Session 10 Report

General Summary

The sun sets. At midnight, Kith spots movement coming out of the river to the north. He heads into town to the dwarven hall and wakes up the party. While in the hall, he notices that one of the dwarves is secretly a vulpine. After outing the disguised vulpine, the party try to assault him, and the other dwarves (not yet convinced) protect who they think is their kin. The party convinces the dwarves to stand aside and Kazrik convinces the vulpine to expose himself by shifting back into his vulpine form. The party interrogates and extorts information out of him by cutting his ear and putting an axe to his throat. They learn that vulpine killed Nauldig (the dwarf he's impersonating) in a ritual to assume his form. The vulpine eventually attempts to kill himself by slicing his neck on the axe. Kazrik uses regeneration to heal his slit neck and continue the interrogation. They learn that the vulpine are working to keep humans from invading their lands. Goodman steps on his chest and rips his arm off of him, and Kazrik heals the bleeding. They learn that Venthi is the vulpine clan leader. Kazrik slams the blunt part of his axe down on the vulpine's head several times, crushing it in. They leave the dwarven hall and see fire on the other side of town. They run to the fire and realise it's out of control, so Kith goes to the source of the fire while the rest of the party warn the dwarves and help them evacuate. Kith sees dead guards and hobgoblins running off when he gets to the source of the fire. After sending the dwarves off, the party goes to where Kith went and he leads them in the direction that the hobgoblins ran off to. They follow the tracks into the mountains until getting about 50 yards away from the bridge where the tracks go into the river. Kazrik notices holes in the nearby rocks and movement behind them. Goodman throws a light inside the hole and goblins run away from it. Up near the bridge, a door in the rocks opens up and goblinoids pour out of it. Kith casts Entangle and tangles them all up while the party makes a run for it. They travel straight to Hartgar and wake up Count Gollin to give him the news about the fire in Kane and tell him the goblins did it. He swears Kane will rebuild and that the goblins will be kicked out of the mountains. The party stays in Hartgar for a few days until they join the caravan that leaves for the meeting with the undine that day.