Rivenroar Part 2

After breaking camp the band descended the steps back in to the entrance chambers. Whilst they had been resting the Bloodreavers had prepared an ambush for their return. An ambush party led by a Hobgoblin Warcaster lay in wait supported by Goblin Sharpshooter hidden behind a makeshift barricade. The battle was furious and bloody and turned on the moment Garig ran his sword through the Warcaster just as he was about to release a deadly electrical barrage on several of the party member. Anxious not to draw further unwelcome attention the group pressed on.

After carefully navigating a series of pits they entered a crypt which held a number of stone sarcophagi recessed into the stone floor. It carried an inscription on the walls reading "Here lie the Rivenroars until the day of the Black Sun. If you seek their monument look to the lands around you." The room was also guarded by a squad of hobgoblin grunts and an archer. Quick Ben assailed the creatures with a series of psychic blasts whilst Grogar consumed several within a blast of electricity. Just when it seemed the battle was at an end steps could be heard from a spiral staircase to he north from which emerged a Hobgoblin soldier and his guard drake. The heroes were ready for him. Before he could threaten the party Grogar and Garig let loose with a series of deadly attacks. The drake followed quickly after Ben's mental barrage had reduced it to a whimpering wreck. After several minutes spent heaving the heaving stone lids from the sarcophagi the party found several potions and some gold coin. Examining the exits Nalklyr's acute sense heard sobbing from the southern doors. Stealthily creeping down the corridor revealed a room with four statues of displacer beasts complete with glowing amber eyes. Tied up by an alter was the pitiful sight of a Elven woman covered in rat bites and near catatonic. The source of the elf's misery - 3 dire rats skulked in the shadows of the room. Nalklyr returned to the other to report what he had observed. Wasting no time the band charged in to the room to exterminate the overgrown rodents. However the fight was not as straightforward as first anticipated hiding within the shadows of the room were 2 evil gnomes who wielded hand crossbows with deadly accuracy, inflicting grievous wounds on Garig as he was preoccupied dispatching the dire rats. Fortunately Nalklyr was able to quickly engage one of the gnomes blinding him within a globe of magical darkness and finishing with a series of deadly strikes. Melech charged the second and and the rout was complete.

Vathurn explained the captive was Silvanna Wrafton the former owner of Winterhaven's Inn. After a combination of comforting and stern words the group managed to coax Silvanna out of her disturbed mental state. When asked about the other captives she mumbled that Thair Coalstriker - Winterhaven's dwarvan smithy was being held upstairs in a family crypt whose name began with a J.

Anxious to press on the ever expanding group headed back to the Spiderweb landing and descended stairs to to lower level. The stairs held the inscription "Von Adrez-Kauthen Crypt". More Bloodreavers awaited them, as well a 2 spitting drakes. Without hesitation the party charged in to the room quickly laying waste to the grunts, and shortly after the drakes Battle was quickly joined by a Goblin Hexer. However before he could loose any of his powerful ranged attacks Garig had engaged him smacking him in the face with his shield, dazing him. Seeing the battle was lost the hexer surrendered. Garig interrogated the foul creature and after some cross examination was able to elicit that the Bloodreavers were led by a creature called "Sinruth". When the creature became uncooperative Quick Ben gave the creature a mercifully swift end. Upon investigating the adjoining chamber the group found Sister Linora - Winterhaven's resident preistess and an adept of Chauntea. Nalklyr picked the lock on her shackles and she leaped up thanking him hysterically and clinging on to him which came as some surprise to the Drow. She went on to reveal that she knows Thurann (Rond's son) is being held somewhere close by, until recently she was being held with him and the boy proved adept at stealing food for the pair of them. The room also held more sarcophagi in which they found more gold and a small opal. Gathering their thoughts the group contemplated their next course of action..........