Prison Break

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In the morning, the party go to the temple to check it out and spot a child eyeing them up from an alleyway. Mirik does some lore dropping on Avandra and her style of worship, saying that they should give an offering to make them seem less suspicious. They find the temple boarded up so Kallax is sent in to look around. Some hobgoblin guards come past and tell the party to stay away from the temple as it is off limits. They express their disdain to Avandra and walk off. Kallax "shows" Ahsatan the rough interior of the temple to be a circular room with a large statue/fountain in the middle, but did not find a button, so the party go to speak with the rebels they had met with yesterday. As the party spill the beans on their prison break plan, Drayton reveals that the rebel force is much larger than he let on originally, but did not say because he didn't fully trust the party. The strange child from earlier steps out of one of the rooms, and says that someone known as The Butterfly wished to meet the party. The child is also a part of the rebellion as a network of urchin messengers and spies they utilise. The boy leads the party across town to a small storage shed inset into a building, and leads them inside. There are several figures stood around a dimly lit wooden room, and a figure sat on a chair who stands when the party enters. The figure wears a green cloak and a wooden butterfly mask that covers their face. They reveal themselves as Ven (Xas' Fresh Character); a member of a group called The Anonymous who travel the lands helping and healing those in need.

He states his neutrality in the current matter, saying that defeating the hobgoblins might not necessarily be the "good" course of action, but agrees to help with the prison break as there could be injured people in prison. They agree to meet at Drayton's house in the middle of the night to start the operation, and the party chill there for the rest of the day.

## The Scheme

At nightfall, they gather their supplies and break into the temple using Ahsatan's crowbar. They all give 1gp as an offering to Avandra, and Carric finds that one of the toes on the statue is depressable. He presses the toe, and a secret trapdoor opens up, revealing a downwards staircase. Kiira is turned invisible and she sneaks along the long subterranean corridor to scout, eventually finding a closed door. She comes back to inform the party, clapping in Mirik's face to spook him whilst still invisible just as a hobgoblin patrol can be heard walking outside. They quickly rush down the stairs into the corridor, hoping they were not heard. The party enter through the door and find themselves in a dark abandoned prison with various cells on either side of the corridor. They appear to be empty. The corridor ends in a dead end, but something seems off about it. Ven investigates and finds that it is a secret door, so Kiira listens in and hears some muttering which sounds like an interrogation happening. She opens the door to peer out whilst the other party members hide in the unlocked cells.

She finds herself in the proper prison complex, consisting of a long L-shaped corridor with cells lining the passageway. She also spots the familiar faces of Strongarm Edvard and Enforcer Od, and Carric messages Maurice, who says the guards are not currently in sight and to come rescue them quickly. Kiira then walks down the corridor in the real prison (still invisible) and spots hobgoblins approaching from around the corner. She sneaks back to the rest of the party and alerts them to the situation, just as a hobgoblin spots the secret door that has been left open. He calls to his colleagues and ventures down the passage, past the party hiding in their cells. He doesn't spot them, and retreats back to the entrance of the secret doorway to stand guard. Ven knocks on the wall and Kiira says "boo" to attract the hobgoblin down the corridor once more. As he reaches the cell Ven is hidden in, Ven pulls the guard inside and knocks him out with the help of Mirik. Some other hobgoblins call out to their colleague, and after hearing nothing, grabs 3 more hobgoblins who begin to scout the secret corridor. Spells are launched from all angles as combat commences, but one of the hobgoblins manages to flee, calling out for individuals called Merdug, Garkuk and Gadronna. The party quickly head to the cells to release the prisoners, and find Maurice, Edvard, Od, Captain Harmend, and some other random people.Vakon is discovered to be chained up in a room at the other end of the corridor. A doorway leading up some stairs is found, so Carric prepares to cast Entangle should anyone come down the stairs. The door opens and a hobgoblin woman with a tattoo on her forehead appears.

She sees Ven at the bottom of the stairs, and blasts him with a wave of force, throwing him against the wall. Carric casts entangle, turning the stairs into a mess of vines and trapping the hobgoblin. Two lithe hobgoblins then appear from the shadows and pummel Ven to the ground, as more voices can be heard approaching from up the stairs...