Belly of the beast

"What's cooking!" Azure
proclaimed as he burst into a room with hobgoblins. Stunned for a moment they
stare before one starts shouting "Intruder!" and leaves for an
adjacent room and starts ringing an alarm bell. The other hobgoblins start to
form up but get destroyed by Azures burning hands. The remainder put up a good
fight, the odd hobgoblin coming in as backup. A captain then arrives, assesses
the situation and calls for a retreat as well as sending troops to block the
path behind them.

The party decide to run into the large
complex of corridors and rooms, trying to subvert large patrols, deal with solo
or small teams of hobgoblins, the get to a corridor which at the end has
several longbowmen firing arrows upon them. With sounds of soldiers behind them
they spot a door and decide to dart through it, luckily missing oncoming
arrows.

As they crash through they step onto a
cobbled street, the party are now looking at the great undermountain city of
Krag Magduggon. Krag Magduggon sits ontop of a large underground canyon which
is shaped like a waxing moon, splitting the city into two parts, the western
outer citadel and the eastern inner citadel which is joined in the middle by a
large stone bridge.

The party realise that they've come
out of a door adjoining the city barracks in the southern quadrant of the outer
citadel. Behind them a patrol of Hobgoblins are in pursuit and to the south
from the barracks main gate a large contingent of hobgoblins charge out lead by
the captain.

Ansem starts to northwards towards the
bridge the rest of the party following. Hails of arrows descend on the party, A
fog cloud is cast to cover the party as the move closer and closer to the
bridge and the large square before it.

You all arrive at the centre of the
square, more hobgoblins start to filter from the western and northern entrances
seal off all escape apart from crossing the bridge towards the inner citadel
but the sounds of war chants come from the inner citadel's gatehouse, a lone
hobgoblin warlord and his elite guard march across it stopping halfway. The
hobgoblin continues alone and stops 20ft from the party. Introducing himself as
Malbak the Loyal the general of the army and in service of the Lord occupying
the Citadel. The Lord wishes to speak to the party and Malbak escorts the party
into the inner citadel and to the great hall.

The Lord introduces himself after
querying the party on how they managed to sneak into the city. Lord Gambion
Everspire offers the party death or service under advisement of his wife Lady
Everspire.

He tells them that they are guests and
are confined to the west wing. But in the morning they will go to the caverns
and kill "The Tunneller" to ensure the party don't attempt to run
away and escape he offers a reward of a wooden box with magical powers and also
the bonded service of Calcifer a shadow with an attitude problem.

The night is plagued with nightmares
and in the morning the party decend into the caverns lead by Calcifer. They
fight Nothics, A Black Pudding and now the body of a dwarf lays slumped on a
workroom table. His flesh grey and marked by hundreds of holes.

Omen manages to sneak up behind him
and slice him down the back, He squeals in terror as he opens like an unzipped
bag, thousands of worms occupying the empty space where is organs should be.

Watch
out guys, those worms look nasty!