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13th of Tarsakh, 1496 DR

The orc shaman and the dungeon of the ugly red blob.

by Serendipity Laughingbluff

Finally everyone felt prepared enough to start our journey to the Ruins of Dumnen. Except Galidan, who had disappeared over night. A pity really, I think he would have proven rather useful. Instead another questionable individual decided to tag along. I might have mentioned him before, his name is Mitchell and unsurprisingly enough he got along rather well with Oxton. Oh and that half-breed orc Nabi also joined our little group.
 
After a few hours we came across another orc, an old confused lady dancing around an extinguished fireplace. She introduced herself as Rimvaul, first of Gromman, the Martyred. Rimvaul claimed to be looking for a shrine to pray to her god. She told us that she had been exiled from her clan and she appeared to be just as foreign to this land as we were. Rimvaul sent us to another place of old ruins. An unpleasant aura vibrated from those buildings. Of course we had to investigate it.
 
While Nabi, Varis, Cid and I delved into the crypt, Mitchell and Oxton stayed behind. I got the feeling that Mitchell was afraid of the dark and Oxton didn't want to leave him alone. So be it!
 
We were wandering around for a while when we suddenly discovered a very ugly red blob with dozens of mouths and thousands of teeth. We managed to stay hidden from the vile creature and I decided to contact Oxton because I felt that we were in need of reinforcements for the upcoming fight since there was no other path to proceed through the ruins . I suspected he would only be motivated to join us under very special circumstances so I created one, just for him. I told him that we were about to meet a monster that apparently had eaten a men (or woman, I don't differentiate) who had been wearing the symbol of his god.
Of course he came running and instantaneously tried to befriend the creature with a spell, however the communication proved to be of questionable success at best.
Meanwhile the rest of the group tried to find another exit, to no avail. Ultimately the spell broke and the blob attacked us.
From the northern part of the room, behind the blob, a zombified brute tried to enter but he was too big and got stuck in the door. Three zombies in that very same room were also trying to join the fight but two were crushed in the attempt to enter by the giant monster. One half of a zombie eventually made it through.
Anyways, I started blasting, Varis attacked him with acid while Nabi started kicking him. Cid blessed us with his holy magic and we did a good amount of damage to the creature. The blob then launched a slimy projectile at Cid and me who were standing in the south-east corner of the room. I was able to dodge it but Cid got blinded. The zombie took advantage and started stabbing him. Luckily, Cid evaded his attacks.
Eventually we brought down the creature but before we could kill the blob, he nearly ripped Varis' arm off. The group tended to his wounds and we rested for a while.
 
I wonder if there is any valuable stuff in here.

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