Session 69: When Last We Met 2/11/24

General Summary

When last we met, The party had just slaughtered a tavern full of bosses who work the mines within the Stena Mountains. Leaving one alive they questioned him on how to free the slaves which he divulges with ease. He hands the players his ring which he claims controls the slaves and also allows them to be freed. 
The party heed this information carefully and proceed to pluck several more rings off of the other dead slave bosses. Oorlog reveals a Kobold hiding behind the bar and Tensi approaches the tiny creature. She can see it is wearing a special set of manacles that attach to a collar connected by a chain. It speaks in a stunted manner as if it has a very low intelligence. After donning the ring she realizes it completely obeys her every command. She calls the small kobold over and she undoes the restraints its under. Once free, it lashes out at the party and aggressively gets as far away from that prison necklace as possible. Tensi discards it and reassures the little creature that they won't hurt him and that they are there to free the rest of the ones trapped in the mines. 
The Kobold agrees to help and itroduces himself as Skuk. He leads the party up the pathways into the mountains and the entrance to the mine. He brings them inside and they find a halfling set to guard the mines. He threatens the party but Mistral then dons a ring and orders him to stand down, to which he immediately does. After questioning him and finding he also lacks in the intelligence department, Mistral undoes his restraint and is met with an emotional outburst of a man free to feel anything for the first time in a long time. After he recomposes himself, He is very amenable to the party and agrees to help them to search the mines and gather up the workers within.
While exploring the mines, They are informed that a creature was discovered deep within and sealed off. Hearing that the creature is a Behir, Celeste makes it a priority to get everyone out of the mine so the party can deal with this menace once and for all. They do just that and bring the workers to the entrance of the mine and slowly remove all of their collars freeing them. After much confusion, emotion and deliberation. The party offers them freedom to flee, To return to the mines and form a sort of worker co-op, Or joint hem at their up and coming town of Ailec. The party along with the throng of people take their rest within the mine for the night and at dawn, everyone grabs as much silver as they can and make their way to safety and to Freedom. 
The party then turn their attention to the deep yawning darkness within. Receiving a key from their helpful halfling informant, They head to the sealed off portion of the mine and sneak their way into the chamber to find the behir unaware of their intrusion. The party makes preparations and launches their attack. They deal quite a bit of damage to it before combat even went underway. Eventually Olim fires a poison tipped crossbow bolt at it which renders it unconscious. Unsure how to proceed, they decide on one final big attack to end i once and for all - Romaia casts the Hunger of Hadar. Enveloped in enervating inky darkness, they hear the roars and moans of the creature. But the unknowable horrors That lurk within that twisted dimension weren't enough as it tore its way back into our reality, and right into Mistral's Spike growth. It clawed its way to the party suffering much damage along the way - Reaching them, it lets loose with a devastating breath weapon, dealing a deadly amount of lightning damage to Isolde and Mistral. Clinging to life, Mistral lets loose with a barrageof Eldritch blasts which put the creature down once and for all. 
And that's where we'll pick up next time!

Rewards Granted

648sp 84gp 1 Heavy Crossbow 1 Spear 3 Longswords 2 Whips ---Found on the corpses of the slavers. Money has been split and weapons claimed.
5 Rings - Unknown properties, Seem to control wearers of the Prison Necklaces
24 Prison Neckalces - Worn by the slaves in the mine. Taken by Mistral.
35 lbs of Silver ore - Worth a total of 1750sp

Character(s) interacted with

Unkown Slaver - Gave the party information on how the slaves are actually controlled - Where did he go after the party left??? Skuk - Kobold slave working at the tavern for the pit bosses. Freed from bondage and took some convincing but became a helpful asset to the party.  Gunthar - Halfling slave set to guard the mines. Had an emotional moment once he was set free but came around to help the party clear out the mines of the remaining workers.

Notes

31st of Nuada

• Party questioned the last living Slaver
• Party freed a Kobold named Skuk
• Party went into the mines to free the remaining slaves and succeed
• Party takes a long rest

1st of Gwydion

• Party awoke within the mine
• Set up the slaves with silver and set them on their merry way
• Party went to deal with the Behir nesting within the mines
• Party slays the Behir

It is mid morning when we pick up next time.

Report Date

12 Feb 2024

Primary Location

Esniet