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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 1334812" data-attributes="member: 16069">The Wednesday KnightsSESSION VI- Part 1.Fryday 14th Jankers 2000Year of the DarkInto the Valley of the Kobolds- Part 3.Dramatis PersonaeXeolus Human Monk 1Liandri Elven Rogue 1Felix Dwarven Deep Druid 1 with Arse the WolfEndrin Human Bard 1Mallaria Half-Elven Barbarian 1Bob Human Ranger 1Whirlwind Human Fighter 1The Kobold Cave No.2. - Part 2.Before the Knights can venture further noises are heard from the entrance to the cavern- slinking forward Liandri spy’s creatures entering the cave. Before he can ready his bow he realises that the lead character is Bob then Mallaria with Rodney Dirt in close company, a strange bloke in a headdress also tags along. He curses himself- and makes a mental note to shoot first next time.The two groups meet in the entrance chamber and hold a hushed conversation, basically explaining what has gone on so far. The party are then introduced to “Whirlwind.”“Who the hell’s he?”“Which one?”“The nutter in the feathered head-dress”“That’s ‘The Whirlwind’ as he likes to be known, a warrior from the Amedio Jungle, he specialises in a death dance of whirling axes.”Endrin looks at Liandri- the two begin to giggle and are finally bent double with laughter.“Nice.”“I’ll give him a week.”‘The Whirlwind’ stands unruffled fingering the blade of his axe, a cold hard look, possibly hatred, in his eyes. Mallaria takes notice.Back to the action- Rodney heads to the exit to keep guard, while the reinforced party- more like an army heads further into the cave.The unexplored passage leads to a long thin cavern with an exit at the far end- there are a number of manacles attached to the walls, as if the area has been used in the past to hold prisoners. The strange thing however is the swirling, rolling mist that spills from the far exit. Whirlwind approaches cautiously, Mallaria not too far behind. Slowly a fiery figure forms from the coalescing fog- Xeolus crosses himself and gulps like they do in films. Whirlwind looks back at the party, opens his mouth to reveal a huge grin, and tugging at Mallaria’s shoulder walks quickly into the mist disappearing from sight, and ignoring the fiery figure altogether. Mallaria is suddenly aware that she has found a friend and likewise trots into the mist, the party hears nothing until Mallaria’s battle cry.“Death to role-playing.”The two warriors struggle through a narrow corridor- bouncing off the walls to guide them through, appearing from the mist into a larger chamber. In the centre of which stands a small and particularly weedy looking Kobold, who is obviously a spell caster- he wears a robe with silver foil stars attached to it. Whirlwind grins at Mallaria- they both heft their axes and advance upon the Kobold- who, strangely, smiles back- Whirlwind suddenly feels very tired-“I think I’ll have a little snooze”, says Whirlwind and slumps to the floor- Mallaria is stunned and for a moment is unsure of what to do.The Kobold Sorcerer grins mischievously and advances to attack Mallaria as Felix lurches into the room- followed soon after by the other members of the party, the fight is made more difficult by the fact that some sort of magic field protects the Sorcerer. The Kobold screams for help but to no avail- it is cut down in short time- Felix delivers the killing blow.Seconds later shouts are heard from the main entrance and the Knights rush off to see what is happening, except for Liandri, of course. They find Rodney Dirt about to be overrun- fighting a rear guard action against a dozen or so Kobold warriors. Back in the Sorcerer’s chamber Liandri rifles the dead Sorcerer and comes away with a magic scroll and coin, he completes his mission by robbing Whirlwind, as he snoozes.“Welcome to the Wednesday Knights.”Back at the main entrance the fight turns in favour of the Knights and a half-dozen Kobold survivors flee leaving another eight dead, the party watch the survivors cross the valley floor back to Kobold Cave No.1. Cave No.3. - The Mausoleum.Thirty minutes later Whirlwind is all better and Rodney Dirt has departed his job done, with Arse in tow- he doesn’t like the smell of the caves. The intrepid explorers head further into the valley and away from the now deserted Kobold Cave No.2. and the far too dangerous Kobold Cave No.1. Another cavern thirty-five feet up the side of the valley wall- the Knights make their way up the slope and into the cave, cautiously- three sarcophagi each with their lids pushed aside. As per Trading Standards- Skeleton Menace Section, three bonies duly appear and attack the group, a couple of them get hits in but they are efficiently despatched- with Endrin recovering a reasonable breastplate from one of the opened tombs- nice. Cave No.4. - The Empty Cave.A bit further down the valley the Knights find another cave, on the valley floor this time, however the cave is empty- the adventurers mooch around for a bit before eating lunch.“How do you think it’s going Felix?”“GRRR.”“Don’t talk to him while he’s eating.”“And don’t put your fingers near his mouth.”To emphasise the point the surly burly Dwarf snaps once or twice.Continuing down the valley, not so much creeping as sauntering, the next cave they espy has a Kobold sentry who on seeing them runs within, Mallaria and Whirlwind rush to the attack, the others lumbering behind.“Bloody hell- here we go again, can’t the buggers stop running everywhere?” Felix puffs and pants but waddles on. Cave No.5. - The Third Kobold Cave.Rushing after the sentry Mallaria and Whirlwind run through several empty chambers into a much, much larger cavern. In which Kobold families- females and their young cower and try to hide. A small number of Kobold warriors attempt some form of brief resistance- five or six are quickly killed by the duo before the rest throw down their weapons and surrender. The others catch up. Mallaria orders Xeolus to the cave entrance to stand watch while they “interrogate er… sorry question” the Kobolds.Xeolus nods helpfully and stalks off, if he had a tail it would be wagging.Mallaria “Who scored the winning goal in the 1978 World Cup Final?”The Kobold merely stares at the strange looking Half-Elf.Whirlwind prods the creature around the chest area with a dagger.“Come on… come on… Mario… come on this is an easy one.”Eventually Whirlwind stabs the thing in the heart, or thereabouts- he’s not that fussy.While Xeolus whistles a happy tune, Mallaria and Whirlwind slay the remaining warrior Kobolds, and a few of the women and children for good measure, in an explosion of bloodletting. The slaughter is only brought to an end when Felix, Endrin and Bob physically intercede, Liandri mooches off giggling, ostensibly “to check for traps.” There follows a heated debate, the backdrop a cacophony of screaming and crying Kobolds.Felix “They are all creatures under the Oerth, sure I don’t like them but I can’t kill the women and children in cold-blood”<SSSsslliiittt>Mallaria “I can.”Endrin “Pelor- you’re an animal.”Mallaria picks up a kid and flings it at a wall- the Kobolds are screaming and wailing, yammering for mercy.Bob “Mallaria. Leave them be.”Mallaria “Or else?” Mallaria hefts her great axe, the ranger saunters over his hand on his longsword.Felix “Leave her Bob she’s not worth it.”Whirlwind stands behind Mallaria, a wall of silence hits the cavern, even the Kobolds have worked out what’s going on.Suddenly Felix begins to flap his hands and herds the women and kids out, toward the exit; Endrin joins in- trying to move them on before the storm breaks again- the warrior tableau remains in place.At the entrance Xeolus stands aside to allow the screaming Kobolds to exit, “bye… bye… nice to have met you.” He finishes off his apple and strides back to the central cave. “That was nice letting them go”, nobody knows where to look except Mallaria and Whirlwind who relax and smile, “I suppose you found out what’s in the rest of the caverns- particularly that first one. You know I’m quite surprised really- I’d have thought you would have used them as hostages, I suppose you thought I would have been a bit ticked off. Well I would- you did the right thing.”“Oh Pelor- we didn’t ask them anything.” Endrin states, the others shake their heads while Mallaria and Whirlwind continue to grin.Next time... more mischief in the Kobold Caves.</blockquote>

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