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The Tomb of the Ogre King and some new friends

1332CR
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The party find the tomb and make some new acquaintances...


The Tomb of the Ogre King is buried beneath a huge burial cairn. The path to the tomb is framed by immense slabs of stone in a post and beam arrangement. The entry to the tomb is blocked by two immense stones that fill the doorway. A hole has been dug into the earth near the foot of the doorway. The earth excavated from the hole has been recently disturbed...   They enter and find bones old and new. After an initial search that revealed no obvious treasure, they detected a false wall. When they started to break it down they broke a glyph which triggered ancient magic of the Orcish goddess Shargaas and caused all of the bodies in the tomb to animate into Skeletons that in turn attacked the party. After a significant battle, the party emerged victorious and defeated the Ogre King and his undead minions.   While resting after the battle with the skeletons of the Ogre King and his minions, the party are ambushed by goblins that have entered the tomb. A skirmish ensues and the party manage to kill some of the goblins and drive the rest off. They use the goblin corpses to plug the entry to the tomb and rest to recover from their wounds.   The party exit the tomb. Scouting with Cabaal's familiar had revealed more goblins were waiting outside. When they emerge from the tomb the party have rested and they are ready for the goblins. a skirmish breaks out as the goblins attack from multiple directions and the party are split while fighting them. Eventually they defeat most of the goblins, and the last one is taken out by an Eldritch Blast from an unseen attacker. The attacker emerges from hiding in a clump of trees and introduces herself as Ilena.     Ilena introduces herself and her companions, a woman armed with crossbows and daggers named Neshni, and a team of scouts. She tells the party that she and her band are returning home after pursuing a band of Orcs that attacked an outlying village in southern Daggerdale. She tells the party that during their return they picked up goblins tracks heading towards civilisation. Concerned at the possibility of a goblin raiding party, they followed the tracks and that led them to the tomb of the Ogre King. The party take Ilena and Neshni into the lair and show them the treasures of the tomb, and give them two golden skulls from the hoard of the Ogre King.   Ilena asks the party if they would consider following the goblin trail back to the goblin lair to wipe out the rest of the tribe. She also invites them to join the scouts camp - an offer that the party decide to accept.   The party accept an offer from Ilena to join the camp of her Orc hunters and enjoy a dinner of slow-cooked deer, recently caught by the scout's guide, Condor. The camp is subdued and the scouts look weary. A silence falls over the camp when Cabaal mentions the Zhentarim. Ilena speaks some calming words and the scouts go back to their business.   The scouts turn in early and so does the party.

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