Dragonbane - On the Trail of the Pesky Dwarf

We were waiting for our audience with the Archon when a terrible realisation dawned - there was only bread and water to eat for breakfast. A quick trip into town for something more substantial and then back to find out what had happened. It turned out that there had been a commotion in the tower and the watch maiden had been knocked out. A bit of investigation and a strong smell of dwarf led to the realisation that the culprit must have been Roderick Redbeard himself! Orla had to be held back after the Archon said that we had a reputation of being ‘relatively competent’.

Bastonn tracked the scent to the east where we camped for the night, disturbed only by a pair of fire fairies (fuckers!). The next morning a combination of tracking and Krisanna’s treasure sense directed us back into the woods where we found a large octagonal structure surrounded by giant swords. Clearly dwarvish, we figured out a way in by deciphering some runes that told us it was the tomb of Thraidin Trollbane. 

We descended some stairs and made an equal offering of gold and silver on a small balance scale which opened up the tomb itself. No sign of Roderick, but the sarcophagus had a tempting looking lid which was just asking to be levered off, revealing a tempting looking magical axe inside. At this point, the giant statue at the far side of the room lumbered into life, so we prepared for a fight (not realising that we could have run away at this point).

The battle was going our way and we were feeling confident when Aodhan fumbled his fireball spell and opened a portal, summoning in a nasty looking demon that proceeded to nearly kill Krisanna as well as knocking out two of her teeth, before turning its gaze on the rest of the group. Yikes. Fortunately the initiative fell our way, and the party managed to kill the demon and the statue before they could do any more damage. 

A miserable night’s camping and we woke to find all of our rations had been stolen by the fire fairies (fuckers!), so we cut our losses and crept back into town to try another day.