Session Sixty Three

The sixty third session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on 21st February 2024.
== Party Members Present ==
* Brandr Sigurdson
* Snorri Morgrimson
* Relnwe Adiath
* Professor Meino Osterhaus
* Aleksi Lehtonen
== Synopsis ==
=== Down Down Down to Dwarf Town ===
After a bit of faffing, hammer buying, shield trying, and general getting our shit together, the hour was once again upon us to venture into the Ruins. We were to escort a group of Norgunson miners (not minors) down to where we had found a sapphire deposit, so we met them outside the Keep. We were held in special esteem by the King and so we were going to use the King's own special entrance into the Ruins. We went through various passages in the Keep, well defended by armoured dwarfs and down to a heavily fortified room. Here was an entrance to the 1st level of the Ruins, specifically into the Hall of Trade, but we needed to go deeper, so we carried on down the steps. We came to another guard room where there was a cannon. We greeted the guards who recognised us for our previous cheekiness. The guards opened a heavy door, revealing the murky passage beyond. We stepped across the threshold and into the darkness.
=== Fort Vikram ===
We made straight for where we thought the entrance to the 3rd level was, in the old ork camp near Fort Vikram. We travelled through some dwelths and we noticed the great lift to the north of our passage. Soon, Rel recognised the tunnels through which we were walking and said that our way down was near at hand. As we approached the hole in the floor, we were challenged by a group of dwarfs with crossbows, though they let us through when they realised who we were. The denizens of Fort Vikram had been busy and they had built new stairs where there was once only a meagre hole and rope ladder. Fort Vikram itself had also grown in size and was bustling with people. We, however, had business to see to so we quickly left Fort Vikram and headed to the sapphire mine.
=== The Sapphire Mine ===
We soon arrived at the mine with the Norgunsons in tow, and we came upon a gruesome sight. One of the passages leading off from the mine was covered in blood, gore, and scattered with entrails. A large troll had been brutally killed and ripped apart here. It looked like it had been eaten by something. But what hunts trolls apart from Logan? Surely he doesn't eat them too. As we entered the mine proper to show the Norgunsons around, Snorri heard the scattering of rocks. He called out and a couple of dwarfs stepped out into our light. We exchanged pleasantries and they told us they were Thorek, Grom, and Gram of clan Grimzson. They had been mining the sapphires. Unfortunately for them, they had been mining Forgekeeper property. (Snorri pointed them to the tiny Forgekeeper mark he had inscribed on the wall of the mine). The Grimzsons handed over the gems they had mined, but we graciously allowed them to help the Norgunsons with mining the rest of the Sapphires. We asked them about the entrails and they told us they had seen a hulking creature covered in scales. It was flat against the ground like an overgrown lizard.
=== Lizard Hunt ===
We decided that we were going to kill this beast in case it attacked the miners. We went back to the passage with the troll carcass and followed the blood trail down another passage way. We came toa large cavern with a hole in the ceiling. There were claw marks all around the hole. Using Brandr's grappling hook and with Rel in the lead, we climbed up. There was a narrow passage way heading east to west, the walls of which had been scrapped smooth by scales. First, we headed east. It went on and on for a long way before the passage bega to dip. Then, we stepped out into darkness. Looking around, we saw that we were at the bottom of a great chasm. Far above us, we could just about see a bridge. But this was not just any bridge, this was our Loot Bridge! We saw our loot dangling from underneath it, just where we had left it. We also saw the bones of the bad dwarfs we had killed and thrown into the chasm. We turned back into the chasm and headed back westwards. After a while we got back to the initial hole, but we decided to carry on westwards passed it. After a while, the passage turned steeply downwards and eventually turned into a passage of dwarfen construction. It went down and down and down: down enough that it took us to the fourth level of the Ruins.
=== Into the Dwelths ===
We decided that was enough lizard hunting for one day: we had important shit to do. We emerged on the fourth level by the Great Forges. We remembered Vikram's directions to the entrance of the fifth level: head through the dwelths west of the Great Forges. We headed westwards and soon found our passage blocked by a set of smashed stairs. The passages had been blown up many many years ago. We were forced to head into the dwelths. They were dense and crumbling, with many dark corners and narrow tunnels. Aleksi felt like the walls had eyes. He heard the sound of scraping metal on rock to the south of us. We decided to follow Aleksi towards the noise. Then, aleksi heard the sudden movement of rope. It's a trap!
=== It's a Trap! ===
The floor gave way beneath us and we tumbled into a pit. Before we could say "ratmen are real!" we were assailed by a swarm of Skaven, some armed with blowpipes, some with cleavers, and some with nets. In a flurry of fur, smoke bombs, and gleaming red eyes, we fought in the darkness. Snorri fired his Azthrund, Brandr brought down his hammer, the Professor turned intoa terrifying shadow creature, Rel span her spear, and Aleksi arced his axe. In the end, we emerged victorious, if slightly bashed up.
== Next Session ==
Session Sixty Four
== Previous Session ==
Session Sixty Two
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