Small Invasion
Just as the adventurers were starting to make plans on how to go about investigating the magical disturbance that elder mage Haidrivan had discussed with Mira, Guard Timms arrived, and advised Aurora that a messenger had arrived from Taloos. At the guard house, a pair of children from Aurora's town waited, exhausted from their hurried travel. They related a tale of horror - one of the farms near Taloos had been attacked and overrun by a horde of yapping demons! Of course, based on the rumors around Taloos and their own experiences, the group quickly deduced that the local kobolds were behind the attack. The farmer himself had been killed defending his stead. His wife, daughter and baby son were missing.
The adventurers traveled back towards Taloos with the children, and made towards the farm that was attacked. They approached cautiously - the buildings were still intact, but quiet. The horses betrayed the presence of danger, and Mira was able to spot movement in the barn, so that was the first target for cleaning. The group slowly and cautiously made their way inside. Finding nothing on the ground floor, they made their way up to the loft. The kobolds sprung their ambush there, bursting in swarms from the hay. The combat was fierce, but the party prevailed, and the kobolds scattered once the fight turned against them. All were eventually caught and killed save for the shaman, who made it safely into the forest.
The farmhouse was explored next. While no kobolds were found laying in wait inside the house, the farmer's young daughter was found, locked in the closet. She was nearly dead of starvation, but had managed to stave of death from thirst with the waterskin she had hidden with. Aurora did what she could for the young girl, and the group took her back to Taloos for the rest and care she needed.
More startling was the news that the group received from Father Davis. While he knew little about the kobolds' religion, he was able to reveal that the worship of their deity, Kurltamak, revolved around the moon phases and appropriate sacrifices - and one such lunar event was approaching very soon. Thus, the party struck out immediately to the hills to the southwest where the kobolds had been sighted over the last few months. There were a few minor altercations as the group searched for the kobolds' mine, but eventually the party was able to find it. Inside, the group again fought swarms of the creatures, some being stronger than the ones they were used to facing. The initial forray into the mine was a victory, but the party had sustained such greivous wounds so that they could not continue.
They made camp in a fortified location nearby, all the while listening to the kobold's howls. It was this night that Mira was able to discern the exact lunar time that the kobolds' rituals would be taking place - and it would happen that evening! Thus they were forced to press on, despite their wounds, in order to save the captive townsfolk.
The mine was nearly cleaned out, save for the kobold's high shaman and his guards. The fight was again fierce, as the shaman's summoned monsters were terrible, but the adventurers again prevailed, slaying the shaman before he was able to sacrifice the baby. All was well, and the party safely brought the farmer's wife and baby back to Taloos, arriving for a heros' welcome.
The adventurers traveled back towards Taloos with the children, and made towards the farm that was attacked. They approached cautiously - the buildings were still intact, but quiet. The horses betrayed the presence of danger, and Mira was able to spot movement in the barn, so that was the first target for cleaning. The group slowly and cautiously made their way inside. Finding nothing on the ground floor, they made their way up to the loft. The kobolds sprung their ambush there, bursting in swarms from the hay. The combat was fierce, but the party prevailed, and the kobolds scattered once the fight turned against them. All were eventually caught and killed save for the shaman, who made it safely into the forest.
The farmhouse was explored next. While no kobolds were found laying in wait inside the house, the farmer's young daughter was found, locked in the closet. She was nearly dead of starvation, but had managed to stave of death from thirst with the waterskin she had hidden with. Aurora did what she could for the young girl, and the group took her back to Taloos for the rest and care she needed.
More startling was the news that the group received from Father Davis. While he knew little about the kobolds' religion, he was able to reveal that the worship of their deity, Kurltamak, revolved around the moon phases and appropriate sacrifices - and one such lunar event was approaching very soon. Thus, the party struck out immediately to the hills to the southwest where the kobolds had been sighted over the last few months. There were a few minor altercations as the group searched for the kobolds' mine, but eventually the party was able to find it. Inside, the group again fought swarms of the creatures, some being stronger than the ones they were used to facing. The initial forray into the mine was a victory, but the party had sustained such greivous wounds so that they could not continue.
They made camp in a fortified location nearby, all the while listening to the kobold's howls. It was this night that Mira was able to discern the exact lunar time that the kobolds' rituals would be taking place - and it would happen that evening! Thus they were forced to press on, despite their wounds, in order to save the captive townsfolk.
The mine was nearly cleaned out, save for the kobold's high shaman and his guards. The fight was again fierce, as the shaman's summoned monsters were terrible, but the adventurers again prevailed, slaying the shaman before he was able to sacrifice the baby. All was well, and the party safely brought the farmer's wife and baby back to Taloos, arriving for a heros' welcome.
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