Session Sixty Four

The sixty fourth session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on 6th March 2024.
== Party Members Present ==
* Brandr Sigurdson
* Snorri Morgrimson
* Relnwe Adiath
* Professor Meino Osterhaus (late)
* Aleksi Lehtonen
== Synopsis ==
=== The Great Gates ===
We found ourselves at the bottom of a pit surrounded by dead Skaven. We hauled ourselves out of the pit and notices crawl spaces in the dwelths all around us. That would be the last time we followed Aleksi into the darkness. Well, the last time until next time. We continued westwards, but were soon forced to go north, eventually we came to a westerly passage of many carts. This was the passage that had been blown up further east. Here the building are more intact, but it looked like some of the rock had been completely melted. Perhaps it was dragonfire and the passages were blown up to prevent the beast's advance. We contined west on this straight road and after a long while of walking, the passaged opened up into and cavernous room and we came to an enormous gate. Rune on the gate read 'under, through, trade, passage'. The gates were made of gromril. We had reached the edge of the hold. Beyond the gate was the ancient underway that led west towards Ekrund.
=== Forgekeeper Secrets ===
Around the gates were winches in interal guard posts. We decided to set up camp here and rest for the night, but before we slept, the dwarfs had a look around. Brandr inspected the runes on the gate while Snorri looked at the winch mechanisms. Brandr touched the gate and suddenly runes spread across it, glowing a pale blue. They were Forgekeeper runes! Runes continued to spread across the ceiling and floor, illuminating the great space. The runes read of locking and strength. They coalesced at the centre of the floor where there was a single mark of clan Forgekeeper. The floor shook beneath our feet, and the floor began to swing downwards, creating a perfect ramp. It went eastwards and down to the next level. We all went down and emerged on the fifth level of the Ruins. We made camp while Brandr figured out how to open and close the ramp like a bairn dwarf playing with his da's beard. It was a nice, peaceful spot and we slept well.
=== Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card ===
In the morning, we awoke well rested. Our mission lay to the east: we needed to find the Skorrun Clan Hold. It was near the lift shaft, but we had heard rumours of Orks near that location. We moved eastwards through dwelths where Aleksi smelled a funny smell from an adjoining passage. We remembered warnings of river trolls on this level and decided not to follow his crooked nose on this occasion. After a while of walking, we came to a huge set of crossroads. Ahead was the red glow of many forges and to the north were many ruined workshops. Attempting to push on eastwards, we were side tracked by a massive library to the north. There were many books and scrolls, most of which were destroyed. But Brandr found a book entitled 'Tales from the Forge; Stories from the Smithy '. Meanwhile, Snorri's keen engineer's nose took him out of the library and into a small adjoining room. Here there were more books and scrolls but there were also offices, marked with the rune of wealtb. In here, Snorri snorted with excitement as he came across a diagram scroll in engineering shorthand.
=== The Halfling Heroes ===
To the south of the library was a huge market area: a maze of corridors, ruined stalls, and shops. To the east, the passage stopped abruptly, blocked by a pile of rocks that had been crudely hammered by hand. Snorri heard a scuffle in the passages to the south. Then, there came a squeeky voice. Speaking in Reikspiel, it said "hello gentlemen". The Professor sent a magic light down the passage and the reflected off a huge greatsword carried by a small figure. A halfling stepped out of the shadows and greeted us cordially. He told us to hush and said there was a large group of angry greenskins just to the south of us. He introduced himself as Cedroc Finefettle and led us out of the way of the 30 strong Ork patrol. He told us he had been keeping tabs on them with his gang called the Halfling Heroes. He led us into a warren of strange smelling small passages where we met Katrina the Halfling, his companion. They had been trying to make it closer to lift and the way down to the sixth leve, just like us, but they had discovered a great big Ork clan had moved into a well defended area, blocking the route down. We thought the well defended area was probably the Skorrun clan hold. He said the Ork clan went by Blacktooth and they were led by an orc by the name of Gorfang Ironfoot. We asked about the strange smell and Cedroc told us that the smell came from a room witha giant crystal in it. Light was shed on the crystal from far above like the dwarfs were trying to grow something. He said the water about it smelled foul.
=== Planning an Ambush ===
We then decided that we couldn't let the Ork patrol just wander around, but we couldn't take the whole force on at once. We had to find a way to half their numbers. We decided that we would lay a trap. We would use one of Snorri's bombs to blow a passage with them inside, cutting of one half of their force from the other. We could manage one half, whilst the Halfling Heroes could take the other. Snorri soon found a good passage for the ambush and we began to set up.
== Next Session ==
Session Sixty Five
== Previous Session ==
Session Sixty Three
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