Beholders Bidding

Autumn in the year 720

Nephrus steped on the runes and was teleported into the box with Erevan. Kargrimm was alone in the room, he found a shield that he used to scratch off the runes on the floor. He then approached the box, it had a lock, while attempting to swing at the lock Kargrimm's axe was taken from him by the orb. So his mace must do, and it did. Erevan and Nephrus were freed.

Nephrus found some notes, translations in many languages, some he could read, some he could not. He took a potion of comprehension but it had no effect. They party walked further in search of Valrith.

Further on they founnd Valrith in a prison cell, the door was polite but denied the group entry until Nephrus pretended to be the inspector. Kargrimm broke the lock with his hand and loosed the paladin. Then Nephrus and Kargrim entered a small officers quarters where they found old crumbling papers, but three newer books about feeding dragons and such. Also they found a lockbox that Kargrimm could not smash open, Erevan appeared and could not pick the lock.

Erevan snuck off by himself.

Meanwhile, Valrith stepped on a trap that caused her to take damage from crystal structures.

The heroes looped back around past some green liquid pools, and Kargrimm reclaimed his breastplate. Further in the cave, they found a sleeping green dragon. Valrith attempted to talk with the dragon but it did not wake.

Erevan found the Beholder, Relakor, the Dragon was named Arthur. Relakor the Beholder does not believe Kargrimm's lies and sends his to kill rats.

Whilst talking to Valrith the Beholder seemed to have become forgetful, but still powerful.

Nephrus fired off an eldritch blast at the Dragon. It still did not wake. Erevan became overcome with greed so hatched a plan to scale the cavern wall to the Dragon's horde, where he filled a bag of holding with many many coins which was divided among the party.

The group were told to find Matilda, she would help them retrieve the missing monters that were rampaging through the city of Stonegate. She was to be found down in one of the separate tunnels.

Relakor explained that he did not like Liches. If the group returned the creatures, he would lend them to fight the Lich Artaxerxes.

A torrent of rats flowed behind Valrith.

The party rose to the surface out of the beholder's lair, there they saw many many monsters killing the civilians, they ignored this and descended again to find matilda.

Valrith was turned to stone. Nephrus and Kargrimm reasoned with this Medusa and she agreed to help. She seemed pleased with Valrith and Nephrus.

They returned to the surface. The heroes needed to distract a mammoth while Matilda turned it to stone.

The attacks were hitting but having little effect, a guard was crushed. Matilda approached to do her magic. It eventually succeeded. The heroes approached and try to do the same to the stone giant, Valrith could not speak its language, Erevan took a hefty blow from with giant’s tree trunk. Kargrimm had a clever plan of crossbowmanship, fire 4 bolts in one shot, only one hits, but it hit well. The distraction was enough and the medusa turned the giant to stone.

Erevan hit the fire beast with a sword, it seemed to do damage. Kargrimm's crossbow missed the water elemental, Valrith's longbow did not seem to bother then fire elemental.

Kargrimm decided that melee was the way forward and charged in with his magical mace, the hit did not seem to strike as true as it should have. After a few more smashes and bashes, Matilda finally managed to solidify the fire elemental.

The party move on to the water elemental. Ranged weapons ware working for now. Many attacks aided by the glowing magic of Erevan.

The elemental was taking damage. The heroes were also taking damage, Kargrimm was reduced to near death. So he raged, slashing and hacking and splashing the water elemental to death.

Kargrimm tried to loot and was spotted by a guard, Nephrus intimidated him and Kargrimm take a regular longbow, not quite his style but it could be sold, perhaps out of town.

We made a deal with some Dwarves 50G per solidified monster to the bottom of the pit.

Kargrimm took a potion of frost giant strength and lifted the fire elemental statue to the edge of the large pit.

Then he tried to help with the other statues, however he and the other Dwarves could not lift the mammoth or the giant.

The group descend into the hole to tell Ralakor that they were in the process of finishing the quest.

He was going to wait until they bring the statues down the hole.

Kargrimm was very tired, so the party rested in a nice room in the dungeon.

Nephrus was grouchy but seemed normal.

They headed to the surface, the Dwarves were dragging the mammoth well, getting closer but it had been 8 hours.

The parties headed off to the market for some healing potions.

There seemed to be a Frost Giant in Boris’ stall. Squiggles, the Frost Giant was named.

Valrith did not seem to be Valrith, she did not know Silvanus. She bought a pony from a man across the street, to feed to the giant in payment for his service.

Kargrimm set off to buy potions, he saw Darius, as well as some guards, and Viscount Marth who tried to have the party arrested. Kargrimm talked his way out of this one thanks to the medallion given to him by Marshal Oxber. Perhaps Erevan could assassinate him later some evening.

The health potions were bought and the party set off to the hole with Squiggles.