Journal #13 - January 2011

Real Date: 15-Jan-2011
Game Date: 21/01 (cont)

The party enter the fortress after dispatching the orcs and find an armoury wherein they decide to disable whatever weapons they can before moving on. They move on and hear the sounds of a forge and decide to attack on two fronts. They battle the orcs and a duergar blacksmith named Irwal. Unfortunately, two of the enemy get away towards the end of the battle. They find Irwal's chamber and strip it of the goodies they find...

[106GP, 206SP and a sceptre with a skull on the end]

[4625XP]

They decide to head back to the Seven Pillared Hall to take the sceptre to Gemdar and to rest and recuperate. Gemdar offers 300GP for the sceptre but the party refuses this offer on principal, holding out for more. However, Gemdar is sticking to his guns and won't budge on the price he offers.

Game Date: 22/01

Head back towards the Horned Hold but three-quarters of the way there they are attacked by a gelatinous cube and 3x wraiths. The cube brings back horrible memories for Baeshra who was nearly dissolved by one underneath the Keep on the Shadowfell! This time, however, it is Balasar that is swallowed by the cube and it takes him ages to fight his way out. In the meantime Ash steps up to the plate and takes on the wraiths,  single-handedly forcing them back with a Turn Undead follwoed quickly by a Cascade of Light to blast one of them away. He continues to pick at them and defeats the remaining two with some help from Morthos while the others put paid to the cube.

[4825XP]

They continue forth and make their way back to the portcullis at the entrance to the Horned Hold where they see 2x duergar on guard and the portcullis restored to its original sturdy self...