Moloch part 21 and 22, a minute in the life of a Barlgura demon

The party after a quiet night trek to the hill where they believe the Werebears came from, while trying to evade the watchful eyes of a giant Eagle circling high above.   Entering the cave, the party are spooked by bats, before setting off traps...   To clear the traps, A114 summons a demon, a Barlgura demon who walks forward in a proper wiley cote moment, and has a bridge fall on him, before going round the corner to a open an old rotted wooden door, and being caught in the middle of a fire ball...he then staggers through the door to be struck down by the water elemental   The party find the "well of vitality", guarded by a water elemental spirit which they decide has to be killed. The party find this beasty almost unkillable as it pops back to its water source to heal itself, before Jazzjar moves his sphere of fire behind and cuts off its retreat.. an inspirational moment for Jazzjar   The party then investigate the well and the magic runes above it. Sipping the water, but being undecided on its benefits, Milo and A114 remain unaffected by its special properties. They then decide to cast dispel magic..   The party hear the sound of wolves from behind a rotten wooden door, when a deep gruff voice calls out for the party to come in and discuss why they have entered his halls.   The party takes the decision that discussion is a moot concept and decide to fight. The party opens the door and Arranis then hits the Werebear and his winter wolves and a female druid assistant, with a vitriolic sphere, causing plenty of damage, and causing some of the wolves to run.   Aquaria misty steps behind the bear and catches him from the rear, then gets caught by 2 winter wolves himself.   However A114 feels the need for help and summons a Barlgura demon, which he almost immediately looses control of.    The Barlgura demon gets hit by all parties and dies very quickly, getting pissed off at appearing and then getting quickly killed, next time I appear things will be different he tells himself, as he prepares to discuss a plan with his master.....   Milo sneaks around the back to flank the bear, finds an unopened room with a throne room, which feels ancient, with a throne made of living branches,   Milo then steps forward and finds he has stepped onto a Trapper which quickly engulfs him, and then proceeds to start devouring him.   The party hear his cries before he drops unconscious and run in over the dead werebear, and stop while they work out what to do, eventually hacking there way through the thick skinned monster to recover Milo.   They then decide to defend the room, while winter wolves pad up silently trying to sneak up and freeze party members, some of these being quickly dispatched.   Questions remain though, having killed some winter wolves, some are sneaking about out there, was it a shame to kill the druidess laying on the floor, a vfnir maiden of the woods, was this werebear the main one they were after, he seemed a little weak for a true druid, and were is that sneaky assassin - is he even here or could he be elsewhere heading off for his main task with Kane, and that spring...the dark caves of a woodland world...

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