Down to very few options, the group decided to at least try and stop the making of the Black Sun's supplies. Once decided on a course of action, they obviously had to argue on how that course of action was to be performed. That took another hour of their time.
Walking briskly back to the armor making room, and just as briskly charged in. The kobold craftsmen inside the room were taken by surprise, and without actual weapons, had to make due with their armor making tools. A very quick battle ensued, in which the group tried to let the kobolds surrender without success. The kobolds were cut down, leaving just one of them for questioning.
The prisoner supplied them with bits of information, mostly having to do with the guards who were due to arrive at night, to guard the prisoners. The group had seen no prisoners in the complex, and when shaken roughly, the kobold showed them a secret door at the back of the work shop. The kobold was 'taken care of' before the group went through this secret door.
A corridor opened up to the right, leading to what appeared to be a small prison. Several barred cells were occupied by elven women, one of which was Mirage, the eccentric sorceress they had met back at Lakedge. All the women had signs of partial dragon transformation, Mirage having had the least amount of treatments, showed only a few scales on her arms. The other elf women were worse, but not by much.
To the right of the rightmost cell, Larry found yet another secret door in which he found the prisoners equipment.
While reequipping herself and introducing herself to both Pot O'Gold and Ad, Mirage also brought several things to the troupes attention:
The group, now joined by Mirage (and the two other elven females who trailed a long way behind) went to the room where they had seen the goblin females making the black fabric for the Black Sun's black robes. In another quick, bloody battle, in which they tried to let the goblins surrender without success, the seamstresses were cut down to the last.
Each of the heroes took a roll of the thick silk thread the goblins had used, seeing as it was probably worth something. Mirage, her magical sight working, saw a small pile of 8 magical Black sun badges and decided to take those as well.
Only a few minutes had past, and so our heroes decided to plan an ambush for the coming guards. They waited in the columned room where they had appeared in this complex, their plan set and their weapons ready.
When the chime finally sounded, signalling an arrival into the room, a quick web spell was cast upon the center of the room, the four black robed guards appearing right in it's middle. Needless to say, considering the advantage the heroes had created for themselves, plus the use of magic that seemed to circumvent the black robes' magic, this battle was quickly over as well.
Our heroes knew there was at least another section of this complex, but they chose to report back their findings through Ad, as the king's agent. Protecting the two elven females, the troupe back tracked all the way out of the Mansion they had entered through, only to find the Ox they had been given to carry supplies was dead, while amazingly, the leprechauns' goat was still alive.
Another day and a half and the group was back at monastery, telling their story to the kings errands and letting the healers take care fo the elven prisoners they had rescued. A day of rest, and another day and a half of traveling brought them back to the mansion, which was now a burning and molten hunk of wood and stone. A dragon shaped creature was flying away from it.
Disappointed but not discouraged, our heroes calculated an angle at which they could dig and reach the obsidian walled corridor that led to the first area of the Black Sun's complex. A few hours of digging brought them on top of a narrow obsidian platform, probably the ceiling of the corridor. Kolban was of course the obvious choice to break through, and so he did, leading the group down into the earth.
At the T junction, sounds of activity were heard by all and so Larry, and Wish, Mirage's raven familiar went to check things out. Their report was that the Black Sun was preparing to leave the outpost.
Walking briskly back to the armor making room, and just as briskly charged in. The kobold craftsmen inside the room were taken by surprise, and without actual weapons, had to make due with their armor making tools. A very quick battle ensued, in which the group tried to let the kobolds surrender without success. The kobolds were cut down, leaving just one of them for questioning.
The prisoner supplied them with bits of information, mostly having to do with the guards who were due to arrive at night, to guard the prisoners. The group had seen no prisoners in the complex, and when shaken roughly, the kobold showed them a secret door at the back of the work shop. The kobold was 'taken care of' before the group went through this secret door.
A corridor opened up to the right, leading to what appeared to be a small prison. Several barred cells were occupied by elven women, one of which was Mirage, the eccentric sorceress they had met back at Lakedge. All the women had signs of partial dragon transformation, Mirage having had the least amount of treatments, showed only a few scales on her arms. The other elf women were worse, but not by much.
To the right of the rightmost cell, Larry found yet another secret door in which he found the prisoners equipment.
While reequipping herself and introducing herself to both Pot O'Gold and Ad, Mirage also brought several things to the troupes attention:
- The dragon transformations were so far only performed on elven women.
- The Black Sun was searching for several items, one of which was apparently an elven male.
- Dragons transformations seemed to start with several treatments of a potion.
- The guards will be coming within the hour.
The group, now joined by Mirage (and the two other elven females who trailed a long way behind) went to the room where they had seen the goblin females making the black fabric for the Black Sun's black robes. In another quick, bloody battle, in which they tried to let the goblins surrender without success, the seamstresses were cut down to the last.
Each of the heroes took a roll of the thick silk thread the goblins had used, seeing as it was probably worth something. Mirage, her magical sight working, saw a small pile of 8 magical Black sun badges and decided to take those as well.
Only a few minutes had past, and so our heroes decided to plan an ambush for the coming guards. They waited in the columned room where they had appeared in this complex, their plan set and their weapons ready.
When the chime finally sounded, signalling an arrival into the room, a quick web spell was cast upon the center of the room, the four black robed guards appearing right in it's middle. Needless to say, considering the advantage the heroes had created for themselves, plus the use of magic that seemed to circumvent the black robes' magic, this battle was quickly over as well.
Our heroes knew there was at least another section of this complex, but they chose to report back their findings through Ad, as the king's agent. Protecting the two elven females, the troupe back tracked all the way out of the Mansion they had entered through, only to find the Ox they had been given to carry supplies was dead, while amazingly, the leprechauns' goat was still alive.
Another day and a half and the group was back at monastery, telling their story to the kings errands and letting the healers take care fo the elven prisoners they had rescued. A day of rest, and another day and a half of traveling brought them back to the mansion, which was now a burning and molten hunk of wood and stone. A dragon shaped creature was flying away from it.
Disappointed but not discouraged, our heroes calculated an angle at which they could dig and reach the obsidian walled corridor that led to the first area of the Black Sun's complex. A few hours of digging brought them on top of a narrow obsidian platform, probably the ceiling of the corridor. Kolban was of course the obvious choice to break through, and so he did, leading the group down into the earth.
At the T junction, sounds of activity were heard by all and so Larry, and Wish, Mirage's raven familiar went to check things out. Their report was that the Black Sun was preparing to leave the outpost.
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