Chapter 5: Return to the Surface

Mai'ngor
"Name's Dreg Alehammer, thanks and good to meet ye," the smith replies, "What's brought ye to our little city?"

Hunter
"Top priest is Vex Foeblinder," the dwarf says in response to Hunter's inquiry, "He should be around somewhere if you want me to help ye find him."

Elfog
As Elfog enjoys his drinks with Ernig, a small group of other dwarves joins him at the table.

"Where are ye from, friend?" one of them asks.

Hunter
With a nod and an odd look at the word "dad", the dwarf leads you deeper into the tabernacle. Eventually, he stops at a on the side of the chamber and knocks. A few moments later, a voice calls out for you to enter. The priest opens the door and steps in, introducing you before you enter.

When you enter, you see an aged dwarf with a full black beard, but a bald head. He wears slightly dirty robes and has an amulet with the symbols of the dwarven gods around his neck, "What can I do for ye, lass?"

Mai'ngor
"What were ye doin' down there? Yer people live there?" the smith asks, curious about your people.

Elfog
The other dwarves cheer as you announce how many drow you killed, "Damned drow are all worthless!" one calls out, and the others cheer.

"Our brothers from Felbarr are welcome here. Delzoun blood in us all, ye know!" another dwarf says and leaves to get the next round of drinks.

Mai'ngor
The dwarf nods, "Ah, but that's a sad story, for sure. Well, I'm sure King Bruenor'll be able to help ye, not to worry. I'd better get back to work on this. Feel free to stick around, if yer bored."

Hunter
Vex listens carefully to your tale, and is briefly silent once you're finished.

"Let me see it," he says and, assuming you show him, says a quick prayer and continues, "Hmm, this is odd. There be a curse on it, but it ain't one to harm ye."

He says a couple more prayers on it, "Ah, I won't be able to take this off ye, girl. Not without spending a fortune on supplies for me spell. Is it causin' ye trouble?"

Elfog
"That's true, there do be some good drow out there," Ernig says, and some of the others nod, likely thinking of King Bruenor's dark-skinned friend, "Still, the bad ones are a lotta fun to smash with a hammer, ain't they?"

Hunter
Vex nods his assent and leans forward to watch the casting with interest.

As Hunter casts her spell, she feels the presence of Elayna come out from the back of her mind to see what's happening. She doesn't seem inclined to try to take control, though and the transformation goes off without a hitch.

"Well, if ye happen to find 'em, I would be happy to cast the spell for ye. Ye'd need... a scale of a red dragon, a basilisk eye, a large sapphire, and the horn of a satyr. I don't know how ye're gonna find 'em, though..."

"O' course, lass. If you find the stuff, please bring it here and I will lift the curse from yer shoulders. Yer Dwarvish is fine. The stuff is rare, but the spell won't destroy it, so ye can keep it when we're done with it"

As far as Hunter can tell, he's being totally truthful.

A few hours later, a couple of dwarves in fine armor show up at the door to your rooms, "King Bruenor sent us to see if ye're available for a meetin' with 'im."