April 15th, 2023
Vita, Frigus 5th, 1193 (Continued)
Ty shares her opinion on the dragonpriest–we don’t know what the other group was looking for and decided to save investigating this for last and continue to explore the goblin area.
A wyrmling black dragon lies in wait in a room with poorly taxidermied trophies; it looks to have been imprisoned here and attacks us. Sigmund robs the dragon of an honorable death and wants to give it to the kobolds. We find a scroll case with ruined parchment inside that reads “[…] the remaining few. By order of Durgeddin the Black, we have created a secret dwarven redoubt. None shall find us; however, […]”, with the remainder being illegible.
Our guide is happy to see the black dragon, Thauglorauthamiir, whom was stolen from them. He takes us back to Queen Mozdrog, who is glad to have him returned and tells us her plans to raise it into a mighty dragon of unfathomable evil, so that they can kill goblins.
We continue our exploration of the goblin area and find a circular room with hobgoblins, goblins, and some kind of wooden plant-like creature. One of the hobgoblins is sitting on a makeshift throne with his feet on a chest. It’s a rough fight, but we end up victorious. We then head back to the kobolds to rest and celebrate.
Mare, Frigus 6th, 1193
We need more rest and take the day off.
Terra, Frigus 7th, 1193
We continue exploring and find another fountain room; this fountain has “Let there be death” inscribed on it in draconic. When spoken aloud, gas begins to pour out of the fountain, but we don’t feel any ill effects. Next to that is a room full of refuse, dead bodies, and a really fat dire rat, which we kill. We search the bodies for the other group, but it’s not them.
Goblins have prepared a couple of ambushes for us in the fortified halls. We follow them back to their “village”, which appears to have once been a cathedral, but to whom? It’s lit with the same violet light we’ve previously encountered and the source is some fungus. We rout their remaining forces and convince the rest to leave.