Matthias decides to take the up the offer from the man with scarred fingers to oppose King Huhalyn’s men in their attempt to map the tunnels which run beneath Lestryhonia.
They are Grok, Cartivel, Matthias, Vondi, Hurass. They are joined by Berehal and Oogi. Three hirelings: Ras, Martel, and Dwaine join them as well
They enter the tunnels beneath Lestryhonia passing through aged earthen-works supported by wood in various sages of rot and delve into the twisted tunnels. They find various exits into the city above and continue to explore. Approaching a fork in the tunnels they find an undulating mass of black hairs and thin tentacles which lets out numerous squeeks. Matthias shouts "Sc-Rat-Ter" and the squeaks suddenly cease and out from the darkness rats swarm hundreds of red eyes reflecting the lantern light.
Oogi stands forward and waves his torch in an attempt to hold them at bay but the rats over run them. Black hairy things the size of a man's forearm each with a hairless tail equally long flash teeth as they spasm trying to draw blood. Dwaine and Ras scream as they are covered by rats.
Ras's eyes are torn out and rats swarm inside Dwains's mouth. He clutches as his throat as rats tear at his innards and collapses coughing up blood Ras stumbles blind and falls beneath the rat swarm screaming. Rats die far beneath Lestryhonia as shields are slammed down and Vondi's short spear is stabbed repeatedly. The rats, emboldened by the smell of fresh blood attempts to swarm over Ogni but he bats them aside with the torch. The Rats swarm over Vondi and Cartivel each of them slipping beneath armor and clothes to draw blood.
The party attempts to retreat leaving Cartivel behind as he searches amid the travel sack of Ras and produces the lantern oil. The rat swarm does not give chase and remain with Cartivel in the shadows the lantern oil in hand. Cartivel attempts to run back to the party but he trips over a rough stone and falls down. Matthias rushes forward to his aid and stands above him brandishing the torch like a weapon.
Cartivel rises to his feet and hoses the rats and the space in front of them in oil as Matthias tosses the torch. The rats catch aflame as the party is beset by the smell of burnt hair. The burning rats scatter.
The party continues onwards and come across a wooden door. They knock and a wooden slide set in the door opens and a pair of hard eyes beneath a furrowed brow stares out. "Who goes there?". The party claims to be explorers and begin to argue with the man. Insults quickly end when Catrivel shoves his spear through the opened slot and a scream reverberates throughout the complex. A loud crack echoes and the spear Cartivel pulls out has been cut down. Curses are shouted from behind the door as the party prepares for violence.
Then hearing a sound Vondi and Martel turn around. Jet-black and the size of a dogs a pair of insects each drag a single proboscis along the ground like an ax. Then it shuddered and skittered with surprising speed. Martel screams as the proboscis stabs through his back and the creature rolls atop of him it's back ballooning outwards as it fills with blood.
They enter melee and a giant staggers forward and stabs it's proboscis inside of Vondi's knee, slipping between his femur and tibia. He screams as his knee gives way beneath him and he fades from consciousness. Oogi throws the axe but misses the tick, the axe instead striking Martel's skull. The tick which fell Vondi strikes out but Cartivel doges the blow, while the bloated tick snus behind Cartivel and stabs it's proboscis inside of him. Oogi throws yet another axe and it strikes the smaller tick deflating as it the blood within spills out ontu the dirt floor. Hurass brings down his axe on the sole remaining tick, but it does not fall. Cartivel attempts to dislodge the promiscuous but as soon as it was removed, the tick plunged it inside again.
Meanwhile Matthis charges through the door and finds a small chamber carved out of stone and dirt. Inside is a man, slumped up along the wall. Further in the chamber, stands a man with scarred fingers wielding a battle axe. He grins as Matthias enters and says "Come, let us entertain the gods". He lunges at Matthias swinging his axe, the blade striking his helm and almost biting into his skull. Matthias stabs at the man, but he sidesteps the blow. Oogi enters the room to see the melee between Matthias and the axe-wielder.
Cartivel's eyes roll back into his head as he dies of blood-loss from the giant tick. Hurass's axe swings down on the tick and it is split in twain.
Matthias blocks another axe swing. Oogi circles behind the axe-wielder and stabs him from behind. The man lets out a shout of pain. Oogi cuts at the man drawing another line of blood. Matthis slams his spear into the axe-man's belly, a splash of red falling to the floor.
Matthias attempts to draw out his spear to stab again but the man grabs hold of the spear and prevents him from drawing it out. Oogi kicks the man to the ground and he falls off the spear, his entrails spilling off of Matthias's spear. His blood spews across the floor as he dies.
They search the men and find both have rings scarred into their hands and search the room and find two chests. The first chest is filled to the brim with silver coins while in the other they find a stone idol of a dragon with a pair of sapphires for eyes, a silver necklace from which a ruby hangs, and 2 silver rings. They leave the tunnels and attempt to lie low hiding from the men with scars on their hands.
Session 3 Downtime Events
The past week has gotten hotter and hotter, till it became almost unbearable. Sweat clings to your brow and the temper of most has grown short. Blood has already split over empty wineskins.
Returning from the tunnels beneath Lestryhonia, Hurass lost himself in intoxication, seeking to forget the violence he had seen. He was approached by short man with his hair set in two braids who introduced himself as Yerik. Yerik extended to Hurass an invitation to join him and his ilk and be learned in the ancient rites of the skinless flesh and to ride the bloody mare, but first Hurass would need to prove his worth by taking a life.
Returning from the tunnels beneath Lestryhonia, Oogi carried Vondi, his lame leg dragging behind him, towards jubilation. Amid the wooden walls of the Gib Smoke, a gathering of drunkards sat smitten by a Oogi and Vondi's recount of their deeds and cheered as they told the tale of slaying Giant Ticks. The crowd grew even larger as the duo told of their slaying of the ring fingered men and varied shouts of "Let Hetun choke on worms" repeated. Then suddenly a shout rang from the back of the gib smoke and a trio of men, each of them holding daggers with dozens of scars on their fingers. A cry of vengeance preceded violence as the trio charged Oogi and Vondi, and Oogi drew his own dagger in turn.
Violence and then three were dead. Vondi lay in a pool of blood, a dagger stuck within his chest, his own dagger deep within the the skull of one of the men. Another was slumped along the wall, his hands interlaced with his intestines. Oogi's dagger bloody, he chased after the remaining man but he slipped away into the night.
Despite the vendetta placed on them, Matthias still traversed through Lestryhonia seeking to make allies. Taking shelter amid the Temple of Hodim, he was recognized by a priest as one of the men who struck out against the Hetun. The priest spoke praise of his slaying of thieves and that he would be worthy of obtaining the blessings of the priests and becoming a Anointed of Ymir. Further an acolyte of the Temple of Hodin, introduced himself as Halthor offered to joined Matthias as a retainer.
The past week has gotten hotter and hotter, till it became almost unbearable. Sweat clings to your brow and the temper of most has grown short. Blood has already split over empty wineskins.
Returning from the tunnels beneath Lestryhonia, Hurass lost himself in intoxication, seeking to forget the violence he had seen. He was approached by short man with his hair set in two braids who introduced himself as Yerik. Yerik extended to Hurass an invitation to join him and his ilk and be learned in the ancient rites of the skinless flesh and to ride the bloody mare, but first Hurass would need to prove his worth by taking a life.
Returning from the tunnels beneath Lestryhonia, Oogi carried Vondi, his lame leg dragging behind him, towards jubilation. Amid the wooden walls of the Gib Smoke, a gathering of drunkards sat smitten by a Oogi and Vondi's recount of their deeds and cheered as they told the tale of slaying Giant Ticks. The crowd grew even larger as the duo told of their slaying of the ring fingered men and varied shouts of "Let Hetun choke on worms" repeated. Then suddenly a shout rang from the back of the gib smoke and a trio of men, each of them holding daggers with dozens of scars on their fingers. A cry of vengeance preceded violence as the trio charged Oogi and Vondi, and Oogi drew his own dagger in turn.
Violence and then three were dead. Vondi lay in a pool of blood, a dagger stuck within his chest, his own dagger deep within the the skull of one of the men. Another was slumped along the wall, his hands interlaced with his intestines. Oogi's dagger bloody, he chased after the remaining man but he slipped away into the night.
Despite the vendetta placed on them, Matthias still traversed through Lestryhonia seeking to make allies. Taking shelter amid the Temple of Hodim, he was recognized by a priest as one of the men who struck out against the Hetun. The priest spoke praise of his slaying of thieves and that he would be worthy of obtaining the blessings of the priests and becoming a Anointed of Ymir. Further an acolyte of the Temple of Hodin, introduced himself as Halthor offered to joined Matthias as a retainer.
They gained the following rumors:
1) Hetun has placed a bounty on the men who betrayed him to King Huhalyn, trading a bag of silver for each of their heads.
2) To an island north of the Giant's Drown, every 4th full moon a maiden is offered up to sate the hunger of the Kraken.
1) Hetun has placed a bounty on the men who betrayed him to King Huhalyn, trading a bag of silver for each of their heads.
2) To an island north of the Giant's Drown, every 4th full moon a maiden is offered up to sate the hunger of the Kraken.
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