Faltering Loyalties

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Episode no.	Episode 16
Date	2008
Game Master	Abbe
Characters	Honeypot Nathaniel Nell Velicia
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The heroes fight the goblin leader.

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As we prepare to settle down for our rest Nathaniel, who was keeping an eye lazily over the bridge saw Honeypot and Shalelu coming back from their distraction and joined us in the big room Ripnugget emerged from. After exchanging some stories of what had happened Nathaniel again told us someone was coming, but this time goblins. I ran up to him in the watchtower and saw several goblins coming over the bridge.

They stopped just before the bridge ended and started talking. It was in common, even though it was hard to hear at first. They asked if it was true that Ripnugget was dead and when we confirmed it told us that the goblin tribe of Thistletop would withdraw and choose a new leader. Then they would reclaim their home. They asked what our plans for the place was. We told them that we wanted to stop the evil humans living there from attacking Sandpoint. They gave us three days before they had elected a new leader and would return. If were were still there they said they would kill us. I thought that it was probably an empty threat as Thistletop can easily be defended and if we succeeded in taking it we should be able to hold it. They the would be new boss told us that they had an evil magic thing that had come from the evil humans and that we evil humans should keep it ourselves. A goblin that didn't look too happy to have to carry it brought something up to the doors of the keep. Then they left.

It turned out to be <magic item>. We went back to resting and Shalelu kept watch from the watchtower. When we felt better we blocked one of the stairs leading down and went to the stairs next to the toilet. Shalelu said that her bow would not be of much help down in the dungeons below and stayed in the watchtower. Dorothea also stayed to make sure the goblins wouldn't try anything when we were down below.

The fort was built from wood but now the walls was stone. The workmanship was ok.

The stairs ended in a door. Nathaniel who was first turned to me and asked "So what do you do with these doors?" I stretched past him and said "You turn the handle like this" and opened the door. He looked angrily at me, but I couldn't help smiling. "I meant looking for traps or things like that!"

There was a room obviously used for planning. There were maps over Sandpoint and plans for an attack. We searched the room thoroughly. Whispering beast is tamed. Every goblin tribe from here to Fogscarmountain. Sinspawns used from below. Nathaniel said that we should take notes and looked at me. I'm not good at that. I just happened to have my diary out and was writing in it.

After a while we heard some noise from a door. Nathaniel tried to break it open, but only pushed it open about an inch. It was barricaded on the inside.

Orik and Lyrie

Talking. Persuading. Buying. Tricking. Tsuto dead. They working for Nualia.

It seemed we couldn't get anywhere so I took out the oil I have for my lantern and slowly poured half a pint in through the narrow opening. "If you don't come out we will burn you alive." I said hoping they wouldn't hear in my voice I had no intention of doing anything like that.

That finally made it. They gave up. They turned out to be a man with an enormous sword and a woman with a cute cat, some scrolls of paper and a wand. We escorted them up the stairs and Dorothea and Shalelu made sure they left.