Ragnorra Session 15

Start: 8 pm, Tuesday, 15th 1396

The party, now accompanied by Lilly, advance into the cavern.

They spot a medium sized pool in the middle of the continuation of the path ahead, with a branch circumventing this.

Cassius quickly determines this pool has signs of the corruption of the fluids in the temple, although it is much, much weaker here.

He slashes down some of the overhanging roots and displaces hanging bodies. All of this is to little effect.

Collectively, they determine the water is polluted by lime from the nearby limestone, at least.

Ronja spots a cave fish, indicating this passage goes deeper into "somewhere else" and almost certainly is not an isolated pool. This also indicates this tunnel almost certainly does not extend to the surface.

Circumventing the pool, they continue into a much larger chamber.

It appears as a great chasm, an abyss. There is a hole going to the surface very far up, and it continues downwards in a corkscrew pattern much farther than the eye can see. Cassius passes a torch to Lilly.

The group of them spot a branching path, that appeared to have been dug by hands, claws, or by hammering with exceedingly primitive implements, like fists, by Vix's estimation.

They decided to crawl up into it.

They followed this path for several hours to no avail, then decided to head back to get some rest in a less claustrophobic location.

On their return, the group of them spotted a torch lit down in the abyss. Upon closer inspection, they identify it to be a well equipped duergar.

The five of them deign to wait.

The duergar approaches them. He identifies himself as Wilhelm Umberstone. He claimed to be an explorer hailing from the duergar metropolis of Gracklstugh, under the employ of an unspecified explorer's association.

They ask this duergar several questions. He clarified he was somewhat lost, and the path below them led into the middledark. It is there where he claimed a large underdark wilderness lied, with nearby highways leading to drow cities. He described them as highly unsafe and specified he was hunted by drow. The fact he looked rather intact and not enslaved would indicate he can defend himself adequately.

The dwarf was a bit impatient and seemed tired. Furthermore, it was revealed he worships the goddess deep duerra.

The group of them decamped to the shrine resting rooms. The dwarf gruffly took one room for himself, and seemed to trap the entrance.

When they woke up, there was a brief discussion about what to do with the women, then it was decided to pass them each gold and let them go their own way, should they desire to.

Ronja purchased sun protecting goggles from the duergar.

Shortly after, he went his separate way.

Cassius and Vix took the women down the path, and doled out money. They proceeded back up the path to rejoin the others.

250 xp for session.

Simon food status: 44 hours until necessary feeding.
End: 6 pm, Wednesday, 16, 1396