Session 6 Recap

The heroes awoke at Border Watch Keep and come out of the underground barracks to find a handful of kobolds milling about inside the keep grounds. The kobolds called for the party to handover "the dwarf to feed the dragon." Kalim was having none of that and charged them.

The kobolds were ready for the attack and two of them immediately went to work on the portcullis while the other two advanced on the party. A medium sized red dragon wyrmling flew over the walls of the keep and breathed fire on the party. Several more kobolds stormed through the open gate.

A fierce two front battle ensued. Torv managed to hold most of the kobolds at the front gate while the rest of the party focused on the dragon in their midst. The dragon laid several mighty blows on Jordin and others and eventually dropped Jordin, but the party managed to prevail. They cut down the dragon and killed off the kobolds, sans one.

The Silver Elites questioned the kobold closely. He claimed they were "feeding the dragon" and that this dragon was one of many that "fight for the glory of Gafir!" The kobold made a great many threats and boasts before Kalim got tired of him and killed him.

The heroes then started their journey back to Stonehome with the dwarf captive, Tallos Fireaxe, in tow. The weather continued to deteriorate; it got colder and thick snow made the journey quite dangerous and trying.

A bit over halfway along the trek the heroes caught up to a large band (100 or more) of goblin refugees. The party trailed behind them, staying out of sight. Eventually they came on a dying goblin left behind by the larger group. They nursed the goblin back to health and questioned him closely.

The goblins are a tribe from the Bloodbane nation who are fleeing a vicious attack by Razorclaw kobolds and several dragons. The goblin refugee claimed to have personally seen three dragons during the battles and said there were more. He and the other refugees escaped by collapsing a passage in their tunnels and fleeing out of a back door. While the party camped that night the refugee ran off in to the night. Aeral saw him leaving, but didn't bother with stopping him.

The next day the heroes saw that the goblins left the Chisel Trail and have wandered into the Witch Wood. The goblin they spoke with the previous day said this was their plan. The Silver Elites counciled against it, but the goblins seem set on finding peace from the kobolds and protection from the nasty winter weather in the wooded valley.

As they near the walls of Stonehome the party spotted a dozen or so humans waiting in ambush. They identifed them as members of the Blue River Thieving Guild. The heroes decided to evade them and managed, just barely, to avoid them and run back to the walls of Stonehome with the bandits in close pursuit. About a quarter mile or so from the gates of Stonehome the bandits turned back, giving up their quarry.

At Stonehome the heroes claim their reward and accolades for capturing Tallos. They spend a week or so relaxing and recuperating while they gather news and tell tales.