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Sat 18th Feb 2023 05:34

Time for some Frog Legs!

by Laraena Silver

We met with Instructor Janatimo the following morning to discuss what he had found out about Froglegs. He got right to the point, letting us know he had found enough information that we could go see about bringing Froglegs to justice. He told us that Froglegs actually lived in the swamp outside of town. We set out to find her lair. The air grew steadily more oppressive as we headed into the swamp. Finally, Janatimo cast a spell that made the air much easier to breathe when we were close to him. We soon found a hut in the swamp area. As Orkbolt checked the door for traps, Imryll heard someone running off into the swamp off to the SE, whistling while they went. Orkbolt, sensing no traps, heard movement on the far side of the door, nodded to the group and threw the door wide open. Inside, we were attacked by 2 Grippli and a Gnoll. We quickly beat 2 of them unconscious, nearly dropping the 3rd. The 3rd surrendered and confirmed we were on the right path to find Froglegs. We told it to make itself scarce. It would not go well for it if we saw it again. We then rested for a bit before heading further into the swamp.
Almost immediately, we were attacked by a large crocodile that grabbed Orkbolt from the water and attempted to carry him back into the swamp. We managed to foil it's plans, thankfully. Orkbolt was not having a good day between this and diseases he seemed to be attracting here in the swamp. After the fight, Orkbolt recalled that crocodiles like this usually lived in packs. This one being alone seemed to indicate it was a trained creature. We moved on to the next hut. Here we found 4 more Grippli & a Dwarf. The Dwarf turned on the Grippli once the battle was joined. Once we defeated them the Dwarf introduced himself as Kolbo. He explained he was trying to infiltrate this group as Froglegs had stolen a Clan Dagger from him some time ago. He was glad to see us going after her but wanted nothing to do with a direct confrontation with her. He asked that we return his Clan Dagger to him if we found it. We asked him to describe the dagger. Gazzean recognized the clan from the description. We rested a bit, then moved forward once more. As we did, we heard Kolbo whistling the tune we knew would call off the crocodile we had passed...