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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aangord" data-source="post: 3031921" data-attributes="member: 42016">Plunge into the unknownI stepped through the portal into a dismal and dark room. Lena was already fingering the lock on the door opposite the now inactive doorway. A click and peek through later she told us what lay behind it. A round well or shaft of some kind with a flimsy rope bridge spanning the gap, water beneath some way down and another door opposite. Two hobgoblins on a small platform off to the side were tormenting a human, dangling upside down on a rope above the water.Luckily I had the sense to prepare myself for my mage armor was already in place as the others scrambled to prepare themselves to take out the two hobgoblins. At my suggestion Lena and Shandra took up positions at both sides of the door. A’sienneira made ready to kick it open for them.The rapid shots of Shandra, even before the door was fully open, took out the first and a sneaky shot from Lena took care of the other. The dead tumbled down in the water and where gorged upon by some crocodiles, quite a nasty surprise. A’sienneira crossed the bridge carefully to the next door which was also locked. The dangling human was unreachable but the little platform had to be accessible from somewhere. Lena made her way over the bridge and somehow slipped, agile as a cat she managed to catch a hold of the ropes before she plummeted down. But still, hanging from her hands above water filled with crocodiles, Asienneira reached out to her and went down herself because of the motions of the bridge. Some quick thinking of me and Shandra sent some arrows and a lightning bolt into the water, so at least the crocodiles where out of the equation. This however did upset our druid companion who was lightly said, “Not amused” More fumbling and balancing later A’sienneira pulled Lena back on the bridge and after picking another lock we carefully continued into the next room. Which happened to be a torture chamber with blood splattered every where. Probably it is the hobgoblins main entertainment area, those vile creatures. I can now understand why Shandra hates them so much and has made a personal study on how to kill them more efficiently. Lena goes up the stairs she finds and Shandra takes up a watch position by the door to keep the hasty human girl from getting herself into trouble again. A’sienneira has meanwhile rescued the human prisoner. She talks with him while Oleanna heals his physical wounds. According to him there are still 20 other prisoners alive here and some 40 hobgoblins to deal with. The crocodiles where introduced to the well by the hobgoblins, which gave our silent nature spirit another jab; “We should rescue those poor creatures and return them to the free wilds where they belong”A’sienneira’s quiet resolve affects the human strongly however and his courage takes a leaping bound. He suggests to aid us, but she quickly convinces him to “guard our retreat” instead. Asienneira gives him her spare long sword. Lena returns from the stairs, practically flying. “Incoming” she explains quickly and several moments of waiting in anxiety pass but nothing comes and the stairs remain clear. Our surprise foiled by her mistake, we carefully ascend the stairs.</blockquote>

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