5/23/2018 0 Comments Dear Mama and PAPA...a Tale of Kobold Mines by liana (Teri w.)TLDR: Went to the Kobold mines and the entrance is now guarded by a winged kobold. We only did one level of the mine and found a red dragon wyrmling guarding a horde. We did not engage we bluffed our way past.. We did kill a half dragon and two of his escorts. On the way back to GSV we ran into an enormous three-eyed elk wearing a glowing helm and being ridden by a 9 foot winged creature. After it told Sigrunn telepathically to run the helm glowed brightly and we all felt like we had rested for a month, all our HPs were restored, wounds were healed and our speed was permanently increased by +10. GSV is now a Point of Light. Dear Mama and Papa, I’m finally back from a very harrowing adventure but with what we learned it was worth the trip. The first day Krolon and I waited at Great Scale Village for Sigrunn and Udoroth to arrive from Fort Providence. I decided to talk with Vecca, the great shaman, about getting more of the healing roots. When I approached her ute she was in the middle of a ritual in which she was speaking Abyssal. This startled me and I ran to get Krolon since he is more experienced that I am. I explained what I heard and saw so he headed right over. When we arrived Vecca was no longer conducting the ritual and the cauldron was still. We asked her for more roots but she only had two left and wanted to trade. Krolon offered her some type of metal which she accepted. I asked her if she had a component pouch and she brought out a wonderful saddlebag that would be ideal for Cinder. One of the pouches is a component pouch and the others can hold different objects. It holds up to 150 pounds! She wanted something that was dear to me in exchange and the only thing I had was my flute. I’ve had that since Papa taught me to play but if I am to become a great adventurer then I felt I had to part with it. I put the saddlebag on Cinder and at first he wasn’t really sure about it but through our bond I explained what it was for. He was still a little put out but accepted grudgingly. Later that evening our fellow party members arrived in the village and because it was so late we decided to head out at first light the next day. As dawn approached we set out with six Lizard Folk as our escorts. We were headed east and eventually our escorts had to leave us. As we moved on we approached the path to the mountain. Up ahead we saw three humanoids. One was human with no hair and carrying a blackened steel great sword. The other two were dwarves and seemed to be escorts. We weren’t sure of their motives so we decided to follow them at a safe distance. On the path to the mines we walked through an area littered with burned gnoll bodies and kobold corpses that were not touched by fire. To our astonishment the three figures walked right past the kobold guards on the watchtowers guarding the entrance to the mines. There was also a new addition to the front of the mine. A platform was constructed over the entrance and a winged kobold sat upon it. It was clear we would have to enter the mines through the crack at the back of the mine we found the last time we were there. We entered the crack in the mountain and approached the exit with caution. We could see all the kobold miners hard at work. We dropped down ten feet to a empty platform and looked around. Above the crack was a mural with depictions of horrific acts of violence. This was so shocking that I turned away quickly. The party decided to move through an archway and we stealthed forward, Krolon leading the way. He saw two creatures in the center of a room with flaming hair and beards. We engaged them in battle and were able to win the fight but the room was so hot that we all experienced some exhaustion. We looked around and found papers littering the floor. We gathered those up to take back to Fort Providence. They look like they were pages from a book so we put them in Cinder’s saddlebag. Upon further inspection we saw writing on the wall. It said “When the lion is broken the song becomes silence the tree of quests shall be restored.” As I write this I wonder if this is a prophecy. Greater minds that I can work this through. We moved to another room and in it were the three figures we had followed up to the mine. The two dwarves were dispatched quickly but the human revealed himself to be a half dragon. His name was Ith’anith Lord of the Red. He unleashed his fire breath which hit everyone except myself and Cinder. We were able to recover before that horrid ability could be recharged and eventually were victorious. Udoroth took the Blackened Greatsword adding to his attack and Sigrunn took the Amulet of Disguise Self. I looted the two short swords carried by the dwarves in hopes I can use them to sell or trade. We moved on into a very large room in which three figures slept. We were not able to identify them and so stealthed out of the room and into the passageway to the next room inside which we found a dragon wyrmling sitting atop his hoard. All but Cinder had entered the room and the dragon was asleep but something awoke him and we had to think quickly. Udoroth spoke up since he is dragonborn and told the wyrmling he was escorting new slaves into the mine. The dragon seemed convinced until a movement was made and he lunged forward to intimidate the “slaves”, which worked pretty well on my part. Udoroth spoke up quickly saying new slaves were hard to control and the dragon backed off to settle on it’s hoard telling Udoroth to make sure more gems were added to the pile. We went back to the very first room, Cinder coming down a side passage, and decided to leave the mine and report back on what we’d found. We left through the crack in the wall and started back to Great Scale Village when we saw trees being parted and heard large footsteps which shook the ground. We initially decided to hide in the trees but an enormous hoof came down right next to our hiding spot. We looked up, and up, and up and saw a three-eyed elk wearing a helm that radiated light. Sitting on its back was a nine foot humanoid clad in gold with feathered wings. Its skin was a blueish grey, the eyes and hair were both white and it carried a massive golden mace. After a brief discussion Sigrunn stepped out and hailed the creature in Common. The rest of us heard nothing but Sigrunn’s face changed, he turned to us and said “Run!”. At this point the elk looked at all of us, it's helm glowed and I felt as if I had rested for a month, I wasn’t exhausted anymore and all the strain from the day just went away. I now feel less worried about all that is going on in the world. We did run for a very long time but the creature caught up. We decided to go a little south to see if it was actually following us and it did not. So we headed for Great Scale Village to tell the chief. I don’t know what this creature is but perhaps not as bad as we thought. Dol’Kal was a little angry we had gone to the mine and disbelieving of our story about the giant creature but two scouts came into our presence and reported their sighting as well. Dol’Kal was then very grateful and when Sigrunn broached the subject about making the village a place where adventurers would be welcomed to rest and trade he agreed. All of us decided to return to Fort Providence to report what we had seen and that’s where I end my letter. I miss you both and I want to assure you I am taking care. Love, Liana
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