.  Along the way she had been attacked by crayfish the size of a small pony.  Fortunately Kestral was quick and was only wounded a little bit before she drew the giant lobsters into range of her friend’s missile fire.  The body turned out to be the body of some unknown mage who had been infected with some wasting disease.Fairy Land – The walls of this cave were filled with such colors that it was easy to see why the dwarfs spent their time under so much rock.  The hues were vibrant and many.  The stories say that the miners could sometime hear the faeries carving their way up from below.The Crab Petals – A cave that looked like the inside of a massive geode.  White, spiky protrusion grew from the walls, looking like crab claws.  Lairing within were two insects the size of bull-mastiffs.  They shot a curiously strong line out to capture prey and drag them near.  These things had manage to ensnare Ashimar with one such line, but the young bravo had charged the creature instead.  The fight was only mildly interesting.These were the names on the map drawn by Old Grizzler the dwarf. The five companions now stood in the Chamber of the All-Hearing Gods, a glorious name given to a rather non-descript chamber.  The miners thought that things whispered here would travel to Latina herself.  Panther thought that the miners had been underground too long.  In the end the only thing of interest about the chamber was the tunnel leading out the far side.  According to their map it wound through about forty feet of rock and opened into a cave called The Grand Cavern.At the mouth of this tunnel had been four guards, wearing dark robes with the hoods up and standing as still as statues.  They had turned out to be zombies, created from the bodies of some unknown mercenaries.  The five friends had easily laid the animated corpses to rest.-------------Kestral had been gone a long minute.  Her companions viewed her return with relief.“They’re there.”  She told her friends.  “Just as he described.”  Kestral continued on before anyone could smile.  “Except there’s another person with them; another of the mercenary flunkies I think.  They know were here.”“Crap.”Kellron looked at Kestral.  “Think we can take them?”She shrugged.  “Maybe.  I’m not sure.”It took the five friends a few minutes to come up with a plan.  It wasn’t elegant but it would have to serve.Later when asked, Panther was able recount only this about the fight.“It was a long fight.  I recall that much at least, even two years later.  We were all pretty proficient; Jallarzi even knew the spells for invisibility back then; but our foes were stronger.  Shilek invoked a prayer at some point and I think she managed to paralyze Kellron at some point – but I’m not so sure about that anymore.  It probably didn’t happen else we certainly would have died.Ashimar was the first to engage Ramor, the brigand leader.  Of that I am sure for Ashimar heard Ramor speak magic words that activated magical boots of speed.  Kellron had to have helped in that fight though.  Ramor was a fast brute and used an enchanted bastardsword.The two priests, Shilek and Imrin were protected by six zombies.  Things got tight because of them.  It certainly seemed like more at the time.  They just kept coming and we couldn’t get any room to catch our breath.  I think Kellron might have scared them off.  Maybe not.  When we got too close to Shilek she levitated up near the ceiling with her own magic boots.At the end of it though, we were still standing and our foes weren’t.  Except Ivrin.  He got away in the darkness; probably by using one of those darkvision potions we found.”Here Panther would smile a bit.  “But the treasure and the glory were fantastic.  That’s where they got the magic hut you sometimes hear about.  Ashimar claimed Ramor’s boots for his own and Kestral claimed Shilek’s boots.  For herself Jallarzi claimed an enchanted staff that was the embodiment of winter; I often think that was the start of her obsession.  For myself, I claimed Ramor’s magic bow.  There was no history behind it that I could find, but it was my first magic weapon.We also found another cache of fish-smelling potions, something I think Shilek was feeding Ramor.  And a key.  I mustn't forget that we found a second key that very nearly matched the one we had gotten from Broken Spire.Unfortunately we didn't find Semheis, the reason we had gone into those mines and we were too wounded to follow that damn priest.  We decided to leave and come back another time.Ah well.  Memory isn’t always reliable and there are certainly many other things I do remember.”</blockquote>

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