5/20/2018 0 Comments When the Lion is Broken...A Tale of KoBold Mines By Sigrunn (Adam F.)Today we returned to Fort Providence with news both good and ill. It has been three days since Udoroth and I headed to Great Scale Village and joined Liana and Krolan in an examination of the Kobold Mine east of the village. The journey to the mine was uneventful save for encountering a small battlefield with corpses of kobolds and gnolls. The gnolls had been burned like the one we encountered when we discovered the mine. We spotted three humanoids heading the same direction as us further up the trail. We chose to follow them, staying far enough back as to avoid alerting them to our presence. They reached the entrance and the larger of them pulled his hood down, then back up and was admitted into the mine. The two towers were stilled manned by two kobolds each and a platform was added above the mine entrance were a winged kobold stood guard. We moved to the hidden entrance we discovered before and made our way in, poor Udoroth having to crouch down due to his size. We observed the kobolds mining in the distance, just as Scaro and Cinder had described before dropping down off of the ledge to a room with several exits. The place was hot and smelled of sulfur, it would be unpleasant for us. Below the ledge was a mural depicting various vile acts. The gods of goodness and life would not be pleased, Freya let me know that this could not stand. Being in the lowest level of the mine, we were in a maze of corridors and rooms, so we allowed Krolan to lead us along as Mountain Dwarves are more adept in navigating these subterranean passages. The first room we found had papers strewn all over the floor and 2 “Burning Dwarves” dressed in loincloths. Battle was joined and we prevailed. We gathered the papers, written in a language that we didn’t recognize and placed them in the pack Liana had acquired for Cinder. We hope to find someone who can translate them. Scrawled on the wall though was a message, or prophecy in dwarven that said: When the Lion is Broken The Song Becomes Silence The Tree of Quests Shall be Restored We don’t know what it meant but maybe there is someone out there, or in here, who can explain it. We left that room and found the entrance to the mine, giving us a true understanding of our location. As we followed the hallway around we found our three humanoids seemingly preparing to take their respite for the day. Udoroth tried to listen in but the only thing he really understood was something about their boss being displeased. We attempted to parley but that went badly and before we knew it the “human” transformed into a Half-Dragon and breathed fire on myself and the dragonborn paladin. Again we battled, I had to call for Freya’s aid several times in our fight with the monster. Liana took out the smaller creatures, which turned out to be more kobolds while we nearly lost Krolan to the beast. Eventually Uduroth slew the half breed.We searched them and found little except for a greatsword that the big dragonborn took and an amulet of disguise that I will keep. I don’t know if it will serve me well or not but I know that I wouldn’t abuse it. Continuing our search we found a huge room with three sleeping creatures in it. Bits of flame rolled out from their bodies. We didn’t recognize them so we left them sleeping and moved into another room which was not the best place to find ourselves as we stumbled across a Red Dragon Wyrmling. Of course we woke the creature because stealth is not my strong suit. Udoroth attempted to speak with it but it luckily ignored us until Krolan tried to take off. This brought the dragon over to us. Our Paladin soothed the dragon by portraying us as slaves while we cowered. It revealed that it is the child of Ith-Tinith to the east, that the half-dragons tend to fight a lot, that the Great Red is having trouble with the dwarves and by the lack of reaction to Udoroth there must be dragonborn in their service as well. Once we were safely past the dragon after it returned to lay on it’s treasure pile we went back to the secret entrance and left. The mine is going to be more work to clear than we can do alone, a magic user would be a great asset in that regard. Back in the forest we spent the night to rest before we headed for Great Scale Village needing to complete business there telling the Do’kal of what we learned and then heading to the Fort to warn them and recruit some help. Along the way we were shaken by the plodding of feet and the swaying of trees. Fearing that this was the Giant Half-Dragon from before we hid. What appeared was an elk the size of Fort Providence with a gargantuan Angel like being astride it. The elk had three eyes and wore a helm that emitted light while the angel was clad in gold with a golden mace. I attempted to speak with the being who turned to me with white eyes and said “RUN”, not with words but telepathically. I told my companions to do just that. We ran as a bright glow appeared behind us and I felt energized and refreshed. I ran with a vigor not known since my childhood and a speed that no dwarf has ever known.Not wanting to lead it to there we angled south a bit to pass between Great Scale Village and Fort Providence. We soon lost it and wondered if it had continued on the previous route. So, we rushed back to the village,only to find that there was no sign of the creature. We were still refreshed despite our run. We explained all that happened to Do’Kal who was not really happy about us going to the mine as he is concerned about us bringing the dragons to their home. He thought I was crazy about the giant until one of the runners appeared with the same tale. He was both pleased and not by he news as one of his people were still following it he let the matter lie until more was learned. At this point I approached him on a matter urgent to all of the settlers in the region. Krolan, Liana and myself have spent a considerable amount of time assisting in the repair, upgrading and training of the village and it’s warriors. We have brought new tools and several items to the village along with defending it from several threats. I asked him to allow the settlers and adventurers moving into this region to be allowed to rest, recover, train and share the news of the region in Great Scale Village. Our people would provide aid and protection along with trade and new technology to his people as they moved through. He agreed with my request, I assume pleased by our work here. From this day forth the settlers and adventurers from Sanctus would have a home in Great Scale Village. We thanked him for his generosity and took a nights rest before heading to Fort Providence to share the news. We have more work to do and must recruit some assistance in the next stage of our still unfinished mission. After a night’s contemplation of our encounter with the winged giant I feel that this being is on our side. Maybe he was warning us of the giant half-dragon or some other fiend. Perhaps we can find this being again and enter into some sort of relationship. Time will tell. Much has happened since coming to this land, I am glad that I have.
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July 2018
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