Episode 2 What Lies within the Mines. 24/03/24

Solas spoke with the the elf Marek, Keeper of the Shrine of Helm. They passed pleasantries and Solas asked him about any strangers in the village and suspected that the Keeper was not entirely truthful with him. The Keeper showed Solas a sinkhole from which had been heard strange noises.

 
Lucky was awoken and told to leave camp. On his way out he noticed a number of wagons going into the large tent in the center of the compound. Moving closer, he was mistaken for a Seven Suns worker and given uniform to go to work. Whilst waiting for the uniform he was able to see that the tent hid a tunnel which lead down into the bowels of the earth.

 
Lucky strolled into town and met with the rest of the party who decided to head to the mines to fulfil their mission for Lord Humbolt. Reaching the Minehead they searched through the building and found a locked box, which was opened by Shadow, that held a number of jewels and some gold. Deciding that the best way down into the mine itself was to use a rail cart, the party, Lucky manning the brake, rolled down the slope into the darkness. With youthful exuberance, and a distinct lack of wisdom on the part of the Halfling the cart was soon hurtling through the dark, lit up only by the glow phosphorescent fungi on the walls of the shaft.

 
Noises were heard and when Lucky eventually slowed down they saw a lizardlike face. Later, a mine cart on the second track began to approach and the party were attacked by a truck full of Kobolds. Lucky was cut by a Spear before the enemies were fought off with eldritch blasts from Shadow and magic from Solas and Colmir.

 
A second cart approached and the fighting continued. Magic and the Bear form of Colmir defeated the kobolds this time. By now Lucky and Colmir were in the second cart. Lucky failed to stop the cart and a fight ensued with more kobolds, lead by a large hobgoblin. After they were fought and defeated, Lucky had gone down in the fighting and been brought back by magical healing. The cart crashed as Colmir/ bear tried to jump back to the first cart with a very trusting Lucky held in his mouth.

 
Lucky had to be helped again with healing as they ran for it and Shadow and Solas desperately handled the brake of their cart to bring it to a stop. Another truck full of Kobolds hit the wrecked cart and the tunnel was blocked from and further attacks.

 
Heading down the tunnel deeper into the mines it was noticed that the temperature was increasing. They realised they were now very deep underground. The party soon came to a large cavern with many tunnels leading in different directions. As they examined the cavern, apparently the end of the line for the carts, Solas became uneasy about the way directly ahead. He heard a chittering from the tunnel which began to grow progressively louder. A similar sound was heard from a second tunnel and, as the party hunkered down to fight, a group of small, strange, eyeless, alien looking creatures burst from the tunnel entrance turning to attack Lucky in his supposedly hidden position behind some rocks. From the second tunnel came a much larger but equally strange looking, fast moving creature appeared and ran towards Solace who fired at it with his crossbow. Colmir transformed into a giant spider as one of the creatures bit into Lucky and hung on with its powerful jaws. More of them attacked Colmir and Shadow while the large creature headed for Solas. Lucky's cantrips prevented the monster from injuring his friends while the others finished off the smaller creatures before they all turned on the monster. Colmir's shillelagh gave it a mighty blow before the badly injured Lucky finished it off with a foolhardy leap and stabbed it through the back, finally dropping it to the ground, dead.
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