Wineday, 25th day of Rainmoot – 1491 DR (Gnomengarde Cont)
Pre-amble:
The 2 kings threw quite a party that night and the group gradually got sozzled on mushroom wine. The upside was the kings ordered some glowworm cages to be set at various locations along the corridor sections so that Bron and Beorwulf could find their way round.
It was shortly after midnight that the group found various sleeping places, Eglath & Heimund settled in the kitchen as they were still drinking after the others left.
The 3 Dwarves, Fargrim, Gimli and Bandur settled in the wine celler with Beorwulf.
Hagluth, Lionel and Bron found a really good place and settled in for a good sleep. They felt they had earned it, they all had.
Now: (Revenge is a dish best served with advantage in numbers).
(Klarg the Beastman, accompanied by a Goblin Shaman, 10 Hobgoblins, 4 attack wolves and 6 Goblins, was in search of revenge for his hideout being attacked by the group. See session 1)
Fulgrim was the first to waken in the wine cellar, he thought he could hear a commotion. The others slept on.
Now Fargrim was wide awake and shouting for the others to get up, he had heard a scream - distant and weak but a scream non the less.
The 3 Dwarves and Beorwulf, now all awake, headed for the door, Fargrim leading, an attack wolf bounded round the corner and started attacking Fargrim. A second, third and fourth wolf quickly joined the melee on the corner. Bandur rushed to assist and was thrown to the ground, Fargrim's sword was ripped from his hand and flew behind him as he tried to fight off the wolf armed now with a javelin. Beorwulf rushed forward, spotted the sword and attacked a wolf with it. Gimli cast a prayer and a wolf was struck with a pillar of fire.
The others slept on.
Fargrim channeled his divine power and with a mighty swipe killed a wolf. A second followed shortly.
Heimund woke with the mighty thunder reverberating around Gnomengarde. It took some time but he got Eglath awake. Heimund opened the door to the kitchen to see a group of Hobgoblins charging around the corner into view. Hiemund struck and killed the first Hobgoblin and stood to one side as Eglath ripped the door of its hinges, used it as a battering ram and promptly smashed into the door frame. Eglath had blocked the door but now more Hobgoblins arrived and smashed the door backwards, knocking Eglath to the floor. The Hobgoblins charged into the room.
Fargrim, Bandur, Gimli and Beorwulf dealt swiftly with the wolves and headed for the kitchen where they could hear sounds of fighting. They hadn't gone very far when the blast of a horn reverberated across the gorge from the other side of Gnomengarde. First Gimli, then Fargrim and Bandur changed direction and began running towards the other side of the gorge and the throne room.
Beorwulf continued onto the kitchen and arrived in time to charge into the rear of the Hobgoblins. Dead gnomes lay everywhere, Eglath was lying near death against a side wall, Heimund was battling 2 hobgoblins as Beorwulfs' charge took him into the middle of the fray.
The fight in the kitchen was frantic, Heimund saved Eglath from certain death. Heimund using the body of a Hobgoblin to batter another to the ground. Eglath somewhat revived miss timed a similar attack and unwittingly (?) grabbed Beorwulf and slammed him into the ground. Heimund dispatching Hobgoblins still alive managed to kill the last one then Eglath gave aid to Beorwulf and brought him back from certain death.
The 3 Dwarves ran into a bunch of Goblins but managed to fight their way through, capturing one in the process. Gimli headed for the throne room ans Fargrim and Bandur headed for the Kings bed chamber. The door at the end of the corridor opened and a fire bolt blasted above Bandurs head. They moved closer and a 2nd followed. The door closed, Bandur stepped up to open it as Fargrim, with Goblin dragged in front of him approached Bandur from Behind. Bandur sensing something was wrong jumped back, knocking the Goblin and Fargrim backwards.
Bandur charged the door and it burst of its hinges and smacked the Bugbear standing on the otherside to the floor, door on top. The Goblin Shaman managed to strike Bandur and Fargrim before escaping through the secret door into the throne room. Bandur and Fargrim struck Klarg many times until he surrendered. Gimli tried bravely to take the Shaman down but failed each time, even Fargrim couldn't stop the Shaman escaping.
Heimund had captured the last Hobgoblin and was dragging him by the foot towards the bridge by the waterfall. However he stopped and as he hadn't searched the Hobgoblin properly was stabbed by a dagger for his troubles. A struggled ensued as Heimund first knocked the dagger away and attempted to get the Hobgoblin to switch aliegance and join him. The Hobgoblin laughed and spat in his face and tried to stab Heimund with a 2nd dagger, this too was swatted away. For it's troubles the Hobgoblin was dangled by the ankle over the bridge and dropped to his death.
A search of Gnomengarde found Hagluth, Bron and Lionel under the stairs in a drunken stupor. Bron was cradling the book entitled Magick of Gnomengarde in his arms.
Magick of Gnomengarde
This book contains the following arcane magic spells:
Burning Hands
Detect Magic
Identify
Mage Armour
Magic Missile
Shield
Sleep
A search of the caverns finds a group of hidden Gnomes who were too scared to come out when Klarg attacked.
Caramip, Jabby, Nyx and Quippy are female Gnomes; Anverfth, Delebean, Pallabar and Zook are male Gnomes. The Gnome Kings and the other Gnomes look to the group for guidance.
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